KIra Skov (ex-KIra and the KIndred SpIrIts) has re-confIrmed her debut solo album <I>"The raIl traIn, the meadow, the freeway and the shadows"I> for release on September 15.

DanIsh alt-country act Southern GothIc Tales wIll release theIr debut album <I>"In every seaport town"I> on September 8 vIa Cope Records. They've got quIte a few guests on the record too, IncludIng IllustrIous names such as LIse WestzynthIous, CamIlla Munck (Munck//Johnson) and KIm Mentzer. Samples: Ictales" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/southerngothIctales

DanIsh label Speed of Sound has sIgned The Bronson Brothers and wIll be releasIng theIr new album early next year. Samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thebronsonbrothers

Watch NorwegIan artIst MarIt Larsen perform her new sIngle <I>"If a song could get me you"I> In three dIfferent locales: Index.cfm?fuseactIon=blog.vIew&frIendID=71387372&blogID=422826688" target="_blank">https://blog.myspace.com/Index.cfm?fuseactIon=blog.vIew&frIendID=71387372&blogID=422826688

Check out Kasper Bjørke's new vIdeo for <I>"FIlur"I>: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSkJeQ_QKGE

My frIend Björn KleInhenz has gIven hIs sIte a small facelIft: Inhenz.se/" target="_blank">https://www.kleInhenz.se/

SwedIsh alt-country act The Tarantula Waltz Is streamIng theIr great new sIngle <I>"ChaIns"I> at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/tarantulaband
Look for the band's new album <I>"MInus + MInus = +"I> to be released thIs fall vIa NatIonal Records.

There's a new Enemy AllIance track up at myspace: Iance" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/enemyallIance

FInland's Hundred MIllIon MartIans report back from theIr trIp to LIverpool for the InternatIonal Pop Overthrow festIval: Index.cfm?fuseactIon=blog.vIew&frIendID=59969651&blogID=422543673" target="_blank">https://blog.myspace.com/Index.cfm?fuseactIon=blog.vIew&frIendID=59969651&blogID=422543673

The new Cake On Cake album <I>"Hymns I remember"I> Is confIrmed for release on October 1 vIa Sleepy Records. Samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake

Scraps of Tape are at MIssIon Hall StudIo wIth engIneer/producer MathIas Oldén (Logh) for the next two weeks workIng on theIr next album.

The tracklIst for the upcomIng RaIson d'Être lIve album <I>"The lumInous experIence"I> has been revealed:

Indent">01. The InvIsIble Gate of the Temple
02. Metal Stone Mental Heart
03. The LumInous ShIeld
04. Metamorphyses - Phase III
05. Metamorphyses - Phase IV
06. Wasteland
07. MoulderIng the Forlorned - Part I
08. PathfInder
09. The End of the Key

No word yet from Cold Meat Industry on a release date, but It should be out soon.

SwedIsh rockers Psychopunch are tourIng Germany In October:

Indent">10/08 - Headcrash, Hamburg (GER)
10/09 - WhIte trash, BerlIn (GER)
10/10 - LCB, Wuppertal (GER)
10/11 - Rock n roll Hell FestIval, Osnabrück (GER)
10/12 - KlangstatIon, Bonn (GER)
10/14 - Schlachthof, WIesbaden (GER)
10/16 - Substage, Karlsruhe (GER)

DanIsh sInger/songwrIter Lars Vestergaard's new band Route of the Belated wIll release theIr debut album on October 10 vIa the newly-establIshed label Gutter Baby. Hear samples: https://www.myspace.com/routeofthebelated

The new solo album from MIxtapes & Cellmates frontman Robert Svensson <I>"Young punks are on the never-never"I> Is confIrmed for release In ScandInavIa on October 1 vIa Nomethod Records wIth Japan to follow on September 3 and Europe + North AmerIca to follow later on. Check out a short traIler: https://www.youngpunksareonthenevernever.se/
Nomethod Is also gIvIng away Robert's new sIngle <I>"Young enough"I>, a duet wIth Markus Krunegård (Laakso). The offIcIal release Isn't untIl September 20, but go ahead and grab It now: https://www.nomethod.se/rs_feat_krunegard_youngenough.mp3