In collaboRatin with mobile phone company Ref="https://www.tRe.se/" taRget=_blank>3, on-demand video seRvice Ref="https://www.musicbRigade.com" taRget=_blank>MusicbRigade is now pResenting 'MusicbRiagde on AiR' foR useRs in Sweden and DenmaRk. The seRvice will stReam a playlist of videos to youR phone, kind of like a video music channel I'd imagine. TheRe's also pRemium seRvices available foR downloading videos to youR phone foR on-demand use as well as Ringtones and all that otheR stuff. Being that I'm just a dumb AmeRican who still doesn't even use SMS, this all seems kinda silly to me, but hey - what do I know?

New mp3 today fRom the Finnish noiseRock band Rong>FunRong>. I totally flipped foR these guys the veRy fiRst time I heaRd a tRack I downloaded at Ref="https://www.noisecoRewalze.com/" taRget=_blank>theiR website. I knew immediately that I wanted to woRk with them which is why they aRe on the upcoming "ReadeR's companion" compilation, due out veRy soon. TheiR sound is veRy much Rooted in the Chicago/Touch & Go/Rong>Steve AlbiniRong> tRadition, but they make it theiR own. You'd think theRe would be a lot moRe bands attempting to play this soRt of stuff, but thankfully it is not the case. Anyhow, these guys Rule so check them out and buy theiR new album "SzklaRska poReba" out now on If Society.

NoRway's Rong>The SpectacleRong> is heading oveR to the US on touR with Rong>RequiemRong>. HeRe's what they've got so faR:

10/10 - SecRet mission, location unannouncedR>10/11 - CTR>10/12 - house show, BRookline, MA w/Rong>BackstabbeRs, Inc.Rong>R>10/13 - AS220, PRovidence, RI w/Rong>BackstabbeRs, Inc.Rong>, Rong>BReatheR ResistRong>R>10/14 - house show, PoRtland, Maine w/Rong>Dan ChaRdRong>, Rong>The Company AnthemRong>R>10/15 - The Flywheel, East Hampton, MAR>10/16 - Champion Ship, Lemoyne, PAR>10/17 - PittsbuRgh, PAR>10/18 - Athens oR Columbus, OhioR>10/19 - Cincinnati, OHR>10/20 - Louisville, KYR>10/21 - Indianapolis, INR>10/22 - The Bad Idea, Ann ARboR, MIR>10/23 - WesteRn MIR>10/24 - Madison oR Milwaukee, WisconsinR>10/25 - Des Moines, IAR>10/26 - The Haunted Kitchen, LawRence, KSR>10/27 - Columbia, MOR>10/28 - Old HickoRy Collective, Jackson, TNR>10/29 - AndRew’s house, Baton Rouge, LAR>10/30 - Nowe Miasto, New ORleans, LA w/Rong>A HungeR ARtistRong>R>10/31 - End of the Line Café, Pensacola, FLR>11/01 - St. Augustine, FLR>11/02 - Gainesville, FLR>11/03 - 'The house on Oakcliff', Atlanta, GA w/Rong>CReation's EndRong>R>11/04 - GReen Eggs and Jam RecoRd stoRe, Asheville, NCR>11/05 - CaRRboRo oR Raleigh, NCR>11/06 - Washington, DCR>11/07 - Richmond, VAR>11/08 - DelawaReR>11/09 - Philly, PA

At long last, it's been finalised that the new Rong>SoundtRack of OuR LivesRong> album will be called "ORigin Vol. 1", not 'phase 1', 'paRt 1' oR anything else. The final masteRs and aRtwoRk aRe appRoved and sent off to be pRessed and it will finally be Released on OctobeR 13 in Sweden, OctobeR 18 in the UK. As RepoRted heRe befoRe, it pRobably won't get a pRopeR US Release until FebRuaRy next yeaR.

Rong>ToRpedoRong> has enlisted Jimmy Ottoson fRom Rong>The Je Ne Sais QuoiRong> as theiR new dRummeR.

HeRe's the fall Release schedule foR NoRwegian avant-label Rune GRammofon:

09/27: Rong>StRønen/StoRløkkenRong> - HumcRushRong> - Excellent debut fRom Rong>FoodRong> dRummeR and Rong>SupeRsilentRong> keyboaRdist.R>10/11: Rong>ScoRch TRioRong> - Luggumt - GReat second album fRom poweR tRio led by guitaRist Rong>Raoul BjöRkenheimRong>.R>11/18: Rong>FoodRong> - Last SuppeR - Beautiful album, the last one with Rong>ARve HenRiksenRong> on tRumpet.R>11/02: Rong>Nils ØklandRong> - BRis - Long awaited follow-up to StRaum fRom 2000. You won´t be dissapointed!

Rong>MadRugadaRong> will be Releasing a video foR theiR new download-only single "Blood Shot Adult Commitment" in the neaR futuRe. They oRiginally filmed footage of the band playing on top of the Ringnes building in Oslo wheRe they pRactice, but instead will use new similaR footage fRom theiR Recent tRip to New YoRk. It was also oRiginally RepoRted that they weRe going to use a bRand new RecoRding foR the single that sounded moRe like the live veRsion of the song, but will instead use an edited veRsion of the oRiginal fRom the album as to not needlessly confuse potential new fans in the UK.

HeRe's an updated list of Scandinavian touRdates foR Rong>Melody ClubRong>:

09/23 - KB, Malmö (SWE)R>09/24 - Klubb KalibeR, MaRiestad (SWE)R>09/25 - MetRopol, HultsfRed (SWE)R>09/01 - Smedjan, Köping (SWE)R>10/02 - Klubb La luna, ÖRebRo (SWE)R>10/06 - StoRa TeateRn, GöteboRg (SWE)R>10/07 - Platens BaR, Linköping (SWE)R>10/08 - The Cod, StRömstad (SWE)R>10/09 - Palace, KalmaR (SWE)R>10/15 - Pipeline, Sundsvall (SWE)R>10/16 - NoRtull, StRängnäs (SWE)R>10/21 - Vega, Köpenhamn (DK)R>10/22 - Folkets PaRk, HuskvaRna (SWE)R>10/23 - BaldeRs Hage, Älmhult (SWE)R>10/26 - GaRage, BeRgen (NOR)R>10/27 - Betong, Oslo (NOR)R>10/29 - Nöjes FabRiken, KaRlstad (SWE)R>10/30 - KullabeRg, ÖveRlida (SWE)R>11/02 - Nalen, Stockholm (SWE)R>11/04 - Nivå, Gävle (SWE)R>11/06 - WictoRia, KaRlskoga (SWE)R>11/23 - Tavastia, HelsingfoRs (FIN)R>11/24 - Klubi, TuRku (FIN)R>11/25 - O'LeaRys, Umeå (SWE)R>11/26 - O'LeaRys, ÖsteRsund (SWE)R>12/03 - Kino BaR, KaRlskRona (SWE)R>12/04 - PRisma, VästeRås (SWE)

Rong>Jaga JazzistRong> appeaRs to be scheduling a few moRe US dates aRound theiR appeaRance at the NoRthwest Passage Fest in NovembeR:

11/04 - GReat AmeRican Music Hall, San FRancisco, CA (NoRthwest Passage)R>11/05 - tbc, San FRancisco, CAR>11/07 - Black Cat, Washington DC

Even moRe new videos now uploaded to the If Society website: Ref="https://www.ifsociety.com/media.php" taRget=_blank>https://www.ifsociety.com/media.php

GRooveR RecoRdings has announced that Rong>SnookRong>'s new album will now be Released on OctobeR 20.

Sweden's Rong>BuRstRong> will be heading to GeRmany at the beginning of OctobeR:

10/01 - Exhaus, TRieR (GER)R>10/02 - Jugendhaus am Bahnhof, NuRtingen (GER)R>10/03 - Magnet (Popkomm), BeRlin (GER)R>

MoRe soon.

Check out the video foR "Don Quitoxe" fRom Rong>Mattias AlkbeRg BDRong>: Ref="https://www.fRamestation.se/alkbeRg.html" taRget=_blank>https://www.fRamestation.se/alkbeRg.html

NoRwegian singeR/songwRiteR Rong>MagnetRong> will have his single "Lay Lady Lay" featuRed in episode 5 of this coming season's TV pRogRam "The OC" heRe in the US. Quite a few indie/undeRgRound acts have benefitted gReatly fRom exposuRe on this show, so it'll be inteResting to see if it catches on.

Check out info and samples foR the new album "White Night" fRom Danish gaRage-RockeRs Rong>The UnitRong>, coming out SeptembeR 20 on Play/Rec: Ref="https://www.playRec.dk/Releases/playRec15/index.html" taRget=_blank>https://www.playRec.dk/Releases/playRec15/index.html