Watch an interview and live performance from Finnish folk act Värttinä on Link TV: https://www.linktv.org/video/1658

Richard Reagh has unearthed a few rarities and old tunes for free download: m/2007/11/sides-and-rarities.html" target="_blank">https://richardreagh.blogspot.com/2007/11/sides-and-rarities.html

German label Power it Up will be rereleasing Regurgitate's 1994 album "Effortless regurgitation of bright red blood" plus the "Concrete human torture" demo on double-vinyl with the 4th side being etched with their logo. The first 500 copies will also come with a bonus 7" featuring five previous unreleased tracks recorded during 2006. Expect a late march release and act fast if you want color vinyl because quanitities will be limited.

Download the I Am Bones online promo pack with mp3s and videos and other goodies: mbones.dk/mp3/the_online_thing.zip" target="_blank">https://www.iambones.dk/mp3/the_online_thing.zip

New tourdates for the Defectors:

11/15 - La Feline, Paris (FRA)
11/16 - Rat Pak, Clermont Ferrand (FRA)
11/17 - Deep Inside, Dijon (FRA)
12/07 - tba, Silkeborg (DK)
12/31 - tba, Darmstadt (GER)

Opeth has started work on their next album, tentatively due out next spring.

Indie mP3 interviews Club 8: mp3.co.uk/2007/10/club-8-part-one.html" target="_blank">https://www.indie-mp3.co.uk/2007/10/club-8-part-one.html

Foxy Digitalis lauds the new Eric malmberg album "Verklighet & beat": m/foxyd/reviews.php?which=2895" target="_blank">https://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=2895

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Hellbillies - Spissrotgang
02. Dance With A Stranger - Everyone needs a friend - The Very Best of DWAS
03. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
04. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
05. Alejandro Fuentes - Tomorrow only knows
06. Jan Eggum - Hjerteknuser
07. Raga Rockers - Ubermensch
08. minor majority - Candy store (2 CD edition)
09. Christian Ingebrigtsen - The Truth about lies
10. Sigvart Dagsland - Forandring
11. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
12. Scandinavia - Fly
13. Jørn Hoel - På grunn av dæ
14. Solveig Slettahjell - Domestic songs
15. Bugge Wesseltoft - Im
16. Trond-Viggo Torgersen - Det du kan + noe rart & noe nytt
17. Kari Bremnes - Live
18. Superfamily - Warszawa
19. Leif Ove Andsnes - Ballad for Edvard Grieg
20. GT-Sara - På farten med full rulle

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden
02. magnus Uggla - Pärlor åt svinen
03. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao 3
04. Christer Sjögren - Älskade andliga sånger
05. Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava
06. Thorleifs - Våra bästa år
07. Nisse Hellberg - En tiger i tanken
08. mando Diao - Never seen the light of day
09. Peter Lemarc - Kärlek i tystnadens tid
10. The Hives - The black and white album
11. Petter - God damn it
12. Shirley Clamp - Tålamod
14. Peter Jöback - människor som du och jag
15. Avatar - Schlacht
16. Ken - Äntligen hemma
17. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
18. José González - In our nature
19. Hammerfall - Steel meets steel - Ten years of glory
20. Tommy Körberg - Rakt upp och ner

Finnish indiepop act Captain Cougar will release their new album "Chapters" on December 5 via Pinetree Records. Listen to the first single "Nature" at myspace: myspace.com/captaincougar" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/captaincougar

Yet another remix of The Bell's "Target group" is now online for download, this one from Team Skidoo/Tek Box: https://www.zshare.net/audio/45818779f68e0b/
Also look for The Bell to be featured on m/click-2588009-10364534?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emusic.com%2Fbrowse%2Fnew.html" target="_blank">emusic's Daily Download on November 3.

José González does the guestlist thing for Pitchfork: media.com/article/feature/46172-guest-list-jose-gonzalez" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/46172-guest-list-jose-gonzalez

Pitchfork talks to Peter Bjorn and John frontman Peter morén about his forthcoming solo record: media.com/page/news/46785-pbjs-peter-moren-reveals-more-solo-album-details" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/46785-pbjs-peter-moren-reveals-more-solo-album-details

The new Rigas CD m/store/product.php?productid=535">"The hardest pocket to pick" is now in-stock and ready to ship! Also, note that I'm running a huge sale throughout the month of November! Spend over $10 and get 5% off all CDs! Spend over $30 and get 10%! So what are you waiting for? m/store/">Go to it!