Swedish AOR duo Strangers in Wonderland were recently featured on an episode of the DigiVegas podcast: m/2007/10/02/dvi-podcast-057-strangers-in-wonderland/" target="_blank">https://digivegas.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/dvi-podcast-057-strangers-in-wonderland/

Danish electro act Dampfbahn! got a whole bunch of other (mostly?) Danish artists to remix their track "All is swell" and are now offering the results for free download: m/dampfbahn" target="_blank">https://www.reverbnation.com/dampfbahn

Hits in the Car has a new Skywriter track for download: m/2007/10/stream-train-to-utopia.html" target="_blank">https://stytzer.blogspot.com/2007/10/stream-train-to-utopia.html

The Open Up and Bleeds have added two more demo tracks to their myspace page: myspace.com/openupandbleeds" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/openupandbleeds

José González will take labelmate Promise and the monster on tour in Scandinavia in December:

12/11 - KB, malmö (SWE)
12/12 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
12/13 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
12/16 - Folkets Hus, Umeå (SWE)
12/17 - Cirkus, Stockholm (SWE)
12/18 - Lorensbergsteatern, Göteborg (SWE)
12/19 - Tavastia, Helsingfors (FIN)

MP3: Marvins Revolt - Bugs in time

Danish act marvins Revolt may have pared down to three members, but they certainly haven't streamlined their sound. They've taken that noiserock/post-punk they were doing and taken way further out into prog territory. more notes, more starts, more stops, and yes, more better. I'm not totally crazy about the ricky-ticky opening of this particular track, but there's so many other great moments, I forget about the weak beginning. Like when those keys come in and offset the guitar/bass riff until they all come cascading down together, leading back into the second verse. Or whatever you'd call that part as this definitely isn't verse/chorus type rock'n'roll. Also, the way they kick it up a notch soon thereafter, altering the parts just enough to build the excitement. The best part however, is the end. That's when the endlessly cycling guitar riff starts up over the odd drumbeat that seems to lack a clear downbeat. Then the bass and vocals slowly come back in, taking the lead and creating a tumultuous polyphony. Just when you think they'll go to a fade-out, they wrap it up in a neat little package. Well done!

Marvins Revolt - Bugs in time

Säkert! will do a few shows around Sweden this fall:

11/02 - Popup 2007, Umeå
11/28 - Nefertiti, Göteborg
11/29 - Nefertiti, Göteborg
12/01 - KB, malmö
12/03 - Cirkus, Stockholm

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Cage Match Federation/Ny Våg

This record is a retro genre piece, a loving tribute to a time when ties were skinny, shoes were pointy, black jeans were so tight they hugged our calves, and you could still make a statement by dying your hair jet black. It's poppy punk that steals shamelessly from every riff you've ever heard - hey listen, it's the Ramones! It's the melody from "Positively 4th Street!" It's that three chord progression from every other pop-punk song from 1979! They note with pride that they play only instruments they do not know how to play and, as their Wikipedia entry wryly notes, "it shows." But so what if it has all the originality of a safety pin through the ear? It doesn't aim to be anything more and it's all that it strives to be - a fun fresh throwback to a loud fast and poppier time. Let's pogo!
- Nancy Baym

The new Kasper Bjørke video for the single "Back & spine" is now online: m/watch?v=N1PfzirjQ40" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1PfzirjQ40

The Tough Alliance will be travelling to NYC to perform at CmJ. So far all I've seen listed is a show at The Annex on October 19, but if I come across anything else, I'll be sure to post it.

New releases on the way from Smalltown Superjazzz:

10/22 - Peter Brotzmann, mats Gustafsson and Paal Nilssen-Love - The fat is gone
10/22 - Free Fall (aka Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Ken Vandermark and Haavard Wiik) - The point in a line
10/22 - mats Gustafsson and Paal Nilssen-Love - Splatter mCD
10/29 - Two Bands and a Legend (aka Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing plus Joe mcPhee) - I see you baby EP

more details here: malltownsupersound.com/v1/superjazzz/new_releases.php" target="_blank">https://www.smalltownsupersound.com/v1/superjazzz/new_releases.php

Norwegian singer/songwriter Robert Post is adding new tracks to his myspace page ever month until his new album comes out in February: myspace.com/robertpost" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/robertpost

The latest music Export Finland newsletter is now online: musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=142" target="_blank">https://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=142

Finland's Black Audio has now migrated to Virb since their myspace account was mysterious erased: m/blackaudio" target="_blank">https://www.virb.com/blackaudio
Perhaps Blaqk Audio is to blame?

Paper Thin Walls with a track review for Luomo/Vladislav Delay alias Uusitalo: m/singlefile/item?id=1114" target="_blank">https://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=1114