Adrian Recordings artist Emil Jensen will make his debut as a film star when the new Jan Troell film "maria Larssons eviga ögonblick" premieres at Cannes in 2008.

Crashdiet will support Hardcore Superstar on tour this fall:

11/27 - Logo, Hamburg (GER)
11/28 - Underground, Köln (GER)
11/30 - Knaack Club, Berlin (GER)
12/01 - museumskeller, Erfur (GER)
12/02 - Nachtleben, Frankfurt (GER)
12/03 - Paunchy Cast Club, Lichtenfels (GER)
12/04 - 59 to 1, munchen (GER)
12/05 - Posthof, Linz (GER)
12/06 - Flex, Vienna (AUS)
12/07 - Sedel, Luzern (SWI)
12/08 - Rock Planet, Pinarella di Cervia (ITA)
12/09 - Lucille, Verona (ITA)
12/11 - Stazione Birra, Rome (ITA)
12/12 - Transilvania Club, milano (ITA)
12/14 - Sala albeniz, Gijon (ESP)
12/15 - Bilborock, Bilbao (ESP)
12/16 - Apolo 2, Barcelona (ESP)
12/19 - La maroquinerie, Paris (FRA)
12/21 - Joc de Nartist, Temse (BEL)

Dennis and Bill from hardcore act When Building Collapse have started a new sideproject band called Angels With No Arms. Listen at myspace: myspace.com/angelwithnoarms" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/angelwithnoarms

Watch Jens Lekman perform "Pocketful of money" live in a parking lot: m/watch?v=XrPTkHkzovY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrPTkHkzovY

The Silent Ballet reviews Danish/Icelandic postrock act mimas: m/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/854/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/854/Default.aspx

NRK reports that minor majority will be taking a break after they finish up their current tour: musikk/1.3553323" target="_blank">https://www.nrk.no/musikk/1.3553323

Danish so-called "soft midnight indie pop" act The Late Parade will finally release their debut self-titled EP on October 1 via Good Tape Records. Listen to samples: myspace.com/thelateparade" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/thelateparade
RIYL atmospheric melodramatic pop such as Under Byen, Lampshade, Namur, etc.

Discobelle has posted a new mixtape of all-Swedish hip-hop from Adam Tensta: https://www.discobelle.net/2007/09/24/respect-scandinavia/

Loney, Dear's excellent "Sologne" album is finally getting a proper US release this week on September 25 via the Rebel Group. For many people, this was the album that put Loney, Dear on the map.

I'm too busy to attend this year, but Export music Sweden and the Consulate General of Sweden will be holding another Swedish music Seminar at Union Square Ballroom in NYC on October 18. I went to last year's event and found the discussions to be quite interesting, not to mention the fact that I met a ton of great people. For more details and registration info, go here: m/members/response.asp?ID=910038554245152" target="_blank">https://ebiz1.exfoundry.com/members/response.asp?ID=910038554245152

Pirate Bay is turning the tables on the majors and filing their own charges as a result of various revelations made public by the recent mediaDefender leaks: https://thepiratebay.org/blog/86

IAT fave Tobias Hellkvist has posted a new track on myspace: myspace.com/tobiashellkvist" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/tobiashellkvist
This song ("Late nights") is more ambient/drone-oriented like his "Transports" album than some of the other more guitar-based tracks he's posted more recently.

Autodidakt Records will be releasing a new 7" from Swedish artist Robert Wales on October 20 entitled "Initital experiments in 3D". Check out a video for the track "Rein is fucky fucky": m/watch?v=uOEW3lYx6P8" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=uOEW3lYx6P8
Look for future releases on Autodidakt from other artists such as Daniel Andréasson and Ove Persson.

Check the sidebar for a new batch of livedates from IAT.mP3 artist The Grand Opening.

Robyn's excellent self-titled album will finally get a US release on December 4 via Interscope.