Check out the brand new Familjen video for "Det snurrar i min skalle": m/watch?v=QfU-4Y4_akY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfU-4Y4_akY

Discobelle has the new single "No sleep untill Shoreditch" from recent Nomethod signee matts Katt: matts-katt/" target="_blank">https://www.discobelle.net/2007/09/13/matts-katt/

Norway's 120 Days will tour Japan in November. Dates soon.

Cake On Cake has posted a new remix from The Age of Rockets of the track "Francoise": myspace.com/cakeoncake" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake

Danish shoegazers Rumskib have a new track on myspace: myspace.com/rumskib" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/rumskib

Check out the new video for "modern love" from The Fine Arts Showcase: m/watch?v=u0FGYg_hvOA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0FGYg_hvOA

I'm not sure if everyone gets the same 'more video' links at the end of that Fine Arts Showcase clip, but I got tipped on some excellent live clips of Logh from malmöfestivalen: m/watch?v=aaH2oI0-VJo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaH2oI0-VJo
Definitely worth checking out!

Bloodlights have signed a worldwide deal with Bodog music who will release their new album on November 16. A separate deal for Scandinavia will be announced shortly.

MP3: Tsukimono - Osaka drop

There's a m/label.php?show=iatmp3008">brand new netrelease today from Tsukimono, so I'm posting the lead track "Osaka drop" as today's mp3 download. For those unaware, Tsukimono is the musical alias of Johan Gustavsson, a prolific Göteborg-based artist who you might also know from his work with Scraps of Tape, Viktor Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble, The Colour Black or one his many, many other collaborative projects. This four-track EP is a perfect netrelease candidate as it is a highly conceptual work - every sound you hear originated as a field recording that was captured during SoT's recent Japanese tour in June. Johan then took the sounds and manipulated them, thus creating the work you hear today. All of this done while still on tour. The result resembles drone/ambient music, but never quite settles into anything resembling wallpaper due to natural sound source and glitchy editing. I am proud to offer this as my latest IAT.mP3 release and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. And to Johan who is sick in bed today: feel better! much love!

Tsukimono - Osaka drop

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Plastikina will release the new album "maa" from Finnish a cappella act Rajaton on October 10. many of the texts have roots in Finnish folklore as well as poets such as Eino Leino, P. mustapää and Katri Vala. Check out soundclips: musicmakers.fi/plastinka/rajatonreleases.php" target="_blank">https://www.musicmakers.fi/plastinka/rajatonreleases.php
RIYL Värtinnä and the like, though some tracks seem to be closer to typical modern a cappella than folk (I far prefer the latter).

Jens Lekman keeps on adding tourdates, so check his website for the latest: man.com/shows.htm" target="_blank">https://www.jenslekman.com/shows.htm

Paavoharju has posted a new track on myspace from their forthcoming record "Laulu laakson kukista": myspace.com/paavoharju" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/paavoharju