Check out a video doc on Swedish pop act Oh Laura: m/services/link/bcpid712135930/bctid1111441644" target="_blank">https://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid712135930/bctid1111441644
It's fairly telling that it's crap when they mention Ikea and Abba in the first two sentences.

The new Lars Winnerbäck album "Daugava" comes out September 26 with the first single "Om du lämnade mig nu", a duet with miss Li, preceeding it on August 22.

Download the new Tower of Foil EP "Faster than your eye": m/faster.htm" target="_blank">https://www.toweroffoil.com/faster.htm

IAT faves Aerial will tour Europe in mid-October and should hopefully have dates 100% confirmed soon. Look them also to record a new EP before the end of the year.

Speaking of Aerial, head to the Nomethod website for more updates on their forthcoming US/UK release via One Little Indian plus other news from labelmates mixtapes & Cellmates, Robert Svensson and more: method.se/" target="_blank">https://www.nomethod.se/

Legrand's new album "Sidewalks & stations" will be released on September 3 via RoastingHouse/Universal. Listen to samples: myspace.com/legrandmusic" target="_blank">https://myspace.com/legrandmusic

Check out an e-card with two new tracks from The Great Deceiver, the noisy hardcore band featuring Tomas Lindberg (At the Gates, Disfear, etc.) along with various dudes from Diablolique/Liers in Wait/Grotesque: m/listennow/launch/23/" target="_blank">https://www.deathwishinc.com/listennow/launch/23/

New Decade has posted an English translation of their interview from Emodreng & Indiepige: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=67157963&blogID=298238661" target="_blank">https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=67157963&blogID=298238661

Check out the Peter Bjorn and John webgame: music.se/pbj" target="_blank">https://www.v2music.se/pbj

Look for a new remix album from Universal Poplab in October. The band is also working on their third album and will be performing their very first show in Russia in September.

Shout Out Louds are coming back to the US for an extensive tour in the fall and bringing fellow Swedes Johnossi along for the ride:

10/06 - LA Weekly Detour Festival, Los Angeles, CA
10/09 - Independent, San Francisco, CA
10/10 - WOW Hall, Eugene, OR
10/11 - Berbati's Pan, Portland, OR
10/12 - Richard On Richard's, Vancouver, BC
10/13 - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
10/15 - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
10/16 - Bluebird Theatre, Denver, CO
10/17 - Jackpot Lounge, Lawrence, KS
10/18 - Fine Line music Café, minneapolis, mN
10/19 - Logan Sq. Auditorium, Chicago, IL
10/20 - The Basement, Columbus, OH
10/22 - mod Club, Toronto, ON
10/23 - Cabaret, montreal, QC
10/24 - Paradise, Boston, mA
10/25 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
10/26 - music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
10/27 - maxwell's, Hoboken, NY
10/28 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
10/29 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
10/30 - Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC
10/31 - The Loft, Atlanta, GA
11/02 - The Parish, Austin, TX
11/03 - Granada Theatre, Dallas, TX

The Silent Ballet talks to Swedish post-rockers Immanu El: m/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/367/ItemID/497/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/367/ItemID/497/Default.aspx

As always, NRK provides on-demands streams of many performances from this year's Øya festival: mmunity/oya07/" target="_blank">https://rita.nrk.no/community/oya07/
Anyone see any decent coverage of this? I've only looked at Pitchfork's coverage which is amazingly light in terms of actual Norwegian band content. C'mon, why bother travelling all that way only to see all the same bands playing every other fest?

Pinto's debut album "Hook me up" will be released on September 26 via Krusty Stills Records. Look for them to tour Germany with Racingpaperplanes in early September:

09/06 - Bar A.mora, Hamburg
09/07 - Antje Oklesund, Berlin
09/08 - Backsteinhaus, Duderstadt

monzano has added a bunch of new tracks to their myspace page: myspace.com/monzano" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/monzano