Disfear has started to post updates in their tour diary about the recording of their new album: m/Disfear/WEB/tourReport.asp?prmCategoryId=11&prmSubCategoryId=47&prmCategoryToShow=47" target="_blank">https://www.kulspruta.com/Disfear/WEB/tourReport.asp?prmCategoryId=11&prmSubCategoryId=47&prmCategoryToShow=47

Finnish hardcore act Endstand has posted three new tracks from their forthcoming album "Sparks" on myspace: myspace.com/endstand" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/endstand

The Silent Ballet reviews the Norwegian Shining: m/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/668/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/668/Default.aspx

Speaking of Shining, check out their video for the track "Winterreise": m/watch?v=nA94N-xC2f8" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA94N-xC2f8
Beware if you are prone to seizures! more interesting however, is this cover of "21st century schizoid man" by King Crimson: m/watch?v=1eXUjfVPkGk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eXUjfVPkGk

Christian Kjellvander is currently in the studio working on his new album "I saw her from here/I saw here from her". Expect an October release via Startracks. Check out a clip of him performing a new song in his car: m/watch?v=_8WsK1aG2Bm#GU5U2spHI_4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8WsK1aG2Bm#GU5U2spHI_4
Be sure to peep the "more from this user" tab for a ton of other Startracks videos from the likes of Fireside, Tiger Lou and more.

mIC Norway returns from summer break with a spotlight on Popium: mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007080113401434799267" target="_blank">https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007080113401434799267

A Perfect Friend has added a couple new tracks to their myspace page: myspace.com/aperfectfriend" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/aperfectfriend

New North American dates for Danish act Figurines:

10/11 - Crocodile, Seattle, WA
10/12 - media Club, Vancouver, BC
10/13 - Berbati's, Portland, OR
10/15 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
10/16 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
10/17 - Club Congress, Tucson, AZ
10/19 - Emo's, Austin, TX
10/20 - Cavern Club, Dallas, TX
10/23 - 7th St. Entry, minneapolis, mN
10/24 - Schubas, Chicago, IL
10/26 - El mocambo, Toronto, Ontario
10/27 - Club Lambi, montreal, Quebec
10/28 - middle East, Boston, mA
10/29 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
10/31 - mercury Lounge, New York, NY
11/01 - mercury Lounge, New York, NY

Pitchfork finally gets around to reviewing the latest Concretes album "Hey trouble": media.com/article/record_review/44505-hey-trouble" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/44505-hey-trouble

Subliminal Sounds has updated their upcoming release list: minalsounds.se/DOK/Upcoming.html" target="_blank">https://www.subliminalsounds.se/DOK/Upcoming.html

Killing the Legacy on Callisto's debut EP "Ordeal of the century": m/2007/07/alternate-horizons.html" target="_blank">https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2007/07/alternate-horizons.html

Check out the new J-Ro (The Alkaholiks) video for "U call that love?" featuring a guest appearance from Swedish hip-hop artist Chords: m/watch?v=W2_wmADSf2s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2_wmADSf2s

The new Cloroform album "Clean" will be released on September 10. They band describes the album as "uniquely brutal" and say that it contains "[an] apocalyptic concoction of furious drums, damaging bass lines, atom-splitting clavinet riffs and vocals that range from visceral growls to decibel-decimating screeches."

Via m/2007/07/30/ai-phoenix/" target="_blank">Bates motel comes word that Ai Phoenix has new tourdates and videoclips posted on their website: https://www.aiphoenix.no/

The Badschematic netlabel is now online and offering up free releases for download from Norwegian artists Swamps Up Nostrils and Torstein Wjiik: matic.info/" target="_blank">https://www.badschematic.info/