A Camp, the solo act of Nina Persson from The Cardigans, is playing a couple shows in NYC in August:

08/06 - Union Hall, Brooklyn
08/08 - Knitting Factory, NYC

Tiny mix Tapes reviews Balroynigress: mixtapes.com/Balroynigress?var_recherche=balroynigress" target=_blank>https://www.tinymixtapes.com/Balroynigress?var_recherche=balroynigress

From Now On has broken up: mnowon.se/sidor/news.html" target=_blank>https://www.fromnowon.se/sidor/news.html

Tiger Tunes have posted three new old demo tracks for free download: https://www.tigertunes.dk/

Distortion Disco has a track from the new Junior Senior EP "Say hello, wave goodbye": m/2007/07/please-move-our-feet.html" target=_blank>https://distortiondisco.blogspot.com/2007/07/please-move-our-feet.html

Rasmus Kellerman aka Tiger Lou is blogging the recording of his new album "A partial print": m/" target=_blank>https://apartialprint.blogspot.com/

The Silent Ballet has posted yet another free postrock comp for download: m/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/367/ItemID/651/Default.aspx" target=_blank>https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/367/ItemID/651/Default.aspx
The only Scandinavian name I recognize is Immanu El, but it's certainly possible there's more.

Zweizz recently travelled to Russia and spent a couple days playing around with the one-of-a-kind ANS synthesizer, an instrument perhaps best known from Coil's "CoilANS" album. Zweizz's recordings from day one got junked, but the rest will be "slightly layered & moderated" for a cassette release via Epicene.

Danish hardcore act Lack began recording their third album this week with engineer Per Knold, the gentleman responsible for recording most every Play/Rec artist nowadays and also the drummer in menfolk. Kenneth Andersen, the live sound engineer for fellow Danes Figurines and I Am Bones and guitarist for Beta Satan, will mix.

We Are Soldiers We Have Guns will record their new full-length album at Studio Folkhemmet with Uffe from Samuraj Cities manning the board.

Twentyseven Records has will be handling a US release of Swedish indiepop act Irene starting off with an EP entitled "Baby I love your way" in August and the album "Apple Bay" soon thereafter.

Eardrums on Norwegian act montée, a new band that features members from JR Ewing, Furia and more: msmusic.com/?p=747" target=_blank>https://eardrumsmusic.com/?p=747

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lasse Stefanz - Vagabond
02. Per Gessle - En händig man
03. Entombed - Serpent saints
04. Eva Dahlgren - En blekt blondins ballader
05. Cajsastina Åkerström - Visor från förr & nu
06. Oh Laura - A song inside my head, a demon in my bed
07. magnus Carlsson - Live forever - The album
08. Ted Gärdestad - För kärlekens skull - Det bästa med
09. The Ark - Prayer for the weekend
10. Sarah Dawn Finer - A finer dawn
11. markoolio - Värsta Plattan
12. måns Zelmerlöw - Stand by for...
14. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
15. Torgny melin - Allting som vi har
16. maia Hirasawa - Though, i'm just me
17. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
18. Danny - Heart beats
19. Hellfueled - memories in black
20. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am

Check out Soulvenom, the new Norwegian metal band formed by ex-members of Purified in Blood and Cortez: myspace.com/soulvenom" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/soulvenom

Danish metalcore act As We Fight is looking for a new singer: m/" target=_blank>https://www.aswefight.com/