Swedish indiepop act Out Of Clouds has started recording their debut full-length with producer Joakim Sehlstedt. Expect an early 2008 release in the UK; Scadninavia is still TBD.

Concretes frontwoman Lisa milberg goes over her band's new album "Hey trouble" track-by-track with Rocklouder: ml" target=_blank>https://www.rocklouder.co.uk/articles/3304.html

Startracks finally has a new website: https://www.startracks.se/
Check out the jukebox - almost every single Startracks release is available for streaming. They've also announced the signing on Niccokick! Look for a single this fall and a new album in early 2008.

As mentioned yesterday, Britta Persson is coming to NYC in July and now here are the dates:

07/03 - Rockwood music Hall
07/06 - The Living Room

more to come?

Bassist Töni Köskinen has left Finnish act Damn Seagulls. He'll still play all of the band's currently-booked summer gigs as well as a farewell show, but his replacement has been announced already too: Olli Noroviita (Cosmobile, ex-The Dance). Read more: mnseagulls.com/" target=_blank>https://www.damnseagulls.com/

The new Jens Lekman single has hit the mp3 blogs: m/2007/06/you-know-weve-got-your-back-like.html" target=_blank>https://jcoscarelli.blogspot.com/2007/06/you-know-weve-got-your-back-like.html

Darkthrone will release the new EP "NWOBHm" ("New Wave Of Black Heavy metal") in late July and will be released on both CD and 7" vinyl. Tracklist:

01. Wisdom of the dead (EP version)
02. Canadian metal (CD only)
03. Hedninger fra helvete ("Heathens from hell", exclusive track)
04. Bad attitude (Testors cover, CD only)

As for the much-anticipated new album, that one's called "F.O.A.D." ("Fuck off and die") and will be out in September. Tracklist:

01. These shores are damned
02. Canadian metal
03. The church of real metal
04. The banners of old
05. Fuck off and die
06. Splitkein fever
07. Raised on rock
08. Pervertor of the 7 gates
09. Wisdom of the dead

Darkthrone, one of the few bands that seems to get better and better with age.

mick mars of mötley Crüe recently took a trip to Stockholm to collaboration on some songwriting with Crashdiet.

mIC Norway profiles "blues hobo" Seasick Steve: mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007062111414929829251" target=_blank>https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007062111414929829251

Also via mIC Norway comes word that Thomas Dybdahl will do a few acoustic shows on the US East Coast in mid-July: mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007062115073254222018" target=_blank>https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007062115073254222018

Popmatters reviews Slaraffenland: matters.com/pm/music/reviews/slaraffenland-private-cinema/" target=_blank>https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/slaraffenland-private-cinema/

Norwegian avant-metal act [code] has signed with Tabu and will be releasing a new album early next year.

Gustav Ejstes (Dungen) lists five of of his favorite Swedish albums for Harp: magazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=5700" target=_blank>https://harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=5700

Teitur's new album "Káta Hornið", previously only released in his native Faroe Islands and in Iceland, will receive a wider release on June 25. This is considering his "homecoming record" and is sung entirely in the Faroese language.

DN reports on this year's Sommarplågor (summer plagues): https://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2198&a=663606