Stylus talks to Lauri Ainala of Finnish freak-folk act Paavoharju: magazine.com/articles/hi/paavoharju.htm" target=_blank>https://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/hi/paavoharju.htm

Popmatters is not so stoked on the latest moonbabies record "The moonbabies at the ballroom": matters.com/pm/music/reviews/34100/moonbabies-moonbabies-at-the-ballroom/" target=_blank>https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/34100/moonbabies-moonbabies-at-the-ballroom/

Elsewhere, Popmatters manages to muster a bit more enthusiasm for the Shout Out Louds and the "Tonight I have to leave it" EP: matters.com/pm/music/reviews/shout-out-louds-tonight-i-have-to-leave-it-ep/" target=_blank>https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/shout-out-louds-tonight-i-have-to-leave-it-ep/

mayhem's upcoming US tour has been scrapped due to drummer Hellhammer injuring himself. Read the full press release: mbgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=9013" target=_blank>https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=9013

musique machine reviews the Lasse marhaug live collection "Alive": musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=1293" target=_blank>https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=1293

music (for Robots) provides some anti-summer jams with Funeral: music.for-robots.com/archives/002079.html" target=_blank>https://music.for-robots.com/archives/002079.html

Finnish weirdo electro-rockers Pepe Deluxé will release their third album "Spare time machine" on June 26 via Catskills Records and you can listen to samples on myspace: myspace.com/pepedeluxe" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/pepedeluxe
Few IAT readers will probably care, but I'm excited to read that Chris Cote of the amazing Boston band The Upper Crust sings on much of the record. In other news, the group's first album "Beatitude" is now available as a free download: music.aol.co.uk/artists/dance/pepe-deluxe-beatitude/article/20070606152709990009" target=_blank>https://music.aol.co.uk/artists/dance/pepe-deluxe-beatitude/article/20070606152709990009

Absolut Noise talks to Johan Angergård of Labrador Records/Club 8/Acid House Kings/The Legends: m/2007/06/interview-johan-angergard-labrador.html" target=_blank>https://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-johan-angergard-labrador.html

Franky Lee has been forced to postpone their planned Australian tour set for the end of the month due to "personal reasons." Look for new dates to be announced soon.

Swedish post-rockers Immanu El have posted even more tracks from their forthcoming album "They'll come, they come" on myspace: myspace.com/immanuelband" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/immanuelband

The new Jens Lekman single "Friday night at the drive-in bingo" will hit Swedish airwaves soon and will also be available for streaming from m/" target=_blank>Service starting on Wednesday. Look for a 7" in July b/w the exclusive track "Radio NRJ" and a new full-length album on September 5.

El Perro Del mar has posted the new song "Hello goodbye" on myspace: myspace.com/elperrodelmar" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/elperrodelmar

Download the video for "Solace" from Swedish art-rock group Baron Bane: m/download.php?dlfileid=8" target=_blank>https://www.baronbane.com/download.php?dlfileid=8
You can also check it out on YouTube: m/watch?v=sbXiW7Ae4bE" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbXiW7Ae4bE

Danish act Port Largo has two new tracks posted on myspace: myspace.com/portlargo" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/portlargo
They were both recorded with producer Carsten Heller (Nephew, Spleen United, Broken Beats, etc.) and sound pretty cool, so go check it out. The first track "Breakdown into fiction" makes me thinkmew gone electro/post-punk.

The new video for "Empty city lights" from Hearts of Black Science is now online: m/watch?v=p8qfuciYDbs" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8qfuciYDbs