New tourdates for I'm From Barcelona:

05/08 - Fri-Son, Fribourg (SWI)
05/09 - Kaserne, Baselg (SWI)
05/10 - Bronson, Ravenna (ITA)
05/11 - Alpheus, Rome (ITA)
05/12 - Rainbow, milan (ITA)

Preview the new Islaja album "Ulual YYY": https://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/34074472
It comes out April 18 via Fonal Records.

The winners of this year's SAmA (Scandinavian Alternative music Awards), Sweden's alternative/electronic/industrial awards:

Best newcomer: Cryo
Best club/festival: Arvikafestivalen
Best song: The Knife – marble House
Best album: The Knife – Silent Shout
Best artist: Covenant

more footage from the Final Exit reunion, this time with better sound and multiple cameras: m/watch?v=yDUmlZskzH0" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDUmlZskzH0
Obviously filmed for an eventual DVD release I imagine.

Swedish art-music label Komplott has a new release from Hanna Hartman, a composer who uses found-sound to create her pieces. more details and samples: mplott.com/catalogue/catalogue.php?catnr=escudre09" target=_blank>https://www.komplott.com/catalogue/catalogue.php?catnr=escudre09

Don't forget to check out the m/index.php?a=290">recent Don Juan Dracula interview and, while you're at it, be sure to enter the contest! We're giving away 10 free digital copies of their "Young debutantes 2" album all you need to do is mailto:djd.contest@itsatrap.com">email djd.contest@itsatrap.com with you contact info to enter.

New tourdates for Suburban Kids with Biblical Names:

05/01 - Great Scott, Boston, mA
05/02 - The red and the black, Washington DC
05/03 - Lo Fi Social Club, Baltimore, mD
05/04 - Private college date, Portland, mE
05/05 - Pianos, NYC, NY
05/07 - White Heat, London (UK)
05/08 - The monto, London (UK)
05/09 - Nice n' Sleazy, Glasgow (SCO)
05/10 - Whelans, Dublin (IRL)
05/12 - tba, Galway (IRL)

muisc blog Perfect Sounds on multinational jazz act 4 Corners, featuring Scandinavians magnus Broo and Paal Nilssen-Love: m/2007/08/brilliant-4-corners-lane-vandermark.html" target=_blank>https://perfectsounds.blogspot.com/2007/08/brilliant-4-corners-lane-vandermark.html

Lasse marhaug has posted some video clips from the recent Jazkammer and Testicle Hazard shows he did in Japan: marhaug.no/" target=_blank>https://www.lassemarhaug.no/

Speaking of Jazkammer, look for the new album "Artbreaker" on Smalltown Superjazzz in August.

Datarock is streaming their entire album "Datarock Datarock" at Virb: m/datarock" target=_blank>https://www.virb.com/datarock

Swedish electro act Scapesonik is reinventing themselves as the new band Type Red. They'll make their live debut at Teater Scenario in Stockholm on April 13. Listen to samples: https://www.typered.se/

The Silent Ballet reviews Detektivbyrån: m/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/425/Default.aspx" target=_blank>https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/425/Default.aspx

Isolation Years have posted one of the tracks from their new one-sided LP, out now on Do You Dream of Noise?: myspace.com/isolationyearsmusic" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/isolationyearsmusic
The song is called "Dear Satan" and it's great.

Swedish experimental/drone artist Jonas Lindgren has a new two-track EP available for free download: https://www.archive.org/details/jonas_lindgren-hovering