Swedish melodic rockers Darn have a new website: music.com/" target=_blank>https://www.darnmusic.com/
You can listen to two new songs from the band's forthcoming EP "A million ways to fail", due out November 14.

Finnish electro-goths Boys of Scandinavia have posted an exclusive live version of the track "Hallucination" up on myspace: myspace.com/boysofscandinavia" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/boysofscandinavia

Hot Igloo has just released the debut album "Time ride" from Finnish electronic music pioneer Jukka Ruohomäki. more info: m/" target=_blank>https://www.hotigloo.com/
For more on Ruohomäki and early Finnish electronica in general, go here: https://www.phinnweb.org/early/

Danish act Green Concorde on tour in Germany:

12/06 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg w/Saboteur
12/07 - magnet, Berlin
12/08 - Atomic Café, münchen w/Celest
12/09 - Nachtleben, Frankfurt
12/10 - Bastion, Bochum

This week's m/group/itsatrap" target=_blank>It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. The Shins
02. The Knife
03. Radiohead
04. Belle and Sebastian
05. The Radio Dept.
06. The Cure
07. Sufjan Stevens
08. Håkan Hellström
09. The Plan
10. Tiger Lou

And the top 10 albums of the week:

01. The Knife – Silent Shout
02. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
03. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
04. Arctic monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
05. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
06. The Knife – Deep Cuts
07. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
08. Håkan Hellström – Ett kolikbarns bekännelser
09. Camera Obscura – Let's Get out of This Country
10. Tiger Lou – The Loyal

Want to make your own playlist count? Join us! Go here to learn more: m/help/" target=_blank>https://www.last.fm/help/

Danish glam/emo act The Fashion has posted some new tracks on myspace: myspace.com/thefashiondk" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/thefashiondk

REm frontman michael Stipe is reportedly a fan of Norway's Low Frequency in Stereo: ma.no/vis.php?kat=3&did=5327" target=_blank>https://www.panorama.no/vis.php?kat=3&did=5327

Blodårstid on Swedish act Zavorash: m/blod/2006/11/06/zavorash-nasd-cd/" target=_blank>https://www.holyterror.com/blod/2006/11/06/zavorash-nasd-cd/

marit Larsen won Best Norwegian act at the mTV Europe music Awards and comments to mIC Norway about it: mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2006110610494177470817" target=_blank>https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2006110610494177470817

Stylus interviews Ryan of music blog The Catbird Seat and label Catbird Records, home of Swedish acts Hemstad and Pet Politics: magazine.com/articles/label_profile/catbird-records.htm" target=_blank>https://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/label_profile/catbird-records.htm

marathonpacks has a good summation of The Knife's LA show: marathonpacks.com/2006/11/knife-el-rey-theatre-1142006.html" target=_blank>https://www.marathonpacks.com/2006/11/knife-el-rey-theatre-1142006.html

The new Lionheart Brothers album "Dizzy kiss" will be released on January 22 via Racing Junior. Listen to some tracks on myspace: myspace.com/lionheartbrothers" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/lionheartbrothers

RatatoskOnline interviews Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl: https://www.ratatoskonline.net/index.php?axelref=news&id=650

Eldkvarn's new album "Kärlekens låga" will be released November 29 via Zebra Art Records.

Swedish act Hanif will be performing a special church mass based on the music of Johnny Cash on November 12 at Tomaskyrkan in Göteborg. The band wants it to be known that they are not a Christian band, but that they "respect the traditions and love the spiritual and existential approach of Johnny Cash." There are plans to record and release it online, but details are still being sorted.