The End Will Be Kicks are working on new material and hope to an album done by the end of the year. Samples soon they promise.

Danish arenapop act The Alpine are looking for people to remix them: https://www.thealpine.de/ver2/text/index.php

After 10 years of being available as vinyl-only releases, German label Stickman has finally reissues the three motorpsycho EPs "Wearing yr smell", "The nerve tattoo" and "manmower" on CD.

Check out the Paddy aka Patrik Lindgren remix of Richard Reagh's "The birds’s hormones are in abundance" (SIC): mones-are-in-abundance/" target=_blank>https://www.reagh.net/blog/the-birdss-hormones-are-in-abundance/

Swedish noiserockers QGmR report that their new album should be ready for a Q1 release next year.

The 2xCD+DVD 15-year anniversary memento materia boxset "Get electrofied" has been confirmed for a November release> Go here for a full tracklist: mementomateria.se/mEmO100.htm" target=_blank>https://www.mementomateria.se/mEmO100.htm

Swedish electro hype act Lo-Fi-Fnk will contribute a remix to UK band The Feeling on their upcoming single "I love it when you call".

Killing music reports that Baby, Don't Hurt Yourself's debut album will be released on November 25.

New from Swedish label Gravitation, The Tallest man on Earth: me.asp?id=30&action=disco3" target=_blank>https://www.gravitation.nu/discoframe.asp?id=30&action=disco3
Not much in terms of info, but there are samples and they sound good.

Dungen's performance from this year's Bonaroo Festival in June is now available as a paid download, in both mp3 and lossless FLAC format: m/" target=_blank>https://www.livebonnaroo.com/

The new video for The Embassy's single "Lurking (with a distance)" is online: m/lurking.htm" target=_blank>https://www.srvice.com/lurking.htm

Raised Fist will finally return to Canada in December, making up for the cancelled tour from September:

12/07 - Le Trash, St-Hyacinthe
12/08 - Anti Hall, Quebec City
12/09 - Cegep Hall, Sept-Iles
12/10 - Vieux Theatre, LaBaie
12/11 - Theatre Granada, Sherbrooke
12/12 - Le Spectrum, montreal
12/13 - Le maquisart, Trois-Rivieres
12/14 - The Babylon, Ottawa
12/15 - The Dungeon, Oshawa
12/16 - Call The Office, London
12/17 - The Reverb, Toronto
12/18 - L3 Nightclub, St-Catherines
12/19 - Chubby Pickle, Windsor
12/20 - The Foundation, Barrie

Swedish glam-rockers Crashdiet are back and promise to persevere onward despite the suicide of frontman Dave Leppard: https://www.crashdiet.org/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1161087538

Hits in the Car mentioned them m/2006/10/spencer-in-munich.html" target=_blank>the other day and let me reiterate, munich is an up-and-coming Danish band not to be missed. Check out the three new tracks on myspace: myspace.com/munichdk" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/munichdk
It's worth noting that Jonas Petersen from IAT-approved act Attrap sent me a tip about these guys as well. He also plays a bit of cello and sings some backing vocals on the album. If that's not enough, let it be known that Johannes Dybkjaer of Lampshade, yet another IAT-recommended act, produced the record. If you enjoyed the dreamy pop of either of those two bands, you'll dig munich for sure.

Danish DIY label BSBTA (Bloated Sasquatch Beer Theatre Audio) is expanding into many various sub-labels including A Beard of Snails, Orange Doorhinge, Workaholics On Holiday and BSBTA Vinyl. Read more: m/" target=_blank>https://www.bsbta.com/