Division of Laura Lee sideproject Frantic mantis has started to record a new album and you can keep track of progress at their website: mantis.com/" target=_blank>https://www.franticmantis.com/

Semtex talks to JR Ewing about the end of the band: mtexinc.com/interviews/interview.php?ID=35" target=_blank>https://www.semtexinc.com/interviews/interview.php?ID=35

New tourdates for Swedish downer country act Amandine:

10/20 - Gruner Jäger, Hamburg (GER)
10/21 - Pauluskirche, Dortmund (GER) w/Willard Grant Conspiracy
10/22 - NBI, Berlin (GER) w/I might Be Wrong
10/23 - Sunny Red, munich (GER)
10/24 - Riesa Efau, Dresden (GER)
10/25 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig (GER)
10/26 - Wäscherei P, Hall (Innsbruck) (AUS)
10/27 - Einbaumöbel, Wien (AUS)
11/08 - Cavern, Exeter (UK) w/Luke Haines
11/09 - The Hope, Brighton (UK) w/The Low-Lows
11/10 - Taylor John´s House, Coventry (UK) w/Paul Curreri
11/11 - The Luminaire, London (UK) w/Lisa Germano
12/11 - Cul de Sac, Tilburg (NL)
14/11 - Stereo Wonderland, Köln (GER)

Listen to songs from their new forthcoming EP "Waiting for the light to find us" right here: mandinemusic.com/music.php" target=_blank>https://www.amandinemusic.com/music.php

The esteemed monotonik netlabel has posted a new release from Finnish act Northbound: mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp171.html" target=_blank>https://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp171.html

The Sewergrooves new album "Rock 'n' roll receiver" will be released on September 29.

Absolut Noise has a nice, long discussion with Swedish electro singer/songwriter Karin Ström: m/2006/09/interview-karin-strom.html" target=_blank>https://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2006/09/interview-karin-strom.html

A-ha will do a number of Russian and Ukraine dates this fall: m/index.php?cat=2851" target=_blank>https://www.a-ha.com/index.php?cat=2851

Check out the video for Anna Ternheim's new single "Girl laying down": m.com/?sid=archive&folder=videos&id=-10965" target=_blank>https://www.annaternheim.com/?sid=archive&folder=videos&id=-10965

Swedish punks Asta Kask will tour Japan in November:

11/02 - Tokyo
11/03 - Nagoya
11/04 - Osaka
11/05 - Hiroshima
11/07 - Tokyo

Finnish act Brightboy has confirmed that their new single "Vanity fair" will be released on October 30 with the album "Love for the streets" to follow on February 5.

Crescens Collective, the association of people involved with the bands Sanctum, mago, Parca Pace and so on, have revamped their website: m/" target=_blank>https://www.crescens-collective.com/

Datarock has added a bunch of new multimedia stuff to their website: https://www.datarock.no/

Weeping Willows have finished recording 15 new songs for their next album! The band says it's a more laidback album with music that is "a nod to their earlier days when the music was more influenced by the 60's." To which I say: awesome. Not that I don't like the band's later material (I do), it's pretty well known that their first two albums are easily their best. Anyhow, the record was recorded in Stockholm with Andy Bell of Oasis and is currently being mixed together with Sigge Krantz. Keyboardist martin Hederos of The Soundtrack Of Our Lives plays on some of the songs and Patrik Andersson of Barr contributes guest vocals on two tracks. Assuming all goes well, expect a December release.

Listen to songs from the new We Are Soldiers We Have Guns EP "To meet is murder": music.htm" target=_blank>https://www.wearesoldiers.net/music.htm

Victims will record some new songs for a split 7" with US act Kylesa for release on the labels Hyperrealist in the US, Unsociable in Europe.