Copenhagen Sound has confirmed that singer/songwriter Rasmus Helner's debut album "Fire in a stone" will be released on April 18.

Stylus reviews the new Burst album: magazine.com/review.php?ID=3838" target=_blank>https://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3838

Listen to samples from Pål Bråtelund's new solo album: https://www.polaroids.no/index.php?action=listen (m/2006/03/pl-brtelund.html" target=_blank>via)

Aversionline reviews the new In Flames (and rants extensively about bad promo tactics): m/blahg/2006/03/absolut-melodicswedishdeathmetal.html" target=_blank>https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2006/03/absolut-melodicswedishdeathmetal.html
I tend to be one of those people who thinks that "The jester race" is the best thing In Flames ever did, but I do like a few of their later records too. Still haven't heard the new one myself though.

This week's m/group/itsatrap" target=_blank>It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played artist chart:

01. The Knife
02. Belle and Sebastian
03. Tiger Lou
04. Bloc Party
05. Death Cab for Cutie
06. morrissey
07. Jens Lekman
08. Arctic monkeys
09. Radiohead
10. The Concretes

The top 10 tracks for the week? Still all about The Knife, for the third week in a row:

01. The Knife - Silent shout
02. The Knife - From off to on
03. The Knife - Neverland
04. The Knife - Na na na
05. The Knife - marble house
06. The Knife - We share our mother's health
07. The Knife - The captain
08. The Knife - Like a pen
09. The Knife - One hit
10. The Knife - Still light

Want to see your favorites listed here? Please join us! Go here to learn more: m/help/" target=_blank>https://www.last.fm/help/

mp3 blog Fat Planet posts a track from Zucchini Drive, a new collaboration between marcus Graap of Stacs of Stamina and Siza from Belgian act Caveman Speak: m.au/blog/2006/03/05/zucchini-drive-swedenbelgium/" target=_blank>https://www.fatplanet.com.au/blog/2006/03/05/zucchini-drive-swedenbelgium/

Swedish electronic act Ohm has posted three new tracks on myspace: myspace.com/ohmsthlm" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/ohmsthlm
Sounds pretty good I think.

Antennas have revamped their website: https://www.antennas.se/
The band's new album "Sins" came out last week and can be purchased as mp3s m/store.php?item=158">right here.

Swedish singer/songwriter collective Wild Geese music has posted a bunch of new tracks for download: music.com/" target=_blank>https://www.wildgeesemusic.com/

The Swedish mp3 blog Kiss And make Up has posted a memoplay remix track made by Emma Bates of Otur/Light Bulb Project: makeup.blogspot.com/2006/03/memoplay-song-for-no-ears-otur-song.html" target=_blank>https://kissmakeup.blogspot.com/2006/03/memoplay-song-for-no-ears-otur-song.html
memoplay is the duo of Adam Svanell from Johnny Bråttom Records and singer/songwriter/IAT favorite Björn Kleinhenz.

Want to see Khoma play an exclusive showcase in London on march 23? Here's how: ma.net/competition.aspx" target=_blank>https://www.khoma.net/competition.aspx

Randy has posted some new jams on myspace: myspace.com/randytheband" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/randytheband

I'm not sure what my problem is, but I've only just recently started to really dig into the morningside Records catalogue. I've known about the label for awhile now, but never bothered getting a hold of any of their releases until Figurines started to get international attention. Lame, I know. However, I'm not going to talk about Figurines today (I'll wait until after I see them in Seattle next week). The morningside artist that has impressed me the most so far is Jomi massage, so that's who I'm posting an mp3 from today. The most obvious point of reference for Jm is "Dry"-era PJ Harvey. You know the sound: caterwauling vocals and noisy, lurching rock interspersed with quieter, more tender moments. But Jm trumps PJ by incorporating a much diverse and layered melodic sensibility. I like older PJ stuff a lot, but there's something more interesting going on here that's also, most importantly, much more consistent. This particular track that I've posted today starts off with a droning melody and then explodes into a fireball of white noise which keeps burning furiously until a sudden stop at the end. It's a total cliffhanger of a song, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Look to your right and you'll see a banner for a new contest I'm running. I'm giving away a bunch of tickets to the m/" target=_blank>Spring Wonderland Festival tour. There's a bunch of great bands playing and they're travelling all over Scandinavia, so go ahead and enter, ok? Winners will be announced in a week.

Check out the trailer for the Timbuktu DVD "Funken Styr Våra Steg": mbuk_DVD_trailer.avi" target=_blank>https://www.jujurecords.nu/downloads/video/timbuk_DVD_trailer.avi