Swedish lofi CDR label Bedroom Records has signed Peter Aries and will be releasing his debut six-song EP "Finally" on February 15. Samples and more details: mrec.com/bands/releases/finally.htm" target=_blank>https://www.bedroomrec.com/bands/releases/finally.htm

Check out an e-card for the new Knife album "Silent shout": musicbay.se/buy/index.asp?movie_id=1195&company_id=39" target=_blank>https://www.musicbay.se/buy/index.asp?movie_id=1195&company_id=39
There's a few songs for streaming along with the title track video, bio info and pictures.

Hammerfall's video for "Hearts on fire" is now online: m/curlingtjejerna/Acuvue_Hearts_on_Fire_S.wmv" target=_blank>wmv / m/curlingtjejerna/Acuvue_Hearts_on_Fire_S.mov" target=_blank>qt

Updated tourdates for Norwegian singer/songwriter Ane Brun:

03/13 - Hotel Café, LA
03/14 - The Viper Room, LA
03/17 - The Drink (SXSW), Austin, TX
03/18 - CBGB's, NYC
03/20 - The Livingroom, NYC
04/04 - Tivoli, Utrecht (HOL)
04/05 - Lantaren/Venster Singer-songwriter festival, Rotterdam (HOL)
04/09 - Brotfabrik, Frankfurt (GER)
04/09 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
04/10 - Tacheles, Berlin (GER)
04/11 - Stage Club, Hamburg (GER)

The monotonik netlabel has posted a new release from Finnish electronic artist Ernesto Aeroflot: mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp160.html" target=_blank>https://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp160.html

DoCopenhagen rounds up tracks from a number of Danish artists with new albums: m/2006/02/danish-delights_05.html" target=_blank>https://docopenhagen.blogspot.com/2006/02/danish-delights_05.html

Norwegian World Idol champion Kurt Nilsen to do a duet with Willie Nelson: musikk/5457632.html" target=_blank>https://www.nrk.no/musikk/5457632.html (in Norwegian)

Lots of great posts over at Finnish music blog Lupatarkastaja recently. Not only is it now being published more regularly in English, but there's tons of good new music from bands such as mizdat.info/2006/02/06/ghost-brigade-demo-2005/" target=_blank>Ghost Brigade (a new project featuring members of Sunride and Revolt with guest appearances from munter of Swallow The Sun and Fredrik from Swedish stoner-rock band Dozer) and mizdat.info/2006/02/04/mixtape-004/" target=_blank>a new post-rock mix featuring tracks from Circle Six (very highly recommended), Icos, From Now On and more. Oh, and don't forget mizdat.info/2006/02/03/sonores-ep-iatmp3004/" target=_blank>Teemu's take on my own latest netrelease from Sonores.

NmE is streaming tracks from the new Concretes album: me.com/mediaPlayer" target=_blank>https://www.nme.com/mediaPlayer (requires free registration)

Swedish melancholy country act Amandine will be supporting the Fruit Bats alongside Sam Jayne on a US tour in April. Dates confirmed so far:

04/06 - Neumos, Seattle, WA
04/07 - Lola's (inside Crystal Ballroom), Portland, OR
04/10 - The Independent, San Francisco, CA
04/12 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
04/13 - The Casbah, San Diego, CA
04/19 - Walter's on Washington, Houston, TX
04/23 - mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN
04/24 - Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
04/28 - mercury Lounge, New York, NY
04/29 - maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
04/30 - TT The Bear's, Cambridge, mA
05/02 - mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY
05/04 - Kraftbrau, Kalamazoo, mI
05/05 - South Gate House, Newport, KY
05/07 - Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL

Look for the band's new EP "Leave out the sad parts" to be released around the same time.

Check out the video for "Analogue" from A-ha: m.a-ha.com/thenewsite/disco.php/video-analogue.html" target=_blank>https://forum.a-ha.com/thenewsite/disco.php/video-analogue.html

Speaking of A-ha, they recently did a bit of Q&A on their website: m/cparticle6783-417.html" target=_blank>https://www.a-ha.com/cparticle6783-417.html

Pitchfork reviews the US release of José González's "Stay in the shade" EP: media.com/record-reviews/g/gonzalez_jose/stay-in-the-shade.shtml" target=_blank>https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/g/gonzalez_jose/stay-in-the-shade.shtml
I'm not sure why they're acting as if that EP is "new," as it was first released in Sweden in 2004.

Swedish singer/songwriter Kristofer Åström has posted a new song from his upcoming 4-way split with Racingpaperplanes, Boy Omega, Two Times The Trauma on Tract Records: myspace.com/kastrom" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/kastrom

Namur has posted a new song called "Be still" on his myspace page: myspace.com/namur" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/namur