Agent Kooper will be entering Göteborg's Svenska Grammofon, the studio run by Kalle of TSOOL, in April to record some new material.

SvD on the recent addition of many Swedish artists on myspace: miskt/noje/did_11580082.asp" target=_blank>https://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/noje/did_11580082.asp (in Swedish)

FaceCulture interviews Norwegian singer/songwriter Ane Brun: m" target=_blank>https://www.faceculture.nl/anebrun_2006/index.htm

Cardigans frontwoman Nina Persson will make her big screen debut in the upcoming film "Om gud vill", the directorial debut of Amir Chamdin (Infinite mass). Read more: mpage.fwx?page=2828&SVENSKA_FILmER=14634" target=_blank>https://www.sfi.se/sfi/smpage.fwx?page=2828&SVENSKA_FILmER=14634

PopKid Records has posted two new tracks from Swedish indie act Chester Copperpot on their myspace page: myspace.com/popkidrecs" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/popkidrecs
One song comes from the band's new EP due out in April and one from a live in-studio appearance at radio station WPSC in New Jersey last October.

Noisedfisk interviews Swedish indiepop act Strip Squad: m/2006/01/18/an-interview-with-strip-squad/" target=_blank>https://noisedfisk.com/2006/01/18/an-interview-with-strip-squad/

Lost at Sea reviews Swedish electronic artist Folie: ml?id=3155671143d0130f40c4a" target=_blank>https://www.lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=3155671143d0130f40c4a

Download an mp3 of Norwegian avant-metal act manes covering "Cinder alley" by 16 Horsepower (one of my all-time favorite bands): manes.info/downloads/cinderalley.mp3" target=_blank>https://www.manes.info/downloads/cinderalley.mp3
The track comes from the band's upcoming "[view]" EP, due out in February via Aural music. Recommended - not only do they do justice to the original, but they manage to translate it into their own style.

Updated European tourdates for Boy Omega:

03/12 - NBI, Berlin w/Rivulets
03/13 - Club Carambolage, Karlsruhe
03/14 - Südstadt, münchen
03/15 - K4, Nürnberg
03/16 - Bastion, Bochum
03/17 - LVP Bar, Leiden
03/18 - DB Studio, Utrecht
03/19 - Karthuizerhof, Amsterdam
03/20 - De Kar, Groningen
03/21 - AZ Conni, Dresden w/Gethin Pearson
03/22 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig w/Gethin Pearson
03/23 - mikrokosmos, magdeburg w/Gethin Pearson
03/24 - Barracuda, Kassel
03/25 - Bett, Hamburg

Dave Lepard, frontman of Swedish glam-rockers Crashdiet, was found dead this morning: https://www.crashdiet.org/
Speculation is that it was suicide, but I have no confirmation at this time.

Upcoming Ikaros tourdates:

02/04 - Fest-i-valen, Norrköping (SWE)
02/11 - Art Garden, Gävle (SWE)
02/16 - Knaack-klub, Berlin (GER)
02/17 - Jugendhaus, Rosswein (GER)
02/18 - Bear Rock Festival, Andenne (BEL)
02/19 - Access All Area, Köln (GER)

MP3: Carpet People - More bad weather coming out of the rain

We did it - as of today, Olympia Washington has broken the record for the most consecutive rainy days in a row with a grand total of 34. Obviously that still doesn't compare to the terrible conditions in mail/gradusniki.jpg" target=_blank>some places, but it's still not anything this California transplant is used to. Anyhow, I've decided to mark the occasion with the song "more bad weather coming out of the rain" from the Carpet People. What could be more perfect than that? The ideal soundtrack for a grey, dreary day.

Carpet People - More bad weather coming out of the rain

Ariel Kill Him has posted a new web diary entry detailing his progress on his upcoming album: m.com/iframe.php?x=diary" target=_blank>https://www.arielkillhim.com/iframe.php?x=diary

The upcoming Fujasaki album is now confirmed for a march 12 release via Sudd.

Smalltown Supersound subsidiary Smalltown Superjazzz will be releasing a new album from the duo of Swedish sax player mats Gustafsson and Yoshimi of Japanese act The Boredoms entitled "Soundless cries with their arms in the air". It comes out may 2.