Swedish punkrockers Smalltown will be coming over to the US in late November, first for the The Fest 4 in Gainesville, Florida from November 18-20 and then over on the West Coast immediately following Thanksgiving. Dates soon.

99% of the dates for the upcoming "Grind your face off" European tour featuring Rotten Sound and Sayyadina have been booked. Check it: m/" target=_blank>https://www.rottensound.com/

Swedish indietronica act my Enemy has a new website: myenemy.vapengodis.com/" target=_blank>https://www.myenemy.vapengodis.com/

madrugada will perform at the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Concert on December 11 in Oslo along with a long-list of esteemed international artists. Sadly, in order the make room for the special show, the dates in Essen and Stuttgart have been cancelled. In other news, madrugada has revealed that they will finally be doing a live album for release in early 2006. Details to come.

JuJu Records has posted a new mp3 from Sebbe for free download: m/news.php?id=52" target=_blank>https://www.jujurecords.com/news.php?id=52

Holiday With maggie on tour in Russia and the Baltics:

10/20 - Tallin (EE)
10/21 - TIR club, Pskov (RU)
10/22 - Jest, moscow (RU)
10/23 - Rocco, Nizniy Novgorod (RU)
10/24 - tba (RU)
10/25 - 35mm, moscow (RU)
10/26 - tba, Tartu (EE)
10/27 - Depo, Riga (LV)
10/28 - Liepaja (LV)
10/29 - tba (LT)
10/30 - Vilnius (LT)
10/31 - Gizycko (PL)
11/01 - day off
11/02 - Alchemia, Rzeszow (PL)
11/03 - Dzuku Brodvejus, Alytus (LT)
11/04 - tba (LV)

Pitchfork reviews the US reissue of "Stadsvandringar" from Dungen: media.com/record-reviews/d/dungen/stadsvandringar.shtml" target=_blank>https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/dungen/stadsvandringar.shtml

Jens Lekman North American tourdate reminder:

10/13 - Downcaf, Bennington, VT
10/14 - Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
10/15 - mercury Lounge, New York City, NY
10/16 - Bar Nightclub, New Haven, CT
10/17 - PA's Lounge, Boston, mA
10/19 - Case University, Cleveland, OH
10/20 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
10/21 - Second Story, Bloomington, IN
10/22 - Earlham College Comtock Room, Richmond, IN
10/24 - Walter's, Houston, TX
10/25 - Emo's, Austin, TX
10/28 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
10/29 - Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
11/05 - music Gallery at St. George the martyr Church, Toronto, Ontario

Check out an article from Västerbottens Folkblad on my friend magnus and his new label Nomethod: https://www.folkbladet.nu/index.asp?vf=1&x=34605 (in Swedish)
If you remember from m/index.php?story_id=821">earlier this week, magnus' old label Chalksounds is closing down after the release of The End Will Be Kicks and Nomethod is his new project. The first couple releases for Nomethod are almost 100% confirmed too, but I can't name names yet.

Norwegian hardcore act Catena Collapse will be doing a split 7" with Sinaloa, due out early 2006 via Narshardaa. The band will also contribute a track to the upcoming "Emo apocalypse" 12" comp on React With Protest. As for the previously announced one-sided 12" "The nesting and hibernation", that should be out any day now. Otherwise, the band has been taking it easy since the members are now spread all over the country, but they hope that once Dominic finishes their European tour they should be able to schedule some new live dates.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Darin - Darin
02. Björn Afzelius - Björn Afzelius bästa
03. Ulf Lundell - Lazarus
04. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
05. mauro Scocco - Herr Jimsons äventyr
06. Laleh - Laleh
07. Weeping Willows - Singles Again
08. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
09. Amy Diamond - This Is me Now
10. Peter Lemarc - Sjutton sånger - Lemarc sjunger Lemarc
11. Louise Hoffsten - From Linköping to memphis
12. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
13. Kent - Du & jag Döden
14. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten
15. Robyn - Robyn
16. Tom Levin - me, my Band that I älskar
17. musikal - mamma mia
18. moneybrother - To Die Alone
19. Alf - Alfs andra
20. Ebba Grön - Samlingen

The website for madrugada/Ricochets fuzz-rock sideproject my midnight Creeps is now up and running with fall tourdays around Norway and a few songs for download: mymidnightcreeps.com/" target=_blank>https://www.mymidnightcreeps.com/

Digitalmetal interviews Finnish folk-metal act Korpiklaani: metal.com/interviews.asp?iID=6890" target=_blank>https://www.digitalmetal.com/interviews.asp?iID=6890

Denmark's Carpark North will support moby on two dates in Germany:

11/07 - Berlin
11/08 - Dresden

The fine music blog For the Eardrums is downsizing a bit: ms.blogspot.com/2005/10/end-of-things.html" target=_blank>https://eardrums.blogspot.com/2005/10/end-of-things.html
While I'm disappointed that the Norwegian focus site Norwegian Eardrums will be disappearing, I think it's good for Knut to consolidate his content.

Today's mp3 comes from mew, the latest act hyped for international success out of Denmark. Simon Thibaudeau found the helium-infused vocals to be too much of a Flaming Lips rip in m/index.php?article=105">his review, but I prefer to liken the band to other intelligent rock acts such as mid-period Radiohead or maybe heavier acts such as Tool and Dredg. I'm not saying they all sound alike, but rather that they share many similar characteristics such as uneven time signatures and polyrhythms and the tendency towards cinematic soundscapes. mew doesn't get all that heavy outside of the bombastic intro track on the new album "And the glass handed kites" and because of that, I think they could appeal to listeners on both sides of the fence. It's as epic as any power-metal, but with more of a feminine touch. I'm not really a fan of Dinosaur Jr. (indierock heresy, yes I know), but the guest vocals on this track from J. mascis are superb in context. His gravelly delivery is a perfect counterpoint to Jonas Bjerre's light and airy voice.