The new Bjorn Yttling-produced album from montys Loco has been confirmed for a February/march 2006 release via NONS. The first single "Wasteland" (as posted here awhile ago) will be out in November.

Download a brand new song from Hemstad: mstad/Hemstad%20-%20Dom%20staller%20fan%20inte%20annat%20an%20till%20och%20krav.mp3" target=_blank>https://suchgreatheights.se/hemstad/Hemstad%20-%20Dom%20staller%20fan%20inte%20annat%20an%20till%20och%20krav.mp3

Drowned in Sound reviews the new one from mew: m/articles/13216" target=_blank>https://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/13216

New international tourdates for Swedish indie-folk act Amandine:

10/28 - Stockholm University, Stockholm (SWE) w/Isolation Years
11/02 - Diagonal, Forlí (ITA)
11/04 - La Limonaia, Fucecchio (Firenze) (ITA)
11/06 - Zuni, Ferrara (ITA)
11/12 - Andy Warhol museum, Pittsburgh, PA w/American Analog Set
11/16 - The middle East, Cambridge, mA w/Tristeza
11/18 - North Six, Brooklyn, NY w/Tristeza

MP3: Peter Bjorn and John - Tailormade

Hidden Agenda is on a roll with US reissues of some amazing Swedish records. José González justifiably has been getting most of the press so far for "Veneer" (one of 2003's best albums), but we shouldn't ignore Peter, Bjorn and John and the album "Falling out" - one of 2004's best releases. I bought their 2002 self-titled debut release simply on strength of bassist Bjorn Yttling's prestigious production credits and have been a fan ever since. There's a good reason why they have the lead-off track on my "Reader's companion" compilation. The best part about "Falling out" is how the record works as a whole. It's a concept record, not in the way as say "Operation: mindcrime", but that it's thematic in terms of the overall mood. I actually posted mp3s for every song from the record when it first came out, but here's one of favorites again for those that missed out the first time around.

Peter Bjorn and John - Tailormade

The latest top 10 Norwegian album chart:

01. Raga Rockers - Ragas beste 1983 - 2000
02. Diverse - De beste til meg og mine venner
03. Jorun Stiansen - Unstable
04. De Lillos - Festen er ikke over det er kake igjen
05. Kari Bremnes - Over en by
06. Ravi & DJ Løv - Den nye arbeidsdagen
07. Kaizers Orchestra - maestro
08. marion Raven - Here I am
09. Liv marit Wedvik - Home sweet home
10. Klovner i kamp - Ørnen tek ikkje unga

The Cardigans have a new microsite for their new album "Super extra gravity": m/" target=_blank>https://www.superextragravity.com/

Umeå-based post-hardcore act Royal Downfall will record a new album with Henrik Wiklund during the first week of November.

Eskju Divine now has videos posted on their website: m/" target=_blank>https://www.eskjudivine.com/ (look under music)

Swedish hip-hop duo Afasi & Filthy have a new website: m/" target=_blank>https://www.ritchratch.com/

You can stream the "new" (to American audiences) (International) Noise Conspiracy album "Armed love" right here: m/tinc/player/" target=_blank>https://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/tinc/player/

Denmark's PlayRec has announced that they will release the new monoton album "Greenwood" on October 3, their first with new vocalist Søren Vibjerg. The title comes from the fabled burial location in mississippi of blues legend Robert Johnson. For more info and two free mp3 downloads, go here: https://www.playrec.dk/greenwood/
Sounds a bit like old Danzig in a way. Similar in a heavy/bluesy way.

Indieworkshop reviews the latest from the Acid House Kings: m/music/2003/" target=_blank>https://indieworkshop.com/music/2003/
Also at IW (but off-topic for IAT) is a special feature on "100 albums that changed our lives" which I was graciously invited to contribute to. It was fun to do so maybe you'll get a kick out of it too: m/articles/237/" target=_blank>https://indieworkshop.com/articles/237/

The details and artwork for the new Laakso single "In my blood" has been posted: music.com/site/product.asp?ID=1502" target=_blank>https://se.v2music.com/site/product.asp?ID=1502

Digitalmetal reviews the new Arcturus: metal.com/reviews.asp?cid=6850" target=_blank>https://www.digitalmetal.com/reviews.asp?cid=6850