Download the track "Good time" from Norway's Uncle's Institution: m/uncles%20institution_good%20time.mp3" target=_blank>https://www.unclesinstitution.com/uncles%20institution_good%20time.mp3

Swedish synthpoppers Alice in Videoland have signed a deal with Canadian label/mailorder Storming the Base who will be promoting the band in North America.

Norwegian rock act Cadillac will see their most-recent album "magnetic city" released in the UK in September along with the single "Locomotive".

Gorilla movement interviews Promoe from Looptroop: movement.com/promoe.html" target=_blank>https://www.gorillamovement.com/promoe.html
It's a good read - lots of discussion about the choice of language in Swedish hip-hop, among other topics.

Dark Dose reflects on Opeth: m/?p=69" target=_blank>https://darkdose.com/?p=69

The new Carpathian Forest album has been confirmed for release on January 16 in Europe, January 17 in the US via Season of mist.

Splendid reviews The Perishers: magazine.com/review.html?reviewid=11241031471120848" target=_blank>https://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=11241031471120848

Popmatters interviews Dungen: matters.com/music/interviews/dungen-050830.shtml" target=_blank>https://popmatters.com/music/interviews/dungen-050830.shtml

Norwegian Eardrums posts a couple tracks from one-woman act Harmonica: ms.blogspot.com/2005/08/harmonica.html" target=_blank>https://noreardrums.blogspot.com/2005/08/harmonica.html

Stream the brand new Randy track "Evil": m/jukebox" target=_blank>https://www.antidotetour.com/jukebox
The band's new album "Randy the band" comes out October 10 via Burning Heart.

Kill, the Norwegian act featuring Erlend mokkelbost (guitar, JR Ewing), martin Horntveth (drums, Jaga Jazzist), Are mokkelbost (bass, synth and vocals, Single Unit/ARm) and Espen Hangård (guitar, NoPlaceToHide), will be touring Scandinavia at the end of September. Dates:

09/21 - Blå, Oslo (NOR)
09/22 - Kvarteret, Bergen (NOR)
09/23 - Folken, Stavanger (NOR)
09/28 - Blæst, Trondheim (NOR)
09/29 - Turisthytta, Bodø (NOR)
09/30 - Verkstedet, Tromsø (NOR)
09/31 - Art Sound Festival, Göteborg (SWE)

Fluxblog posts a track from the new Junior Senior record: ml" target=_blank>https://www.fluxblog.org/2005/08/its-hard-to-find-pearl-in-heart-of.html
I still need to listen to it some more, but my initial impression is that the album is solid even though it can't come close to touching the debut. How could it? They've gotten much better with production, but it's come at the expense of their trademark manic energy. Still, not bad.

Dusted reviews A Taste of Ra, calling it "one of the finest of psych-folk records this year": magazine.com/reviews/2377" target=_blank>https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2377

Finnish electronic artist Lackluster just released a new album called "Slice" on Belgian label U-cover. The disc collects material recorded between 2002 and 2004 and there's a full track with samples here: m/u-cover/template.php?data=release-front&ID=71" target=_blank>https://www.u-cover.com/u-cover/template.php?data=release-front&ID=71

Aversionline reviews Swedish grind act Splitter: m/reviews/2676/" target=_blank>https://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2676/