Niccokick will play two shows in the UK at the end of September:

09/22 - The Junction, Cambridge
09/23 - Barfly, London

"The curse of being a girl", the first single from the new Kashmir album "No balance palace", is now available as a paid download. As mentioned before, the actual record is due out October 10.

Some new European livedates for Ikaros:

08/27 - Ieper fest, Ieper (BEL)
08/28 - Café la Plague, Paris (FRA)
08/31 - Centre Civic la Fonteta, Sant Feliu Codines (SPA)
09/01 - Groovy Club, Grao Castellón (SPA)
09/02 - Achims Palace, Stuttgart (GER)
09/03 - Cafe Panamá, Fulda (GER)

The new Red Carpet album will now be called "The noise of Red Carpet". It comes out September 28 via If Society.

Check out a stream of the song "An envoy to the open fields" from mew off their new album "And the glass handed kites": mfile.akamai.com/1689/rm/bmguk.download.akamai.com/1689/mew/envoy_clip_ISDN.ram" target=_blank>https://mfile.akamai.com/1689/rm/bmguk.download.akamai.com/1689/mew/envoy_clip_ISDN.ram
The track is one of two that features guest vocals from J mascis (Dinosaur Jr.). A free mp3 download is available to people who sign up for the band's mailing list.

This week's m/musik/nvllistan.php" target=_blank>YLE X3m video chart:

01. Smak - Vesi tulvii sisään (FIN)
02. Poets of the Fall - Lift (FIN)
03. Children of Bodom - In your face (FIN)
04. Crashdiet - Riot in everyone (SWE)
05. Varano feat. Chords - Leaving my trouble behind (DK)
06. Spiha - Planet horse (FIN)
07. Korpiklaani - Kädet siipinä (FIN)
08. User - miss Wanted (SWE)
09. Röyksopp - Only this moment (NOR)
10. Sophie Rimheden - Red line (SWE)

Challengers:
11. HIm - Wings of a butterfly (FIN)
12. September - Satellites (SWE)
13. Angu - Red lights (DK)

The BBC interviews Don Juan Dracula: ml" target=_blank>https://www.theworld.org/globalhits/2005/08/24.shtml
Looks like all their Øya Festival theatrics really paid off.

Crowpath reports that they are finished with their new album "Son of sulphur". 12 songs, 33 minutes, recorded by Andy Andersson at Berno Studios in malmö, to be mastered by Scott Hull at Visceral Sounds and to feature artwork by Juha Vourma (Usurper, Autopsy). It comes out on November 26 in the US via Willowtip, early 2006 via Earache for Europe.

Upcoming live dates for Tias Carlson:

09/06 - mIC, Vänersborg (SWE) w/Björn Kleinhenz
09/07 - Café String, Stockholm (SWE) w/Björn Kleinhenz
09/10 - NGK, Göteborg (SWE) w/Björn Kleinhenz
09/28 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
09/29 - Žlutý pes, Pardubice (CZ)
09/30 - Projekt 7, magdeburg (GER)
10/01 - Nexus, Braunschweig (GER)
10/02 - Café Courage, Döbeln (GER)
10/03 - Juz, Oerlinghausen (GER)
10/04 - 007, Prague (CZ)
10/05 - tba, Wien (AUS)
10/06 - tba (ITA)
10/07 - tba (ITA)
10/08 - tba
10/09 - Exhaus, Trier (GER) w/The One Am Radio
10/10 - HDJ, Remseck (Stuttgart) (GER)
10/11 - Bla, Bonn (GER)
10/12 - Gleis 22, münster (GER) w/Amanda Rogers

All European dates are with Rob and the Pinholestars.

Firefox AK will support Belgium's Vive La Fête on tour around Scandinavia:

11/29 - Voxhall, Århus (DK)
11/30 - Lilla Vega, Köpenhamn (DK)
12/01 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
12/02 - Sticky Fingers, Göteborg (SWE)
12/03 - Eletrixmas@mejeriet, Lund (SWE)

Download "This heart is a stone" from the Acid House Kings: mp3" target=_blank>https://www.labrador.se/jul/ahk-this_heart_is_a_stone.mp3 (as recommended by Entertainment Weekly)

Finnish music blog Lupatarkastaja has posted a new mp3 mixtape of mostly-instrumental post-rock tracks to help lead us into autumn: mizdat.info/2005/08/25/lupatarkastaja-mixtape-post-rock-pt-2/" target=_blank>https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2005/08/25/lupatarkastaja-mixtape-post-rock-pt-2/

The (International) Noise Conspiracy will now be joining Turbonegro on their upcoming US tour (along with non-Scandinavians The Bravery). Updated dates:

10/04 - Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
10/05 - majestic Theatre, Detroit, mI
10/06 - The Rave, milwaukee, WI
10/08 - Skoglund Athletic Center, Northfield, mN
10/09 - Regents Center, Decorah, IA
10/11 - Kool Haus, Toronto, ON
10/12 - Le Spectrum, montreal, QC
10/13 - Avalon Ballroom, Boston, mA
10/14 - Avalon, Los Angeles, CA
10/15 - Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
10/16 - House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
10/18 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
10/19 - Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Broder Daniel frontman Henrik Berggren to go solo? Read: https://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=426612 (in Swedish)

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
02. Amy Diamond - This Is me Now
03. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
04. Peps Blodsband - Äntligen!
05. Laleh - Laleh
06. musikal - mamma mia
07. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
08. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
09. Robyn - Robyn
10. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
11. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
12. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
13. Helena Paparizou - my Number One
14. Carola - Störst av allt
15. Darin - The anthem
16. magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
17. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
18. Peter Jöback & Göteborgs Symfoniker - Storybook
19. Ulf Lundell - Högtruck
20. Di Leva - Själens krigare: Samlade sånger

Cake on Cake's new album has been delayed until September, but she informs me that the upcoming US tour from November 11 through December 22 will be confirmed shortly.