Swedish instrumental rockers Ellis the Vacuumchild will be recording a couple new songs for a 7" on Jezebel Recordings. They plan to do include a version of "Summershitty thongs/songs" with Ed Greene on vocals and the new track "Bauer kraut".

Sweden's Transport League has officially broken up and reformed as m.A.N., the main difference being that frontman Tony Jelencovich will no longer play guitar, only sing. Check out some samples: myspace.com/transportleague" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/transportleague

Check out some new tracks from Iskra, a mellower sideproject of Iisole: me.com/iskra" target=_blank>https://www.purevolume.com/iskra
The tracks come from the group's just-released third EP "Sunflower surrealism".

The latest Aquarius Records new arrivals list includes stuff from Scandinavian artists Henrik Nordvargr Bjorkk, Kemialliset Ystavat and Keuhkot along with the usual assortment of other goodies: ml" target=_blank>https://www.aquariusrecords.org/cat/newest.html

Norway's Animal Alpha will finally release their debut full-length album on September 5. As mentioned before, the record was recorded at Radio Star Studios in Weed, CA with producer Sylvia massy (Johnny Cash, Tool, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REm, etc.).

Advance Patrol has confirmed their new album for an October 17 release.

The X-Dump Collective has a new comp out on the 8bitpeoples netlabel for free download: m/discography_gfx.php#8BP048" target=_blank>https://www.8bitpeoples.com/discography_gfx.php#8BP048
Artists include Psilodump, Din Stalker, Dorothy's magic Bag and more.

When Nicke Andersson first left Entombed to concentrate 100% on The Hellacopters, the future of his old band was left totally up in the air. C'mon, what do you do when one of your founding members and main songwriters leaves? The pressure was on, to say the least. So when the new album "Same difference" finally was released in 1998 with new drummer Peter Stjärnvind, a lot of people were especially critical of the record. Now, I'm not gonna come out and say that everyone was wrong, but I do think they were unjustly harsh. While it's obviously not the best thing they've ever done, it's still nowhere near as bad as a lot of those initial reviews would have you believe. Coming out after the fuzzy death n' roll onslaught of 1997's "To ride, shoot straight and speak the truth", "Same difference" was a study in contrasts. The production was significantly cleaner and the playing was much more subdued, though tighter. It was the sound of a band in transition, trying to figure out where to go next. Yeah, there's some definite clunkers on the record, but I think that it hold up well regardless. It doesn't help that the tracklist is totally front-loaded, but it works just fine on shuffle. And ignore those five bonus tracks on the US version - they were much better off left as a separate disc on the "TRSSASPTT" limited edition digipack. So anyhow, as you should know, I love me some country music along with my death metal. So when Entombed throws some downtuned slide guitar into the mix, you bet your ass I'm all about it as on today's track "Clauses". It still might not be enough to redeem all of "Same difference", but hopefully it'll at least make you go back and rethink it.

Question: How is it that of the hundreds and thousands of visitors this website gets on a regular basis, only a small handful of you have mustered up enough courage to post on the message board? Does my breath smell? Am I that much of an asshole? At least tell me how much I suck or something. Not to sound bitter, but I put a ton of time and effort into this thing and it would be nice to get at least a little community participation back.

Pitchfork catches the Robyn hype: media.com/tracks/05-08-19.shtml#song2" target=_blank>https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/tracks/05-08-19.shtml#song2

Pluxemburg acts Pluxus and Fibes, Oh Fibes! are both in the studio working on new material. Pluxus has tracked fifteen songs which are currently being mixed and edited and Fibes, Oh Fibes! is working at their new studio in Göteborg.

Check out the cover artwork for the new Randy album: m/?NODE=40" target=_blank>https://www.randytheband.com/?NODE=40

Jim Stärk will release their "morning songs" EP in Sweden on August 31. The record was originally released in the band's home country of Norway last year and the title track appeared on my very own "Reader's companion" compilation.

Leaves Records has posted a track from the new Suis La Lune 7" for free download: mp3.com/leaves_records" target=_blank>https://www.hxcmp3.com/leaves_records

The eloquent and artful Viktor Sjöberg of the Elefanten(Sonores) is working on a film/sound project entitled "A Gothenburg diary" and you can read all about it and see some preliminary photos here: m/2005/08/gothenburg-diary-summer-2005.html" target=_blank>https://elefanten.blogspot.com/2005/08/gothenburg-diary-summer-2005.html