The music Export Finland newsletter for November is online: musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=172" target="_blank">https://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=172

mr. Suitcase's gig at Klubb Rotor in Uppsala on December 12 might be the last you hear of him in a long while: mrsuitcase.se/site/2008/11/one-more-kickdrum-for-the-road/" target="_blank">https://www.mrsuitcase.se/site/2008/11/one-more-kickdrum-for-the-road/

Killing the Legacy talks to Finnish hardcore act Worth the Pain: m/2008/11/interview-worth-pain.html" target="_blank">https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2008/11/interview-worth-pain.html

In addition to the Frak reissue I mentioned m/index.php?date=2008-11-17#24956">yesterday, Information also has a new release from Dan Lissvik of the group Studio on the way: m/" target="_blank">https://www.inf000.com/

Delacroix has posted their new single "midnight boy in the city of delights" as a free download: m/recordings.php" target="_blank">https://www.delacroixband.com/recordings.php

Swedish indie act Ram Di Dam has signed with mock Turtle Records, the label run by Erik Londré of Bonnie & Clyde/The Spurts. A full-length album will be released in January/February, but the first single "Flashbacks" is already streaming at myspace: myspace.com/ramdidam" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/ramdidam

Danish electronic artist Rumpistol is doing a batch of live dates this fall:

11/21 - inSpiral Café, London (UK)
11/21 - Café Oto, London (UK)
11/22 - Luminopolis, London (UK)
11/30 - Golden Pudel, Hamburg (GER) w/Snöleoparden
12/06 - Dense Recordshop, Berlin (GER)
12/07 - Berghain Cantine, Berlin (GER) w/Bjørn Svin & Sofus Forsberg

Cold meat has posted details for the new album "Souyuan" from Swedish dark ambient/industrial artist Atrium Carceri, his first new album in three years.: meat.se/mailorderf.asp?id=2733" target="_blank">https://www.coldmeat.se/mailorderf.asp?id=2733
The official release date is November 26.

The new Scraps of Tape album (title tba) is set for release next march and the band plans to tour Europe throughout April and may. Dates and details to come.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives' new album "Communion" is now streaming in its entirety at myspace: myspace.com/officialtsool" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/officialtsool

Aversionline on Gbg-based hardcore act Dead Vows: m/blahg/2008/11/19/dead-vows-bad-blood-cd/" target="_blank">https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/11/19/dead-vows-bad-blood-cd/

Antenna talks to vocalist mikael Stanne from Dark Tranquility: https://www.antenna.nu/?p=666

MP3: David Sandström Overdrive - Songs that maybe won't be forgotten

Facing the prospect of another 12-hour workday at ye old dayjob, so let's make this quick and easy. I can't wholeheartedly recommend the new David Sandström Overdrive album "Pigs lose" because it's got a bit too much filler, but man oh man, the good songs are damn good. maybe even some of his/their best! It's the culmination of a 10+ year career with the wisdom of hindsight and the optimal optimism necessary to combat jadedness. Learn from the past, look forward to the future; don't dwell, keep on moving, keep looking at the world with fresh eyes. Turn up the fucking cowbell and get going! It's easy to get bogged down by negativity in this day and age, but we can fight it. Even better if we've got a kick-ass soundtrack.

David Sandström Overdrive - Songs that maybe won't be forgotten

Scandinavian metallers making the Pitchfork "Show No mercy" top albums of 2008 list include Enslaved, Disfear, Darkthrone and The Haunted. Read more, including guest lists from two of the dudes in Enslaved: media.com/article/feature/147495-column-show-no-mercy" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/147495-column-show-no-mercy

Gbg-based indie/jazz duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums are doing a batch of West Coast dates in December:

12/05 - Transmission, Vancouver BC
12/07 - Neumos, Seattle, WA
12/09 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
12/11 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
12/12 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA w/Radars to the Sky

They'll also be back in February as support for Lykke Li:

02/02 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
02/03 - music Hall, Brooklyn, NY
02/04 - Club Soda, montreal, PQ
02/06 - Phoenix, Toronto, ON
02/07 - metro, Chicago, IL
02/08 - Varsity, minneapolis, mN
02/11 - Commodore, Vancouver, BC
02/12 - Hawthorne, Portland, OR
02/13 - Showbox, Seattle, WA
02/15 - Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
02/17 - Glass House, Pomona, CA