meleeh has been forced to cancel their upcoming Finnish tour due to complications from their vocalist's recent surgery: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=86577905&blogID=444556837" target="_blank">https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=86577905&blogID=444556837

Jens Lekman is doing a couple solo shows in the US next month:

11/01 - Northampton High School Auditorium, Northampton, mA
11/08 - Sadler Center, Williamsburg, VA

Read more about the Northampton show here: man.com/records/smalltalk.htm" target="_blank">https://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm

Echo Is Your Love is in the studio getting ready to record their next album: m/blog.php?id=41" target="_blank">https://www.ifsociety.com/blog.php?id=41

Various members of I'm From Barcelona are tour-blogging: mfrombarcelona.com/" target="_blank">https://www.imfrombarcelona.com/

Frida Hyvönen has a new website: m/" target="_blank">https://www.fridahyvonen.com/

Delusions of Adequacy on the new moHa! album "One-way ticket to Candyland": https://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=9096

Surferosa's contribution to the massive (and quasi-legal) Norwegian Prince tribute is now streaming at myspace: myspace.com/surferosa" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/surferosa

Swedish indie act Celestial has another new video online, this one for "Crystal heights": meo.com/2084081" target="_blank">https://www.vimeo.com/2084081

Atalante and Kning Disk are teaming up to put on a music (+ film) festival in Göteborg on December 5/6 called "Preview Festival". Check it: m/preview2008/" target="_blank">https://www.kningdisk.com/preview2008/
Looks like a very impressive lineup.

Gaffa has rounded up all of the song titles for the forthcoming Fever Ray (Karin Dreijer Andersson) album using the magic of Last.fm: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/29521

MP3: Kite - Ways to dance

I doubt the coldwave/industrial revival will ever go mainstream, but I'm enjoying that more and more bands are embracing dark analog synths. Kite is as close as we'll get to a crossover act though, if only because they've experienced some success before with former acts such as Yvonne and melody Club. At the very least, it gives them a head-start over the competition. Whatever happens though, I'm just glad to hear this kind of music being kept alive and done well, especially with a stripped-down, minimalist approach. It's so easy to overdo it. Now I know "Ways to dance" isn't actually dismal enough to be considered coldwave (wait 'til tomorrow's track for that), but think of it as getting your toes wet. If you dig this (and you should - it's a fantastic pop song above everything else), perhaps you can go darker, more underground, or, at the very least, into the past. When m/watch?v=mJPloPHGbjc">Bruce Springsteen is covering Suicide, it's time you started paying attention.

Kite - Ways to dance

Danish act Tiger Baby is getting back together to make a new album in 2009.

Shelflife Records has a new website, a new release from Champagne Riot and a new signing: Burning Hearts from Finland. Head to the aforementioned new site for more: m/" target="_blank">https://www.shelflife.com/

Peruvian label Plastilina Records will release a new EP from Swedish indiepop act The Bridal Shop called "In fragments". I'm not sure of the exact release date, but I'll keep you posted.

Look for a new LP from Swedish cult act Brainbombs called "Fucking mess" to be released on LP in November, their first album of new material in 10 years. more info at Lystring: m/" target="_blank">https://www.lystring.com/
The band will also play their first show in ages at the Sonic Protest Festival in Paris on December 12: m/" target="_blank">https://www.sonicprotest.com/