The cover art and full tracklist for The Bear Quartet's upcoming album "89" has been revealed: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=237
The official release date is September 9 (9/9/9) via Adrian Recordings.
Aversionline on Finnish hardcore act Ills: https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2009/07/20/ills-black-dog-7/
Swedish alt-rock act Lingua are keeping a blog as they record their sophomore album: https://linguamusic.blogspot.com/
Rune Grammofon will beging taking pre-orders for the debut album "You like me five minutes ago" from all-star Swedish freejazz act Fire! on Monday: https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/fire_/rlp-3091---fire_-you-liked-me-five-ago-_lp_
Fire! consists of Mats Gustafsson (The Thing), Johan Berthling (Tape) and Andreas Werliin (Wildbirds & Peacedrums). The official release date is August 10. Also, note that the new Motorpsycho LP will also be available for preorder next week as well.
Erased Tapes will be doing a proper physical CD release of Icelandic artist Ólafur Arnalds' "Found songs" project. The official release date is set for August 31.
Swedish post-rock label And the Sound (Ef, Immanu El) has signed a new distro deal with Border Music for the territory of Scandinavia.
Finnish pop-shoegazers On Volcano start recording their new album today.
It only took them 10 years, but Norwegian gamer/tech-metal act Next Life has added a live drummer to their lineup. Anders Hangård (NoPlaceToHide, Saprophyth) will take the stage with the band for the first time on July 16 at the Slottsfjell Festival in Tønsberg, Norway.
The release of Swedish rapper Ken Ring's new record "Hip hop" is now set for August 26. The first official single "Nu måste vi dra" will be out July 24.
It's a shame since I've just discovered them (and have been listening constantly), but Elmo will be playing their final show at Kulekalaset in Luleå on July 31. On a more positive note however, mainman Magnus Ekelund is doing new stuff under his own name på Svenska -- listen at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/magnusekelund (via)
Danish act Cody have confirmed that their debut full-length album "Songs" will be released on September 14.
There's a cut from the new Service act Korrallreven in the Pitchfork Forkcast: https://pitchfork.com/forkcast/13116-loved-up/
Finnish electronic music/visual arts group Pink Twins have made their upcoming DVD "Sketches of pain" available for preorder and are giving away a bonus companion CDR called "Pink light/Pink heat" which includes the music from a few of the video works as an added incentive. Head to their site for full tracklist and details: https://pinktwins.com/2009/07/sketches-of-pain-dvd.html
The new Lars Winnerbäck album "Tänk om jag ångrar mig, och sen ångrar mig igen" will be released on September 21. In addition to the standard CD, there will also be a limited edition box which will include a vinyl LP of said album plus the "112 Sånger" and a collection of Lars' photographs. The first single "Jag får liksom ingen ordning" comes out August 21.
Hello Saferide's latest fantastic album "More modern short stories..." is getting a German release this fall so there's now a new Deutsch website (with free mp3 giveaway): https://www.hellosaferide.de/
Expect tourdates in that part of the world to be announced soon.