Doomsday's best of 2008

Swedish punk/crust site Doomsday Mag's favorite picks of 2008: https://doomsdaymag.blogspot.com/2008/12/rsbstalista-2008.html

New Optic Nest CS on Moptaco Dics

Moptaco Dics, the label of Knife and Ape/Chronic Heist/et al., will be releasing a new cassette from Optic Nest this Friday entitled "Plays The Buchla 200". I guess there's a record release show at Kolsyrefabriken in Stockholm as well, with Altar of Flies, Time Deleters, Jean-Louis Huhta and others, but I'm not 100% sure of the details.

Digfi's top songs of 2008

Digfi's top songs of the year: https://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=12219

Musikknyheter.no best of 2008

Musikknyheter.no lists their favorite Norwegian music of 2008: https://www.musikknyheter.no/news/4718

Ill Omen: New breed of Finnish hardcore

Killing the Legacy on the new breed of Finnish hardcore and new demos from Ill Omen: https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2008/12/its-getting-colder.html

New Lowood album via NONS

NONS has confirmed the release of Lowood's new album "Close to violence" for March 25. Preview a few tracks at the band's website, including the first single "Crash" which is out now: https://www.lowood.se/

New Bring Me the Fucking Riot EP in spring

Swedish indierockers Bring Me the Fucking Riot..Man will record a new EP in February.

Remix Carpark North

Carpark North are inviting fans to remix their single "More": https://www.bandbase.dk/5/Remix-Carpark-North/20/Konkurrencen/

Air France makes Pfork top song list

"Collapsing at your doorstep" by Air France made it to #8 on Pitchfork's top songs of 2008 list: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/147998-the-100-best-tracks-of-2008?page=10

Bad Afro 2009

Upcoming releases on the way in 2009 from Danish rock'n'roll label Bad Afro:

01/19 - Serena Maneesh – Montrose cadaveric 7"/download
03/01 - The Setting Son – Spring of hate LP/CD/download
Spring 2009 - The Mojomatics – Don't believe me when I am high 7"/download
Spring 2009 - The Dolly Rocker Movement – Our brave new world 7"/download
Fall 2009 - Baby Woodrose/The Setting Son – split 7"
Fall 2009 - Baby Woodrose – tba LP/CD/download

Both The Mojomatics and The Dolly Rocker Movement are non-Scandinavian acts and will be featured on the new Bad Afro sub-label Bad Afro International, so that's probably the last you'll ever see them mentioned here.

The Low Frequency in Stereo prep fourth album for release on Rune Grammofon

Details are now posted for The Low Frequency in Stereo's new album "Futuro", due out January 12 via Rune Grammofon: https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/the-low-frequency-in-stereo/rcd-2082---the-low-frequency-in-stereo_-futuro

Monzano set for intergalactic tour?

Monzano bassist Eivind Almhjell to be the first Norwegian in Space? Read more: https://www.howisannierecords.com/article.php?id=122&p=

Markus + Jari = Fear of Love

PSL is reporting that Markus Krunegård (Laakso) has started a new band with Jari Haapalainen (The Bear Quartet) called Fear of Love. Expect an album this summer?

New Mando Diao single on December 19

Mando Diao's new single "Dance with somebody", their first from the upcoming album "Give me fire" (due out February 13), will be released on December 19.

Scraps of Tape set March date for "Grand letdown"

Scraps of Tape's new album "Grand letdown" will be out in March via Tenderversion. I'm not sure if the tracklist has been 100% confirmed yet or not, but I've been told that the band has recorded covers of both "Filler" by Minor Threat (awesome) and "Eric" by Carpet People (more awesome). And the five songs I've had the pleasure of hearing so far: very, very awesome. Be patient!