Discontent on Swedish duo First Aid Kit and their Fleet Foxes cover: https://discontentblog.com/?p=145
Apparently their debut album "Drunken trees" will get a UK release in February via Wichita.

Danish group Vincent Van Go Go will be travelling to Mali, Africa to write and record new music, do workshops with local artists, teach a few classes and maybe even play a few shows, among other things. The band will be posting regular reports from the trip on their website, but they'll also be filmed by Maria Andersen for a documentary to be released this coming spring. Read more at Gaffa: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/30295 (in Danish)

Wedoband, the sideproject of Jeppe Lindgren from I Am Bones, will make their live debut at Pakhuset in Århus, Denmark on December 13. Sample tunes at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/wedoband

Dagbladet's top Norwegian albums of 2008: https://www.dagbladet.no/2008/12/09/kultur/arets_beste/musikk/3985421/

Svenska Dagbladet's (SvD) top album picks for 2008: https://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/artikel_2177997.svd

Dagens Nyheter lists their favorite albums of 2008: https://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2198&a=862010

Swedish all-star noiserockers NEI report that their long-awaited debut album "New agenda" is near completion. Details soon? Otherwise, keep an eye out for a 3-song 7" on Premonition Records in the near future.

Aversionline on Swedish tech-metal act Terminal Function: https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/12/10/terminal-function-measuring-the-abstract-cd/

Up-and-coming Danish act Atoi will be releasing the new EP "Tonight" on January 12 to be followed by the full-length album "Youth machine" on February 9. Samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/atoidk

Motel De Moka include Paavoharju, Tape and Lykke Li in their best-of-2008 list: https://www.moteldemoka.com/2008/12/08/mokas-top-10-albums-2008/

The Washington Post Express previews an upcoming live appearance from Norwegian jazz duo Eivind Opsvik and Hakon Kornstad, their very first appearance together in the pared-down format: https://www.expressnightout.com/content/2008/12/long_distance_swing_eivind_opsvik_hakon.php

Fever Ray, the solo project of Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife, has revealed that her debut album will be released on March 18 via Rabid Records in Sweden, March 23 in Europe via Cooperative Music and on March 24 via Mute in the US and Etc Etc in Australia/NZ. The album was produced with assistance from Christoffer Berg and Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid and will include a guest appearance from Cecilia Nordlund (Souls, Monkeystrikes, Cilihili). The first single "If I had a heart" will be officially released on December 15 and an Andreas Nilsson-directed video will be ready sometime before the end of the year. Oh, and look for a tour to kick off in Sweden at the end of March as well.

Tsukimono has now posted details for his new album "Great blood", plus a new live cassette he has coming out on Klorofyll Tapes: https://yourson-shine.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-album-new-split-cassette-live.html

Norwegian jazz/folk artist Kristin Asbjørnsen will release her new album "The night shines like a day" on January 19 with the first single "Snowflake" out on December 24. Listen to older material at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/kristinasbjornsen

Richard Reagh has started working on a new album: https://reagh.net/index.php/main/corner/recording/