Pitchfork reports that José González has a new live EP out via Think Indie: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/147152-jose-gonzalez-releases-live-ep

Swedish postrockers September Malevolence have licensed their latest album "After this darkness, there's a next" to Zankyo Records in Japan for release this coming January. Expect tourdates to follow. The band is also working with Denovali Records yet again to reissue a vinyl edition of their debut album "Tomorrow we'll wonder where this generation gets its priorities from" with two added bonus tracks and new artwork. No date yet on that one, but I'll keep you posted. Read a new interview with frontman Martin Lundmark here: https://www.theastronautfarm.com/2008/11/major-tom-interviews-september.html

NONS has signed Lowood and will be releasing their debut album "Close to violence" in March. Hear a sample at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/lowoodsweden
The band features members from today's featured mp3 act Idoru and will be supporting Tiger Lou on their upcoming Swedish tour (see sidebar for dates). Speaking of Tiger, the band will be performing new album "A partial print" in its entirety at these upcoming shows and speaking of "A partial print", I should be getting copies for mailorder very soon.

MIC Norway is updated with London Jazz Festival coverage, including profiles on Arve Henriksen (Supersilent, etc.), Arild Andersen and Frøy Aagre: https://www.mic.no/english

Finnish yacht rock cover act Lauantain Toivotut will release their new album "Aamuksi kotiin" on November 19 and will celebrate with a small batch of shows around the country. Dates and samples: https://www.myspace.com/lauantaintoivotut
I recommend track #2, "Olen neitsyt".

PopMatters calls Swedish expat Theresa Andersson one of their favorite acts from CMJ: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/65256/cmj-music-marathon-2008-from-top-draw-to-taco-bell/

Cloudberry Records has announced that they'll be doing a 7" with Swedish indiepop act Hari and Aino in the near future. Preview here: https://www.cloudberryrecords.com/

The new Masshysteri (ex-Vicious) album "Var del av stan" is will be out this month via Feral Ward: https://www.feralward.com/home.html

Danish extreme metal act A Kid Hereafter in the Grinding Light will see their acclaimed album released throughout Europe this coming February.

The Hellacopters may have played their final shows, but they're not walking away quietly. The band plans to release a final live album and some sort of live film/documentary in the near future. I'll keep you posted when I get details.

Swedish industrial/metal act The Project Hate has signed with upstart Dutch label Vic Records and will be recording their next album over the course of the winter with an expected finish date sometime around February. Read more at the band's website: https://www.theprojecthate.net/

Lots of new goings-on over at Danish DIY label collective BSBTA: https://www.bsbta.com/
New releases from Funny Art Collective (ft. Bjørn Svin) and Manipulator Alligator are out now on sub-sublabel d'Oorhinge Mandarine and there's more stuff on the way from Workaholics on Holiday! and the newly-formed BSBTA Heritage project.

Danish label Rust Music has a new digitial EP comp out called "Jokers #1" featuring the four up-and-coming acts Music for Modern Man, Small, Forest & Crispian and Are We Brothers?. More info and links to samples here: https://rustmusic.dk/udgivelser/rust002/

The new Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words LP+7" "Lost in reflections", easily my most anticipated release this fall, will finally be officially released on November 23. Hear samples: https://virb.com/dread