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

Various members of I'm From Barcelona are tour-blogging: https://www.imfrombarcelona.com/

Frida Hyvönen has a new website: https://www.fridahyvonen.com/

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

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: 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: https://www.lystring.com/
The band will also play their first show in ages at the Sonic Protest Festival in Paris on December 12: https://www.sonicprotest.com/

Swedish käng-punk act Fy Fan has a new 7" and split 7" with Nitad on the way from Danish hardcore label Adult Crash. Look for a new 7" from fellow Swedish Quick Fix as well, along with an EP comp of K-Town hardcore featuring Death Token, Hjertestop, Love Potion, Night Fever and Ripping Headache. Details to come.

Danish experimental noise label 8k Mob will be throwing a release party on October 30 together with Noisejihad to celebrate the release of new discs from Hector Rottweiler and Fallingapparatus. It all goes down at Spanien19c in Aarhus and is also somehow part of the Danish music industry's "Spil Dansk"/"Play Danish" day celebration: https://www.spildansk.dk/

Brut Boogaloo's new website is now open: https://www.brutboogaloo.com/
The band's new album "Dirty living" is out on November 3.

Norwegian postrockers The Samuel Jackson Five are the band of the week at The Silent Ballet: https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Articles/tabid/55/ctl/Details/mid/412/ItemID/1896/Default.aspx

The Hour Is Late, the label run by David Åhlén (Namur), has signed the Göteborg-based duo Lilak and will be releasing their debut full-length "Birds, water and days" in November. More info: https://www.thehourislate.com/

Gbg-based hardcore act We Live In Trenches is reportedly in talks with a German label concerning an upcoming full-length. More details when I get it. Otherwise, the latest issue of MRR (the one with the Sista Sekunden interview) has a favorable review of their excellent "Autonomy clinic" 7" -- folks looking to snag a copy should go here: [click]

The Boston Globe profiles Dungen: https://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/10/26/dungens_sound_beyond_words/