Kid Down has a nice, new RBRT-designed website: https://www.kiddown.com/

I'm From Barcelona will be making a special appearance on the Nickelodeon program "Yo Gabba Gabba!" on Tuesday, October 21 singing a song about the episode's theme: differences.

Eardrums praises Trondheim, Norway resident/English expat Rhys Marsh: https://eardrumsmusic.com/2008/10/17/rhys-marsh-and-the-autumn-ghost/

Dark Essence has announced the signing of "filthy rotten black metal" act Tyrann, the band that rose from the ashes of Tsjuder back in 2006. Look for their debut album "Shadows of Leng" in early 2009 and go here for samples: https://www.myspace.com/tyrannlegion

MIC Norway on "Scene Norway", the festival within a festival at this year's London Jazz Fest: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008101714021973007553

Bootleg Booze sold all 1000 copies of the first pressing of the new Backyard Babies 7" single "Fuck off and die", so they're doing another run. 500 copies on white with black splatter, out October 27 and already available for preorder: https://www.bootlegbooze.com/

Sahara Hotnights have a new website: https://www.saharahotnights.com/

Hyped Norwegian act New Violators have signed with Playground Music and will release their as-yet-untitled debut album on February 23.

Norwegian metal act Stonegard has broken up: https://www.stonegard.org/enter/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Fluxblog has a new track from Love Is All up: https://www.fluxblog.org/2008/10/stepping-in-devils-shoes.html

Musikparlamentet, a new Danish music organization created to foster better communication within the industry, is holding their first open roundtable discussion/debate on the subject "Art vs. Business" on October 22 at Borups Koncertsal in Copenhagen. The panel will consist of Ole Dreyer (EMI Publishing), Henrik Böwadt (Nokia Music), Rune Kiowsky (IUM), Søren Balsner (Carpark North) with Henrik Marstal as moderator and the bands Oh Land and Boom Clap Bachelors providing post-discussion entertainment. More info at Bandbase: https://www.bandbase.dk/Blog/BagOmMusikbranchen/36126/Musikparlamentet-ny-debatforening-for-musik/ (in Danish)

Swedish hardcore act Meleeh has licensed their album "Heartland" to Zestone Records for release in Japan on October 22.

Tomas Halberstad (ex-Punk of Country, remember?) might not have a record deal, but he's still managed to land the song "Travel as I wait" in a huge ad campaign for Nelly.com. Pretty sweet, eh?

There's a new Timo Räisänen album on the way called "...And then there was Timo". It comes out November 26 and will be preceded by the single "About you now" b/w "December 63 (oh what a night)" on November 5.

Plastic Strip Press will be releasing a 3CD/1DVD boxset from Norwegian avant-jazz pioneers Svein Finnerud Trio on November 3. This collection compiles all of the band's various releases over the years as well as two previously unreleased TV show appearances, two radio interviews, a slideshow, a 40-page booklet with multiple essays and a bonus mp3 of an entire previously unreleased live show from 1971. For more details, go here: https://www.plasticstrip.no/Svein%20Finnerud%20Trio%20Boxset.html