Tapes, the Finnish indiepop band of Tigerbombs member Jukka Salminen, will release their sophomore album "Aloha!" on September 24. More info and tourdates: https://www.myspace.com/tapesrapesapes

Danish noiserockers Death By Kite will release a new 4-track EP in October on A:larm Music.

All About Jazz pays tribute to departed jazz legend Esbjörn Svensson with an unpublished interview from 2006: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30356

US-based indiepop label Series Two Records is putting out another slew of compilations, including one of all Swedish-based artists. Read more: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=31429084&blogID=430369860

Danish brutal metalcore act The Psyke Project has enlisted Christian Bonnesen from the band Harasser (remember?) as their new 2nd guitarist. The band will play a bunch of shows around Denmark over the next couple months before heading to Studio Fredman in Göteborg to record a new album in early November. Dates and details: https://www.myspace.com/thepsykeproject

Park Hotell has recorded a new track for an upcoming Eardrums Music comp. No more info yet, but keep an eye on this page: https://eardrumsmusic.com/the-label/

Orup and Lena Philipsson are collaborating on an album of duets to be released by Roxy Recordings on November 12 entitled "Dubbel". The first single "Nu när du gått" will be out in digital format on September 22.

Göteborg-based experimental/noise labels Release the Bats, Harsh Head Rituals and Klorofyll Kassetter have joined forces to open a storefront/studio/office space in the Almedal neighborhood under the banner Utmarken. Read more: https://www.releasethebats.com/utmarken.html

Swedish lofi DIY label Hockey Rawk has two new releases out now from Christopher Cantillo & Daniel Karlsson and Manlig Kärlek: https://www.hockey-rawk.com/web/index.php?file=kop2.php

Cold Meat Industry has details and preorder info posted for new releases from Norwegian industrial/metal act V:28 and long-running Swedish dark-ambient artist Raison d'être

Superfamily is looking for a new bassist (sort of): https://superfamilypop.blogspot.com/2008/09/b-bass-og-forfttere.html

Jeniferever reports that their new as-yet-untitled album is done and awaiting mastering. No word yet on what label will be releasing it, but apparently the band is still shopping it around. In other news, the band will be contributing a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "One step up" for a Boss tribute on Where It's At Is Where You Are. For more info, including upcoming tourdates, check myspace: https://www.myspace.com/jeniferever

Finnish doom masters Skepticism will finally return with their new album "Alloy" on October 20 via Red Stream. Same lineup and same instrumentation so that means they still have no damn snare drum for tr00 heavy dooooooom-ness. This will be the band's first release since 2003's "Farmakon".

Icelandic/Italian artist Emiliani Torrini has a new website: https://www.emilianatorrini.com/

Swedish indiepop act The Charade will release their third album "Keeping up appearances" on November 18 via Skipping Stones Records. Download the title track here: https://www.skippingstonesrecords.com/the_charade/samples//kpa/The_Charade-Keeping_Up_Appearances.mp3