Razzia Records has signed David Sandström Overdrive and will be releasing their new album "Pigs lose" sometime around mid/late October. Look for the new single "Lisa, Lisa" soon, but hear a few other tracks in the meantime at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/davidsandstromoverdrive

The new self-released album "XXX" from Norwegian experimental/noise act Pronounced "sex", the duo of Kim Sølve and Zweizz, is out now. Samples and ordering info: https://www.myspace.com/pronouncedsex

Can't believe I forgot to mention this earlier: Scraps of Tape are keeping a blog going as they record their new album: https://blog.myspace.com/scrapsoftape

Norwegian label SellOut! Records has signed The Haikus. Listen here: https://www.myspace.com/thehaikus
In other news, look for a reissue of Beezewax's 1997 debut album in a new remastered version with extended liner notes and bonus tracks. No release date yet, but I'll keep you posted.

Ane Brun's concert at Koserthus in Stockholm on October 3 will be filmed for an eventual DVD release.

I mentioned Fysisk Format's signing of Manhattan Skyline yesterday and now it looks like they also have a new release from the excellent act Next Life on the way in late November: https://fysiskformat.tigernet.no/ (right-hand column, at the bottom)

Despite the forthcoming release of frontman Robert Svensson's solo album ("Young punks are on the never-never", due out October 1 via Nomethod), Mixtapes & Cellmates will be back in the studio, Gröndal to be exact, on January 26 to record their next record.

Dark Essence has confirmed that Obscure, the band of ex-Enslaved member Roy Kronheim, will release their debut album "On formaldehyde" on September 29 in Norway, everywhere else on October 13. Listen at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/obscurebergen

Swedish pop/rock act The Windupdeads, as heard on the TV shows "Bones" and "Gossip Girl", has signed with One Eleven Records and will release their debut album on October 7. Samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thewindupdeads

Swedish hardcore act The Change will release their new full-length album "The Deer Moss murders" on September 19 via I Scream Records. Check out the video for the first single "Scream": https://www.vimeo.com/1483420

Norwegian postrockers The Samuel Jackson Five are wrapping up work on their new album and have set a October 27 release date. Read more: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=33944834&blogID=425862544

Check out Meadow Music, a new Swedish music blog in both Swedish and English: https://meadowmusic.se/

Kent's "VinterNoll2" will be included in the forthcoming "Guitar Hero World Tour" video game.

Magnus Carlson of Weeping Willows has been busy this summer recording various duets including a track with Freddie Wadling entitled "Isolation" and a song with Örnsberg called "Weekend lights". Listen to the latter here: https://www.myspace.com/ornsberg
Magnus also contributed guest vocals to a Trummor & Orgel track, their cover of Georgie Fame's "Somebody stole my thunder".

Things seem to be heating up between the label Mad For It and marquee artist Parker Lewis -- see their respective blogs for more: Mad For It / Parker Lewis