Fluxblog on new music from Peter Morén and Sally Shapiro: https://www.fluxblog.org/2008/04/too-much-information-for-one-brain-to.html

Swedish roots/punk act Wilmer X just turned 30 and in celebration, they've added a bunch of old videos: https://www.wilmerx.com/

The White Heat webzine has a great feature on Norwegian avant/jazz/metal act Shining: https://www.white-heat.com/?page=articles&id=26

Finnish act Hevein has experienced some recent lineup changes: https://www.hevein.com/

The Tough Alliance will be releasing a new 7" for the single "Neo violence" b/w "Lucky": https://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0074.html

I heard some inkling of this before, but now it's confirmed: the first edition of the upcoming Tiger Lou album "A partial print" will include a bonus remix disc. Here's the lineup:

01. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words (SWE)
02. Aril Brikha (SWE)
03. Özgur Can (SWE)
04. Error Error (NL)
05. BJ Nielsen (SWE)
06. Daso (GER)
07. John Dahlbäck (SWE)
08. Pär Grindvik (SWE)
09. Mikael Jonasson (SWE)
10. Bodycode (PT)

Download an excerpt of the Mikael Jonasson remix of "Crushed by a crowd": https://www.rkellerman.com/crushedbyacrowd.mp3

The excellent Finnish hardcore/punk/metal blog Saapasnahkatorni on Läjä Äijälä from pioneering act Terveet Kädet: https://saapasnahkatorni.blogspot.com/2008/04/lj.html

Swedish ambient/industrial artist Raison d'Être has two new albums for sale as digital downloads. One is a live recording from 2007 entitled "Live Archive 3" and the second is a reissue of their very first release from 1992 "Aprés nous le Déluge", originally put out by the early Cold Meat Industry sub-label Sound Source. Go here for more: https://raisondetre.coldmeat.se/raisonshop.html
As for new CD releases, there's a ton of stuff planned for Raison d'Être and his various sideprojects so check out the artist's main website for details.

Swedish tabloid Expressen made a huge fuck-up with their coverage of Anders Göthberg's death: https://www.thelocal.se/10962/20080407/

IAT.MP3 artists Imagine I Had Hands recently finished recording four new tracks with producer/engineer Jakob Hvitnov (Barra Head). No word on any official release yet, but expect to hear them on myspace soon.

Alarma Man has started work on the recording of their next album "Swedish intelligence".

The Raveonettes have wrapped up their US tour and are now working on recording three new 3-4 track EPs for release this coming fall, the first due in September. For more details, including a bit of background info concerning what the band is all about, go here: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=4263957&blogID=374651865

Check out a live video of Fredrik playing with a full choir at a homeless women benefit concert in Malmö: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSsPQ4-JVnc
In other news, word has it that their album "Na na ni" will be getting a US release later this. Details when I get 'em.

Swedish punks Nitad are making progress on the recording of their upcoming full-length: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=52311492&blogID=374154540

Norwegian noise titan Lasse Marhaug will premiere a new commissioned work at the Henie-Onstad Art Centre in Høvikodden, Norway this Sunday. The piece utilizes material from the Henie-Onstad sound archives and is described by the artist as "a manic tape-cut-up avalanche." After this weekend, it will be performed again in August and there will also be a version released on CD. Read more: https://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2008040315081723794918 (in Norwegian)