Check out Frivolvol's brand new video for "No money, no worries": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5scFLnt0hV0
The Finnish hardcore band will release their new album "Who needs maps when we got time" on February 20 via If Society. This new track sound far less mathy and far more like early Die Kreuzen than their last album, so I'm excited.

Download an mp3 of Sophie Rimheden covering Bob Dylan: https://sophierimheden.com/promo/sophie_rimheden_i_want_you.mp3
She will be performing the song live on February 16 at a special Dylan tribute in Hässleholm alongside a bunch of other local artists: https://www.hassleholm.se/14203
In other news, look for her new album "Traveller" to be released on April 23. More details on that soon.

Danish pop act The Alpine has a new website: https://www.thealpine.dk/
It also happens to be a flash-heavy disaster, but at least you can preview a few more tracks from their forthcoming album.

The Local reports that Swedish performance rights organization STIM is coming out in support of an ISP tax as a way to circumvent illegal downloading: https://www.thelocal.se/9925/20080208/

The NY Times reports on Robyn's NYC live debut: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/arts/music/07roby.html

Danish shoegazers Rumskib are working on a new record for release sometime this fall. The band is also trying to coordinate a short California tour for October and is seeking local bands to help out.

Almost every date for End of All's upcoming European tour have been confirmed: https://www.myspace.com/endofallsweden
The Swedish crust band plans to go into the studio this weekend to finish up work on their second album "The art of decadence" which should be out in time for the April tour.

As In RebekkaMaria's new album title has been revealed to be "Queen of France". As mentioned before, it will be released March 17 via A:Larm Music.

Rumble in Rhodos has set "Intentions" as the title of their sophomore album, due out April 28. Go here for European tourdates: https://www.rumbleinrhodos.com/Sider/live.html

MIC Norway previews Jon Øivind Ness' new symphonic postpunk piece "Low jive" which will be premiered tonight February 7 by the Oslo Philharmonic: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008020715101885517051

The new 18th Dye album "Amorine queen" has been confirmed for a March 31 release via Crunchy Frog, May 6 in the US. The first single "Soft the hard way" will be out February 10.

Check out a transcription of Swedish officials "interrogating" various people from The Pirate Bay: https://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-interrogations-080207/

Swedish doom act Suffocate for Fuck Sake has revealed that their new album is finally being sent to get pressed. The work is entitled "Blazing fires and helicopters on the frontpage of the newspaper. There's a war going on and I'm marching in heavy boots" and it features a story told in samples about "a girl who with help from her mother, a friend and a doctor looks back on the time when she was put in a mental institute." Samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/suffocateforfucksake
If you like Breach, Cult of Luna or any other bands of that ilk, you'll definitely dig this.

Bad Afro will be reissuing Baby Woodrose's 2001 debut album "Blow your mind" on heavyweight gatefold vinyl on March 17. The record was originally released on Lorenzo Woodrose's own Pan Records label and has long been out of print.

Pitchfork has details on the new Shout Out Louds EP "Impossible" plus some updated tourdates: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/48371-shout-out-louds-issue-new-ep-add-dates