Ex-Hatesphere vocalist Jacob Bredahl has a new band called Last Mile. Listen here: https://www.myspace.com/lastmilehc

Camilla Jørgense, partner of Saybia frontman Søren Huss, was killed crossing the street with the couple's 2-year old daughter on Monday. Read more: https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=20459 (in Danish)
My condolences. This is incredibly tragic news.

Digfi's favorite albums of the year: https://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=11387

Scandinavian artists on Pitchfork's top album list this year include Sally Shapiro (#32), The Tough Alliance (#25), Studio (#23), Jens Lekman (#11) and The Field (#9). Read more: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/47446-staff-list-top-50-albums-of-2007

Vapnet is cooking up something new: https://vapnet.blogspot.com/2007/12/hej-det-var-inte-igr.html (in Swedish)

Universal Poplab's next single "Fame & hate" is confirmed for February 8. Look for streaming previews soon.

It's not quite as cool as a proper Cortex reissue, but MNW is putting out a 2CD Freddie Wadling (Fläskkvartetten, Blue For Two, etc.) compilation on December 27 as part of their ever-expanding Klassiker series.

With the new album "Moonlight City" just around the corner (1/4 in GAS, 1/7 in Europe), Psychopunch has announced they have found a new drummer named Jocke and will be heading out on tour. Read more: https://www.psychopunch.com/

Musikknyheter's favorite Norwegian albums of 2007:

01. Superfamily - Warszawa
02. My Midnight Creeps - Histamin
03. The Grand - The Grand
04. The Lionheart Brothers - Dizzy Kiss
05. The Moving Oos - Peace and Love
06. Monomen - Monomen LP
07. King Midas - Sorry
08. Skambankt - Eliksir
09. Shining - Grindstone
10. Truls and the Trees - Ailanthus

And their favorite Norwegian songs:

01. Superfamily - The Radio Has Expressed Concerns About What You Did Last Night
02. Moving Oos - Romancer
03. King Midas - West End Boys
04. Ida Maria - Oh My God
05. The Disciplines - Best Mistake
06. Monomen - Drum of glass
07. Raga Rockers - Aldri Mer
08. The Grand - Remedy
09. Lukas Kasha - Love Abuse
10. Susanne Sundfør - Walls

Norwegian rockers Jaqueline will begin recording their next album, tentatively titled "Black sails", this coming February at Hangaroundsounds in Oslo.

The new Tomas Andersson Wij album "En sommar på speed" will be out in February.

Florida-based label Cloudberry Records will be putting out 7"s from Swedish artists Twig and the The Bridal Shop in the near future. Go see the label's newly revamped website: https://www.cloudberryrecords.com/

Eskju Divine are currently in the studio with Mathias Oldén (Logh) working on their third album.

Swedish artists making this year's Pitchfork top 100 tracks of the year list: Air France (#89), Studio (#55), The Honeydrips (#45), Sally Shapiro (#39), The Tough Alliance (#34), The Field (#19) and Jens Lekman (#15). Read more: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/47681-staff-list-top-100-tracks-of-2007

The Hellacopters' final album "Head off" is confirmed for release in Sweden on April 18 via the band's own Psychout Records. The first single comes out March 20. Wild Kingdom will handle the album in Europe, Backstage Alliance in Finland, the Baltics and Russia and Toy's Factory will take care of things in Japan.