#1 Hits from Another Planet has a track from the new Laakso EP "Vasterbrön & Vampires": https://alienhits.blogspot.com/2007/10/laakso-great-times-underground-we-grow.html

MIC Norway profiles blues-rockers The Grand: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007101113162845879148

Also at MIC Norway, a profile of ECM artists Trio Mediæval ahead of their upcoming tour: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007101113113590934767
Dates:

10/14 - Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, Det Norske Teatret, Oslo (NOR)
10/26 - Sandefjord Kirke, Sandefjord (NOR)
10/27 - Trinity Chapel, Cambridge (UK)
10/30 - Firth Hall, Sheffield (UK)
10/31 - Sir Jack Lyon's concert Hall, York (UK)
11/03 - Allerheiligenhofkirche, Munich (GER)
11/04 - Enjoy Jazz Festival, Schlosskirche, Mannheim (GER)
11/06 - Hannover-Neustadt, Schloss Landestrost, Hannover-Neustadt (GER)
11/16 - Maison de l'Architecture-Cloître des Recollets, Paris (FRA)
11/24 - The Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN
11/27 - Friends of Chamber Music / St. Philip Neri Church, Portland, OR
11/29 - PAC Concert Hall, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
11/30 - Town Hall, Seattle, WA
12/01 - Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
12/02 - Friends of Chamber Music/Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City, MO
12/04 - Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall, New York, NY
12/14 - Bijloke Concertzaal, Gent (BEL)

Rumskib will cover "Shine" by Slowdive for an upcoming shoegaze tribute being compiled by UK-based clubnight/label Club AC30.

Moonbabies will release "Take me to the ballroom" as a single on October 31 via Startracks/V2. The CDS version will include the previously unreleased tracks "Flip-top boxer" and "Crispin Glover". Check out the brand new video for the track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeZhV028z60
The band has also totally revamped their website and you can go there for more info and tourdates: https://www.moonbabiesmusic.com/

Denmark's The Psyke Project has posted a massive update concerning their current label situation, upcoming live plans and more: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=11135271&blogID=317898743

WE's next single "Hurdy gurdy" will be released in Norway on November 12 on 7" vinyl, CD and digital along with a video. The exclusive b-side of "RNR (I put my life)" was recorded live at Quart Festival in 2004. Said single will also be released in Scandinavian and GAS in January, preceding the new album "Tension & release" later the same month. The limited edition version of said album will also include a 30-min DVD doc filmed during the band's tour with Motörhead last year. Watch a trailer at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/cosmicbikerrock

Danish post-hardcore act Lack reports that their new album is done and sent off to Bob Weston (Shellac) for mastering: https://www.lackattack.dk/
Expect an early spring release via Play/Rec.

Ektro Records vinyl-only imprint Full Contact will be putting out a 7" from Finnish act Tractor Pulling entitled "Ghost hungerland". Check out a sample at the NWOFHM myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/playloudnwofhm

Combat Rock has announced the signing of Tampere-based hardcore/punk act Another Sinking Ship and will be releasing their debut album "Legacy" this coming spring. Listen to samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/anothersinkingship

MIC Norway profiles Ulver and their new album "Shadows of the sun": https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007101014044114328679
I still need to spend a lot more time with it, but cursory listens have me thinking it's probably Ulver's best post-black-metal work yet.

The Hives will be releasing a new 6-track digital-only EP featuring tracks from the forthcoming "The black and white album" as well as the exclusive cut "Fall is just something grownups invented" which was recorded for the Cartoon Network.

The latest issue of the Finnish Music Quarterly features a spotlight on the experimental and avant-garde scene: https://www.fmq.fi/issues.html
Not all of the articles are online for free reading, but the three that are are definitely worth taking a look at.

Irya Gmeyner's new 7" "The basement takes from Textilgatan" will be released on October 24 via her own Byker Wall label in cooperation with Universal Music. The 4-song EP was mixed by Ebbot Lundberg (The Soundtrack Of Our Lives) and features contributions from other TSOOL members as well as people from Bob Hund, Weeping Willows and more. More details and samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/iryamusic

Zweizz has posted a comprehensive updated on all the various projects he's involved with: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=101585526&blogID=317585705
Highlights include Solefald remixes, beats for fellow Norwegian hip-hop act Momrakattakk and a new cassette release on Epicene Records.