Bassist Henri Lidsle has parted ways with Finnish indie act Brightboy. No replacement has been announced yet.

Park Hotell will be releasing the title track of their "The guest who stayed forever" EP as a single on October 8. Listen at myspace and buy said EP here

Gaffa reports that DAD members Jesper Binzer and Stig Pedersen are collaborating with Helloween bassist Markus Grosskopf on his solo project Bass Invaders: https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=19664 (in Danish)
Look for the record to surface in January next year.

The release of the new Raveonettes album "Lust lust lust" has been pushed back to November 12.

Aftonbladet reports that Mando Diao frontman Björn Dixgård is working on a solo career: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesliv/musik/article915992.ab (in Swedish)
Look for a German tour in November and listen to samples here: https://www.myspace.com/bjorndixgardofmandodiao

Swedish label La Vida Locash has a nice new fancy website: https://www.lavidalocash.com/

There will be a new Tingsek album around March/April 2008.

An official release date of October 10 has been set for the upcoming Kansanturvamusiikkikomissio (KTMK) discography CD "Valkenee – koko tuotanto". Said CD will contain all of the songs the band has ever recorded, including the "666" LP, "Seitsemäs Pasuuna" EP "Yalta Hi-Life" comp tracks and more. For more info on the cult Finnish band, go here: https://www.radiopuhelimet.net/historia/ktmk_e.htm

Shout Out Louds will release "Tonight I have to leave it" on a red vinyl 7" single in the UK featuring the non-exclusive track "Time left for love" as the b-side.

Niccokick reports that they are mixing their new record and on-track for a January release: https://www.niccokick.com/nyheter.asp?nav=nyheter&ID=268

Via the Ugress/GMM blog comes word of Danish act Batch Totem releasing their new album via floppy disc. But lest you think the limited space means a short record, you might be surprised - the disc actually contains a full 74-minutes of music specially composed to work in the low-res format. Read more: https://musicthing.blogspot.com/2007/09/dude-releases-74-minute-album-on-single.html

iDEAL Recordings will be pressing an extra-special Skull Defekts 10" dubplate for the upcoming Göteborg Art Sounds exhibition featuring artwork by Thomas Ekelund (Nullvoid/Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words). There will only be a grand total of 8 copies with a mere 5 being made available for purchase to collectors. More details about the fest: https://www.gas-festival.com/

New music from David Åhlén: https://www.myspace.com/thetorontoblessing
This appears to be the electronic shoegazer half that he dropped when he went "solo" under his own name after abandoning the Namur moniker. Still sounds great, of course.

Music (for Robots) on Sally Shapiro: https://music.for-robots.com/archives/002219.html

Norwegian noiserockers Ungdomskulen will finally release their debut full-length "Cry baby" on October 15 via Ever Records. Listen to samples and get tourdates at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/ungdomskulen