Watch live video footage of The Tarantula Waltz performing the new song "Glasgow and Clyde": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdENkAh_PvM&fmt=18

Check out the new video for "Mona Lee" from Swedish act The Sweet Serenades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWGpbDJlMj8&fmt=18

Hey look, a Finnish advent calendar with a garden gnome flipping the bird and all sorts of seemingly random videos: https://irc-galleria.net/hc-joulu/

Munich are streaming a new live track on their myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/munichdk

Despotz Records is giving away a couple new Christmas-themed tunes:

The Deer Tracks - Christmas fire
Twiggy Frostbite - Bells & chimes

Look for Twiggy Frostbite's debut album "Through fire" to be released in Scandinavia in February and the UK in April/May.

Pitchfork is premiering the new El Perro Del Mar version of the classic "Auld Lang Syne": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/147944-premiere-el-perro-del-mar-auld-lang-syne-mp3-stream

Check out Enslaved's new video for "The watcher": https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=47211690

The video for the new A Camp single "Stronger than Jesus" is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUVMpluF7kQ

As promised, here is a brand new song from Finnish melancholy pop act Viola: https://www.ifsociety.com/files/viola-we_owe_love.mp3
Preorder the new album "Melancholydisco 2" right here: https://www.ifsociety.com/item/viola-melancholydisco_2-cd

Check out video footage of the sound art project "Karusell" by Espen Sommer Eide (Alog, Phonophani): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFnQx7Equ1M&fmt=18

Edison Jr have joined the ranks of the many bands offering up a Christmas single: https://www.edisonjr.com/shoebox/195

The video for the new Tiger Lou single "Crushed by a crowd" is finally online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRl6bkFtgY0

Listen to Mikael Herrstrom (with accompaniment from Martin Hederos) cover "Dead by Xmas" by Hanoi Rocks: https://www.myspace.com/mikaelherrstrom

Air France, Björk, Efterklang, Lykke Li, Sigur Rós and The Tough Alliance all made Pitchfork's top 40 videos of 2008 list: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/147701-top-40-music-videos-of-2008

Samples are now posted from the new Hanna Hirsch album "Tala svart", out now on Diskret Förlag/Release the Bats: https://www.diskretforlag.com/hannahirsch.html
The self-described "awkward Buzzcocks" help bridge the gap between twee and (pop-)punk -- very recommended!