Check out a new no-budget video for "A backlash is here" from Umeå noiserockers Royal Downfall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOTcBaUJUj8
You can now also download the band's most recent album "These means have no end" for free via Last.fm or The Pirate Bay.

Listen to Ulver's contribution to the massive Norwegian Prince tribute collection "Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince": https://www.myspace.com/ulver1

Finnish indie/DIY/experimental label Rabbit Ilsn has a bunch of new netreleases posted for free download: https://www.myspace.com/rabbitilsn (scroll down)

Ida Maria's new video for "I like you so much better when you're naked" is now online: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36259121

Check out the video for the new First Floor Power single "The jacket": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uYVsTqs11M

Finnish shoegazers On Volcano have posted a new live track on their myspace page called "The blizzard of 1888": https://www.myspace.com/onvolcano
Also check the blog section for some live video footage as well.

Kent is giving away a remix of their new single "Vy från ett luftslott" as a free download: https://www.kent.nu/
They are also encouraging fans to create their own videos and upload them to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/kentchannel

Here's the video for the new Rigas single "Born not to run": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQuIl6BBYpI
Rigas told me that he considers the Bruce Springsteen original "Born to run" to be the best song ever.

Here's the video for the new Pascal single "Cadillac": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ9G7LnA3D8

Better late than never: Download The Kid's new single "Transient dance": https://hybrism.blogspot.com/2008/06/kid-new-single-transient-dance.html

Check out Assid's new video for the single "When your baba is black" (scroll down) along with a ton of remixes from artists such as Familjen, Daniel Savio and many more: https://www.myspace.com/assidmusic

Upstart Norwegian melodic hardcore act Merlin is giving away 3 tracks: https://www.merlincore.com/music/
Worth checking out if you dig heavy, angular rock in the vein of JR Ewing.

Here's the video for the new Those Dancing Days single "Run run": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBEAS913xlc

Check out the video for "Trust tissue", the new single from I Scream Ice Cream, the solo act of Jesper "Junior" Mortensen from Junior Senior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WolfCYmBCMs

Check out House of Tomidas, a new band featuring various members of Britta Persson's backing band along with her own self providing backing vocals: https://www.myspace.com/tomidas
The band's debut album "Dark times" will be out this fall.