Swedish label Service (Jens Lekman, The Embassy) has announced the signing of Ikons (remember?). Check out the new single "Guns" right here: https://srvice.com/catalog/item.php?catno=SRVC001
Service has also relaunched themselves as a cooperative and is offering up public membership in exchange for use of their new subscription service: https://srvice.com/catalog/item.php?catno=JOIN_SERVICE

Check out some brand new Division of Laura Lee remixes: https://www.divisionoflauralee.com/remix/

Norwegian indie act Ping is offering up their 2000 out-of-print album "It's a picnic" as a free download: https://www.thepingpage.com/2008/05/its-a-picnic-old-wierd-and-rare/

Watch a short video interview with José González talking about his current "Green Tour" initiatives, the inspiration behind his most recent album "In our nature" and various other subjects: https://current.com/items/88929690_jose_gonzalez_goes_green

Check out the new Cat Burglar remix of "Made in Spain" by Molotov Jive: https://www.myspace.com/molotovjive

Swedish indie act Delacroix has posted the new track "Wait is all we do" as a free download: https://www.delacroixband.com/recordings.php

Listen to a couple tracks from Shaking King King, a new act signed to Dreamboat Records (Galento): https://www.myspace.com/shakingkingking

Norwegian indierockers Monzano have posted a number of the various bonus tracks on myspace from the Japanese version of their album "High horses and one trick ponies": https://www.myspace.com/monzano

Another new Paragon track at Discobelle today: https://www.discobelle.net/2008/05/06/pretend-that-you-know/

Check out the new LaPuma video for "Chill chill", featuring what appears to be a very pregnant lead singer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD6PL9fny4A
Too bad they don't feature her body more in the video, it's pretty damn awesome I think to see a mom-to-be rockin' out.

Download a couple King Of All The Animals remix tracks, courtesy of fellow Finns I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper and Regina: https://www.tigerbombs.com/koata.htm
The track "Concrete skyline" is available to download on that page as well and I recommend that you grab it too.

Swedish rockers Wired For Mono have a brand new single called "There is a light" posted for free download: https://www.wiredformono.com/

Check out Inuit, a new Norrland-based indierock act featuring ex-members from Elodie, Appleforth and more: https://www.myspace.com/inuittheband

Two Left Hands On Two Right Arms, 23 Seconds and Deersound are three Swedish netlabels that are teaming up for a new collaborative project called "Tid" or "Time", a series of releases based on the title subject encompassing seventeen different artists and a variety of sounds. Read more and download the first EP: https://www.oljud.nu/tid/en

More live music at PSL with, uh, Lykke Lisa Lovisa Corneliusson: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/05/05/musik-med-lykke-lisa-lovisa-corneliusson/