The new Real Ones single "Every dog has its day" is now streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/realonesmusic

Catti Brandelius (Miss Universum, Profesora) is now working under the new alias Red Cloud.

Jazkamer will be doing a tour of Japan with Australian artist Justice Yeldham in early February:

02/05 - Club Urga, Tokyo
02/06 - Cafe Independence, Kyoto
02/07 - Indoyo, Yamaguchi
02/08 - Megahertz, Kokura
02/09 - At Hall, Oita
02/10 - Against 2008: Extreme Music Festival @ Graf, Fukuoka

Swedish singer/songwriter Lasse Lindh is at Svenska Grammofon Studios working on a new album with producer Hans Olsson (Timo Räisänen).

The Hwem netlabel has a new release from Malmö-based experimental artists James Brewster and Peter Henning available for free download: https://www.archive.org/details/freehwem003

Firefox AK has a brand new website: https://www.firefoxak.com/
Her sophomore album "If I were a melody" will be out on February 27 via Razzia Records. The first single "Winter rose" (as posted here) is out now and I should be getting a few copies for resale next week. The Tellevika remix is exceptional!

Jeremiha's new album "Where the stars scream your name" is now confirmed for a March 28 release via Dead Frog Records.

Hybris electro act Biker Boy will be releasing a new single each month for 2008, the first of which is posted for streaming on myspace along with its b-side remix: https://www.myspace.com/bikerboymusic
Check out his website for more: https://www.bikerboy.org/

90s Swedish punk act De Lyckliga Kompisarna are back together and doing a few dates in March: https://www.luger.se/_nyheter.asp?PK_Id=880

Icelandic artist Mugison is looking to release his most recent album "Mugiboogie" worldwide this coming April: https://www.mugison.com/Mugison/News/more/139
Said album was originally released in Iceland last October where it has gone Platinum with sales over 10k.

Check out a video blog of Ida Maria's recent trip to NYC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RdfmG2UPk0

Finnish doom act Callisto has posted a new animated film by Teemu Erämaa on their website featuring their song "The fugitive": https://www.callistochaos.com/

Posted today: Lars Garvey's second edition of his "Stockholm Perspectives" series highlighting up-and-coming young acts from Sweden's capitol city. The subject this time: New Decade. Check it out!

Swedish crusties Uncurbed will tour Italy in May to support the release of their new album on Italian label Agipunk Records. Full dates tbc.

Finnish industrial/darkwave label Some Place Else is launching a new digital download series: https://www.someplaceelse.net/current/2008/01/27/digital-download-series/
The first three releases are all long out-of-print short-run works from label boss Niko Skorpio including "Tower of silence", "Book of flies" and "To give light to that which is without".