Rock Eyez interviews Martin Sweet from Swedish sleezerock act Crashdiet: https://www.rockeyez.com/interviews/int-martinsweet-crashdiet.html

Norwegian noise/thrash act Killl on tour in Europe:

12/06 - Qujochoe, Linz (AUS)
12/07 - Bad Bonn, Düdingen (CH)
12/08 - Balthes, Ravensburg (GER)
12/11 - Kampnagel, Hamburg (GER)
12/12 - Lido, Berlin, Berlin (GER)
12/13 - Reclycart, Brussels (BEL)
12/14 - State x, Den Haag (NL)
12/15 - Blitz, Oslo (NOR)

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Kurt Nilsen - Push push
02. Hellbillies - Spissrotgang
03. D.D.E. - 15 år live
04. CC Cowboys - På Svalbard uten strøm
05. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
06. Alejandro Fuentes - Tomorrow only knows
07. Ole Edvard Antonsen - Landscapes
08. Dance With A Stranger - Everyone needs a friend - The Very Best of DWAS
09. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
10. Jan Eggum - Hjerteknuser
11. Minor Majority - Candy store (2 CD edition)
12. Raga Rockers - Ubermensch
13. Christian Ingebrigtsen - The Truth about lies
14. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
15. Sigvart Dagsland - Forandring
16. Scandinavia - Fly
17. Jørn Hoel - På grunn av dæ
18. Solveig Slettahjell - Domestic songs
19. Jan Eggum - 30/30
20. GT-Sara - På farten med full rulle

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden
02. Magnus Uggla - Pärlor åt svinen
03. Christer Sjögren - Älskade andliga sånger
04. Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava
05. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao 3
06. E-Type - Eurotopia
07. Petter - God damn it
08. Thorleifs - Våra bästa år
09. Nisse Hellberg - En tiger i tanken
10. Peter Lemarc - Kärlek i tystnadens tid
11. Peter Jöback - Människor som du och jag
12. Mando Diao - Never seen the light of day
14. Shirley Clamp - Tålamod
15. The Hives - The black and white album
16. Jaqee - Nouvelle d'amour
17. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
18. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
19. Hammerfall - Steel meets steel - Ten years of glory
20. Miss Li - Songs of a rag doll

Check out Thomas Denver Jonsson performing a brand new demo track, captured on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--e3Yo5o_iM
He's also posted an mp3 of his contribution to last year's Gene Clark tribute on Groover Recordings: https://www.thomasdenver.com/mp3/thomas_denver_jonsson-set_you_free_this_time.mp3

Stereogum has a new Raveonettes track: https://stereogum.com/the-gum-drop/song.php?tid=7093

Swedish Kraut/postpunk act Paper has signed a licensing deal with Novoton Records via their own label Destruction Production for the release of their forthcoming album, due out in February. The band describes the situation like so:

Novoton releases/distributes everything that is released on Destruction Production (wich is a creative-destruction platform created and managed by Paper. The idea is to produce destruction by being creative. Much like the weapon industry but without the physical consequences. One could compare it to the Norwegian blackmetal scene as well).

Said album is currently in the mixing stage, but you can also check the band out at Debaser Malmö next Friday November 16.

The Finest Kiss weighs in with a much more thorough appraisal of Tuesday's Jens Lekman show in Seattle: https://finestkiss.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/charmed-im-sure/

The new Bloodlights album is streaming in its entirety via myspace: https://www.myspace.com/bloodlights

It's been awhile since I've posted a new profile piece, too long if you ask me, but that dry spell has come to an end! Just posted, a profile on GBG-based act IKONS. Even better, they've provided a brand new exclusive track for download, so check it out!

Go here to download the new SuperTroels remix of "Zeitgeist" by I Am Bones: https://supertroels.dk/wp/?p=272

Norwegian singer/songwriter Robert Post has two new tracks posted for free download: https://www11.nrk.no/urort/user/default.aspx?id=66695

Check out video footage of Jens Lekman doing an intimate performance at an apartment in Chicago: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/46909-jens-lekman-julie-tram-7-to-heaven-live-in-a-chicago-apartment

Swedish indie artist Bobby Baby, now living in Berlin, is collaborating with Frank Schültge Blumm (F.S. Blumm) on a new project called Bobby & Blumm. Look for an album early next year, but in the meantime, preview three tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/bobbyandblumm
Upcoming live dates around Germany for Bobby Baby in her various incarnations:

11/06 - NBI, Berlin (Bobby & Blumm)
11/08 - Schokoladen, Berlin (It's a Musical)
11/11 - Plastikk Club, Bremen (Bobby & Blumm)
11/12 - Asta Wohnzimmer, Lüneburg (Bobby & Blumm)
11/13 - Mint Music, Hannover (Bobby & Blumm)
11/14 - Haus 73, Hamburg (Bobby & Blumm)
11/22 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig (Bobby & Blumm)
11/29 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin w/Boy Omega (Bobby Baby)
12/02 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin (It's a Musical)
12/06 - Belleville, Berlin (Bobby & Blumm)
12/08 - Ladyfest Winterfest @ Garage Pankow, Berlin (Bobby Baby)
12/09 - Club im Park, Fürstenwalde (Bobby Baby)
12/10 - Frau Hedi, Hamburg (Bobby Baby)
12/11 - E-werk, Erlangen (Bobby Baby)
12/12 - Südstadt, München (Bobby Baby)
12/13 - Kulturhaus Abraxas, Augsburg (Bobby Baby)
12/14 - Café Central, Magdeburg(Bobby Baby)

Norwegian label Metronomicon Audio has new tracks from both Truls and the Trees and Now We've Got Members posted for free download: https://www.metronomiconaudio.net/
The former's new album "Ailanthus" comes out December 7 while the latter will release "Then is just another kind of now" on November 27.