Magne Furuholmen of A-ha has fulfilled every 12-year old boy's dream and bought an F-16 Tomcat: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=69122138&blogID=326107694

MIC Norway interviews electronic/jazz artist Hild Sofie Tafjord: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007110713452035632867
Her debut solo release "Kama" is out now via Pica Disk, the new label of Lasse Marhaug (Jazkammer).

MIC Norway profiles drone act Huntsville ahead of their upcoming European tour: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007110716031228597390

Fat Planet on mysterious Danish collective Albertslund Terror Korps: https://www.fatplanet.com.au/blog/2007/11/07/albertslund-terror-korps-denmark/

Finnish act Musti Laiton has added a couple new tracks to their myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/mustilaiton

A Kid Hereafter is collaborating on a new EP with Little Jimmy Reeves, the sideproject of Asger Techau from Kashmir. Hear samples of older stuff: https://www.myspace.com/littlejimmyreeves

Danish noiserockers Death By Kite now have four full tracks posted for free download at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/deathbykite
Check 'em out and ,if you're near Malmö, go see 'em at Debaser tomorrow!

Pitchfork reviews the new Sigur Rós: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/46876-hvarfheim

UK webzine Leicester Bangs reviews Tobias Hellkvist, one of my favorite up-and-coming artists: https://www.leicesterbangs.co.uk/reviews.html

Jens Lekman in Seattle last night: I went to the show with the expectation, nay - the hope, that Jens would win me over with his charm. I wanted to enjoy myself, I wanted to be converted. Even the ghastly Throw Me The Statue wasn't going to ruin my night. So, while Jens was indeed quite charming, the show fell a bit short for me. Part of it was the pacing- the mid-portion of the set was bogged down by slow, maudlin numbers. Good songs, yes, but more fitting for a seated audience as opposed to a packed club. On the other hand, seeing Jens live did impress me in a number of ways. His backing band was excellent and they really accentuated Jens' gift for arrangements. Jens is also consistently improving as a musician himself and when he stretches himself on stage, it's great. I wasn't wowed, but I enjoyed myself.

Viktor Sjöberg closed the night as promised and it was great to see him again. Apparently he was having a bit of technical issues, so I bailed for the long drive home once he segued his set from his own material into a DJ set, but the bit I did hear was quite good. Viktor's a tremendous artist, all the better because I never know quite what to expect from him. Oh, and seeing him bust out his disco dance moves during Jens' set made the night. That alone was worth the price of admission.

Swedish punks Uncurbed have confirmed the title of their next album will be "Back from the ditch". Look for demo tracks on myspace before the end of the year with the album to follow a bit later as the band won't be entering the studio until January.

Stars in Coma will be releasing a new album in collaboration with Music Is My Girlfriend and Plastilina entitled "You're still frozen in time" which will include both new songs plus older material from various CDR releases. No release date yet, but soon they say. Also on the way is a new EP for upstart indie label Popfabriken entitled "Soldiers". That one comes out on December 14 and will be celebrated with a release party at Rundgång in Malmö along with labelmate Lisa Bouvier whose own new EP "Princess of aggravation" comes out the same day.

Vice Music has signed Danish duo The Raveonettes and will release their new album "Lust lust lust" in the US in early 2008.

Check out a teaser clip for "Dark floors", the upcoming cinematic debut from Finnish Eurovision champs Lordi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJFCgg7qK1k

Björn Dixgård (Mando Diao), Miss Li, Norma Bates and The Gain are the acts confirmed to play this year's Swedish Rock Days in Spain this coming December. More details: https://www.myspace.com/swedishrockdays