Swedish indie act Speedmarket Avenue has signed with Spanish label Elefant Records. Expect a new album in the spring.

Shout Out Louds on tour in Japan:

12/10 - Club 24 West, Yokohama
12/12 - Heaven's Rock VJ-1, Kumagaya
12/13 - O-Nest, Tokyo

Watch Shining (NOR), Enslaved and Keep of Kallessin jam out on King Crimson's "21st century schizoid man": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLdNsnQYKKA

Norwegian pop artist Bertine Zetlitz will release a new best-of collection on December 3. Otherwise, listen to the brand new track "Ashamed" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/bertineofficial

"Saturn reality" is the name of a new film documentary on the band Circle, set to debut at the Avanto Festival on November 16. Read more: https://www.circlefinland.com/

Check out Ludvig Svartholm's new video for the single "Circles": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHqoGyvnUtw

Audrey will be begin recording their next album at Mission Hall in Skåne, Sweden on December 27. Mathias Oldén (Logh) will produce/engineer.

Finnish singer/songwriter Astrid Swan has signed a new deal with Johanna Kustannus, who will be releasing her new record "Spartan picnic" in Finland this coming February.

22-Pistepirkko say that their new album "Well you know" will be out in February with the first single out in late November/early December on both CD and 7" vinyl.

The Kahvi Collective have a new netrelease posted from Finnish IDM artist Aleksi Eeben: https://www.kahvi.org/159.php

MIC Norway on Ballade's picks for the 20 best Norwegian jazz albums of all-time (thus far): https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007110513230353999542

Slightly OT: Norwegian TV channels NRK1 and NRK2 are now available online for free: https://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2085638.ece

Robyn will return to the UK to play at Koko in Camden on February 28.

Check out a new live video of Danish act Choir of Young Believers: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kzlSNYGQBXo

Norwegian act Asleep has posted another new demo track on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/asleepmusique