Swedish singer/songwriter Gustav Haggren (Gustav and the Seasick Sailors) continues to tour endlessly as part of the Indienational Tour alongside fellow Swede Helena Arlock and US artist Christian Cuff. They've already done 82 shows this year, but they've still got a ways to go and you can get the latest details over at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/indienational

Irya Gmeyner's new 7" "The basement takes from Textilgatan" will be released on October 24 via her own Byker Wall label in cooperation with Universal Music. The 4-song EP was mixed by Ebbot Lundberg (The Soundtrack Of Our Lives) and features contributions from other TSOOL members as well as people from Bob Hund, Weeping Willows and more. More details and samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/iryamusic

New tourdates for Swedish blues-punks Deltahead:

11/03 - Recession Festival, Aarhus (DK)
11/08 - Bebop Fest, Le Mans (FRA)
11/09 - La Nef, Angouleme (FRA)
11/10 - Woodstock Boogie Bar, Limoges (FRA)
11/13 - Le Poste a Galene, Marseille (FRA)
11/14 - Le Brise, Annecy (FRA)
11/15 - Cylindre, Besancon (FRA)
11/16 - Centre Paul Baillard, Massy (FRA)
11/17 - L'abordage, Evreux (FRA)
11/18 - La Manekin, Pont St Maxene (FRA)
11/29 - Studenterhuset, Ålborg (DK) w/Powersolo
11/30 - Lades Kælder, Copenhagen (DK)

Zweizz has posted a comprehensive updated on all the various projects he's involved with: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=101585526&blogID=317585705
Highlights include Solefald remixes, beats for fellow Norwegian hip-hop act Momrakattakk and a new cassette release on Epicene Records.

Up-and-coming Swedish indie act New Decade finally got themselves a proper domain name: https://www.newdecade.se/

Peter Bjorn and John are the house band at MTVu this week - watch as they uncomfortably play in the hot, hot sun for scantily-clad beach-goers at The Palms Casino and Resort pool: https://www.mtvu.com/video/?name=today&id=1570928&vid=179622

Pitchfork reviews Kemialliset Ystävät's self-titled album: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45897-kemialliset-ystvt

Miss Li's third album "Songs of a ragdoll", her 2nd this year, will be out on October 17. You can also hear her on the new Lars Winnerbäck album "Daugava".

Norwegian act Sissy Wish will be releasing a new 7" single featuring "DWTS" as the a-side. The b-side will be exclusive to the record, but no details are announced yet.

Check out the confirmed tracklist for the upcoming Sounds of Perpetual Astonishment (SOPA) compilation "Deliciosa": https://www.sopa.dk/sopadeliciosa
44 tracks, some 2.5 hours of music.

The Bell's video for their excellent single "I am history" is now posted on myspace: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=19524799

Swedish bitpop act Goto80 live in Israel:

10/12 - Uganda, Jerusalem
10/13 - Levontin7, Tel Aviv
10/16 - Workshop @ Muzik, Tel Aviv

More info: https://www.8bitisrael.com/

Hybris presents the brand new Elias and the Wizzkids single "Young and hairy". Go here for the video and more: https://hybrism.blogspot.com/2007/10/elias-and-wizzkids-new-single-and-video.html

Swedish hip-hop artist Dogge Doggelito (ex-Latin Kings) will release his new solo album "Superclassico" on November 28. The first single will be the track "Rör på göten".

Finally, someone else picks up on the greatest that is MPTP: https://www.bibabidi.com/2007/10/mptp.html