NPR is streaming José González's recent Washington DC show: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14810080

Witchcraft on tour in the US:

10/18 - Luna Lounge, Brooklyn, NY w/Danava
10/20 - North Star Bar, Philadelphia, PA
10/21 - Black Cat's Backstage, Washington, D.C.
10/22 - Talking Head, Baltimore, MD
10/23 - The Boot, Norfolk, VA
10/24 - Jolie Rouge, Asheville, NC
10/25 - Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
10/26 - The Jinx, Savannah, GA
10/28 - The Backbooth, Orlando, FL
10/29 - Crowbar, Ybor City, FL
10/30 - Beta Bar, Tallahassee, FL
10/31 - One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, LA
11/01 - Rudyard's Pub, Houston, TX
11/02 - Double Wide Bar, Dallas, TX
11/03 - Waterloo Park, Austin, TX w/The Sword, Neurosis
11/05 - Casablanca, Phoenix, AZ
11/06 - Brick By Brick, San Diego, CA w/Danava
11/08 - Echo, Los Angeles, CA w/Danava
11/09 - Brookdale Lodge, Big Sur, CA
11/10 - Slim's, San Francisco, CA w/Danava
11/11 - The Uptown, Oakland, CA
11/13 - Satyricon, Portland, OR
11/14 - tba, Seattle, WA
11/16 - Visual Arts Collective, Boise, ID
11/17 - tba, Salt Lake City, UT
11/18 - tba, Denver, CO
11/20 - Replay Lounge, Lawrence, KS
11/21 - Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, ID
11/22 - tba, Minneapolis, MN
11/23 - Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
11/24 - Double Door, Chicago, IL
11/26 - The Crofoot, Pontiac, MI
11/27 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
11/28 - Sound Lab, Buffalo, NY
11/29 - A Stone Church with no name, Brattleboro, VT
11/30 - tba, Boston, MA
12/01 - tba, New York, NY

I'm not 100% sure about all the dates, but I do believe that Oakland's Saviours will be joining them for the trek.

Mapsadaisical reviews the new Supersilent record "8": https://mapsadaisical.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/supersilent-8-rune-grammofon/
I've got a copy of it sitting on my desk, but I've yet to be in the right mood to dig in. Soon!

Stereogum does another cover album project thingy, this time paying tribute to REM's "Automatic for the people": https://www.stereogum.com/drivexv/
Scandinavian contributors include indie act du jour Figurines and Shout Out Louds.

Swedish singer/songwriter Richard Wilson has posted the new Swedish-language track "Feberdröm" on his myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/richardwilsonswe

Norwegian noise artists Sten Ove Toft, Anders Gjerde and Sindre Bjerge on tour in the UK:

10/06 - St. Aldhelm's Church, Poole
10/07 - Uthropia Space, London
10/08 - Chameleon (Raffles Gallery), Nottingham
10/09 - The Adelphi, Hull
10/10 - The Snuff Trap, Blyth
10/11 - Chillingham Arms, Newcastle
10/12 - tba, Glasgow/Edinburgh
10/13 - Where The Monkey Sleeps, Glasgow
10/14 - tba, Aberdeen

More details plus links to samples: https://underskog.no/kalender/25032/forestilling/31501

Finnish hardcore act Kolt reports that their new album is delayed, but they've added a new track to myspace to ease the pain: https://www.myspace.com/kolt

Swedish d-beat punks Victims are blogging the recording of their new album "Killer": https://killer.victimsinblood.com/

Updated details for Nutmeg's upcoming Polish tour:

10/25 - Anawa, Gdynia
10/26 - Jadlodajnia Filozoficzna, Warsaw
10/27 - Miejski Dom Kultury, Kolbuszowa
10/28 - Zero Instytut, Katowice
10/29 - Centrum Reanimacji Kultury, Wroclaw
10/30 - Cafe Miesna, Poznan

The new Sambassadeur album "Migration" is officially confirmed for release on October 24 via Labrador Records.

More video footage of Alarma Man in the studio working on new material: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2nKMByLIK0

The release of the new Bloodlights (ex-Gluecifer) album is now confirmed for November 16 in Europe, November 19 in Scandinavia. Listen to samples: https://www.myspace.com/bloodlights

New arrivals in the mailorder, in-stock and ready to order!

Mattias Bärjed - Upp till kamp (2CD)
Tarantula Waltz - s/t (CD)
Paris - The landlord is kind enough to let us have our little sessions (CD)
The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Rhythm (CD)
September - Dancing shoes (CD)

Check it out!

Swedish singer/songwriter Markus Örn has recruited himself a band featuring Joel Lindberg, Torbjörn Ömalm and Markus Larsson and recorded a new 3-song EP entitled "Happiness" that's now posted on myspace for free listening and download: https://www.myspace.com/markusorn

Check out the video for "Opening act" from Danish artists The Foreign Resort: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH88sCYcmYM