Check out a video of Moto Boy playing inside a bicycle tunnel in Malmö: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flaGOFYZ9i8
Sounds and looks great - check it out. Look for his debut album this fall via Songs I Wish I Had Written.

Swedish sXe hardcore act Anchor has announced that they'll be working with Catalyst and Refuse Records for their upcoming debut full-length, due out in early 2008. Catalyst will be handling the CD version and Refuse will take care of the vinyl.

New Decade has two brand new tracks posted on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/newdecademusic

This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. Jens Lekman
02. José González
03. Iron & Wine
04. Kent
05. Shout Out Louds
05. Death Cab for Cutie
07. The Knife
08. Band of Horses
09. Beirut
10. Feist

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Speaking of modern folk, look for the Trio Mediaeval's fourth album "Folk songs" to get a US release on October via ECM, just in time to mark their 10th anniversary. The Norwegian-Swedish trio has always included folk tunes in their repertoire, but I believe that this is the first time they've dedicated an entire recording to the subject. Look for them to tour Europe this fall with US dates around November/December.

Christopher Porter was kind enough to pass along his full, unedited interview with Norwegian artist Sinikka Langeland for your reading pleasure - check it out!
As you may or may not be aware, one of the things I like best about Scandinavian music is the way that folk traditions are kept alive in modern times. Whether it's acts like Hedningarna or Detektivbyrån playing folk tunes using home-built instruments and electronics, Enslaved exploring their viking roots, Amorphis using the Kalevala for lyrical inspiration or Jan Johansson borrowing folk melodies for jazz (much in the same way that Sinikka does), there's a vast, rich musical heritage that's constantly being reinvigorated in new and interesting ways.

More quality punkrock added to the mailorder just now! New titles include stuff from Icos, Sista Sekunded, The Vicious and Knugen Faller. Check it out!

The playlist for this week's radio show:

01. TALK 1
02. Repoman - Chemically obsessed
03. Moder Jords Massiva - Vapen
04. Kornstad Trio - Intornette
05. TALK 2
06. Ghost Brigade - Autoemotive
07. Rather Sound Than Safe - The beat
08. September - My neighbourhood
09. TALK 3
10. Ebba Grön - 800°
11. Torpedo - My evil twin
12. Jonna Lee - Dried out eyes
13. TALK 4
14. Marvins Revolt - Bugs in time
15. Pimentola - Death is a secret
16. Nils Berg - Sailors fighting in the dance hall
17. TALK 5
18. Lampshade - By and by I come
19. Midnight Choir - Will you carry me across the water
20. Moonbabies - Walking on my feet
21. TALK 6
22. Candlemass - Elephant star
23. Front and the Factory Lies Beneath - Under a black sun
24. Cortex - Warrior night (live)
25. TALK 7
26. The Grizzly Twister - This city is a halo
27. New Decade - I guess you ran from something
28. The Grand Opening - Don't drop off
29. TALK 8
30. The Bear Quartet - I'm still her
31. Paper - My life is going under
32. Darkthrone - Wisdom of the dead
33. Detektivbyrån - Nattöppet
34. TALK 9
35. Mob - Ghost track
36. Fare You Well - Deceiving eyes
37. TALK 10

Rune Grammofon has posted some info about their latest upcoming sampler, "Runeology 3", due out October 1: https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/various/rcds3---various_-runeology-3

Nosordo will start previewing the new Ljudbilden & Piloten album by posting video clips next week: https://www.nosordo.com/

Eardrums profiles new Norwegian act Melody Marshals, a band they describe as a mix of Muse, Mew and Placebo: https://eardrumsmusic.com/2007/09/28/new-music-from-norway-melody-marshals/

Norwegian black-metallers 1349 will return to the UK in October:

10/16 - Cathouse, Glasgow
10/17 - Junktion 7, Nottingham
10/18 - Underworld, London
10/19 - Corporation, Sheffield
10/20 - Damnation Festival, Leeds

Check out the new Quit Your Dayjob video for "Bodypoppers": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GB_phmM7qw

24:hours reports on the new 12" from Boeoes Kaelstigen, out now on Adrian Recordings: https://2-4-hours.blogspot.com/2007/09/boeoes-kaelstigen-has-been-on-24hours.html

Musikindustrin reports that Scandinavian distributors Border Music (SWE), A:larm (DK), Indie (NOR) and Supersounds (FIN) met at Popkomm and worked out a collaboration agreement going under the banner of Nordic Alliance. They aim to help eachother by promoting each company's local talent in neighboring countries.