MIC Norway on the various Norwegian acts playing CMJ this year: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007092811421576004119

Check out video footage of a reunited Immortal playing live in NYC: https://blogs.guitarworld.com/metalkult/live-kult/live-kult-immortal/

Musique Machine reviews Norwegian minimalist duo Pjusk: https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=1423

The Guardian interviews Jens Lekman: https://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2178274,00.html

Discobelle has the Kleerup remix of the new Concretes single "Keep yours": https://www.discobelle.net/2007/09/28/keep-yours/

Maia Hirasawa and Jonna Lee will tour Sweden together in November:

11/13 - Victoriateatern, Malmö
11/15 - Stenhammarsalen, Göteborg
11/16 - Sagateatern, Borås
11/17 - Konsert och Kongress, Linköping
11/18 - Rival, Stockholm
11/28 - Hörnet (Konsterhuset), Västerås
11/29 - Universitetsaulan, Uppsala
11/30 - Mejeriet, Lund

Torpedo will support Dia Psalma on tour in Sweden next month. The latter's new album "Djupa skogen" comes out October 10 and you can find more details at their website: https://www.diapsalma.net/

Danish indie act Dúné is now streaming their entire album "We are in there you are out here" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/dunesite
Said album will be released in Germany, Austria and Japan on October 5.

Long-running Swedish indie label A West Side Fabrication has just released a digital-only retrospective comp entitled "Scandinavian indie, now and then from A West Side Fabrication" that helps to exemplify their place in history with bands such as The Bear Quartet, Popsicle, The Wannadies and more. Check it out at Klicktrack: https://www.klicktrack.com/shop/release.jsp?r=57806

Norwegian act Syme on tour in North America:

10/02 - Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NY
10/03 - Lit, New York, NY
10/04 - Hennessy's, Boston, MA
10/05 - Le Academy (Pop Montreal), Montreal
10/07 - Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
10/08 - Wilbert's, Cleveland, OH
10/09 - The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON
10/10 - Café Nine, New Haven, CT
10/11 - TT and the Bears, Boston, MA
10/14 - The Khyber, Philadelphia, PA
10/15 - DC9, Washington DC
10/16 - Ace of Clubs (CMJ), New York, NY
10/18 - The Delancey Lounge (CMJ day show), New York, NY

Listen to samples: https://www.myspace.com/symenorway

Pitchfork weighs in with their take on José González's new record "In our nature": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45894-in-our-nature

Check out the video for the title track of the new Je Ne Sais Quoi record "Rhythm": https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2y1tf_the-je-ne-sais-quoi-rhythm_music

German label Whirlwind Records has signed Norwegian (Christian?) rockers Warlight and will be releasing their new album "The bloodchronicles" soon. Samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/warlight

Timo Räisänen's video for the new single "My valentine" is now online: https://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=18964445

Liga has live video from the Figurines: mms://WMS.dr.dk/storage/Ung/Boogie/Liga/figurine.wmv