Moonbabies are in desperate need of a new drummer for their upcoming tour in October as former member Mattias Pedersen can no longer tour. They are also looking to add another (preferably female) member to their live band, so if you're in or around Malmö (or willing to relocate I suppose), go here for details: https://moonbabiesmusic.com/index2.html

Rune Grammofon has posted details for their next release, a 2CD set from Norwegian composer Ole-Henrik Moe: https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/ole-henrik-moe/rcd-2068---ole-henrik-moe-ciac

Stream Club 8's new album "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming": https://www.labrador.se/index_lab108.php3

Ulver added another new track to their myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/ulver1

Swedish Americana act Racingpaperplanes posted a bunch of live video clips from their recent trip to Germany: https://www.myspace.com/racingpaperplanes

Billie the Vision and the Dancers will tour Sweden in late October: https://www.billiethevision.com/shows.php

Today marks the 25th anniversary of A-ha: https://www.a-ha.com/cparticle7971-417.html

PSL captures Gentle Touch in the Stockholm subway: https://svt-psl.colo.netstar.se/default.aspx?entryID=137

PopMatters gets around to reviewing the most recent EST album "Tuesday wonderland": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/46676/esbjorn-svensson-trio-est-tuesday-wonderland/

Plugged has announced that Swedish boyband What's Up! will release their debut album "In pose" on September 20, the same day they will also be releasing Caracola's first English-language album "Love alive".

Updated tourdates for Danish act Slaraffenland:

09/15 - Musikcafeen, Aarhus (DK)
09/25 - Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
09/26 - Flying M Coffeegarage, Nampa, ID
09/30 - Knitting Factory, Hollywood, CA
10/01 - Ché Café, San Diego, CA
10/04 - M-Shop, Ames, IA
10/06 - South Union Arts, Chicago, IL
10/07 - JR's Lightbulb Club, Fayetteville, AR
10/08 - Mohawk, Austin, TX
10/10 - 11:11 Teahouse, Atlanta, GA
10/11 - Rock and Roll Hotel (DAM! Festival), Washington, DC
10/13 - Beachland Tavern, Cleveland, OH
10/14 - Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD
10/15 - The Fire, Philadelphia, PA
10/16 - P.A.'s Lounge, Somerville, MA
10/18 - tba (CMJ), New York, NY
10/19 - Mo Pitkin's (CMJ), New York, NY
10/20 - tba (CMJ), New York, NY
10/25 - UKA Festival, Trondheim (NOR)
11/08 - Forgradndingen, Albertslund (DK)
11/09 - Bygningen, Vejle (DK)
11/10 - Voxhall, Aarhus (DK)
11/15 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
11/16 - Studenterhuset, Odense (DK)
11/17 - Studenterhuset, Aalborg (DK)
12/02 - Palace, Brussels (BEL)

Familjen has made it into the Pitchfork Forkcast: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/45597-familjen-dat-snurrar-i-min-skalle-video
Just in case you passed on this disc when it was my Record Club selection, it can still be purchased right here.

Swedish goths Subvision are currently in the studio working on a new album. Hear a new track at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/sofarsonoir

Pitchfork reviews the US release of Pelle Carlberg's "In a nutshell": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45287-in-a-nutshell

Chapter #2 of Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson's new column "A Postcard Life" is now posted: [click here]
Check it out!