Pitchfork (well, mostly just Marc Hogan) continues to gush over The Tough Alliance: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/45334-the-tough-alliance-a-new-chance

Oh, I should add that Wichita have officially signed Those Dancing Days for the UK and will be releasing their eponymous debut 7" single on October 8 with the b-side "1000 words". London tourdates:

09/13 - Metro w/Danielson
09/14 - Wichita 7th Birthday Party (venue tbc)
09/15 - Monto Water Rats Theatre

Happy birthday to me! September is the fifth anniversary of this here website, so on account of this grand occasion, I've decided to run my first-ever official reader's poll! Hopefully I can figure out, not only a little bit more about who my reader's are and what they're interested in, but also what areas need improvement. It's 100% anonymous, so please - be as harsh a critic as you would like. Oh, and only answer the questions you want - none of them are required. Lastly, I'm including a link at the end for a contest to win a copy of the entire IAT discography. Don't worry - your survey responses are kept totally separate so I have no idea who said what, even if you do enter the contest. So what are you waiting for? Get to it!
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Hybris act TIAC (Three is a Crowd) are back in the studio working on new material.

Swedish hardcore Sista Sekunden will tour Japan in September and will also be doing a split CD with tourmates Iscream 7 Showers for the occasion. Look for their new album "Skyll inte på oss" to be released over there as well, both of those coming out through Rockroom Records.

Promenade Recordings will finally release part three of their food compilation series in November on CDR and this last one will include all tracks from the earlier (vinyl-only) comps. I don't have a full tracklist, but artists include Nixon, Jens Lekman, Action Biker, Robotboy and Blood Music.

Norwegian artists appearing at this year's PopKomm in Berlin: https://www.musicexportnorway.no/norwegian-artists-at-popkomm-2007.534205-32166.html
A Swedish artist list is here: https://www.exms.se/

Looptroop has an exclusive new track to celebrate the Swedish Entourage Tour: https://www.myspace.com/looptrooprockers

More European dates for I'm From Barcelona:

10/06 - Het Depot, Leuven (BEL)
10/07 - Vooruit, Gent (BEL)
10/08 - Cabaret Electric, Le Havre (FRA)
10/09 - Le Bikini, Toulouse (FRA)
10/10 - Le 4 Sans, Bordeaux (FRA)
10/11 - Le Ninkasi Kao, Lyon (FRA)
10/12 - Radar Festival @ Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing (FRA)
10/13 - Nancy Jazz Pulsations @ l'Autre Canal, Nancy (FRA)
11/12 - Festival Les In Rocks, Paris (FRA)

Finnish act The Sugarrush battles plagarists and records a cover tune of their own: https://www.thesugarrush.com/

A new download single from The Tallest Man On Earth entitled "Pistol dreams" will be released this week after it premieres on the TV show "Upp till kamp".

Bob Hund has a new website: https://www.bobhund.nu/
I understand that the band has a new album on the way?

Avant-Metal takes a look back at Alf Svensson's (ex-At the Gates) solo project Oxiplegatz: https://www.avantgarde-metal.com/content/reviews2.php?id=106

Anna Ternheim will make her US debut with an EP featuring her sublime cover of Broder Daniel's "Shoreline" as the main track. Otherwise, she plans to spend the rest of the year touring Europe in support of "Separation road".

PSL with live music from Boat Club: https://svt-psl.colo.netstar.se/default.aspx?entryID=120