Havoc is now offering up an mp3 from that new Regulations 7" for free download: https://www.havocrex.com/mp3/Regulations_New_ways.mp3
Great band, great record.

Frukt Records has a new album from electronic/post-rock/pop act Fiktion posted for free download: https://www.fruktrecords.se/ (look under 'discography')

Diapazam has confirmed Elmo Red's new album "The end" for release on October 5.

Also on the way from Diapazam is Chris Beach's new album "Fixa ditt eget hus innan du målar om andras" on September 21. Listen to samples: https://www.myspace.com/chrisbeachband

Björn Kleinhenz and Winter Took His Life put together a split cassette for their upcoming tour together. If any are left over, I'll see what I can about scoring a few copies for the webstore, but otherwise check the sidebar or Björn's site for dates and details.

Peter Bjorn and John will be doing the myspace secret show thing with a free concert at the First Unitarian Church in Philly on September 4. Line up at noon for wristband to gain admittance - it will be dealt with on a first-come/first-served basis.

Swedish act Nutmeg will tour Poland with The Black Tapes in October:

10/25 - Anawa, Gdynia
10/26 - Jadlodajnia Filozoficzna, Warsaw
10/27 - tba, Krakow
10/28 - Zero Instytut, Katowice
10/29 - tba, Wroclaw
10/30 - Cafe Miesna, Poznan

Listen to the band here: https://www.myspace.com/nutmegmusic

Popsicle Recordings has confirmed that the release of the long-lost Favorita (ex-Beagle, pre-Metro Jets) album will be on October 31. Read more: https://www.popsiclerecordings.com/popsicle/Favorita.html

Swedish powerpop act The Sunshine has signed with Bonnier Amigo and will be releasing their second full-length album later this year with the first single "The easy way out" out now and available for streaming on myspace. Also look for them to play the Beijing Pop Festival on September 8 with an additional Beijing show on September 10 at MAO Livehouse.

Peep some stills from Kristofer Åström's recent video shoot: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=42713210&blogID=305382844

Swedish hardcore act The Change is blogging from the studio while they record they record their new album: https://blog.myspace.com/thechange

Check out Volyo, a Swedish experimental all-star group featuring Mats Gustafsson(The Thing, way too many other groups to list), Jens Nordén (Step Forward), Henrik Oja (Säkert!, The Spacious Mind), and David Sandström (Refused, Final Exit, etc.): https://www.myspace.com/volyo
The group was put together by David for the Made-07 Festival in Umeå and the various tracks posted are live recordings from that show.

In Flames will soon begin demo/pre-production for their next record and will be blogging about it on myspace every week starting September 10.

Upcoming shows for Norwegian supergroup The National Bank:

10/10 - La Maroquinerie, Paris (FRA)
10/12 - VoxHall, Århus (DK) w/Magnet
10/13 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK) w/Magnet

Service is now offering up Jens Lekman's "The opposite of hallelujah" officially as a free download: https://www.srvice.com/service/jens_lekman--the_opposite_of_hallelujah.mp3