I'm From Barcelona has made it to celeb gossip site TMZ with their Britney song: https://www.tmz.com/2007/08/02/finally-a-new-britney-song/

Antenna lets Eddie Risdal from V:28 talk about their forthcoming album "VioLution": https://www.antenna.nu/newsstories/16.php

Hey look, a new Brighter Death Now album is on the way: https://www.coldmeat.se/mailorderitem.asp?id=2106
The record is entitled "1890" and will be available on vinyl or as a digital download only.

US tourdates for Jens Lekman:

10/23 - Jake's, Bloomington, IN
10/25 - Black Cat, Washington, DC
10/26 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
10/27 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
10/29 - Paradise, Boston, MA
11/01 - Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
11/02 - Logan Square Auditorium, Chicago, IL
11/03 - Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN
11/06 - Nectar, Seattle, WA
11/07 - Someday Lounge, Portland, OR
11/09 - Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco, CA
11/10 - Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA

Stylus reviews Studio: https://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/studio/west-coast.htm

The new video for "The haunting" from Infidels Forever is now online: https://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=14615573

Ghost Brigade's new website is now open: https://www.ghostbrigade.net/

Enslaved has announced new European tourdats for fall:

10/16 - Locomotive, Paris (FRA)
10/17 - CCO Villeurbanne, Lyon (FRA)
10/18 - Poudrière, Belfort (FRA)
10/19 - Camji, Niort (FRA)
10/20 - Ubu, Rennes (FRA)
10/21 - Mean Fiddler, London (UK)
10/22 - tba (UK)
10/23 - Breda, Mezz (NL)
10/24 - Vosselaar, Biebob (BEL)
10/25 - Nijmegen, Doornroosje (NL)
10/26 - Backstage, Munich (GER)
10/27 - Roxy, Saarbrücken (GER)

Oh Laura has added the track "Black and blue" to their myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/laurasweden

Nashville Scene talks to Björn Yttling from Peter Bjorn and John: https://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Arts/Music/2007/08/02/Sweetness_and_Light/
Note that it's called a spring reverb, not string. Nice fact-checking dudes.

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Postgirobygget - Tidløs
02. Trond-Viggo Torgersen - Det du kan + noe rart & noe nytt
03. The Kids - Hits fra Kids
04. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2007
05. Trang Fødsel - Hammock
06. Turbonegro - Retox
07. Mira Craig - Tribal dreams
08. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
09. BigBang - Too Much Yang
10. Heidi Hauge - Some broken hearts
11. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
12. Superfamily - Warszawa
13. Malin - Malin på månen
14. Vømlingan - Vømmølminner
15. Torbjørn Egner - Hakkebakkeskogen
16. Jokke & Valentinerne - Prisen for popen
17. Torbjørn Egner - Karius og Baktus
18. Torbjørn Egner - Kardemommeby
19. Terje Formoe - Kaptein Sabeltann
20. Ni liv - Telemarkarna

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Eva Dahlgren - En blekt blondins ballader
02. Lasse Stefanz - Vagabond
03. Per Gessle - En händig man
04. Cajsastina Åkerström - Visor från förr & nu
05. The Ark - Prayer for the weekend
06. Markoolio - Värsta Plattan
07. Sarah Dawn Finer - A finer dawn
08. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
09. Torgny Melin's - Allting som vi har
10. Ted Gärdestad - För kärlekens skull - Det bästa med
11. Måns Zelmerlöw - Stand by for...
12. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
14. Oh Laura - A song inside my head, a demon in my bed
15. Calaisa - Calaisa
16. Sofia karlsson - Visor från vinden
17. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
18. Marie Lindberg - Trying to recall
19. Tommy Körberg - Rakt upp och ner
20. Mustasch - Latest version of the truth

Metal Storm reviews Swallow the Sun's new album "Hope": https://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/review.php?review_id=4506

Norwegian rockers Chrome Division have posted a new demo track on myspace and report that they are just about ready to record their next album: https://www.myspace.com/chromedivision
The working title of said album is "Booze, broads and Beelzebub" and they plan to enter the studio in January.

Check out an e-card for the new Perishers album "Victorious" that includes a free download of the single "Carefree": https://www.theperishersmusic.com/
My initial impression of the album is underwhelming, but I still need more time with it. Oh, and go here for direct links to more mp3s: https://popkarusellen.blogspot.com/2007/08/perishers-norrlndskt-vemod-p-export.html