Check out The Colour Black, an all-analog improv duo featuring Johan Gustavsson (Scraps of Tape, Tsukimono) and Henrik G Grevesmühl (Repoman, 8 Days of Nothing): https://www.myspace.com/thecolourblackblackblack

Paper Thin Walls on mysterious Danish act Kirsten Ketsjer the Rock Band: https://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=913

Jeppe "Senior" Laursen of Junior Senior does the iPod shuffle think for The Onion: https://www.avclub.com/content/feature/random_rules_jeppe_laursen_of

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lasse Stefanz - Vagabond
02. Per Gessle - En händig man
03. Eva Dahlgren - En blekt blondins ballader
04. The Ark - Prayer for the weekend
05. Markoolio - Värsta Plattan
06. Cajsastina Åkerström - Visor från förr & nu
07. Ted Gärdestad - För kärlekens skull - Det bästa med
08. Oh Laura - A song inside my head, a demon in my bed
09. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
10. Magnus Carlsson - Live forever - The album
11. Sarah Dawn Finer - A finer dawn
12. Maia Hirasawa - Though, i'm just me
14. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
15. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
16. Måns Zelmerlöw - Stand by for...
17. Miss Li - God put a rainbow in the sky
18. Dana Dragomir - Älskade svenska visor
19. Cornelis Vreeswijk - CV - Det bästa med cornelis vreeswijk
20. Povel Ramel - De bästa av povels mångsidor

Hey look, ex-members of Monkeystrikes (among other bands) performing Death in June songs: https://www.myspace.com/downinjune

Pitchfork reviews the deluxe reissue of The Knife's "Silent shout": https://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/44251-silent-shout-deluxe-edition

The Accidents have finished work on their new and say it will be out in October or thereabouts via Burning Heart.

Skatterbrain on Boat Club: https://skatterbrain.org/2007/07/boat-club-spanish-castles.html

Madrugada/My Midnight Creeps guitarist Robert Burås was laid to rest yesterday. Friend and fellow bandmember Sivert Høyem led a group of 40-50 people in singing "If I can dream" and his coffin left the church to the sounds of "Many rivers to cross" by Jimmy Cliff. Robert will be cremated and his ashes taken back to Nord Norge. Press coverage: VG / Dagbladet

It may be summer, but that doesn't mean we are resting on our laurels. Nosiree, plenty of new content to be had including coverage of this year's Arvika Festival as well as a nice new batch of reviews posted late yesterday.

Disfear is flying over to the US to record their new album with Kurt Ballou (Converge) at Godcity Studios and will play a few shows with Doomriders while they're at it:

08/09 - Trocadero Balcony, Philadelphia, PA
08/10 - Europa, Brooklyn, NY
08/11 - Trinity on Main, New Britain, CT
08/12 - Great Scott, Allston, MA

Mixtapes & Cellmates' self-titled album, my Record Club pick for July, is up for streaming on the One Little Indian website: https://www.onelittleindian-us.com/new/artists/mixtapes_cellmates/
Very recommended of course.

Scandinavian artists reviewed at Stylus today include Swedish black-metallers Bergraven and Danish postrock act Rumskib.

The new Kent album "Tillbaka till samtiden" will be released on October 17.

Danish act Munich has posted the new track "The young ones" on their myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/munichdk
RIYL Lampshade.