Berlin-based Finnish techno artist Uusitalo (aka Luomo, Vladislav Delay, etc.) has posted a couple tracks from his forthcoming album "Tulenkantaja", due out this fall via Huume: https://www.myspace.com/uusitalomusic

Battle of the Midwestern Housewives interviews David Fridlund from David & the Citizens and subtlely manages to call out IAT in the process: https://midwesternhousewives.blogspot.com/2007/06/david-and-citizens-interview.html

There's a new track from Finnish hardcore act Unkind on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/unkindhardcore
The song is called "Kiire Sisällämme" and it will appear on the band's forthcoming record "Hangen syliin", out soon from Combat Rock Industry.

Check out the video for "Song of king" from Alog: https://www.alog.net/soundclips/sonofking.html#top
The clip was directed by Moscow-based artist Julia Zastava and was shot in the old palace of the Orlov family, famous for being the location where the Tsar and his family were murdered in 1918 during the Bolshevik Revolution.

PopMatters likes the new Watain album "Sworn to the dark": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/42007/watain-sworn-to-the-dark/

Also at PopMatters, a review of the US release of Thomas Dybdahl's latest "Science": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/39489/thomas-dybdahl-science/

Check out a live video of Mixtapes & Cellmates performing at Hultsfred: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0-TYUPvIoYc

The always-entertain Global Domination talks to Mika from Kill the Romance: https://www.globaldomination.se/interviews/kill-the-romance-mika-tanttu

Egil Olsen's "Singer/songwriter" won the best music video award at the Kortfilmfestivalen in Grimstad. The jury commented "the award goes to a music video that is simple and sophisticated at the same time. Music and picture goes side by side telling a deliberate little story where vulnerability and irony relay each other in a subtle way." See it for yourself here: https://www.egilolsen.com/singersongwriter.htm

Garmarna has uncovered an old live version of the track "Herr Olof" on a DAT tape and posted the track to myspace: https://www.myspace.com/garmarna
Like the band says, the sound is a bit rough, but the performance is excellent.

Ondo, the drone/doom sideproject of IAT.MP3 artist Pacta (nee Pacta Sunt Servanda, also in A Perfect Friend), has signed with UK-based label Paradigms Recordings who will be releasing his debut full-length later this year.

This latest Poptimist column at Pitchfork dissects Abba's adult-oriented outlook: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/43621-column-poptimist-5
Definitely worth reading, especially if you've never thought too much about them beyond their hits.

The video for the new Sahara Hotnights single "Visit to Vienna" will be posted online on Wednesday.

Scraps of Tape is blogging their current tour in Japan: https://sottourdiary.blogspot.com/

Maia Hirasawa's brand new video for "Gothenburg" is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG64DmsSQH4