Denmark's The Fashion is getting ready to shoot a video for their next single "Solo Impala". Once again, frontman Jakob Printzlau will direct. The concept is described as "the band will be embedded in a animated black and white universe with lots of knives flying around."

PopMatters reviews the Smalltown Supersound "Sunkissed" compilation: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/32747/various-artists-sunkissed/

MIC Norway talks to Hardingrock, the new project of Ihsahn from Emperor along with Heidi Solberg Tveitan from Starofash and Hardanger fiddle-master Knut Buen: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007061313022019408560

Dark Dose on the new Carnal Forge record "Testify for my victims": https://darkdose.com/?p=162

Taken By Trees aka ex-Concrete Victoria Bergsman has cancelled out of her own record release show, scheduled for June 18 at the Spitz in London. Is it nerves? Rumour has it that she is a reluctant live performer. Scout Niblett will take her place as the headlining act and it appears that Tough Alliance member Eric Berglund has bowed out of DJ duties as well.

Check out the Pistol Disco remix of "Guns" by Swedish dark rock act Ikons: https://www.myspace.com/1kon5
Ikons features members from Samuraj Cities and Boat Club and, like all Pistol Disco-related sounds, this track is a total face-melter.

Promises Promises have a new track posted on myspace that they recorded with help from Kristian Anttila: https://www.myspace.com/promisesx2

Swedish folk act Väsen on tour in the US:

09/15 - Millpond Music Festival, Bishop, CA
09/16 - Freight & Salvage Coffee House, Berkeley, CA
09/19 - Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA
09/21-22 - Sebastopol Celtic Music Festival, Sebastopol, CA

Danish dreampop act Attrap has posted a trio of new tracks on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/attrap
The band's debut full-length "Happitalism" is due out later this year via Warfare Records.

Tingsek will play a couple gigs around NYC later this month:

06/22 - Domino Sugar Factory, Brooklyn w/Timbuktu, Mapei
06/24 - Livingroom, NYC

Snook's new single "Inga problem (remix)" with Petter and Veronica Maggio will be released on June 13.

The new Rigas single "Dead like you" is now available as a free download: https://rigas.blackside.org/deadlikeyou.html

Dolores will be releasing a new single from Eric Ramsey as part of their long-running singles club. Download the a-side "Half thickness": https://doloresrecordings.com/audio/ericramsey_halfthickness.mp3

Finland's Black Audio has posted two brand new tracks on myspace from their forthcoming album "Catapult": https://www.myspace.com/blackaudioband

pHinnWeb on the new "Electronic Helsinki" compilation, out now via Cymbidium and Octagram Records : https://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2007/06/va-electronic-helsinki-vol-1-cymbidium.html