Datarock was Spin's band of the day yesterday: https://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2007/06/070605_datarock/

Relapse has set the US release of the new Death Breath EP "Let it stink" for August 7.

24:Hours has some new Differnet tracks as well as a heads-up on some upcoming happenings in Stockholm: https://2-4-hours.blogspot.com/2007/06/electronica-act-differnet-tomas-bodn_06.html

Check out a live recording of Nina Kinert covering Torpedo's "Love affair strapped in electric chair": https://myspace.com/ninakinert
Ane Brun is providing backing vocals. Nice!

Candlelight has brand new tracks from long-running Swedish acts Entombed and Birdflesh up on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/candlelightrecordsusa

Fluxblog talks about last night's show with Marit Bergman (+ guest Nina Persson) opening for The Pipettes in NYC: https://www.fluxblog.org/2007/06/you-made-my-heart-go-boom.html
Look for correspondent Matt Giordano's own review to hopefully be posted as well by the end of the day.

Discobelle has the new Mr. Suitcase track "Missionaires" for download: https://www.discobelle.net/2007/06/06/missionaires/

There's some new live footage of IAT faves/"Reader's companion" alumni Desert Planet on YouTube from their recent German tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxjKo9n89Uk

International release dates for the new Turbonegro record "Retox":

06/11 - Norway (Scandinavian Leather Records)
06/13 - Sweden (Playground Music)
06/15 - Rest of Europe, excl. UK (Edel)
06/23 - Australia (Shock Records)
07/09 - UK (Cooking Vinyl UK)
08/14 - US (Cooking Vinyl USA)

Read a new profile of the album at MIC Norway: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007060611414373978484

London-based mag Plan B will host the Taken By Trees record release show at The Spitz on June 18. As mentioned before, Taken By Trees is the new solo act of ex-Concrete Victoria Bergsman and her debut album "Open field" will be released that same day via Rough Trade. As a side note, Eric Berglund from The Tough Alliance will be one of the guest DJs at the gig as well.

Danish indie act Epo-555 will play a few US shows at the end of the month:

06/25 - Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
06/26 - 200 Orchard, NYC, NY
06/27 - Maxwell's (tbc), Hoboken, NJ
06/28 - PA's Lounge, Boston, MA

Check out an ecard for the US release of the band's latest album "Mafia": https://www.rykodisc.com/ecard/epo-555/

Pitchfork reviews Icelandic artist Benni Hemm Hemm and the album "Kojak": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/43226-kajak

New profile piece today on Tobias Hellkvist, a very promising young artist: [click here]
Buy his latest record "Transports" right here. Oh, and the label he's talking starting? Should everything work out according to plan, his first release will be from Martin Nilsson of Iisole, yet another promising young act I've been a big fan of. Listen to Martin's music here: https://www.myspace.com/nilssonmartin

Hello Saferide has been added to the Way Out West lineup, officially making it my #1 Swedish festival pick this summer. So who's gonna fly me out? I'll sleep on floors and eat uncooked pasta if I have to.

If you dug the Closer mp3 from yesterday, be sure to check out the other two tracks from "The 39" on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/closersounds