Here's a bit of exciting news that I'll be promoting more heavily in the future: [click here]

The label Jezus Factory has a new comp available for free/donation download featuring quite a few Scandinavian artists such as The End Will Be Kicks, Imagine I Had Hands, Halph and more: https://www.jezusfactory.com/

Updated Sounds Like Violence tourdates:

05/05 - Gogol, Moscow (RUS)
05/06 - Red Club, St. Petersburg (RUS)
05/20 - Roadhouse, Manchester (UK)
05/21 - Admiral Bar, Glasgow (SCO)
05/22 - Spitz, London (UK)
05/23 - Wheatsheaf, Oxford (UK)
07/01 - Pier Pressure, Göteborg (SWE)
07/12 - Dour Festival, Dour (BEL)

The new Shout Out Louds album "Our ill wills" is now confirmed for release in GAS on May 25 via Haldern Pop Recordings/Bud Fox Recordings and in Denmark on May 21 via At:tack Music/Bud Fox.

Swedish hip-hop artist Menteroja will be releasing the new EP "Street art & street science" later this month. Six songs plus instrumentals, produced by Robin Banks and Johnik with guestspots from Rap-Tor and Kenny Gee. He's also doing two guest appearances himself on albums from Spanish artists Keyo and DJ Pera. Read more and get samples: https://www.menteroja.net/

Danish post-rockers Lis Er Stille have revamped their website yet again: https://www.liserstille.dk/

Swedish electropunks I Love You Baby! have posted a bunch of live videos from their recent tour of the Eastern Bloc: https://www.iloveyoubaby.se/video2.html

Norwegian act Flunk's cover of "Blue Monday" will appear in on the soundtrack of the forthcoming "Nancy Drew" movie.

Check out the video for "Crimson skies" from Swedish stoner-rockers Kaross: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfg2rcMvTms

Swedish bitpop netlabel Candy Mind has posted what they say will be their last-ever netrelease: https://www.candymind.com/

Norwegian female doom act Octavia Sperati has posted the new video for "Moonlit" on myspace: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2021405201
The track comes from the band's new album "Grace submerged", due out May 21 via Candlelight.

The release of Agent Kooper's new self-titled album has been delayed due to a manufacturing error, but they've posted a new track at myspace to help tide you over: https://www.myspace.com/agentkooper

The Kahvi Collective netlabel has posted a new (old) release from Finnish artist Lackluster: https://www.kahvi.org/145.php

MIC Norway profiles The Thing ahead of their upcoming US tour: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007041111454950287479

Musique Machine on Scandinavian all-star noise collective The Skull Defekts and their latest release "Skkull": https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=1187
I should be getting a few copies of this in the mailorder soon. Also look for the new album "Blood spirits & drums are singing" to be released on June 14 via Conspiracy Records.