The release of the new Manes album "How the world came to an end" has been pushed back to May 7. If you're curious about any of the many guest performers on the record, check this out: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=14551432&blogID=239742480

The video for Logh's new single "Saturday nightmares" is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcPAd6IQSO4

Check out the It's a trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 albums of the week:

01. The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
02. The Shins – Wincing The Night Away
03. Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City
04. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
05. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
06. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
07. Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position
08. Cansei de Ser Sexy – Cansei de Ser Sexy
09. Camera Obscura – Let's Get out of This Country
10. Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary

Uh-huh, pretty much the same ol' story as last week and the week before that, ad infinitum. If you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod, please please please join us! The more people that join, the more interesting our chart will be, the more interesting new music you'll discover. Go here to learn more: https://www.last.fm/help/

I'm always looking for more contributors, so please get in touch if you are up to throw down. And I'm not just talking Bear Quartet posts either - I need more writers in general. I'm not expecting people with journalism degrees, anyone with a healthy interest in new music and decent English language skills is encouraged to apply. Simply submit a sample review and a short list of some current favorites. That's all there is to it.

Part 1 of my guest post at BrooklynVegan running down many of the Scandinavian artists playing at this year's SXSW festival is now online: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2007/03/11_swedish_band.html
Enjoy!

Please note that I added a whole bunch of new Logh dates to the "In Concert" section in the sidebar. Test presses for the new 7" arrived yesterday and sound fantastic, so we're on-track to get the finished vinyl by the end of the month. BrooklynVegan readers may want to note that the b-side "Into the night" features Britta Persson and can be downloaded in the mp3 playlist area on the right (click the expand-bar at the bottom to find the link).

There's a new Cake On Cake video online: https://www.desolationrecords.com/dreamsvideo.mov

The new Turbonegro single "Do you do you dig destruction?" is being released exclusively via mobile phone via djuice and Telenor in Norway. Read the press release: https://www.huginonline.com/plsql/try/pressreleases.queryview?P_IDENTIFIER=1110518&Z_CHK=32060&p_la=5&p_web=5

Viola has posted another taste of what's to come from thier forthcoming album "Wonderabilia": https://www.ifsociety.com/files/Viola-Since_Forever_Now.mp3
As mentioned before, it comes out April 4 via Jupiter.

The Loney, Dear website is updated with tons of new tourdates, many in the UK and Europe: https://www.loneydear.com/

Friendly Noise has a new free mp3 single from Redmalm: https://www.friendlynoise.se/
Redmalm will be performing at the Friendly Noise-curated Klubb Heimat/The New Now club night at Landet in Stockholm on Saturday.

Flunk has a nice and clean new website: https://www.flunkmusic.com/

Burst's new video for "The immateria" is now showing at Singing Fool: https://www.singingfool.com/

The Silent Ballet reviews Sonores: https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/366/Default.aspx

MIC Norway takes a look at new records from El Caco, Washington and Bigbang: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007030915165553429617