Swedish rock'n'roll power trio Black Belt will be heading over to Germany for some dates in February:

02/03 - Pirate Cove, Berlin
02/04 - White Pig, Bad Frankenhausen
02/05 - Dipol, Freiberg
02/06 - Subway To Peter, Chemnitz
02/07 - Schützengasse, Weimar
02/08 - Kreuz, Obermarchtal
02/09 - Club Scheune, Erlangen
02/10 - Barfly, Schönebeck
02/11 - NVA-Club, Ludwigsfelde
02/13 - Unikum, Osnabrück
02/14 - Schaubude, Kiel

A new single entitled "Hold on" will be released in Sweden in February. The song was produced by Magnus "Existensminimum" Henriksson and Pierre Lindsjöö (Dungen, Ceasars, etc.). As for the band's next full-length, they plan to enter the studio following the tour.

Svenska Kraftekvilibrister, aka experimental noise duo Henrik Rylander and Henrik Andersson, will be playing a special show at GUMP (Jazzhuset, Göteborg) on January 26 with guest guitarists Patrick Caganis (ex-Union Carbide Productions) and Andreas Nilsson (Silverbullit) that will recorded for release via Kning Disk.

In semi-related Rylander news, his other project The Skull Defekts will be doing a split LP with US noise act Wolf Eyes in March through the label Fang Bomb.

I am incredibly excited to present to you an It's a trap! exclusive interview with Jenny Wilson and The Knife's Karin Dreijer Andersson: [click here]
Huge thanks to Roni Brunn for making it happen! The brand new Knife single "Silent shout" just came out this week.

CDs from Melektronikk are finally in stock! [click here]

Norwegian electronic act Ugress (aka musician/producer Gisle Martens Meyer) has posted a new EP for free download: https://www.ugress.com/media_music_swep.asp

TIAC (Three is a Crowd) will be releasing their new single "It's always the same, anyway" as a free mp3 and video download on January 25.

Swedish post-punks The Je Ne Sais Quoi will be doing some shows in Germany in March:

03/09 - tba
03/10 - Sunday Service Fest @ Knust, Hamburg
03/11 - tba, Berlin
03/12 - Blue Shell, Köln

Pics from the Flaming Sideburns 10th anniversary party: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kittykowalski/tags/tavastia/

Check out a video for the song "Em" from Swedish post-rock act Once We Were: https://www.oncewewere.net/video/em.mov

The Ny Våg version of the Regulations "Electric guitar" EP will have different artwork than the US version of Havoc Records and will include a poster. Look for it around late February/early March.

Furthernoise interviews renown Norwegian noise artist Lasse Marhaug: https://www.furthernoise.org/index.php?url=page.php&ID=79&iss=51

Check out the video for "Aimie Rain" from Jettie: https://www.jettieband.com/fplayer/aimie.html
The band will enter the studio at the end of the month to begin recording some new material.

Norwegian art-metal/electronic act Zweiss has posted a recent live recording for free download: https://www.notam02.no/~sveinhat/zweizz/060111_live_dans_for_voksne.mp3

The tracklist for the upcoming I'm From Barcelona EP "Don't give up on your dreams, buddy!":

01. We're from Barcelona
02. Treehouse
03. Ola Kala
04. The painter

It comes out February 15 via Dolores Recordings.