In Flames has reportedly signed with Ferret Records in the US. The already-completed new album "Come clarity" will be released on February 7 in the US, February 6 in Europe via Nuclear Blast.

Adjagas will release their debut self-titled album on November 21 via Trust Me Records. The record was produced by Andreas Mjøs (Jaga Jazzist) and engineered by Lars Lien (Motorpsycho).

Bob Hund/Bergman Rock sideproject Sci-Fi Skane will release their debut album "Känslan av att jorden krymper växer" on November 16 via Silence.

Swedish hardcore act Misconduct has posted two new songs on their myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/misconduct

Check out the video for "Easy tune" from The Sorayas: https://hem.bredband.net/sorayas/
The band's new EP "Hours to days" comes out on October 26 via But is it Art?

The Onion AV Club reviews the Acid House Kings: https://avclub.com/content/node/41526

Salon has posted an audio profile on José González: https://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/index.html?item=/ent/audiofile/2005/10/12/gonzalez/index.html
On a side-note, any hype you see about his so-called debut US performances in NYC later this month are a bit of a white lie. José played a private gig in LA a few years ago at the Swedish Consulate.

I don't normally post tourdates for bands playing shows within Scandinavia, but the pairing of Randy and Johndoe is too good to pass on. Dates:

10/19 - Garage, Oslo
10/20 - Byscenen, Haugesund
10/21 - Kvarteret, Bergen
10/22 - Coffee Annan, Isak, Trondheim
10/22 - Blæst, Trondheim

The website for this year's Umeå Punkfest is now online: https://punkfest.umeahardcore.org/
Lots of great bands playing this year, so be sure to check it out.

Sindrome, the new band from Ulver mainman Kristoffer G. Rygg (aka Garm) and Daniel Cardoso (ex-Sirius), is now to be known as Head Control System. Listen to four full tracks on their myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/spiralsektor

Congrats to Karl Elisha - you've won a copy of the new self-titled CD from Hyacinth House. Thanks to everyone that entered - all you people who missed the boat should still download a song and check 'em out. It's good stuff.

And lookee here - a new batch of reviews has been posted as well: [click here]

Babylon Bombs will enter Decibel Studios in Stockholm in mid-October with Lasse Mårtén (Blindside, etc.) to record their second full-length album, tentatively due out late March 2006.

"Bones" will be the first single from Finnish rockers Slideshaker's new album "In the raw". It comes out out on November 14 in both 7" and CDS format, but in the meantime, you can download an mp3 of the track here: https://netti.nic.fi/~hekkis/audio/Slideshaker%20-%20Bones.mp3

Go here to download a full recording of Stalwart's show from October 8 at Vastavirta in Tampere, Finland: https://www.hahmot.net/html/mp3.htm