Download a brand new song from Hemstad: https://suchgreatheights.se/hemstad/Hemstad%20-%20Dom%20staller%20fan%20inte%20annat%20an%20till%20och%20krav.mp3

Drowned in Sound reviews the new one from Mew: https://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/13216

New international tourdates for Swedish indie-folk act Amandine:

10/28 - Stockholm University, Stockholm (SWE) w/Isolation Years
11/02 - Diagonal, Forlí (ITA)
11/04 - La Limonaia, Fucecchio (Firenze) (ITA)
11/06 - Zuni, Ferrara (ITA)
11/12 - Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA w/American Analog Set
11/16 - The Middle East, Cambridge, MA w/Tristeza
11/18 - North Six, Brooklyn, NY w/Tristeza

The latest top 10 Norwegian album chart:

01. Raga Rockers - Ragas beste 1983 - 2000
02. Diverse - De beste til meg og mine venner
03. Jorun Stiansen - Unstable
04. De Lillos - Festen er ikke over det er kake igjen
05. Kari Bremnes - Over en by
06. Ravi & DJ Løv - Den nye arbeidsdagen
07. Kaizers Orchestra - Maestro
08. Marion Raven - Here I am
09. Liv Marit Wedvik - Home sweet home
10. Klovner i kamp - Ørnen tek ikkje unga

The Cardigans have a new microsite for their new album "Super extra gravity": https://www.superextragravity.com/

Umeå-based post-hardcore act Royal Downfall will record a new album with Henrik Wiklund during the first week of November.

Eskju Divine now has videos posted on their website: https://www.eskjudivine.com/ (look under music)

Swedish hip-hop duo Afasi & Filthy have a new website: https://www.ritchratch.com/

You can stream the "new" (to American audiences) (International) Noise Conspiracy album "Armed love" right here: https://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/tinc/player/

Denmark's PlayRec has announced that they will release the new Monoton album "Greenwood" on October 3, their first with new vocalist Søren Vibjerg. The title comes from the fabled burial location in Mississippi of blues legend Robert Johnson. For more info and two free mp3 downloads, go here: https://www.playrec.dk/greenwood/
Sounds a bit like old Danzig in a way. Similar in a heavy/bluesy way.

Indieworkshop reviews the latest from the Acid House Kings: https://indieworkshop.com/music/2003/
Also at IW (but off-topic for IAT) is a special feature on "100 albums that changed our lives" which I was graciously invited to contribute to. It was fun to do so maybe you'll get a kick out of it too: https://indieworkshop.com/articles/237/

The details and artwork for the new Laakso single "In my blood" has been posted: https://se.v2music.com/site/product.asp?ID=1502

DigitalMetal reviews the new Arcturus: https://www.digitalmetal.com/reviews.asp?cid=6850

Ex-Gorgoroth drummer Erlend Erichsen talks to Aftenposten about his new black-metal novel "Nasjonalsatanisten" (National Satanist): https://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1123286.ece

Norwegian act Accidents Never Happen (ex-Sheep) will be entering Harrys Gym Studios in Lodalen in November with engineer Bjarne Stensli to record their debut album. It should be ready for release around February/March.