Thirdimension's show in Johanneskyrkan last Friday was recorded by Joel Fridlund (yes, brother of David) and will posted online soon.

Vocalist Øyvind H. has quit Arcturus leaving the band once again without a singer.

Marilyn Records has posted streaming samples for every song from Shooting John's new album "Moodswings": https://www.marilynrecords.se/marilyn/default.asp?view=shootingjohn/moodswings

Swedish country act Hyacinth House has confirmed that their debut album will be released on September 14.

Global Domination has posted another entertaining "Name that fucken..." contest featuring members from various Swedish (and international) metal bands testing their wits against eachother: https://www.statikmajik.com/gd/namethat/everything01.php

Swedish electronic/indie label Djur and Mir has a new website: https://www.djurandmir.se/

No Ripcord reviews Amandine: https://www.noripcord.com/reviews/A/amandinealbum.html

The 8bitpeoples netlabel has posted a new EP from Norways' Binärpilot for free download: https://www.8bitpeoples.com/discography_gfx.php#8BP049

Dark Dose continues to exhibit superior musical taste with a post on José González: https://darkdose.com/?p=73

Download a selection of tracks from Swedish indierockers Samuraj Cities: https://www.samurajcities.com/

Slagsmålsklubben has a new webforum: https://www.slagsmalsklubben.se/

Music (for Robots) posts a track from David Fridlund: https://music.for-robots.com/archives/001143.html

MIC Norway reacts to the recent hype on Serena Maneesh: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005090710512980119935

Bad Afro has announced the signing of Finland's Slideshaker. The band previous released 7"s on Weera and Legal Records and a debut album called "Hotwired Soul" on DBS back in 2003. They describe the band as an "ill-tempered mix of garage punk, fuzzy R&B, soul and country put together in an original fashion" and will release a new single in October with an album to follow on January 30. Download an mp3 of the song "Texas calling" right here: https://netti.nic.fi/~hekkis/audio/slideshaker-texas-calling.mp3

The Perishers have released a new live album online featuring a number of selections from their records and a guest appearance from tourmate Sarah McLachlan. Listen to a stream of it here: https://www.nettwerk.com/player/perishers/live/
To purchase it from iTunes, go here: https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=78953908
Sounds pretty good I think.