The Drawbacks have posted a new mp3 for the song "Celia" on their website: https://www.thedrawbacks.tk/
The track will also appear on the band's upcoming album "Aluminium".

The Isten fanzine has relaunched with a series of metal confessions: https://www.isten.net/fanzine/
Good reading methinks. Not all Scandinavians, but that doesn't matter.

The Buddyhead mp3 blog Medication posts some tracks from Frantic Mantis, the sideproject of Per and Håkan from Division of Laura Lee with Shelby from Frodus/Decahedron: https://buddyhead.typepad.com/medication/2005/08/frantic_mantis_.html

Updated UK tourdates for Mew:

09/16 - Leadmill, Sheffield
09/17 - Roadmenders, Northampton
09/18 - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
09/19 - Islington Academy, London
09/20 - Concorde II, Brighton
09/22 - Cockpit, Leeds
09/23 - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh
09/24 - Carling Academy, Liverpool
09/26 - Academy 2, Birmingham

The new album "And the glass handed kites" comes out September 26. Full tracklist here: https://www.mewsite.com/news/news.php

Listen to streaming samples of every track from Magnet's new album "The tourniquet": https://homeofmagnet.com/tourniquet_stream.html

Upcoming tourdates for Endstand:

09/01 - Semifinal, Helsinki (FIN) w/Lighthouse Project
09/02 - Bar 68, Jyväskylä (FIN)
09/09 - Saalgaerten, Rudolstädt (GER) w/Morning Again
09/10 - Trainspotting Festival Afternoon Show, Schweinfurt (GER)
09/10 - Backstage (PTTR Farewell Show), München (GER)
09/11 - tba (GER)
09/12 - Wild at Heart, Berlin (GER)
09/23 - Pelikenttä, Hyvinkää (FIN) w/Lighthouse Project

Look for more European dates in November to be confirmed soon.

Swedish EBM label Memento Materia has signed Code 64 and will release their new album "Leaving earth" this coming fall. Check out some sample demo tracks here: https://www.mementomateria.se/code64.html

Turbonegro's new album "Party animals" will finally get its official US release on August 23. Look for tourdates to be announced soon.

Swedish jangle-pop act Trucker Cleavage has a new website, now with info in English: https://www.truckercleavage.se/
Look for new songs to be posted online soon as well.

The details for the new Bear Quartet album have been revealed! The new album will be called "Saturday night" and in usual BQ fashion, will be preceded by an EP for the song "I have an itch". The tracklist for both:

I Have An Itch EP
01. I Have An Itch
02. An Epidemic Touch
03. I Am The Driver

Saturday Night
01. I Know My Owner
02. Birds are Singing in the Greenery
03. Loneliness Abandons the Lonely
04. I Have An Itch
05. I Speak Much English
06. Little Ghost
07. Weakling Keep Blinking
08. The Supremes
09. Today I Will Dress Up
10. Your Name Here
11. Class Trip
12. Death To The Bear Quartet

As mentioned before, the music is said to be much more on the electronic side of things and "impossible to play live." They themselves list Suicide, Black Grape and Enya as influences. Should be interesting, to say the least.

In semi-related news, Mattias Alkberg BD will soon be releasing a new EP single for the song "Ragnar". B-sides will include the songs "Bacon" and "Sämst i klassens bästa kompis".

Check out the video for "Song no. 6" from Norwegian singer/songwriter Ane Brun together with Canada's Ron Sexsmith: https://www.anebrun.com/Video/Ane_Ron.mpg

Swedish new-wavers Alice in Videoland have officially confirmed October 5 as the release date for their new album "Outrageous" via National Records. The band will have a special release show at Debaser in Stockholm the same night.

Sweden's Dream Evil, the power-metal band of Snowy Shaw and renown producer Fredrik Nordström has parted ways with singer Niklas Isfeldt and bassist Peter Stålfors. Read more: https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=40180

Remember last week when I told you about that Swedish indierock radio special being broadcast in Austria? Well, kind host Janis Meißner has followed-through on her word and posted a recording of the show online: https://www.modulmodal.at.tt/
As mentioned before, the program features music from All of My Brothers Girlfriends, Firefox AK, Ninja Massacre, Torpedo and more.