Boy Omega has finished recording the new album "The black tango" and has posted the full tracklist and cover art at their website: https://www.boyomega.com/
Be sure to check out the many samples available for download - it's some good stuff.

Swedish rock n' rollers The Bones report that they just recorded a new song for an undisclosed cover album and Nicke Borg from Backyard Babies stopped by the studio to help out. More info to come.

Wasted Sounds is releasing the debut 7" from The Vicious, the new band from Sara of t(I)NC/Doughnuts along with members from Tristess, Regulations, DS13, Cult of Luna and Dead Ones. The band is set to release their debut full-length through Burning Heart later this year, but here's where you can hear 'em first. Check out a sample track: https://www.wastedsounds.com/mp3/Vicious_-_Suspicions.mp3
For ordering info and more new Norrland punk releases such as Auktion, Reign of Bombs and Disconvenience, go here: https://www.wastedsounds.com/

Upcoming tourdates for Karl Larsson (Last Days of April):

08/03 - Fritz Corner @ Kulturhuset, Stockholm (SWE)
08/12 - HMV Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne (AU)
08/12 - Northcote Social Club, Melbourne (AU)
08/13 - Jive, Adelaide (AU)
08/17 - Manning Bar @ Syd Uni, Sydney (AU)
08/18 - Oxford Tavern , Wollongong (AU)
08/19 - Annandale Hotel, Sydney (AU)
08/20 - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle (AU)
09/02 - Weltbühne, Hamburg (GER)
09/03 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER)
09/04 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
09/05 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
09/06 - Ampere, Münich (GER)
09/07 - AKW, Würzburg (GER)
09/08 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
09/09 - Eins B, Göttingen (GER)
09/10 - ETC, Erfurt (GER)
09/16 - Zwischenfall, Bochum (GER)
09/17 - JUZ / Indoor Festival, Saarlouis (GER)
09/20 - Barfly (Monarch), London (UK)

Fall tour schedule for Carpark North:

08/10 - Skanderborg Festival
08/13 - Ringsted
09/22 - Fuglafjord, Færøerne
09/23 - Fuglafjord, Færøerne
09/24 - Fuglafjord, Færøerne
09/25 - Fuglafjord, Færøerne
09/29 - Slagelse
09/30 - Helsingør
10/01 - Holbæk
10/07 - Skive
10/08 - Fr. Havn
10/14 - Sønderborg
10/15 - Kolding
10/20 - Randers
10/21 - Odense
10/22 - Rønne
10/28 - Esbjerg
10/29 - Ålborg
11/03 - Vordingborg
11/04 - Århus
11/11 - Kbh
11/17 - Norway
11/18 - Norway
11/19 - Norway

Congrats to Daniel Solving and Ray Creasey who both won free CDs from Seven Feet Four. Thanks to everyone else who entered, better luck next time!

Satanic Surfers on tour in Europe:

08/23 - Malmöfestivalen, Malmö (SWE)
09/23 - Froggle Rock Festival, Verneuil sur Avre (FRA)
09/24 - Broekrock Festival, Hertsberge (BEL)
09/30 - Skaters Palace, Münster (GER)
10/02 - JC De Klinker, Aarschot (BEL)
10/03 - Underground, Köln (GER)
10/04 - Cafe Central, Weinheim (GER)
10/05 - Backstage, München (GER)
10/06 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH)
10/07 - Remise, Wil (CH)
10/12 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
10/13 - Spinnerei, Traun (AUS)
10/14 - Kato, Berlin (GER)
10/15 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)

More dates tba.

Sivert from Madrugada posts a new blog report: https://www.emi.no/madrugada/blogs.asp?id=20

Jettie is touring the US starting in August:

08/22 - Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
08/23 - Chain Reaction, Anaheim, CA
08/24 - Epicenter, San Diego, CA
08/25 - Modified, Phoenix, AZ
08/26 - Hiney’s, El Paso, TX
08/27 - Space 1110, Lubbock, TX
08/28 - Gypsy Tea Room, Dallas, TX
08/30 - Sanctuary, San Antonio, TX
08/31 - Emo's, Austin, TX
08/01 - Java Jazz, Spring, TX
08/02 - Cypress Hall, Metaire, LA
08/04 - The Orpheum, Tampa, FL
08/08 - Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
08/09 - Ace's Basement, Greenboro, NC
08/11 - The Ottobar, Baltimore, MD

The next single from Kent's latest album "Du & jag döden" will be for the song "Den döda vinkeln". It hits radio on August 8 and will be in stores on August 31. Not that you'd be too tempted to buy it - there won't be any b-sides.

Dutch music site RatatoskOnline has posted pics from the Dour Festival in Belgium featuring Jaga Jazzist, Madrugada, Logh and Sondre Lerche: https://gallery.ratatoskonline.net/view_album.php?set_albumName=Music

Womenfolk posts about Swedish singer/songwriters Anna Ternheim and Sophie Zelmani: https://womenfolk.net/2005/07/swede-tooth.html

PopMatters interviews Annie: https://popmatters.com/music/interviews/annie-050728.shtml

Modul3c is the name of a new experimental/noise label from Sweden. Their first release is the debut album "White" from the act Meltdown which is said to feature "40 minutes of highly monotone and mechanical noise". Coming up in September is "Vägen till Natanz" from Knös aka Fredrik Djurfeldt of Severe Illusion and Vanvård. That will be a 2xCD release featuring a new album worth of material alongside the unreleased record "Osero Imandra" from 2002. Samples and more info: https://www.modul3c.com/

Aversionline reviews the new Ulver, liking it quite a bit more than most other reviews I've seen: https://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2593/