The Guardian has a great feature article on Mayhem: https://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1419364,00.html

"Comic Sans must die" is the name of a new comp of underground Swedish electronic music available for free download via BitTorrent: https://handgranat.org/comic_sans_must_die
Contributors include DJ Heinrich, Le Bombe, Aspirin, Haiko a José Gonázlez/The Knife mashup from Svante and more.

OMG! I'm in Dagens Nyheter: https://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1058&a=382073&previousRenderType=6
Of course I've known that this was coming for quite some time (the interview is almost six months old now), but it's great to finally see it in print. Hopefully I don't come off sounding stupid - of course, it's a bit hard for me to tell on my own since I barely have kindergarten-level Swedish comprehension skills. Anyhow, big thanks to writer Johan Åkesson and photographer Tobias Jansson for making it happen. Much appreciated! And to all of you people visiting this site now for the first time, welcome! Enjoy your stay and send me money.

Oh, and thanks to everyone who's taken the time to write. Unfortunately I don't have time to answer everyone, but I'll do my best to answer as many emails as I can.

The Higher Elevations report that their album "Always the same" will finally be out on April 13.

Swedish hip-hop artists Svenska Akademien have confirmed that their third album "Resa Sig Opp" will be out mid-May.

Smalltown Supersound's catalogue is now available for purchase from the Warp Records Bleep shop: https://www.warprecords.com/bleep/?label=Smalltown+Supersound

New pics of El Perro Del Mar are up at Rockfoto.nu.

Madrugada will be doing a special webcast on February 23 to kick off their new album "The deep end". Read more: https://www.emi.no/madrugada/includes/news.asp

Two new headlining dates for the Backyard Babies in the US:

02/24 - Northsix, Brooklyn, NY
03/11 - One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, LA

It appears that Kid Commando has broken up: https://www.kidcommando.com/

Musical Bear spotlights a number of recent releases from Norway's Jester Records: https://www.musicalbear.com/music/review/album/jester_records/bogus_blimp_rdtr_upland_obliterate/when_whenever

Norrland crusties Reign of Bombs and Ambulance will tour Scandinavia together in March. Dates soon.

Hyped post-punk act CDOASS has confirmed that their new album "Extra fingers" will be released on April 13 and will be preceded by a new single. Upcoming live dates:

02/24 - Gump, Göteborg
02/25 - Accelerator @ Debaser, Stockholm
02/26 - Culturen, Västerås
03/04 - Republik, Norrköping
03/07 - Barfly, London (UK)
03/08 - Metro, London (UK)
03/09 - Death Disco @ Notting Hills Arts Club, London (UK)
03/11 - 035-festivalen, Halmstad
03/18 - tba, Eskilstuna
03/26 - Happy Happy Oh @ Inkonst, Malmö
04/08 - Kåren, Örebro
04/21 - Herrgårn, Linköping
04/22 - Pang Musik, Uppsala
04/23 - Perrong 23, Hässleholm
04/30 - Pipeline, Sundsvall
05/04 - Up For A Bit With @ Södra Teatern, Stockholm
05/13 - Tingshuset, Östersund
05/14 - Scharinska, Umeå

Blackstarfoundation reports that Meleeh are currently in the studio and should have their debut album ready for a May 1 release.