Swedish hip-hop artist Crome has posted a bunch of mp3s for free download: https://roadlake.com/crome/

Download "The hunger" from Sparkling: https://www.sparklingworld.com/mp3/Sparkling_TheHunger.mp3
The Dave Ogilvie remix of the song is currently being tested by a number of "progressive" DJs and should be hitting radio soon.

Ellis the Vacuumchild's debut album "Peace by extermination" is now out in Japan via Linus Records. Of course, you can always order it through IAT as well.

Delusions of Adequacy is confused about the US release of Nine's latest album "Killing angels": https://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewid=5120

Denmark's The Raveonettes have confirmed that their new album "Pretty in black" will be released on May 3 with the first single "Love in a trashcan" set to hit radio sometime around mid-March. The band will also hit the road for an extensive US tour at the end of April and here's what's been confirmed so far:

04/26 - Mercury Lounge, New York
04/27 - Mercury Lounge, New York
04/28 - Southpaw, Brooklyn
04/30 - Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio, CA
05/03 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
05/06 - Dante's, Portland
05/10 - First Avenue, Minneapolis
05/11 - Double Door, Chicago
05/12 - Mad Planet, Milwaukee
05/13 - Patio, Indianapolis
05/14 - Exit/In, Nashville
05/17 - The Parish, Austin, TX
05/19 - Twiropa, New Orleans
05/20 - Beta Bar, Tallahassee
05/22 - Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale
05/25 - 40-Watt Club, Athens, GA
05/27 - Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
05/28 - Black Cat, Washington DC
05/29 - Ottobar, Baltimore
05/31 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
06/01 - North Star Bar, Philadelphia
06/02 - Paradise, Boston
06/06 - Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland
06/07 - Southgate House, Newport, KY
06/08 - Magic Stick, Detroit
06/09 - Mr. Small's Theater, Millvale, PA
06/10 - Showplace Theater, Buffalo
06/11 - Webster Hall, New York

Dusted has a "listed" feature from the elusive Rex the Dog which of course includes mention of The Knife: https://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/296

Pitchfork reviews the US reissue of Nicolai Dunger's third album "This cloud is learning": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/dunger_nicolai/this-cloud-is-learning.shtml

Sweden's Transport League will enter Grand Recordings in Göteborg on March 23 to begin recording their new album "Non Aggressive Formula", tentatively due out this coming summer through an as-yet-undetermined label. The band plans to track a total of twelve tunes, including a cover of "Never let me down again" by Depeche Mode.

The debut CD "We like pretending" from Swedish indie-rockers Valley Days has now been released and you can download a few tracks at their website: https://www.valleydays.se/
It's good stuff - reminds me a lot of The Motorhomes.

London's AC30 club will be releasing the Sambassadeur EP "Between the lines" on April 4 on license from Labrador via their own in-house label. To celebrate, the band will be making their UK debut with two showcase nights in Lodon, first at Ian Watson's How Does It Feel Club at the Windmill in Brixton on April 7 and then at the Betsey Trotwood in Farringdon on April 9.

Mieszko Talarczyk, frontman for the band Nasum and head engineer at Soundlab Studios, has been officially confirmed dead: https://www.nasum.com/
My deepest condolences to his friends and family.

I hear that I'm in the new issue of Internet World Magazine in Sweden with an article on the Creative Commons Music Sharing License that mentions the Björn Kleinhenz & Pete Thompson EP. Anyone want to translate it for me? I'm really curious to read it.

Congrats to ex-Emperor/current Zyklon guitarist Samoth who just got married: https://www.zyklontribe.com/weddingphoto.jpg

Lars Horntveth on tour in Italy:

03/10 - Tatro Studio - Scandicci, Florence
03/11 - Big Club, Padova
03/12 - La Palma Club, Rome

Recent Bad Taste signees Venerea have confirmed that their new album will be called "One louder". As mentioned before, it will be released on April 4 in Europe, April 6 in Scandinavia.