Norwegian singer/songwriter Magnet will have his single "Lay Lady Lay" featured in episode 5 of this coming season's TV program "The OC" here in the US. Quite a few indie/underground acts have benefitted greatly from exposure on this show, so it'll be interesting to see if it catches on.

Check out info and samples for the new album "White Night" from Danish garage-rockers The Unit, coming out September 20 on Play/Rec: https://www.playrec.dk/releases/playrec15/index.html

MIC Norway on jazz legend Jan Garbarek and his new album "In Praise of Dreams", his first in six years: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004092012501187104600

Indieworkshop reviews Logh's "The raging sun": https://indieworkshop.com/reviews/1139/
Hopefully, now that Bad Taste has more US distro, Logh will finally get the international recognition they deserve.

Vried is the name of a new band featuring the three remaining members of Norwegian black-metal act Windir along with longtime friend Ese on guitar. The group recently signed a three-album deal with Tabu Recordings and will release their debut album "Kraft" on October 25. The sound is described as a continuation of what bassist Hváll did with his other acts Windir and Ulcus, but with "its own personal sound — a mixture of the ambience of Windir, the rawness of Norwegian black metal and the rocking groove of Motörhead."

Big congrats to the guys in Opeth. Guitarist Peter Lindgren recently married longtime girlfriend Jessica Svensson and frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt just became a father of a baby girl this past week.

Dusted is not quite so easily impressed with Dungen: https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1705

Pitchfork likes The Legends: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/l/legends/up-against-the-legends.shtml

Check out The Concretes doing an in-studio session on BBC6: https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/6music_aod.shtml?6m_gorman_thu
They are at about 1.5 hrs into the show.

German webzine Sellfish has posted a special review of the new Pain of Salvation album "Be": https://sellfish.inserteffekt.com/review/09-04.htm#pos

Updated tourdates for Nicolai Dunger:

10/01 - Sta Maria De Feira (Near Porto)
10/15 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY (CMJ)
11/11 - Ethical Society, Philadelphia, PA w/Sufjan Stevens
11/12 - Bard College, Annondale, NY w/Sufjan Stevens
11/13 - Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY w/Sufjan Stevens
11/14 - Middle East (Upstairs), Cambridge, MA (2 Sets) w/Sufjan Stevens
11/16 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ONT w/Sufjan Stevens
11/18 - Schubas, Chicago, IL (2 Sets) w/Sufjan Stevens
11/19 - Chapel, Madison, WI w/Sufjan Stevens

Maryslim is touring Italy in December:

12/01 - Transilvania, Reggio Emilia (ITA)
12/02 - Milonga, Lipomo, Como (ITA)
12/03 - Transilvania, Bassano, Vicenza (ITA)
12/04 - Charles Bronson, Ravenna (ITA)
12/05 - tba (ITA)

Norway's Silver is yet another Scandinavian band heading to the US for the CMJ Music Marathon. Dates:

10/15 - Piano's, NYC
10/17 - Sin-e, NYC
10/19 - Rothko (Visious Party), NYC

Norwegian rockers Psychopunch just put out a new split 7" with Boozed on Germany's Kamikaze Records. Songs include the track "Fingerlickin´ good" from the album "Smashed on arrival" along with a cover of "Glad to see you go by The Ramones. Look for European tourdates in November to be announced soon.

Swedish minimalist acoustic pop trio The Tiny is touring the UK at the end of the month:

09/27 - Marquee, London (UK)
09/28 - Water Rats, London (UK)
09/29 - Betsy Trotwood, London (UK)
10/01 - Marquee, London (UK)
10/03 - Betsy Trotwood, London (UK)
10/06 - tba, Manchester (UK)

Head over to their website to check out some excellent sound samples: https://www.thetiny.net/