P3 has announced the lineup for the upcoming Sveriges Radio-festival at Kulturhuset in Stockholm on September 10-11: Magnus Uggla, Sophie Rimheden, Eskobar, Melody Club, Brainpool, Raymond & Maria, Olle Ljungström, Christian Walz, Jimmy Jansson, Fjärde världen, Ken, Miio, Dhani, Afasi & Filthy, Arash, Emmon, The Tiny, Anna Ternheim, Cirera, JaJu, Metro Jets and Richard Reagh & WWNB2. More info: https://www.sr.se/omsr/festival/index.stm

Timo Räisinen will be breaking off from his work as a member of Her Majesty and Håkan Hellström's backing band to release a solo album. It will be called "Lovers are lonely" and should be out in February with a single later this fall.

Dusted profiles the highly-regarded Finnish label Fonal Records: https://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/247

Cadavar has broken up for the second and reportedly final time. The band released four albums over fifteen years together.

This week's reviews from German webzine Sellfish:

Nils Petter Molvaer - Streamer
The Grizzly Twister - Kill the autopilot
Wintersun - s/t
Maria Solheim - Frail

Finnish experimental music and visual art label Abflug has signed an international distribution deal with Germany's Nexus Distribution.

Aamu 10°C is a new online label specializing in Finnish experimental and electroacoustic music: https://www.aamu10c.net/
The first release comes from Joel Kivelä, a member of the freeform band Vapaa and veteran of various noise projects.

The top Scandinavian videos streamed last week at on-demand video service Musicbrigade.com:

01. Annie - Chewing Gum
02. Ana - We Are
03. Kings Of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You
04. Gunther & Sunshine Girls - Teeny Weeny String Bikini
05. Nightwish - Nemo
Requested Videos: 170,970
Number of titles requested: 4,616 different titles
Total Streams: 247,587

Upcoming tourdates for Norwegian singer/songwriter St. Thomas:

10/08 - Weltbühne, Hamburg (GER)
10/09 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
10/10 - Knaack, Berlin (GER)
10/12 - Chelsea, Wien (AUS)
10/13 - PPC, Graz (AUS)
10/14 - Harry Klein, München (GER)
10/15 - tba, Zürich (CH)
10/16 - Boa, Luzern (CH)
10/17 - tba, Genf (CH)
10/18 - Schocken, Stuttgart (GER)
10/20 - Cookys, Frankfurt (GER)
10/21 - Gebäude 9, Köln (GER)
10/23 - Cafe Glocksee, Hannover (GER)
10/26 - Ekko, Utrecht (NL)
10/27 - Escalier, Liege (BEL)
10/28 - Hasselt (BEL)
10/29 - Namur (BEL)
10/30 - Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
10/31 - Rennes (FRA)
11/01 - Poitiers (FRA)
11/02 - Bordeaux (FRA)
11/04 - Evreux (FRA)
11/07 - Bruxelles Botanique (FRA)
11/08 - Water Rats, London (UK)

Swedish singer/songwriter Jens Lekman is playing a one-off gig at The Water Rats Theatre in London on October 14.

Nicolai Dunger is coming over to the US for a few shows:

10/14 - The Met Cafe, Providence, RI w/Sufjan Stevens
10/15 - The Mercury Lounge (CMJ), New York, NY
10/16 - Northsix, Brooklyn, NY w/Sufjan Stevens

So does that mean his latest record is getting a US release or his he doing showcases for possible labels?

Updated tourdates for David & the Citizens:

09/30 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
10/01 - Coffy, Dusseldorf (GER)
10/03 - Blue Shell, Cologne (GER)
10/06 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
10/08 - Atomic Cafe, Munich (GER)
10/13 - Scandinavian House, Prague (CZ) (acoustic show)
10/14 - Chelsea, Vienna (AUS)

There's still another 7 or 8 shows tbc.

Bad Taste Records has announced the signing of Quit Your Dayjob, the first new Swedish band on the label since Logh was picked up three years ago. The three-piece band from Malmö previously released an 8-track mini-CD earlier this year on I Made This Records which will be reissued by Bad Taste internationally on October 25. Here's how they describe the band:

With a twangy guitar, a synthesizer way past its due date and snotty drums sounding like the B-52's on 45 rpm; the record makes The Cramps sound like Devo in a wheelchair.

Listen for yourself: https://www.kulturmejeriet.se/badtaste/mp3/qyd_-_look_a_dollar.mp3
Full bio here: https://badtasterecords.se/QYD_BIO.pdf

Denmark's Lampshade has signed with Glitterhouse Records. The band is described as "a collision of noise rock, sad core, emo and dreamish post rock" and their new album "Because trees can fly" will be released internationally in November.

School is back in session and KVLR is starting to chart on some college radio stations: https://www.usm.edu/wusm/chart8262004.html
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