Callisto winter tour

Finnish doom act Callisto will be touring Europe in December. Italian dates are the only ones announced so far, but more will be confirmed shortly: https://www.callistochaos.com/shows.html

Umeå = European Capital of Culture

Umeå, Sweden has been named the European Capital of Culture for 2014: https://www.thelocal.se/21970/20090909/

Aversionline on the new Psyke Project

Aversionline covers The Psyke Project's new album "Dead storm": https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2009/09/09/the-psyke-project-dead-storm-cd/

Dúné cover design contest

Dúné is throwing a contest to design the cover of their next single "Let go of you love": https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=52950882&blogId=509403175

Benea Reach in India

Norwegian progressive metalcore act Benea Reach will play a run of shows in India this October:

10/23 - Oasis, Pune
10/24 - Hamsadhani, Dehli
10/25 - Palace Grounds, Bangalore
10/31 - Thoms0 '09 Cultural Festival of IIT Roorkee, Roorkee

Capt. Poon (Bloodlights, ex-Gluecifer) interview at Crawdaddy

Crawdaddy talks to Captain Poon of Norwegian rock act Bloodlights/ex-Gluecifer: https://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article/Bloodlights-Captain-Poon-I-Dont-Hate-Bald-People.html

Wildbirds & Peacedrums in NYC

Updated NYC dates for Wildbirds & Peacedrums:

09/15 - Le poisson Rouge, New York, NY w/Deerhoof
09/16 - Cake Shop, New York, NY
09/18 - Bruar Falls, Brooklyn, NY
09/21 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY w/Fanfarlo
09/22 - The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY w/Fanfarlo

Bear Quartet mix + interview at Rodeo

You'll need Swedish comprehension skills to understand this interview at Rodeo with Mattias Alkberg of The Bear Quartet, but no language skills are required to enjoy the mix they made for the site: https://www.rodeo.net/radio-rodeo/2009/09/08/radio-rodeo-090907-the-bear-quartet/
It includes new BQ tracks plus a number of selections chosen by the band. Also, check out the latest Dagensskiva podcast for more BQ goodness: https://dagensskiva.com/2009/09/09/dagensskivacom-79-the-bear-quartet/

C.Aarmé signs to Spegel, will release third album

C.Aarmé, quite possibly Sweden's best current punk act, have officially signed with Spegel who will be releasing the band's third album "World music" on October 14 in 10 different editions, each limited to 50 copies each. "Abyss song" is out now as the first single and can be heard at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/spegelspegel

Fever Ray - Seven (video)

Pitchfork has the premiere of the new Fever Ray video "Seven": https://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/3816-fever-ray-seven-mute

Saluting the Crunchy Frog-a-logue tracklist

Finally, the full confirmed tracklist for Crunchy Frog's anniversary covers comp "Saluting the Crunchy Frog-a-logue": https://blog.crunchy.dk/post/Saluting-The-Crunchy-Frog-a-logue-Tracklist.aspx

Musik med Taxi Taxi!

PSL has a live performance from Swedish twin sister duo Taxi Taxi!: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/09/07/musik-med-taxi-taxi/

Totalt Jävla Mörker - De naglar fast mig på korset (video)

Check out the new Totalt Jävla Mörker video for "De naglar fast mig på korset": https://vimeo.com/6431271

September Malevolence debut to get vinyl reissue

Denovali records will be doing a color vinyl reissue of September Malevolence's debut album "Tomorrow we'll wonder where this generation gets its priorities from" in October with new artwork and a previously unreleased bonus track. 500 copies, 320 on clear and 180 on grey haze/clear.

Black Star Foundation confirms two new releases

Black Star Foundation has confirmed a September 28 release date for Jesaiah's debut record "Et tu, hope" as well as Abandon's "The dead end". Both records will also be available in Europe on October 9 via Cargo distribution and in the UK on November 18 via Plastic Head.