Delacroix has posted their new single "Midnight boy in the city of delights" as a free download: https://www.delacroixband.com/recordings.php

Swedish indie act Ram Di Dam has signed with Mock Turtle Records, the label run by Erik Londré of Bonnie & Clyde/The Spurts. A full-length album will be released in January/February, but the first single "Flashbacks" is already streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/ramdidam

Danish electronic artist Rumpistol is doing a batch of live dates this fall:

11/21 - inSpiral Café, London (UK)
11/21 - Café Oto, London (UK)
11/22 - Luminopolis, London (UK)
11/30 - Golden Pudel, Hamburg (GER) w/Snöleoparden
12/06 - Dense Recordshop, Berlin (GER)
12/07 - Berghain Cantine, Berlin (GER) w/Bjørn Svin & Sofus Forsberg

Cold Meat has posted details for the new album "Souyuan" from Swedish dark ambient/industrial artist Atrium Carceri, his first new album in three years.: https://www.coldmeat.se/mailorderf.asp?id=2733
The official release date is November 26.

The new Scraps of Tape album (title tba) is set for release next March and the band plans to tour Europe throughout April and May. Dates and details to come.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives' new album "Communion" is now streaming in its entirety at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/officialtsool

Aversionline on Gbg-based hardcore act Dead Vows: https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/11/19/dead-vows-bad-blood-cd/

Antenna talks to vocalist Mikael Stanne from Dark Tranquility: https://www.antenna.nu/?p=666

Scandinavian metallers making the Pitchfork "Show No Mercy" top albums of 2008 list include Enslaved, Disfear, Darkthrone and The Haunted. Read more, including guest lists from two of the dudes in Enslaved: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/147495-column-show-no-mercy

Gbg-based indie/jazz duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums are doing a batch of West Coast dates in December:

12/05 - Transmission, Vancouver BC
12/07 - Neumos, Seattle, WA
12/09 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
12/11 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
12/12 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA w/Radars to the Sky

They'll also be back in February as support for Lykke Li:

02/02 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
02/03 - Music Hall, Brooklyn, NY
02/04 - Club Soda, Montreal, PQ
02/06 - Phoenix, Toronto, ON
02/07 - Metro, Chicago, IL
02/08 - Varsity, Minneapolis, MN
02/11 - Commodore, Vancouver, BC
02/12 - Hawthorne, Portland, OR
02/13 - Showbox, Seattle, WA
02/15 - Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
02/17 - Glass House, Pomona, CA

Norway's Casiokids make Pitchfork's Forkcast: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/147078-new-music-casiokids-togens-hule-stream

The November CD blowout continues! Not only have I marked down an incredible amount of inventory, I'm also offering 10% off for all purchases over $50 and 20% off for everything over $100. Help me clear out merch to make room for 2009!

New Sissy Wish dates in LA:

12/11 - Roxy theater, Los Angeles, CA
12/12 - The Beauty Box, Los Angeles, CA

There's a new Rumskib track called "Secrete" posted on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/rumskib

Opeth will tour South America in the spring: https://www.opeth.com/index.php/news/show/id/97