Swedish postrockers September Malevolence have licensed their latest album "After this darkness, there's a next" to Zankyo Records in Japan for release this coming January. Expect tourdates to follow. The band is also working with Denovali Records yet again to reissue a vinyl edition of their debut album "Tomorrow we'll wonder where this generation gets its priorities from" with two added bonus tracks and new artwork. No date yet on that one, but I'll keep you posted. Read a new interview with frontman Martin Lundmark here: https://www.theastronautfarm.com/2008/11/major-tom-interviews-september.html

Legendary long-running Finnish hardcore act Riistetyt is coming to the UK in January:

01/14 - tbc, Dublin
01/15 - Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
01/16 - 1 in 12 club, Bradford
01/17 - The Grosvenor, London
01/18 - tbc, Bristol

NONS has signed Lowood and will be releasing their debut album "Close to violence" in March. Hear a sample at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/lowoodsweden
The band features members from today's featured mp3 act Idoru and will be supporting Tiger Lou on their upcoming Swedish tour (see sidebar for dates). Speaking of Tiger, the band will be performing new album "A partial print" in its entirety at these upcoming shows and speaking of "A partial print", I should be getting copies for mailorder very soon.

MIC Norway is updated with London Jazz Festival coverage, including profiles on Arve Henriksen (Supersilent, etc.), Arild Andersen and Frøy Aagre: https://www.mic.no/english

Finnish act Nightwish will be bringing Danish rockers Volbeat as support for their US tour next spring:

05/01 - Webster Theater, Hartford, CT
05/02 - Nokia Theater, New York, NY
05/03 - Crocodile Rock, Allentown, PA
05/05 - Sonar, Baltimore, MD
05/06 - Club Oasis, Louisville, KY
05/08 - Pops, Sauget, IL
05/09 - Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City, OK
05/11 - Pavillion at Concrete Street, Corpus, TX
05/12 - Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
05/14 - Masquerade, Atlanta, GA

Finnish yacht rock cover act Lauantain Toivotut will release their new album "Aamuksi kotiin" on November 19 and will celebrate with a small batch of shows around the country. Dates and samples: https://www.myspace.com/lauantaintoivotut
I recommend track #2, "Olen neitsyt".

PopMatters calls Swedish expat Theresa Andersson one of their favorite acts from CMJ: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/65256/cmj-music-marathon-2008-from-top-draw-to-taco-bell/

Viktor Sjöberg and Jens Lekman will be touring Asia together this fall:

11/29 - Ssamzie Spac, Seoul, South Korea
11/30 - Ssamzie Spac, Seoul, South Korea
12/01 - The White Rabbit, Singapore
12/02 - Yugong Yishan, Beijing, China
12/03 - JZ, Hangzhou, China
12/04 - JZ, Shanghai, China
12/06 - tba, Bandung, Indonesia
12/0? - tba, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Check out some killer live footage of Swedish hardcore act We Live In Trenches performing in Göteborg: https://vimeo.com/2143396

Swedish jazz artist Oskar Schönning now has a video online for his excellent new single "Faustine": https://www.vimeo.com/2145345
And even though the actual album recording was filmed (in front of an audience, to boot), this is not a performance video. Very recommended!

Piroth has cancelled their winter tour plans: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=65256767&blogID=446501157

Pitchfork recommends the new Luomo album "Convivial": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/147089-luomo-convivial

The Washington Post Express talks to Swedish art-rock band Fredrik: https://www.expressnightout.com/content/2008/11/rhythmic_lullabies_fredrik.php
Watch them perform "1986" and "11 years" live from the House of Sweden in Washington, DC, and broadcast on TV4 in Sweden.

Cloudberry Records has announced that they'll be doing a 7" with Swedish indiepop act Hari and Aino in the near future. Preview here: https://www.cloudberryrecords.com/

The new Masshysteri (ex-Vicious) album "Var del av stan" is will be out this month via Feral Ward: https://www.feralward.com/home.html