It appears that The Hives are in trouble for plagiarism and are accused of ripping off The Roofies' 1997 track "Why you?" for their single "Tick tick boom". Compare and contrast: "Why you? / "Tick tick boom"
Sounds like a stretch of imagination to me. I'm sure The Hives would be the first to admit they're not all that original, but those riffs are not the same.

Artist profiles are now going online for next year's by:Larm festival: https://www.bylarm.no/eng/artists/

Free Jazz on Norwegian artists Trygve Seim (sax) and Frode Haltli (accordion) and their new collaboration album "Yeraz" on ECM: https://freejazz-stef.blogspot.com/2008/10/trygve-seim-frode-haltli-yeraz-ecm-2008.html

Delusions of Adequacy reviews Norwegian bassist Eivind Opsvik's new album "Overseas III": https://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=9095

Danish act Dúné will make their Japanese debut on November 20 at Astrohall in Tokyo.

The (International) Noise Conspiracy celebrated their 10th anniversary at Scharinska in Umeå last night: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=24959654&blogID=444619293

But Is It Art? is offering up a special Halloween version of the Friday Bridge song "Horror of horrors" for free download: https://www.fridaybridge.net/downloads/Friday_Bridge_Horror_Halloween_version.mp3
The original of said track will appear on the forthcoming album "Bite my tongue", due out February 4, 2009.

Updated dates for Swedish postrock act Yamon Yamon:

11/27 - MUK, Giessen (GER)
11/28 - Cafe Central, Weinheim (GER)
11/29 - d:qliq, Luxemburg (LUX)
12/02 - Bar Sartea, Vicenza (ITA)
12/03 - Metelkova, Ljubljana (SLO)
12/04 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
12/05 - Panam, Leipzig (GER)
12/06 - Nora club, Kopřivnice (CZ)
12/07 - Rhiz, Wien (AUS)

It's official: Gaahl of Norwegian black-metal act Gorgoroth is out of the closet: https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=107859

Swedish Showcase, together with help from the Swedish Institute, is sending a group of Swedish acts to Belarus in order to "inspire and develop the Belarusian music scene, its artists and organizers." The acts participating: I Love You Baby!, Alice in Videoland, Paris and Pluxus. Dates and details: https://www.swedishshowcase.com/belarus/

Dead Violets, the international collaboration of Thomas Ekelund from Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words and the American act Violets, have a new 3" CDR available: https://www.zeromoon.com/blog/2008/10/dead-violets-yzmrhs

Look for Robert Svensson's next single "1991" to be released in late November/early December along with a new video and a bunch of b-side remixes.

Mad For It will be offering up Parker Lewis' debut album as a free download on November 1. Go here for details: https://mfit009.com/

Meleeh has been forced to cancel their upcoming Finnish tour due to complications from their vocalist's recent surgery: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=86577905&blogID=444556837

Watch Kaizers Orchestra cover the Willie Nelson class "On the road again": https://www.nrk.no/p3tv/kaizers-covrer-willie-nelson/