Danish experimental noise label 8k Mob will be throwing a release party on October 30 together with Noisejihad to celebrate the release of new discs from Hector Rottweiler and Fallingapparatus. It all goes down at Spanien19c in Aarhus and is also somehow part of the Danish music industry's "Spil Dansk"/"Play Danish" day celebration: https://www.spildansk.dk/

Check out Swedish indiepop act Celestial and their new video for "Hope, you know": https://www.vimeo.com/2083838

Brut Boogaloo's new website is now open: https://www.brutboogaloo.com/
The band's new album "Dirty living" is out on November 3.

Norwegian postrockers The Samuel Jackson Five are the band of the week at The Silent Ballet: https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Articles/tabid/55/ctl/Details/mid/412/ItemID/1896/Default.aspx

The Hour Is Late, the label run by David Åhlén (Namur), has signed the Göteborg-based duo Lilak and will be releasing their debut full-length "Birds, water and days" in November. More info: https://www.thehourislate.com/

PopMatters on Scandinavian folk act Frigg and their new album "Economy class": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/63957/frigg-economy-class/

New reviews at Musique Machine of both Swedish drone artist Underjordiska and Danish electronic act Rumpistol.

Updates tourdates for Finnish act Boomhauer:

11/02 - Plan B, Moscow (RUS)
01/21 - tba, Örebro (SWE)
01/25 - The Rambler, Eindhoven (GER)
01/26 - Bei Chez Heinz, Hannover (GER)
01/27 - Sonic Ballroom, Cologne/Köln (GER)
01/28 - Atelier Art & Cafe, Wohlen (GER)
01/30 - Sunny Red, Munich/München (GER)
01/31 - Kunstkeller o27, Fürth (GER)

More dates tba.

Norwegian artist Kenneth Ishak (Beezewax) is doing a bunch of solo dates in the US next month:

11/04 - Frog & Peach, San Luis Obispo, CA
11/05 - Molly Malone's, Los Angeles, CA
11/06 - Silverlake Lounge, Los Angeles, CA
11/07 - Club Fred, Fresno, CA
11/08 - The Satellite, Reno, NV
11/12 - Music Millennium (Instore) Portland, OR
11/12 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR
11/15 - Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn, NY
11/16 - Cake Shop, NYC, NY
11/16 - Arlene's Grocery, NYC, NY

His latest album "Silver lightning from a black sky" gets a US release on November 18.

Gbg-based hardcore act We Live In Trenches is reportedly in talks with a German label concerning an upcoming full-length. More details when I get it. Otherwise, the latest issue of MRR (the one with the Sista Sekunden interview) has a favorable review of their excellent "Autonomy clinic" 7" -- folks looking to snag a copy should go here: [click]

The Boston Globe profiles Dungen: https://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/10/26/dungens_sound_beyond_words/

Cecilia Nordlund (ex-Monkeystrikes, Souls) will finally release her debut solo album under the name Cilihili on January 14 via Margit Music. Preview at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/cilihili

Fluxblog on Britta Persson's "Cliffhanger": https://www.fluxblog.org/2008/10/in-love-or-in-a-war

We Heart Music interviews Firefox AK in their latest podcast: https://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/post/whm029-and-030-firefox-ak-the-midway-state-and-kate-lara.html

Svarta Markaden, the Swedish DIY label responsible for The Goner (definitelt a top 10 of 2008 favorite), has a new limited release out from Swedish drone artist Attohwa. Go here for more info: https://svartamarknaden.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/attohwa-havet-cdr/