Swedish hardcore act Meleeh has licensed their album "Heartland" to Zestone Records for release in Japan on October 22.

Norwegian mathcore act Manhattan Skyline are streaming a few more tracks off their new album "Curses" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/manhattanbitches
Said album comes out October 27 via Fysisk Format.

Tomas Halberstad (ex-Punk of Country, remember?) might not have a record deal, but he's still managed to land the song "Travel as I wait" in a huge ad campaign for Nelly.com. Pretty sweet, eh?

Blind Terry will do a one-off gig at the Sweden, Sweden Clubnight in Berlin on November 21: https://www.myspace.com/swedenswedenberlin

New US dates for Frida Hyvönen:

11/01 - Zipper Factory, NYC, NY
11/03 - The Lakeshore Theater, Chicago, IL
11/08 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
11/09 - The Red and the Black, Washington DC
11/10 - The Red and the Black, Washington DC
11/11 - Googie's Lounge above the Living Room, NYC, NY
11/13 - Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NY

Juvelen appearances at CMJ:

10/22 - Bowery Electric (7pm) w/Hello Saferide, Firefox AK
10/22 - After the Jump @ Knitting Factory (12:30am)
10/25 - Public Assembly (3am)

Pitchfork reviews Swedish artist Library Tapes: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/146131-library-tapes-a-summer-beneath-the-trees

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Newly confirmed 2009 tourdates for Swedish postrockers Pg.lost:

01/09 - Lokal, Berlin (GER)
01/11 - tba, Budapest (HUN)
01/12 - MDK Batory, Chorzow (POL)
01/13 - W Srarym Kinie, Poznan (POL)
01/14 - Elfer Music Club, Frankfurt (GER)
01/16 - Cobra, Solingen (GER)
01/17 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)

The video for Division of Laura Lee's latest single "LAX" (just released today) is viewable here: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=44669675
Also be sure to check out their latest guest-directed video for the song "3 guitars" as done by Jason Lytle (Grandaddy): https://www.vimeo.com/1955174

There's a new Timo Räisänen album on the way called "...And then there was Timo". It comes out November 26 and will be preceded by the single "About you now" b/w "December 63 (oh what a night)" on November 5.

Plastic Strip Press will be releasing a 3CD/1DVD boxset from Norwegian avant-jazz pioneers Svein Finnerud Trio on November 3. This collection compiles all of the band's various releases over the years as well as two previously unreleased TV show appearances, two radio interviews, a slideshow, a 40-page booklet with multiple essays and a bonus mp3 of an entire previously unreleased live show from 1971. For more details, go here: https://www.plasticstrip.no/Svein%20Finnerud%20Trio%20Boxset.html

The new Ulf Lundell album "Omaha" will be released on November 19 with the first single "Hitza hitz" preceding it November 3.

New reviews at The Silent Ballet of new albums from both Detektivbyrån and Library Tapes

PopMatters on I'm From Barcelona's new album "Who killed Harry Houdini?": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/63614/im-from-barcelona-who-killed-harry-houdini/