Swedish synthpop act Kamera will be back in Japan in September:

09/20 - Nakano Moon Step, Tokyo
09/22 - Shibuya Club Asia, Tokyo
09/24 - Akasaka L@n, Tokyo
09/25 - Kagurazaka Explosion, Tokyo
09/26 - Shinjuku Loft, Tokyo

Norwegian act BigBang will release their US debut album "From acid to zen" on September 9. Head to myspace for samples and tourdates: https://www.myspace.com/smallbang

Diamond Dogs vocalist Sören "Sulo" Karlsson will release his debut solo album "Hear me out" on October 22 via Legal Records. He's got quite an impressive roster of guest stars too, including Louise Hoffsten, Papa Dee, Max Martin (yes, that Max Martin) and Sara Löfgren, the latter which can be heard on the single "Still looking for you", available for download right here: https://www.legalrecords.se/downloads/Sulo%20-%20Still%20Looking%20For%20You.mp3

Antenna talks to reunited Danish metal act Artillery: https://www.antenna.nu/?p=471

Thomas Denver Jonsson is back in the UK in September:

09/17 - St Bonaventure, Bristol (UK) w/Sam Baker
09/18 - Catweazle Club, Oxford (UK)
09/19 - Vortex Jazz Club, London (UK)
09/20 - The Electric Dustbowl: Americana UK live!, The Musician, Leicester (UK) w/Peter Bruntnell, more
09/21 - The Golden Fleece, Nottingham (UK)
09/22 - Vox @ The Vale, Glasgow (UK)
09/25 - NxNY, York, York (UK)

The message on The Bear Quartet's official website has been changed from "We will release a new album in 2008" to "We will probably release a new album in 2009."

New North American dates for Dungen:

10/24 - Music Hall of Williamsburg (CMJ/Kemado), Brooklyn, NY
10/27 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
10/28 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
10/30 - Great Scott, Boston, MA
10/31 - Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ONT
11/01 - Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI
11/02 - Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
11/04 - 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN
11/07 - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
11/08 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR
11/10 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
11/11 - Cellar Door, Visalia, CA
11/12 - The Echo, Los Angeles, CA

Tiny Mix Tapes interviews Norwegian noise maven Lasse Marhaug: https://www.tinymixtapes.com/Lasse-Marhaug,6683

Beatservice will be releasing a new solo album from Ralph Myers as well as a new Xploding Plastix record in early September. Go here for details and preorder info: https://www.beatservice.no/blogg/2008/08/new-albums-from-xploding-plastix-and.html

Backyard Babies have a new website: https://www.backyardbabies.com/

New German dates for Kaizers Orchestra:

11/11 - Musiktheater, Kassel
11/12 - Muffatwerk, München
11/14 - Colos Saal, Aschaffenburg
11/16 - Stahlwerk, Düsseldorf
11/20 - Longhorn, Stuttgart
11/21 - Postbahnhof, Berlin

Apparently the setlist on this tour will be filled by songs the band doesn't regularly play or hasn't played in awhile, so expect something special?

The Silent Ballet on Ljudbilden & Piloten: https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/1646/Default.aspx

RCRDLBL is running a feature on the Norwegian act Lama, not the awesome Finnish hardcore band: https://www.rcrdlbl.com/2008/08/12/oya_festival_download_lama_innocent_bystander

Swedish indiepop act Tower of Foil has a new single called "Everlasting" posted for free download: https://www.toweroffoil.com/

Musique Machine on the Brighter Death Now reissue "Necrose evangelicum": https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=1908