Musique Machine on the new Skull Defekts album "Drone drug": https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=1883

Norwegian rockers Silver have confirmed that their new album "Wolf chasing wolf" will be out in Europe on August 29 via German label Rodeostar Records and in Norway on September 8 via VME.

Aversionline on the new 7"/DVD from Finnish melodic hardcore act Lighthouse Project: https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/07/31/lighthouse-project-misanthropic-humanist-7dvd/

Service is putting out a 12" EP from semi-legendary underground Italian/Swedish production team Jackpot. The story of the album is too long and involved to explain here in a concise way, so I suggest you go here for the full scoop: https://jackpotresearch.wordpress.com/
I have no clue if the music will be any good, but it certainly is interesting reading about it.

SF-based label Devil in the Woods will be placing Swedish act The Confusions on two upcoming compilations, the first with the song "Skalka" and the second featuring an acoustic version of "The pilot". There might even be a 7" single in the works too, but nothing is set yet. In other news, the band has made the track "Thin" available as a free download: https://www.theconfusions.com/media/sounds/The_Confusions_Thin.mp3

Monument Records will be putting out a 7-track 7" from Swedish upstartsFirst Cut, a no-frills hardcore band that features members from bands such as Achilles Last Stand, Smalltown, Hearts Alive and The Arson Project. Hear samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/firstcuthardcore

Danish postrockers Lis Er Stille are counting down to something or other: https://www.liserstille.dk/

The August issue of All About Jazz NYC features a label spotlight on Jonas Kullhammar's Moserobie Records: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/newyork/

Check out the new video for "I rock" from Henry Fiat's Open Sore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCrIsaQIX0Y
If you miss the manic garagerock of early Hives records and haven't heard these guys yet, you're blowing it.

Norwegian melancholic pop act Third Avenue now has a video for their new single "Ten to fastlane" up on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrY0G5ybk-U

The Monotonik netlabel has a new release from "laidback electronica" artist Coax available for free download: https://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp204.html

The Village Voice on the new wave of Scandinavian ethereal weirdness, ie Ólafur Arnalds, Es, Ville Leinonen, and Paavoharju: https://www.villagevoice.com/2008-07-29/music/five-founts-of-ethereal-weirdness-lafur-arnalds-es-ville-leinonen-and-paavoharju/

PopMatters reviews Swedish artist Boy Omega: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/61111/boy-omega-hope-on-the-horizon/

Download the new Otur single "Sweetness", including remixes from Sophie Rimheden, Håkan Lidbo and more: https://pepperbox.se/2008/07/30/ny-singel/

Norwegian indie act Hypertext has recruited new drummer Joachim Amundsen and also report that they will be putting out a two-song 7" in late August/early September. Listen to both tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/hypertextband