Danish act Attrap might not be around anymore, but it looks like Good Tape Records will still release their posthumous debut album later this year. Details to come.

In case you didn't notice, I have a brand new interview posted today with Peter Jandreus, the author of "The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk". Check it: [click here]
As a bonus, here's an mp3 from the band that started it all and got him interested in punk in the first place: Rövsvett - Jesus var en tomte

Swedish artist Anna Ternheim will return to the US/Canada in July for a batch of dates with Joseph Arthur:

07/09 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
07/10 - World Café Live, Philadelphia, PA
07/11 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
07/12 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
07/15 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
07/18 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
07/20 - WOW Hall, Eugene, OR
07/21 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR
07/22 - Triple Door, Seattle, WA
07/24 - The Media Club, Vancouver, BC

MIC Norway profiles "epic extreme metal" act Keep of Kalessin and their new album "Kolossus": https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008060315481761322041

Lords of Metal interviews André Cederberg of Norwegian act Stille Opprör: https://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showinterview.php?id=2177&lang=en

IAT.MP3 artists Imagine I Had Hands have another new track up at myspace called "Six reasons": https://www.myspace.com/imagineihadhands
Killer stuff, as always.

Danish indie artist A Kid Hereafter has posted the new, very meta track "I don't trust Tom" on his myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/akidhereafter

Four of the tracks on the Hymns from Nineveh (remember?) myspace page are now available for download: https://www.myspace.com/hymnsfromnineveh

Check out a trailer for the new "No One Is Illegal" DVD, due out on June 27: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMRjXy195tA
The film captures live footage and interviews from last year's Punk Illegal Fest in Sweden and features bands such as Avskum, Wolfbrigade, Victims, Uncurbed and more. All proceeds from DVD sales go to the No One Is Illegal asylum network for their help with refugee relief.

Pitchfork reviews Lykke Li's "Youth novels": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49939-youth-novels

Check out a brand new video from Aerial for the seasonably appropriate track "Echoes in June": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKAgd4rTkII

"Ibland gör man rätt ibland gör man fel" has been selected as the second single from Markus Krunegård's debut solo album "Markusevangeliet".

London-based Danish music clubnight The Pastry Club will be featuring Murder and Marybell Katastrophy on June 10. Details: https://www.myspace.com/thepastryclub

Swedish metal mag Close Up is counting down their favorite 100 albums from the years 1991-2008: https://closeuptopp100.blogspot.com/

"Tillflykt" the David Sandström documentary by director Mikael Wiström and Alberto Herskovits is now available on DVD, including a special 2-disc edition featuring his (excellent) debut solo album. Info: https://www.filmtipset.se/film/tillflykt.html