Detektivbyrån has confirmed that their forthcoming album "Wermland" will be released on September 3 via the band's own label Danarkia. There's no confirmed tracklist yet, but it is available for preorder and will be preceded by a single sometime in July. In the meantime, check out a video of the group performing the new track "Generation celebration": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wLWhSZ1Uvo
Definitely one of my most anticipated releases this coming fall.

Teeth of the Divine interviews Finnish doom act The Rapture: https://teethofthedivine.com/site/features/interview-with-rapture/

The Silent Ballet is not so impressed with Tape's new album "Luminarium": https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/1422/Default.aspx

Peter Morén (Peter Bjorn and John) does the playlist shuffle thing for The Onion A.V. Club: https://www.avclub.com/content/feature/random_rules_peter_moren

Pitchfork reviews Norwegian artist Silje Nes: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/50389-ames-room

Danish act The Fashion will be supporting Alkaline Trio on tour in the US this summer:

06/13 - Otherside, Tulsa, OK
06/14 - The Village, Little Rock, AR
06/15 - Matthew's Bar, Birmingham, AL
06/17 - Freebird Live, Jacksonville, FL
06/18 - Headliners, Columbia, SC
06/19 - The National, Richmond, VA
06/20 - Crocodile Rock, Allentown, PA
06/21 - Toad's Place, New Haven, CT
06/24 - Chameleon, Lancaster, PA
06/26 - Club Zoo, Pittsburgh, PA
06/27 - Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI
07/05 - Roskilde Festival
07/08 - Clutch Cargo's, Pontiac, MI
07/09 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL
07/10 - House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
07/11 - Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD
07/12 - Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza, NY, NY
07/13 - Lupo's, Providence, RI
07/15 - The Fillmore at the TLA, Philadelphia, PA
07/16 - Norva, Norfolk, VA
07/18 - Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
07/19 - House of Blues, Orlanda, FL
07/21 - La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX
07/22 - House of Blues, Dallas, TX
07/25 - House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
07/26 - House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA
07/27 - SOMA, San Diego, CA
07/28 - The Fillmore, ,San Fransisco, CA
07/29 - Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
07/30 - El Corazón, Seattle, WA
08/01 - In The Venue, Salt Lake City, UT
08/02 - Cervantes, Denver, CO
08/03 - The Granada, Lawrence, KS

Norwegian label Checkpoint Charlie Audio Production has a nice, new clean website: https://www.ccap.no/

Jeremiha's video for the new single "Teen machine" is now online: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=32481020

Knut "Euroboy" Schreiner (Turbonegro) has posted a big update on his struggle with Hodgkins Disease, among other current events: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=13678139&blogID=396726519

Check out José González performing live for Pitchfork.tv: https://pitchfork.tv/dont-look-down/jos-gonzlez/killing-for-love

Watch Jonas Gustavsson from Division of Laura Lee perform a cover of "Going up the country" live with his little brother Simon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdvMi7NjHdY

The London Times spotlights Lykke Li: https://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3939298.ece
Also check the extra feature at the bottom for a weird sidebar about other Swedish pop worth checking out. C'mon, who really thinks that The Concretes have kept silent since Victoria Bergsman left?

Norwegian indie label Spoon Train Audio is now working with Sandviken-based artist Einar Stray. Samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/einarstraymusic

Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt lists his top 10 favorite cock-rock albums for Decibel: https://www.thedeciblog.com/index.php/2008/05/19/mike-akerfeldts-opeth-top-10-cock-rock-albums/

The excellent Oslo-based record store Tiger, one of Norway's only mailorders that ships internationally, is starting up a record label called Fysisk Format. Coming up first will be a split LP featuring Eskatol and Black Blood World followed by new CDs from crusties Haust and Snöras. As for the future, look for a new 7" from Norwegian rockers Silver and the long-awaited album "Shadows" from hardcore act Kaospilot. More info: https://fysiskformat.tigernet.no/