Download the Dreams End remix of the latest My Darling You! single "Jump the train": https://www.luxxury.se/mp3/Jump%20the%20train%20(Dreams%20End%20remix).mp3

All About Jazz reviews the new Fire Room album "Broken music", an all-star collaboration featuring Ken Vandermark together with Norwegian artists Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) and Lasse Marhaug (electronics): https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=28985

Swedish soft electronic act Plej has uploaded a couple new tracks from their forthcoming album "Home is where your heart was" to myspace: https://www.myspace.com/weareplej

Swedish label Nomethod is now working with Bonnier Amigo (BAM) as their distributor.

End of All is going on an extended hiatus, citing "personal reasons" as the cause: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=107803375&blogID=380885395

Gbg-based avant/experimental label Kning Disk, one of my favorite labels both for their music and sense of design, has signed a new distro deal with Dotshop.

Metal Mind Productions will reissue the debut album "Penetralia" from Swedish death-metal legends Hypocrisy in a new expanded remastered edition featuring two bonus tracks. It will be available on May 12 in Europe, July 8 in the US. Said record was originally released way back in 1992 and immediately hailed as a classic of the genre.

Swedish screamo hardcore act Suis La Lune has posted their contribution to the upcoming Förmögenhet tribute on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/suislalune
In other news, the band recently recorded five new songs and are entertaining the notion of putting them on a 10", but nothing is settled yet.

Check out the new video for "Can I" from Swedish rap artist Henok Achido: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apePZsrVnCo

The Silent Ballet reviews the new album "Celebrating life" from Icelandic artist Borko: https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/1302/Default.aspx

OT: I already knew it, but now Swedish scientists have confirmed it- drummers are smarter than the average bloke: https://www.thelocal.se/11186/20080417/

PopMatters on the US debut of Norwegian AOR act Big Bang: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/big-bang-wild-bird/

Hey look, a new official video for the Lykke Li single "I'm good, I'm gone": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngd45o-M_M4
I'm still kinda so-so on her record as a whole, but this song is great.

Musique Machine reviews the new release "DFX" from prolific Swedish noise/experimental act The Skull Defekts, out now via Cut Hands and limited to 100 copies: https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=1698

Danish singer/songwriter-focused label Songcrafter Music (Tobias Stenkjær, Amalie Riis, CS Nielsen) has signed a new agreement with Rootsy in Sweden to arrange for full European distribution.