Check out the video for the latest Vapnet single "Plötsligt händer det inte": https://vapnet.blogspot.com/2008/03/pltsligt-hnder-en-video.html

Swedish reggae/hip-hop crew Svenska Akademien are taking a break for awhile: https://www.svenskaakademien.just.nu/

Norwegian label Spoon Train Audio has signed "lo-fi-indie-pop-folk" artist Cold Mailman and will be releasing his debut album "How to escape cause and effect" on May 5. Samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/coldmailman

Rune Grammofon has posted details for their next release, the new Scorch Trio album "Brolt": https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/scorch_trio/rcd-2074---scorch-trio_-brolt

Check out a feature article on Robyn from Wired Magazine:

Swedish metal act Deranged has called it quits. Read more: https://www.regainrecords.com/viewItem.php?id=237

It appears that Startracks has signed Swedish indiepop act Florence Valentin. I really enjoyed them at Way Out West and expect good things in the future.

Finnish act Negative will release their new album "Karma Killer" on May 7. The first single "Won't let go" will be added to their myspace page on April 2: https://www.myspace.com/negative

Swedish avant/experimental label Kning Disk has announced that they'll be putting out new releases from both Library Tapes and Dwayne Sodahberk on April 30. There's also a new release from fellow Swede Prince Of Assyria on the way which also happens to be, like the others, available now for paid download via Klicktrack. Head to the label site for more details and links: https://kningdisk.com/01_index.asp?id=01

STIM has set May 31 as the date for this year's "Swedish Music Day", the 25th anniversary of said occasion. Find out more: https://www.mic.stim.se/smd

Download the video for the new Efterklang single "Caravan": https://www.efterklang.net/vids/Efterklang_Caravan_35mb.mov

Check out the video for the new Sounds Like Violence single "Wrong": https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=31441189
It comes out April 14 via Burning Heart.

Blindead Productions has uploaded one track each from the forthcoming Massmord/Shades of Grey split LP for your downloading pleasure: https://blindead.attackfanzine.net/media.htm

Xploding Plastix are back on Beatservice Records and will have a new album ready for release in the fall. More details: https://www.beatservice.no/blogg/2008/03/xploding-plastix-back-on-beatservice.html

Alibi Tom (nee Out Of Clouds) will release their debut album on May 4. Look for them to hit the road in late April as well.