Morten Harket of A-ha will release his new solo album "Letter from Egypt" on May 19. Look for the first single "Darkspace" to hit Norwegian radio in a week or so.

Looks like there's yet another round of lawsuits targeting The Pirate Bay: https://www.thelocal.se/10818/20080331/

New live music from PSL featuring Looptroop Rockers: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/3/28/musik-med-looptroop-rockers/

Swedish indie act Spoonfork has a new EP posted for free download: https://www.spoonthefork.com/
Entitled "The zombie EP", said release is described by the band as "a cartoon violence homage to the zombie films of the 60/70/80's." The band's proper full-length debut "All is well" will be out April 15.

Fukk Tapes Let Erase, the cassette-only label run by Jeff Surak (Violet/Zeromoon) and Thomas Ekelund (Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words), is back in action with new releases from Marhaug Bad Kharma and a split with Gbg-based noise acts Cutiefuck and Tight Meat. Details: https://www.fukktapes.org/

In other Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words-related news, check out the newly created profile at Virb for samples from upcoming releases: https://virb.com/dread

Biker Boy's new April single is now online: https://www.myspace.com/bikerboymusic

As hinted at last week, here are some US tourdates for Swedish shoegazers The Mary Onettes:

05/08 - Popscene, San Francisco, CA
05/10 - Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA
05/12 - Hi Dive, Denver, CO
05/13 - Recordbar, Kansas City, MO
05/14 - The Bluebird, St Louis, MO
05/23 - Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
05/24 - Middle East, Boston, MA

PowerSolo will do a string of shows in France and Spain this April before returning to the US for a fresh batch of dates on the East Coast. Dates and details at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/powersolo

You can now hear new tracks that Park Hotell recorded with Jari Haapalainen (The Bear Quartet, Laakso, etc.) at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/parkhotell
The band still remains unsigned and is actively seeking a label to work with.

The video for the new single "Suburbia" from Danish act Spleen United is now at YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zWblgt_xpco

The Fine Arts Showcase is booked to go into the studio in April to record their next album, tentatively titled "Dalit Songs" or "Dolophine Smile". In other news, the "Sings Rough Bunnies" album has been licensed to the (non-major) label Universal Records in the Philippines.

Finnish act King Of All The Animals (ft. members from Tigerbombs) have added new music to their myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/kingofalltheanimals

Fy Fan is not so stoked on their appearance in Nordic Tattoo Magazine: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=119755903&blogID=371948360

Norwegian act Superfamily has now added the track "Bitches on the scene" (the next single?) to their myspace player: https://www.myspace.com/superfamily

The video for the new Lukestar single "The shade you hide" is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHN-rl0fqtQ
I've said it before and I'll say it again: this will probably end up being my favorite release of 2008.