Finnish hip-hop artist Redrama has a new, annoying all-Flash based website: http://www.redrama.com/
Check out the video for "Om Black Jim" from Thåström: http://www.thastrom.se/ljudvideo/BLACK%20JIM%20.mp4
The video for the title track of Raised Fist's new album "Sound of the republic" is now online: http://www.burningheart.com/videos/search.php?bid=12
Winter Took His Life aka Swedish singer/songwriter Susanna Brandin will tour the US in May with Erik Neave of the American act Cedarwell. Dates soon.
Upcoming tourdates for The Sound O.E:
03/30 - Elm Street, Oslo (NOR)
03/31 - Feelgood, Halden (NOR)
04/01 - Det akademiske kvarter, Bergen (NOR)
04/03 - Blæst, Trondheim (NOR)
04/06 - Busterscenen, Eskilstuna (SWE)
04/11 - Pustervik, Göteborg (SWE)
04/13 - Taj Mahal, Västerås (SWE)
05/04 - Panora, Malmö (SWE)
05/05 - Rote Flora, Hamburg (GER)
05/06 - Musikbrauerei, Rathenow (GER)
05/09 - Chinese Club, Weiden (GER)
05/11 - Az, Aachen (GER)
05/12 - ACU, Utrecht (NL)
05/13 - Strangestarlight, Magdeburg (GER)
05/14 - tba,, Berlin (GER)
05/26 - Ångfärjan, Helsingborg (SWE)
Nina Persson's (The Cardigans) cover version of the White Stripes tune "Dead leaves and the dirty ground", as heard in her film debut on the soundtrack to "Om Gud Vill", will be including on the CD that comes with Groove Magazine in their next issue.
The Sorayas have posted a few new tracks for download: http://www.sorayas.foo.nu/music.htm
IAT.MP3 artist Pacta Sunt Servanda has posted a new extended drone piece on archive.org for free download: http://www.archive.org/details/pssrecords002
Nosordo will be releasing a split 7" featuring Kama Aina and Ljudbilden & Piloten this coming April. Limited to 300 copies, on white vinyl with thick, heavy packaging. More details to come.
Swedish/London-based indie label Wichitia will be teaming up with V2 to release Peter, Bjorn and John's new album "Writers block". It will be out this spring and the first single "Young folks" features Viktoria Bergsman of The Concretes.
The video for the latest Black Belt single "Hold on" is now available for streaming and download on their site: http://www.blackbelt.se/
Shaktar has a choice remix of Paddington DC's "The sun is down and the sky is grey" as done by TIAC for one of their weekly mp3s: http://www.shaktar.nu/songs.php?id=40
Backyard Babies have posted a bunch of new European tourdates: http://www.backyardbabies.com/