The Cardigans have a new microsite for their new album "Super extra gravity": http://www.superextragravity.com/
Umeå-based post-hardcore act Royal Downfall will record a new album with Henrik Wiklund during the first week of November.
Eskju Divine now has videos posted on their website: http://www.eskjudivine.com/ (look under music)
You can stream the "new" (to American audiences) (International) Noise Conspiracy album "Armed love" right here: http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/tinc/player/
Denmark's PlayRec has announced that they will release the new Monoton album "Greenwood" on October 3, their first with new vocalist Søren Vibjerg. The title comes from the fabled burial location in Mississippi of blues legend Robert Johnson. For more info and two free mp3 downloads, go here: http://www.playrec.dk/greenwood/
Sounds a bit like old Danzig in a way. Similar in a heavy/bluesy way.
Indieworkshop reviews the latest from the Acid House Kings: http://indieworkshop.com/music/2003/
Also at IW (but off-topic for IAT) is a special feature on "100 albums that changed our lives" which I was graciously invited to contribute to. It was fun to do so maybe you'll get a kick out of it too: http://indieworkshop.com/articles/237/
The details and artwork for the new Laakso single "In my blood" has been posted: http://se.v2music.com/site/product.asp?ID=1502
Ex-Gorgoroth drummer Erlend Erichsen talks to Aftenposten about his new black-metal novel "Nasjonalsatanisten" (National Satanist): http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1123286.ece
Norwegian act Accidents Never Happen (ex-Sheep) will be entering Harrys Gym Studios in Lodalen in November with engineer Bjarne Stensli to record their debut album. It should be ready for release around February/March.
Preview some samples from the upcoming Anja Garbarek album "Briefly shaking" over at her website: http://www.anjagarbarek.com/
The daughter of legendary Norwegian jazz musician Jan Garbarek, Anja's music can probably best be compared to Stina Nordenstam.
I don't listen to a lot of electronic music, so I have to admit that I really don't have much of a vocabulary to discuss it. But I know what I like and I like Folie (aka Stefan Thor) and his new album "Eyepennies". It's a bit more intricate and straightforward than most of the other glitch/click + cut style stuff I like, but still messed up enough to appeal to me. Hey, I like the sound of machines being broken and abused. Folie is also masterful at adding subtle little melodies to his pieces. They aren't necessarily the kinds of tunes that you'll hum along with, but they're nice just the same. Today's mp3 that I'm posting stands out from the rest of the songs on the record because it swings. Obviously it's not like the jazzy big-band stuff that Foetus sometimes does, but it's always good to hear something besides the usual 4/4.
I am pleased to announce that Startracks will now be selling mp3s via itsatrap. Files will be added throughout the day.
The Soundtrack of Our Lives will be releasing a new b-sides/extras comp in December entitled "A present from the past" collecting many of the band's harder-to-find tracks in one place alongside new, unreleased stuff from the "Origin I" sessions. Of course that means that "Origin II" is probably delayed until next fall, but that's not so terrible I think.