Better late than never, For the Eardrums reviews Punk of Country: http://eardrumsreviews.blogspot.com/2005/09/punk-of-country-leaving-trees-behind.html
Frida has left All of My Brother's Girlfriends due to the large distance it takes her to get to practice and her increasing committments with her other band Rough Bunnies. She will continue to contribute to The Flame though, another group with Pontus from AOMBG. As for AOMBG, a new EP entitled "I Painted You a Dinosaur (a declaration of love...)" will be recorded this fall.
Noisedfisk talks to Huw Rees from London's Stereo Test Kit Records, a label that so far has specialized in Swedish music: http://noisedfisk.com/2005/09/23/records-make-great-pets/
Music (for Robots) posts a track from the Finnish act Spyritual: http://music.for-robots.com/archives/001166.html
Bates Motel has posted the title track from the new Karen Jo Fields record "In your pages" along with the usual roundup of Norwegian music news: http://thelodger.blogspot.com/2005/09/smgodt_25.html
You can now listen to the new Alice in Videoland single "Cut the crap" on their website: http://www.aliceinvideoland.net/AliceSwe/music.asp
Upcoming Tina Dico shows in the US and UK:
09/26 - The Basement, Northampton
09/27 - The Living Room, New York
09/29 - El Mocambo, Toronto
10/01 - NEMO, Boston (afternoon show at 2:20)
10/07 - RX Gallery, San Francisco
10/08 - Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles
10/13 - Uncommon Ground, Chicago
10/24 - Water Rats, London (UK)
Tina will also be doing in-store appearances at Club Monaco stores in New York, Toronto and Chicago during the day.
The Monotonik netlabel has posted a new release from Finnish-born, now Ireland-based electronic artist Lackluster: http://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp153.html
Swedish post-punks The Je Ne Sais Quoi have posted two Martin Vogel remix tracks on their website for free download:
01. Live transmission
02. White nights
Sahara Hotnights got dropped by RCA. Er, uh, I mean they decided to go their separate ways. At least that's the way that management is spinning it: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,703710,00.html (in Swedish)
Anyhow, even though the band is now without a label, they are still soldiering on and working on new material which they plan to release themselves.
The new Carpark North video for "Fireworks" has been posted on their website: http://www.carparknorth.dk/
Long-running Swedish punks Asta Kask have posted a couple new live tracks on their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/astakask
Erasing Clouds gives a good appraisal to the US release of José González: http://www.erasingclouds.com/wk2905reviews.html#jose
Good news/Bad news. First, the good: Trapdoor Fucking Exit has posted the cover art and tracklist for their new upcoming album in their myspace blog: http://www.myspace.com/trapdoorfuckingexit
The bad news? The album has been delayed to November. Hopefully we won't see a repeat of last time when the new record was delayed for over a year.