Download the track "Heute" from Housewife Lovers: http://hwl.longingboy.com/heute.mp3
Swedish electronic musician Jonas Lindgren has posted a new EP for free download: http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=Jonas_Lindgren-The_Heavenly_Reed_Plains
This week's YLE X3M video chart:
01. The Rasmus - No fear (FIN)
02. Smak - Vesi tulvii sisään (FIN)
03. HIM - Wings of a butterfly (FIN)
04. Poets of the Fall - Lift (FIN)
05. Children of Bodom - In your face (FIN)
06. Korpiklaani - Kädet siipinä (FIN)
07. Anna Nordell - Där finns du än (SWE)
08. Spiha - Planet horse (FIN)
09. Crashdiet - Riot in everyone (SWE)
10. Marion Raven - Break you (NOR)
Challengers:
11. Järjestyshäiriö - Pidä huivista kii (FIN)
12. Kent - Den döda vinkeln (SWE)
13. Julie - Completely fallen (DK)
Splendid reviews Norway's Brimstone Solar Radiation Band: http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1125050975546075
PopMatters reviews Turbonegro: http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/t/turbonegro-partyanimals.shtml
Swedish hip-hop artist Porno has confirmed that his second solo album "Out the wazooo" will be released on January 2. Download a preview clip here: http://porno.trekant.se/files/Porno_-_Out_the_wazooo(Snippet).mp3
Stereo Test Kit has confirmed that the self-titled debut EP from We Are Soldiers We Have Guns will be out in October. As mentioned before, the band is fronted by Malin Dahlberg (Douglas Heart, Laurel Music) and features Robert Tenevall (Royal Downfall, Knugen Faller) and Pontus Wallgren (Douglas Heart).
MIC Norway lists all of the acts the country is sending to this year's Popkomm Festival in Berlin: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005090812351437198443
The Tough Alliance has reportedly left Service Records. Will a bigger label know how to handle those guys? I sense disaster.
Netherlands-based label Garden of Exile Records has announced that it will be releasing a split 7" featuring Swedish metalcore act Burst and Germany's The Ocean with artwork from Seldon Hunt (Isis, Neurosis, Pelican). Burst contributes a slower, more experimental track entitled "Flight's end" and The Ocean's song will be called "Killing the flies" and will feature guest vocals from Tomas Hallbom of Breach (SWE) and Nate Newton from Converge. It comes out in mid-October.
Expressen breaks down the new Cardigans record "Super extra gravity" song-by-song: http://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=433599 (in Swedish)
Alcazar is splitting up: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,695819,00.html (in Swedish)
Check out the video "Glósóli", the first single from Sigur Rós' new album "Takk": http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/dldvideo.html
If you haven't already downloaded the leaked record and can't wait to hear it, it's being streamed on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/sigurros
Finnish experimental artist Niko Skorpio has a new piece entitled "The hidden nameless" out via Foreshadow Productions. The work is described as "44+ minutes of deep dark ambient music approached from mysterious yet experimental and innovative angle. With certain haunting Lovecraftian flavour, the album captures the ears of imaginative listeners with its extreme deepness and undoubtedly frightening atmosphere." Go here to download a sample: http://www.label.foreshadow.info/audio.php
The third annual Access All Area music conference has started to come together. It will take place November 9-10 in Stockholm and will feature live music from Sugarplum Fairy, Crashdiet, Anna Ternheim, CDOASS, Deportees and SLS as well as a number of informative discussions on the future of the music industry. As always, I am always willing to entertain any offers to fly me out. For more info, go here: http://www.accessallareas.se/