Rentokiller will tour Europe in September with Set My Path. Dates soon.
Global Domination interviews Matti from Vicious Art: http://www.statikmajik.com/gd/interviews/vicious-art_matti.php
Go here to check to new videos from Kristian Anttila ("Sockerläpp") and Anna Ternheim ("Shoreline"): http://www.dach.se/
JuJu Records finally has the downloads section of their website up and running: http://www.jujurecords.com/downloads.php
Cirera has signed a North American record deal with Tommy Boy. Look for his album "Honestly I love you *cough*" to be released in that part of the world sometime around September.
No One Here is Asking posts a few tracks from Swedish true-metallers Wolf: http://discodeath.blogspot.com/2005/05/wolf-evil-star.html
The new Kaizers Orchestra album will be called "Maestro". It should be out sometime around August/September.
Norway's JR Ewing has a new website design: http://www.thejrewing.com/
Check out the video for the band's new single "Fucking and champagne": http://www.bmg.no/video/jrewing_fuchamp.wmv
The Candy Mind netlabel has posted a new release from Swedish electronic indiepop act Girl Boy Moog: http://www.candymind.com/candy006.html
Swedish rock n' rollers The Bones have been forced to cancel their upcoming UK dates, but plan to reschedule soon.
Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:
01. Kristin Frogner - Stars Above My Head
02. Looptroop - Fort Europa
03. Millencolin - Ray
04. DAD - Scare Yourself
05. Smak - Nousen
06. Carpark North - Human
07. Sara Nunes - Simon Can't Sing
08. Ane Brun / Ron Sexsmith - Song No. 6
09. Swan Lee - Love Will Keep You Warm
10. Jaqee - Karma
11. Chick Habit - Rule The World
12. Madrugada - The Kids Are On High Street
13. Eskobar - Even If You Know Me
14. Humane - Wish God Was A Woman
15. Prominent - Let's Talk It Over
16. Radio LXMBRG - It's Cruel Up North
17. Paperboys - Wiggle It
18. Nick & Jay - Kan Du Hora Hende Synge
19. PH3 - Det Där
20. Max'C - Time 2 Get It On
Challengers:
01. Ayesha - The Rose
02. Tiger Tunes - Highly Invisible
03. Paris - 60 Minutes
04. Darin - Why Does It Rain
05. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
Go here to vote for your favorite.
MIC Norway profiles the growth of singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005052309591648066834
Satanic Surfers finally have a new website: http://www.satanic-surfers.com/
Head on over to check out the latest updates in their studio diary as they work on a new record.
Teme Shet Records has posted soundclips for every track from the new Junip EP, due out May 30: http://www.temeshet.se/
As mentioned before, Junip is the full band sideproject of the very-talented José González.