Mark at mp3 blog Music for Robots is totally on the ball and is the very first person to weigh in with a public assessment of the "IAT reader's companion" CD: http://music.for-robots.com/archives/000568.html
I think I finally managed to get all the streaming playlists and reviews from 2004 archived in the articles section, for better or worse. I might go back and do 2003, but chances are I'll probably just say "screw it" and move on. Up next on my list is adding a search function.
Shellshock Distribution will release the Thomas Denver Jonsson album "Hope to her" in the UK on October 25. Go here for some reviews and samples: http://www.thomasdenver.com/e-record.htm
Finnish rockers The Sheena Hyenas are currently in the studio working on a three-song demo and should have it done by next week.
Go here to stream the entire new album "We make beginnings" from Swedish post-punks The Je Ne Sais Quoi: http://www.vpro.nl/3voor12/luisterpaal/luisterpaalalbum.shtml?10617791+19433308
The Higher Elevations have announced that their new album will be called "Always the Same" and will be out in November via Little Teddy Records.
Puffball reports that they are songwriting mode and should have something ready for release on Bootleg Booze Records early next year. In the meantime, download a track from the sideproject Dissobers called "America did this": http://www.burningheart.com/puffball/Dissober%20-%20America%20Did%20This.mp3
New mp3s from Park Hotell and Action Biker now up at the Planekonomi website: http://www.planekonomi.com/
Japanese label Alliance Trax will be releasing a special edition of Swedish metalcore band Nine's lastest album "Killing Angels" on November 20. The new version of the disc will include the videos for "Euthanasia", "Anxeity report" and "Time has come" as well as the bonus tracks "Damnation" (from "Kissed by the misanthrope"), "...And the wolves want more" (from "Lights out") and a newly recorded cover of "Ironhead" by Helmet.
Metal Hammer U.K. is sponsoring a special Swedish metal show at the London Forum on December 17 with Arch Enemy, The Haunted and Dark Tranquillity.
Morten Abel, Bertine Zetlitz and Lene Marlin are doing a few shows together around Norway in December:
12/03 - Tennishallen, Stavanger
12/04 - Oslo Spektrum, Oslo
12/07 - Haukelandshallen, Bergen
12/09 - Teltet i Dødens Dal, Trondheim
12/11 - Bodø Spektrum, Bodø
12/13 - Tromsøhallen, Tromsø
Gluecifer will contribute the brand new track "You keep me up all night" to the upcoming 20th anniversay tribute compilation for Norwegian nightclub Last Train. The record comes out mid-November and features other acts like Amulet.
Swedish hardcore act Devotion to Trust reports that they've recorded six songs for an upcoming EP to be released in the near future via Lawnchair Records. Look for samples soon.
This time they really mean it: Det Gamla Landet will be releasing a new album later this month through the Aa label.
Swedish hip-hop artist T.R. is putting out a new album on Saarvi Records later this month called "Papis Mixtape". The disc features production from VVTinho, Sebbe, DJ Large and Prophet and will feature a huge number of guests, as you can see from this tracklist:
01. Rulla Fett w/Chords
02. Ingen e Väl Perfekt w/Organism 12
03. Runt Höör w/Proffessor P, Profet
04. L.U.N.D w/SCZ
05. Visa Var Ni Kommer Från w/Sebbe, Organism 12
06. Papi Palla Tji w/Sebbe
07. Varför w/Proffessor P, Profet
08. Mördar MCs 2004 w/Nikolas L
09. Gör Din Grej w/Sebbe
10. 3 16b 3 B w/Sebbe, Organism 12
11. Livet 2 w/Organism 12
12. Dåtid Nutid Framtid w/Sebbe