Stina Nordenstam will finally release her new album "The world is saved" on October 11 via V2. Can't wait!
Check out the video for "Hey Boy" from Teddybears Sthlm: http://www.teddybearssthlm.com/LS04/Teddybears.Sthlm.Hey.Boy.468.wmv
Stinky Records will release the upcoming album "Life Is Killing My Rock 'N' Roll" from Iceland's Singapore Sling in the US in September.
Sondre Lerche has made three live clips recorded in the UK available for download from his site: http://www.sondrelerche.com/media.asp
The Finnish Music Information Centre on 'Making records in Finland' and the history of the Finnish music industry: http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&A7AF52456FCBC2A2C2256ED800291E6A
Bad Afro has announced that the new Sweatmaster EP "Song with no words" will be ready for release on August 23. The disc includes the title track and another new song called "Dirty little things" as well as covers of The Wipers, The Modern Lovers, Music Machine, Misfits, Minor Threat and Money Mark.
PopMatters thinks the new Hives album is one of the year's best: http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/h/hives-tyrannosaurus.shtml
Norwegian singer/songwriter St. Thomas has booked ten days at Athletic Sound in Halden, Norway starting on September 20 to record his fifth album. Kai Andersen will produce.
Goodfellow Records has signed Swedish hardcore band The Smackdown. The band previously released a 7" on Coalition Records and is currently working on a full-length for release sometime in early 2005. Listen to some samples here: http://purevolume.com/smackdown
Playlouder interviews Pan Sonic: http://www.playlouder.com/ (via DJ Martian)
If they actually travel to West Virginia to record with Hasil Adkins, that would be so amazing.
Arctic Music Group is putting together a comp of new and unreleased material from 'the most brutal relentless death and black metal bands that Scandinavia has to offer' entitled "Voices from the Arctic Circle". It's scheduled to come out on July 27 and here's the tracklist:
01. Denata - Art Of The Insane
02. Lord Belial - Purify Sweden
03. Visceral Bleeding - Fury Unleashed
04. In Battle - Pioneers Of A Dead Future
05. Exmortem - Killstorms
06. Diabolical - Under My Skin
07. Imperial Foeticide - A Light Whirl, My Guide
08. Despised - Millenium Fuck
09. Latex - Hammerfuck
10. Mortuary Iod - Lyric Sickness
11. Nominon - White Death
12. Portal - In Step Of Forgotten Gods
13. Repudiate - Lifelong Damnation
14. Shadowbuilder - Silver & Black
15. Soil Of The Undead - Violent Desecration
16. Throneaeon - Oblivion
17. Latex - Sodomaniacs
Global Domination reports from the Tuska Festival in Finland: http://www.statikmajik.com/gd/reviews/tuska2004-01.php
Norway's Duplicate Records has confirmed that the upcoming Two Trains album will be out in September. Featuring members of Beyond Dawn and Lamented Souls, the band is described as "a hypnotic blend of mellow pop, gritty rock, quirky electronica and masterful songwriting." I know I'm looking forward to hearing it.
Duplicate has also announced that they'll be releasing a 7" from Norwegian one-man black metal band Sarath around the end of the year. More details on that later.