Eskobar has their new official bio up to go along with the release of the new record: http://www.eskobar.nu/forums/index.php?showtopic=493&st=0&#entry660
Stockholm Records has signed Anna Ternheim. They'll be rereleasing her acoustic demo EP in April and issuing the full length "Somebody Outside" sometime around August/September.
Download "You give me hearattacks" from recent Deep Elm signees Sounds Like Violence: http://anfdownloads.abercrombie.com/mp3s/slv.mp3
The tracks comes from the band's debut full length "The Pistol", due out April 27.
Pictures from Randy's recent US tour: http://www.randytheband.com/?NODE=11&fotoid=10&page=1&van=0&tot=25
Pics of Surferosa (and UK band The Smears) from their show in Nottingham, UK on March 26: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevefisher/
Nasum recently added a whole crapload of new pics to their online gallery: http://www.nasum.com/photogalleries.asp
They've also posted an updated itinerary for their summer tour plans:
04/01 - City Sound festival, Sticky Fingers, Göteborg (SWE)
05/20-22 - Fuck The Commerce VII (GER)
06/27 - Fury Fest, Le Mans (FRA)
07/03 - L'Usine, Geneva (SWI)
07/16 - Tuska Metal Fest, Tuska (FIN)
07/17 - Illosaari Festival, Joensuu (FIN)
Backlash has a new website up and running in conjunction with the release of their new album "Heliotrope" on March 29 through Memento Materia: http://www.impetus.nu/
Check out a clip of the song "Moralized" from Finnish death-metal supergroup Chaosbreed: http://www.centurymedia.de/century/mainarea/audio.aspx?id=chaosbreed__moralized.rm
The song comes from the band's upcoming album "Brutal", due out in Europe on April 26 through Century Media.
MIC Norway talks slow jazz with ECM artist Tord Gustavsen: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004033011231540124971
Look for a new album from his trio this fall.
JuJu recording artist Chords has been in Argentina recently filming a commercial for Smirnoff Vodka. Apparently, he's seen "walking around a field of cows dropping rhymes in Swedish." Sounds entertaining, though I'm not sure how that will sell vodka. Anyhow, it should be airing in the US later on this summer.
Also from JuJu comes news that the March issue of famous hip-hop magazine The Source features an article on Spotrunnaz. Congrats! Will Swedish hip-hop start to gain international recognition and respect?
MI reports on all the various Swedish publications receiving stipends: http://www.musikindustrin.nu/mi/smpage.fwx?page=198&NYHETER=4345
Check out four different soundclips from Viola's upcoming album "Teardrops", out April 29 on If Society: http://www.pophurts.com/