It's not directly related to the Scandinavian scene, but NME is reporting that a number of indie artists are threatening to boycott MTV Europe: http://www.nme.com/news/107835.htm
German webzine Sellfish reviews "Cyclic" from Lunaris: http://sellfish.inserteffekt.com/_start.php?link=review/03-04.htm%23luna
Norway's Duplicate Records reports that the new "Hate" MCD from Bomberos will finally be out at the end of the month. Right after that, they'll be releasing the "Überthrash" 2x7" comp featuring exclusive cuts from Aura Noir, Infernö, Audiopain and Nocturnal Breed. And then there's the upcoming Aura Noir live CD "The Ugliest Band in the World" coming soon, too. Other upcoming projects in the works are the debut CD from the new ex-Wrongside band with no name yet, the Beyond Dawn remix lp, the MCD from up and coming melodic rock band Syracus, and the third full length from thrashers Infernö.
The latest Aquarius Records new arrivals list features the latest Björn Olsson album as a highlight of the week, as well as reviews and samples for Necrofrost, Crowpath, Culpeper's Orchard (not Nordic, but one of Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth's favorite bands), Hanoi Rocks, Henry Fiat's Open Sore, Keep Of Kalessin and tons more: http://www.aquariusrecords.org/cat/newest.html
In case you hadn't noticed, Lars Kjaer Dideriksen of Danish music site Supertanker.tk has been conspicuously absent recently and he's finally come clean with what he's been up to. It seems that he is currently very busy working on an upcoming book/CD/website spotlighting the city of Aarhus, Denmark. That includes up and coming bands such as Under Byen, Tiger Tunes, Powersolo, Strumm, Singvogel and more. More info coming soon, but you can get an overview here for now: http://www.aarhus-nu.dk/
"The Big Shape Up" from Sweden's The Drowners was recently featured on the US TV program "Joan of Arcadia" on CBS.
European tourdates for Nicolai Dunger:
04/13 - Rust, Copenhagen (DK)
04/15 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
04/16 - Handelsbeurs, Gent (BEL)
04/17 - Gebäude 9, Köln (GER)
04/18 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
04/19 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
04/20 - Feierwerk, München (GER)
04/21 - ISC, Bern (SWI)
The long-awaited split 7" with Boy Omega and The Book of Daniel was finally released last Monday on 03/08 by Villa Recordings. Check out an mp3 of the Boy Omega track "We might not be real" right here: http://kubot.ath.cx/kubotsite/villa_mp3/BoyOmega_WeMightNotBeReal.mp3
Planekonomi reports that Paddington Distortion Combo, the solo project of Calle Olsson from Bear Quartet, is currently in the studio working on a self-recorded EP to be released soon. Later on this fall he will begin work on a full length with producer extraordinaire Björn Olsson.
Soundtrack Of Our Lives are set to appear on the soundtrack to upcoming film "Grand Theft Parsons" starring staring Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate, the biopic country music legend Gram Parsons. Sad to say it's not a new track, but you can get the full list of included artist info here: http://www.bucksmusicgroup.com/about/cube/FLYCUB20106.html?STP=grand%7Ctheft
Jari Haapalainen of the Bear Quartet is working as producer on the next album for British singer/songwriter Ed Harcourt. It comes out sometime this summer.
Groover Recordings is working on a new "Jeans and Summer" compilation to come out later this summer. So far the only artist I know who'll be on it are The Flu. More soon?
A new web diary entry from Sondre Lerche: http://www.sondrelerche.com/diary.asp?id=53
Sondre also reports that Sgt. Petter will opening on the Norwegian tourdates and his most recent album "It's a Record" will be getting a US release soon. Lastly, some recent reviews of Sondre's new album: http://www.sondrelerche.com/reviews.asp
The Sounds and The Legends are two of the Swedish bands featured on the playlist for the program Dead-air from LA's "indie" 103.1 fm. Well, as indie as you can be when you're owned by Clear Channel. Anyhow, check the full list: http://indie1031.fm/deadair.html