Backyard Babies will support Danko Jones on tour in Europe: http://www.backyardbabies.com/
Avant-garde Metal talks to Czral-Michael Eide from Virus/Aura Noir: http://www.avantgarde-metal.com/content/stories2.php?id=88
Norwegian artist Martin Hagfors (HGH, Home Groan) will release his debut solo album "Men and flies" in January. Said record was produced by Lars Horntveth (The National Bank, Jaga Jazzist) and will be celebrated with a release concert at Rockefeller in Oslo on February 5 featuring contributions from KORK, Eirik Øien, Askil Holm, Kenneth Kapstad and others. More info and samples: http://www.martinhagfors.com/
Swedish indie labels NONS and Novoton have joined forces in the new company 3NO Music AB. Read the press release: http://www.3no.se/ (in Swedish)
Check out Nosordo's new website for details on their latest release, a self-titled LP from Oceans of Silver & Blood: http://www.nosordo.com/
The band is the duo of acclaimed Swedish artist Joachim Nordwall (The Idealist, The Skull Defekts, iDEAL) and Brit Mark Wastell (IST, The Sealed Knot). Said album is limited to 300 copies of white vinyl.
Strangers in Wonderland's new video for the single "Fear" is up on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6D4BLSXHlk&fmt=18
Live music with Parker Lewis at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/11/28/musik-med-parker-lewis/
Sahara Hotnights have posted their cover of Dusty Springfield's "In private" on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/saharahotnights
Norwegian artist Kenneth Ishak (Beezewax) is currently at Ocean Sound Recordings with Jörgen Wall and Bent Sæther (Motorpsycho) working on new material.
The blog Free Jazz on the Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/Håkon Kornstad collaboration album "Elise": http://freejazz-stef.blogspot.com/2008/11/ingebrigt-hker-flaten-hkon-kornstad.html
Knut "Euroboy" Schreiner (Turbonegro) reports that his cancer treatment has gone well: http://www.turbonegro.com/home.asp
Swedish artists Winter Took His Life and Björn Kleinhenz both contribute music to the soundtrack of the upcoming film "New York lately". Read more: http://nylately.com/
Baskery, Billy the Vision and the Dancers, Firefox AK, First Aid Kit, Marching Band, Nina Kinert, Pacific!, The Tallest Man on Earth and Zeigeist have been selected to represent Sweden at the new EuroSonic music conference in Groningen (NL) on January 15-17.
Last Days of April is keeping a blog in the studio while they record a new album: http://ldoastudio.blogspot.com/