Miss Li will be doing a showcase at CMJ this year.
Music Export Finland reports that indie/dance act Le Corps Mince de Françoise have been tapped by UK mag Metro as a band to watch: http://musex.blogspot.com/2008/09/lcmdf-metro-magazines-one-to-watch.html
How Is Annie is celebrating their 20th release by giving away a new EP from spazz-rockers Twist About Fireplace: http://www.howisannierecords.com/article.php?id=108&p=
Danish punkrockers Cola Freaks will be on tour in the US for the next month or so:
09/30 - The Mink, Houston, TX
10/01 - tba, New Orleans, LA
10/02 - The Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA w/Carbonas
10/03 - Bull City Headquarters, Durham, NC
10/04 - Nara Sushi, Richmond, VA
10/06 - Urban Bike Project, Wilmington, DE
10/07 - The Catacombs, Providence, RI
10/08 - "Gorilla got time" Radio show, Boston, MA
10/09 - Mr. Roboto Project, Pittsburg, PA
10/10 - Now that's Class, Cleveland, OH w/Skull Defekts, Homo Stupids
10/11 - Garden Bowl, Detroit, MI
10/12 - Riot Fest, Chicago, IL
10/14 - The Brass Rail, Fort Wayne, IN w/Jay Reatard
10/15 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI w/Jay Reatard
10/22 - Middle East, Cambridge, MA w/Jay Reatard
10/23 - Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ w/Jay Reatard
10/26 - Santos Party House, New York, NY w/Jay Reatard
10/27 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA w/Jay Reatard
10/28 - Black Cat, Washington DC, Washington DC w/Jay Reatard
10/29 - Outback Lodge, Charlottesville, VA w/Jay Reatard
10/30 - LocaL 506, Chapel Hill, NC w/Jay Reatard
10/31 - Star bar, Halloween After Party, Atlanta, GA
11/01 - Lenny's, Atlanta, GA w/Jay Reatard
Norwegian black-metal act Taake has confirmed that their new self-titled album will be released on October 20 in Norway, November 17 in Europe via Dark Essence Records.
Upcoming releases this fall for Norwegian avant jazz label Curling Legs:
11/03 - Radka Toneff - Butterfly
10/20 - Heidi Skjerve - Morning news of the woods
11/15 - Grethe Kausland w/Georgie Fame - s/t
Disfear and Victims will hit up Germany together in late October:
10/30 - Archiv, Potsdam
10/31 - Hafenklang, Hamburg
11/01 - AZ, Mulheim
New tourdates for Swedish alt-country act Holmes:
09/ 30 - The Showcase @ MTC, Köln (GER)
10/01 - Falkendom, Bielefeld (GER)
10/02 - Hans Wurst, Berlin (GER)
10/03 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig (GER)
10/05 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
10/06 - The Office, Graz (AUS)
10/07 - Channel Zero, Ljubljana (SLO)
10/08 - MKSC, Koper (SLO)
10/09 - Lego, Cesena (ITA)
10/10 - Condorito, Cuneo (ITA)
10/12 - Dauntaun, Milano (ITA)
10/15 - Bar Sartea, Vicenza (ITA)
10/16 - Holästei, Glarus (CH)
10/17 - Herbert, Baden (CH)
10/18 - Fanhead Festival @ D:qliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
10/19 - tba, Hamburg (GER)
11/13 - Kulturbaren @ Folkets Hus, Trollhättan (SWE)
Gbg-based artist Jesper Norda has updated his archives website with a lot of new material, including both text and sound: http://www.aprilarchives.se/
The new UK version of "Modesty Blaise" by Montt Mardié is streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/monttmardie
The Silent Ballet reviews Swedish doom act Suffocate For Fuck Sake and their new concept album "Blazing fires and helicopters on the frontpage of the newspaper. There's a war going on and I'm marching in heavy boots": http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/1811/Default.aspx
Sara Löfgren has signed with Legal Records, home of duet partner Sulo ("Still looking for you"), and is planning on releasing a new album this coming spring with a lead single coming a bit earlier around January/February.
Swedish techno artist and Gaymonkey Records boss Melnyk will release his new album "Revolutions" on October 20. Read the full press release here: http://www.gaymonkeyrecords.com/Revolutions(PressRelease).pdf
Check out a trailer for the new Boeoes Kaelstigen 12" EP "Commuting colour": http://vimeo.com/1834662
Pick up a copy of the vinyl right here: [click here]