The Finnish Music Information Centre reports that both Rubik and 69 Eyes, two bands I have barely any interest in, will be touring the US this fall: https://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/0/6DEDAC5505787F8FC225764300385009?opendocument
Swedish reggae/hip-hop act Svenska Akademien have decided to call it quits after 10 years: https://svenskaakademien.just.nu/
Swedish rock'n'roll label Alleycat Records has announced the signing of The Don Darlings and will be releasing their debut album on January 27, 2010. Preview here: https://www.myspace.com/thedondarlings
Labrador Records act Starlet have a new track streaming called "St Pauls & Betania": https://screamingswifts.tumblr.com/post/201044481/st-pauls-betania-by-starlet-unmastered-version
Stereogum has the premiere of the new Múm video "Sing along": https://stereogum.com/archives/video/new-mum-video-sing-along-stereogum-premiere_093061.html
Swedish music site Digfi has ceased publishing new editorial content: https://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=12699
Confirmed as support for It's a Trap! Clubnight on November 14 w/Kristofer Åström: The Topeka Twins! Hell yes, the duo of Björn Kleinhenz and Thomas Denver Jonsson will grace the stage of Debaser Malmö! Be there!
The Warmer Climes blog has new mixtapes from Jens Lekman and two of the guys from Endiamonds.
Hyped Danish indie act Giana Factory have confirmed that their debut 4-song EP "Bloody game" will be released on October 12. Preview at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/gianafactory
SellOut! Records, in collaboration with UK-based label Boss Tuneage, will be reissuing Beezewax's first, long out-of-print 1998 debut "A dozen summits" on November 2 in a new remastered edition, complete with two bonus tracks from their demo. The band will also be coming back together in their classic 1999-2003 lineup for a record release/one-time reunion show at Revolver in Oslo on October 31.
Premium Publishing is putting out both a book + bonus DVD collection and a 2CD compilation commemorating Radio NORD, a short-lived pirate radio station that operated offshore from a ship in the Baltic Sea near Stockholm during the period of March 1961 through June 1962. The author is Jan Kotschack, son of famed Radio NORD DJ Jack Kotschack and the bonus DVD content includes the 1961 documentary short "Låten från Båten" ("Songs from the boat", but it sounds much better in Swedish). For full details and even a dozen or so preview pages, go here: https://www.premiumpublishing.com/se/art/stick-ivag-jack-radio-nord.php
Not exactly music-related, but maybe worth reading anyways: UK paper The Guardian on Swedish raggare culture: https://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/01/raggare-swedish-rocknroll-cult
Swedish electro/EBM act Dupont has a new video for the single "New dawn": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9DyhlAmOwI
At first I thought it was pure comedy, but the further I get into it, the more I like it.
Details for the upcoming Bröderna Lindgren album are in: it will be called "Presenterar meningen med livet" and it will be released on October 26. Here's the full tracklist:
01. Annan sort (Britta Persson)
02. Superhjälten (Hajen)
03. Det är jag som bestämmer (Patrik Arve)
04. Dom bästa (Those dancing days)
05. Aldrig hem igen (Nina Ramsby)
06. Helt ny värld (Ebbot Lundberg)
07. Kasta iväg mig (Olle Ljungström)
08. Nu (Britta Persson)
09. Här kommer ambulansen (Nina Ramsby)
10. Snabba som raketer (Mattias Alkberg)
11. Om en skalbagge (Caroline Wennergren)
12. Jag vet (Kristofer Åström)
13. Vilse (Hajen)
Finnish punk act No Shame is back in effect with the recruitment of Hybrid Children/Kerho drummer Saska Ketonen, so now they will finally release the new album they recorded back in 2008 with ex-drummer Teemu Horto. Expect an early 2010 release via Fullsteam Records with the first single "Better drunk than part of the machine" coming on October 7; in the meantime check out the band's entire back catalogue for free at their website: https://www.ifeelnoshameatall.net/