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Yes, new album again. This time it's the full-length debut from Arka. Naamio is a thirty-minute-long exhibition of the most primitive aspects of human nature, including rage, fear and indifference. Musically, Arka has taken a leap forward from Uni-EP's somewhat homespun soundscapes, but hasn't lost their fragile sincerity nor their adventurous point of view that keeps the music ever-engaging. I mean, like, do listen to it.

Sækkler auv fæstsjungst is the debut album by Holgeir, the weird arse beatboxer who used to be in The Organdicks. The CD-r version comes with a hand-embroidered bag to cover the hand-printed lino cut artwork. The item is highly collectable, but of course you can download the music for free, if you don't need the crap around it.

Supertaide EP by Turkka is possibly the very best thing Siko Records has put out so far: twentyseven fusion-tinted hardcore punk bursts in a little less than twelve minutes. Phew. As always, there is a limited edition of CD-r's available…

Question: What do you get when you combine Stalemar's guitar noise with Perculators' guitar noise? Answer: Stalemar & Perculators' guitar noise.

Some of the tracks on this EP are available on What Were You Guys Thinkin'? (Stalemar Collaborates), but there are a good five tracks that you haven't heard before.

Now go listen to it: You are not wrong for the time being

Dubstep is arguably the electronic sound of this decade. The scene or genre has proven to be prolific and subject to constant variation. Folkhälsan touches dubstep here and there on their self-titled new album, Folkhälsan. Most of the tracks stray off dubstep, though, into the world of minimalist glitch.

"Essential purchase" as they say in Boomkat. But of course you can just download it for free, if you don't feel like buying the CD-r.

Do you people really like the kind of stuff you find on Siko Records? The buzzing, the clinking and the ringing?

If you can give yourself a permission to listen to non-avantgarde music, you should check out Party by The New Soviet. It's an EP of four catchy (indie) rock tunes and not that hard to listen to.

Blues Blues Blues Carnage spent five years making their debut album Sleepglue, but it still manages to come across as a raw version of ambient. I thought I'd call it punk ambient, if you don't mind.

I don't know, I just thought you might be interested. And as always, you can order a cd-r version of the album (with some Holga photography this time) from www.sikorecords.com. I'm pretty sure you won't, though, but there is the option anyway.

Okay, now go listen to it.

Siko Records got this new artist who put out an album full of noise (or soft noise as he likes to call it). It's a bit like an easy-listening version of Merzbow. And definitely influenced by SFIAS.

We were supposed to release the album yesterday, on Friday the 13th, but we forgot to do it. So, it's out now, even though the release date isn't that gloomy.

Pet Ulcer: Teenage Bladder

Siko Records released twenty minutes of Japanese lofi-avant-noise-blues-rock by Perculators. The EP is the first release outside of Japan from this reckless duo. It is bound to break your eardrums.

There are a couple of CD-r's available with pretty amazing photography. To get one of those, go to our website at www.sikorecords.com. Of course, you can download it for free as well.

We would like to emphasize that the EP was released yesterday, Friday the 13th. Oo, gloomy.

Here's the EP at Last.fm: Autoerotic fatalities with power hydraulics

I just thought I'd let you know that our little diy/avantgarde/regressive/pop netlabel Siko Records just opened their new website at www.sikorecords.com. And yes, it's a netlabel from now on, so the releases are available as free downloads. Small runs of cd-r's will be made of each release, but nobody has wanted them so far, so I guess I'll keep handing them to my friends who can't refuse buying them. For social reasons, you know.

If you haven't heard any of our stuff (which is probably the case), I suggest you start with Sikotauti - A Young Person's Guide to Sikology…