Finnish indie act Regina will be heading out in May to do a few mainland Europe gigs. They'll play at Flèche d'Or in Paris on May 21 with fellow Finns Shogun Kunitoki and Pets on Prozac and then head off to Germany for 3 gigs (details tba).

Indie acts Regina (FIN) and Blind Terry (SWE) will be playing a special Scandinavian music showcase at Cafe Panam in Leipzig, Germany on May 23 being put on by FRWRD Booking, Pop On Paper and yours truly. More details to come!

Finnish indiepop act Regina has a new Christmas single posted for free download: http://www.reginaregina.com/

New records on the way from Finnish label Next Big Thing:

03/07 - Hidria Spacefolk - Symetria
03/21 - Regina - Oi miten suuria voimia!

Songs I Wish I Had Written has posted an mp3 of the title track from the new EP by Finnish indiepop artists Regina: http://www.songsiwish.com/regina/MinuaOllaanVastassa.mp3

Finnish mp3 blog Lupatarkastaja on the Regina remix of the Boys of Scandinavia single "Good looking": http://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2006/03/17/boys-of-scandinavia-good-looking-regina-remix-mp3/
If you're into dancey stuff like The Embassy and haven't checked out BoS, you're missing out big time.

Aavikko will travel to Russia for a couple shows:

02/24 - Platforma, St. Petersburg w/Regina
03/01 - Ikra Club, Moscow (ft. Lydia Kavina on theramin)

Upcoming releases from Swedish indiepop label Songs I Wish I Had Written:

11/02 - Le sport - Business girls / I comes before U CDR
11/09 - The Lovekevins - Max Léon CDEP
11/22 - Unarmed enemies CDEP
11/29 - Regina CDR