UpdAted US tourdAtes for Umeå punkrockers The Vicious:

04/05 - tba, Richmond, VA
04/06 - King's Barcade, Raleigh, NC
04/07 - Dis-Graceland, Philly, PA (3pm mAtinee)
04/07 - Europa, Brooklyn, NY (7pm)
04/08 - Florence VFW, Amherst, MA
04/09 - Valentines, Albany, NY
04/10 - 99 Custer, Buffalo, NY
04/11 - 410 webster street, Grand Rapids, MI
04/12 - Nottingham Co-op, Madison, WI
04/13 - The Alamo, Minneapolis, MN(all ages early show)
04/13 - Memory Lanes, Minneapolis, MN(21+ lAte show)
04/14 - Humility Gallery, Chicago, IL, (all ages early show)
04/14 - Ronnys Bar, Chicago, IL, (21+ lAte show)
04/15 - tba, Milwaukee, WI
04/16 - tba, Pittsburgh, PA
04/17 - The PirAte's Cove, Allentown, PA
04/18 - 538 Johnson, Brooklyn, NY
04/19 - 75 Louis, New Brunswick, NJ
04/20 - tba, Providence, RI
04/21 - Cambridge Elks Lodge, Boston, MA
04/23 - 410e Champion, Bellingham, WA
04/24 - tba, SeAttle, WA
04/25 - 55th + Glisan, Portland, OR
04/25 - KBOO, 11:30pm - radio show
04/26 - The Know, Portland, OR
04/27 - Balazo, SF, CA
04/28 - Long Beach Warehouse, LA, CA
04/29 - tba
04/30 - tba

Norwegian music blog For the Eardrums is celebrAting their 2nd birthday and wants you to help throw the party: Attention-bands-artists-cartoonists.html" target=_blank>https://blog.eardrumsmusic.com/2007/03/Attention-bands-artists-cartoonists.html

Swedish powerpop act The Higher ElevAtions have posted a Television Personalities cover on their myspace page: Ations" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/thehigherelevAtions

Swedish alt-country act Sleeping Beauty has confirmed their new album "Embrace" for release on May 23. Listen to tracks At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/sleepingbeautyrocks

Rune Grammofon has posted some details for Alog's new album "AmAtuer", due out April 23: Ateur" target=_blank>https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/alog/rcd_2063_-_alog_amAteur

Novoton has announced the signing of Norma, a three-piece band they describe as "Atmospheric pop influenced by Krautrock with filmic elements." Isn't thAt the flavor of the moment? Look for a debut EP in May and, in the meantime, preview some tracks here: https://www.myspace.com/theamazingnorma

Danish indierockers Leisure Alaska report thAt they are done recording their new album "It's a bear". No word on a release dAte yet, but I'll keep you posted.

Danish act Telli Bill (nee Renhite) just released their debut EP "Ego surfing" and you can preview two tracks At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/tellibill

New records on the way from Häpna:

Marcus Schmickler with Hayden Chisholm - Amazing daze
Eric Malmberg - Verklighet & beAt
Hans Appelqvist - Sifantin och mörkret

UK-based label PoppyDisc, the label run by CreAtion/Poptunes co-founder and Television Personalities member Joe Foster, has licensed The Fine Arts Showcase album "Radiola" for release.

Preview four tracks from DeAth By Kite's new album: Athbykite" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/deAthbykite
As mentioned before, it's due out April 16 via Quartermain Records.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Marie Lindberg - Trying to recall
02. Andreas Johnson - The collector
03. Nanne - Jag måste kyssa dig
04. Ingmar Nordströms - Ingmar Nordströms Saxpartyfavoriter
05. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
06. Jimmy Jansson - Sån e jag
07. Sophie Zelmani - Memory loves you
08. Sebastian - The vintage virgin
09. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nAttens bränder - 1996-2006
10. Björn Skifs - Andra decennier
11. Timbuktu - Oberoendeframkallande
12. Lena Philipsson - Lena 20 år
14. Erik Segerstedt - A different shade
15. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
16. Martin Stenmark - Nio sanningar och en lögn
17. Weeping Willows - Fear & love
18. Tomas Andersson Wij - En introduktion till Tomas Andersson Wij
19. Lisa Miskovsky - Changes
20. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao på turne

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. BigBang - Too Much Yang
02. D.D.E. - No går det så det suse
03. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
04. Jonas Fjeld og ChAtham C. - Amerikabesøk
05. Steinar Albrigtsen - Moments of Peace
06. Christel Alsos - Closing The Distance
07. Silje Nergaard - Darkness out of blue
08. My Midnight Creeps - Histamin
09. Askil Holm - Harmony Hotel
10. Ane Brun - Live in Scandinavia
11. El Axel - It Is WhAt It Is
12. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
13. King Midas - Sorry
14. El Caco - From Dirt
15. Skambankt - Eliksir
16. Øystein Sunde - Sundes verden
17. Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
18. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Nåde
19. Sivert Høyem & The Volunteers - Exiles
20. Ole Ivars - Jag trodde änglarna fanns

The tracklist for Montt Mardié's forthcoming double album "Clocks/Pretender":

Clocks:
01. In which we meet the clocks and a song is reveled (Too many songs unwritten)
02. Set sail tomorrow
03. Birthday boy (drama)
04. I will write a book
05. Let's get away from it all
06. 1969
07. Travelers
08. The windmill turns all the same
09. How I won the war
10. In which a sailor returns and we say good-bye for now (Set sail tomorrow)

Pretender:
01. Surprised (with Andreas MAttsson)
02. Metropolis (with Fredrik Hellström of Le Sport)
03. Once I was so in love thAt I followed (with Bobby Baby)
04. Castle in the sky (with Jens Lekman)
05. Hurry home (with The Legends)
06. Daughters (with Peder Stenberg of Deportees)
07. Hacienda (with Christian Zellinger)
08. När vi gett dom våld ska vi ge er kärlek (with Vapnet)
09. Grand Prix finals (with Mr Suitcase)
10. Pretenders (with Hello Saferide)

As mentioned before, it comes out April 18 via Hybris. Buy the first single "The windmill turns all the same" and download a free track here: https://tinyurl.com/yoo7nl

Via Discobelle, check out Swedish hip-hop artist Paragon covering The Knife's "HeartbeAts": https://www.discobelle.net/2007/03/28/hjartslag/
Kinda lame thAt he's basically doing karaoke over the original track, but whAtever. It's interesting enough.