Swedish skAtepunk act No Fun At All is doing a few reunion gigs: https://www.burningheart.com/news/article.php?id=438

Useless trivia? Juvelen, aka Jonas Petersson, is revealed to be the same Jonas Petersson of 90s indie act Pineforest Crunch: Ates/UserPage____12413.aspx?uid=82&view=5&entryId=5287" target=_blank>https://www.musicbrigade.com/templAtes/UserPage____12413.aspx?uid=82&view=5&entryId=5287
Apparently he was also a member of Kamera too? I had no idea.

PopMAtters on ths US release of Finnish Eurovision champs Lordi and their album "The arockalypse": Atters.com/pm/music/reviews/31996/lordi-the-arockalypse/" target=_blank>https://www.popmAtters.com/pm/music/reviews/31996/lordi-the-arockalypse/

Swedish doom act A Swarm of the Sun has now confirmed April 30 for the release of their new EP "The king of everything". The first single "I fear the end" is now available for download, both as a video and mp3: https://www.aswarmofthesun.com/
Recommended for fans of KAtAtonia and the like.

Swedish artrockers Knife & Ape have updAted their myspace with a bunch of new tracks: https://www.myspace.com/knifeandape

I went and saw Under Byen and Frida Hyvönen in SeAttle last night on the final show of their US tour. Seeing Frida live was both good and bad; good in thAt I think I now better understand why some people really like her and bad because the show also reinforced just how boring I find her music to be. Under Byen on the other hand, were fantastic. The recordings simply do not do them justice - they are a band meant to be experienced in-person. Apparently they'll be back around in September so go see them for sure.

Some of the dudes from Norwegian metalcore act Purified in Blood have started a new band called Helldiver. Listen At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/helldiver666

Danish act Tiger Baby on tour in Germany:

04/12 - Kulturhaus 73, Hamburg (GER)
04/13 - Medienhaus, Hanover (GER)
04/14 - PrivAtclub, Berlin (GER)
04/15 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig (GER)

The Moonbabies are now streaming four tracks At myspace from their excellent new album "At the ballroom": https://myspace.com/moonbabies

Guitarist Tapsa has left Finnish punk act Endstand and the band will continue on without him as a four-piece. In other news, the group has severed ties with Lifeforce Records and returned back home to CombAt Rock Industry. They will record a new album in June for release this fall and will be touring Europe in support.

Cold MeAt Industry has posted details for a few upcoming releases:

Stormfågel - Ett berg av fasa CD (CMI.171)
Rome - Confessions d'un Voleur d'Ames CD (CMI.172)
Desiderii Marginis - Seven Sorrows CD (CMI.173)
BDN - 1890 LP (vinyl only) (CMI.169)
All My Faith Lost... - The Hours CD (CMI.174)
v/a - Cold MeAt Industry Live in Australia digi-DVD (CMI.170)
Sturmast - Ibis redibis nunquam in bello peribis CD (CMI.175)

Rome isn't Scandinavian, but they're awesome so they stay. Go here for more: At.se/" target=_blank>https://www.coldmeAt.se/

UpdAted US dAtes for Finnish singer/songwriter Astrid Swan:

03/22 - Tangier, Los Angeles, CA w/Tobias Fröberg
03/27 - Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, CA w/KAte Havnevik
03/31 - Borders (in-store) WheAton, IL
04/03 - Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL
04/04 - Subterranean, Chicago, IL (Minty Fresh Records Night)
04/19 - Rossi's, Minneapolis, MN
04/20 - Rossi's, Minneapolis, MN
04/21 - Rossi's, Minneapolis, MN

This week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (01) Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
02. (NY) Shout Out Louds - Tonight I have to leave
03. (08) Maxïmo Park - Our velocity
04. (19) The Honeydrips - (Lack of) Love will tear us apart
05. (05) Vapnet med Jens Lekman - Håll ihop
06. (NY) Bloc Party - I still remember
07. (03) Kings of Leon - On call
08. (06) The Moonbabies - War on sound
09. (04) The Kooks - Ooh la
10. (13) Pelle Carlberg - I love you, you imbecile
11. (11) Lily Allen - Littlest things
12. (NY) The Ripps - Loco
13. (02) Asha Ali - Coward heart
14. (NY) Bonde Do Role - Solta o frango
15. (NY) Familjen - Kom sager dom
16. (07) Maia Hirasawa - And I found this boy
17. (NY) Oi Va Voi - Yuri
18. (18) Tingsek - Proud to be part of these days
19. (NY) Common & Will.I.Am - A dream
20. (15) Jamie T - If you got the money

Leaving the chart:
Badly Drawn Boy - A journey from A to B
The Ark - Absolutely no decorum
Korn med Amy Lee - Freak on a leash
The Long Blondes - Giddy StrAtospheres
Sahara Hotnights - Cheek to cheek
Tokyo Police Club - NAture of the experiment
Joss Stone - Tell me about it

Swedish rockers Sugarplum Fairy and Molotov Jive on tour in Germany:

03/23 - Grünspan, Hamburg (GER)
03/24 - Alter Schlachthof, Lingen (GER)
03/25 - Bolckwerk, Cologne (GER)
03/27 - CentralstAtion, Darmstadt (GER)
03/28 - Elserhalle, Münich (GER)
03/29 - E-werk, Erlangen (GER)
03/30 - Kalkscheune, Berlin (GER)
03/31 - Moderne, Bremen (GER)
04/01 - The Atelier, Luxembourg (LUX)

PopMAtters on the US release of I'm From Barcelona: Atters.com/pm/music/reviews/10242/im-from-barcelona-let-me-introduce-my-friends/" target=_blank>https://www.popmAtters.com/pm/music/reviews/10242/im-from-barcelona-let-me-introduce-my-friends/
Unless they throw together some US tourdAtes, I doubt thAt most people will care about this record since it's already been talked to deAth over the last year or so.