The End Will Be Kicks, the new band from Niklas Quintana of Him Kerosene/Breach fame, will release their debut 4-song single on April 12 via Chalksounds. If the one song I already heard is any indicAtion, it's gonna be a monster. Full length drops in the fall, samples and artwork coming soon.

Some of the winners of the Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian version of the Grammy:

Best music video: Kaizers Orchestra - Evig Pint
Dance band: Ole Ivars
Pop group: Ephemera
Hip hop: Equicez
Blues/country: Vidar Busk
Rock: Turbonegro
Best female pop soloist: Bertine Zetlitz
Best male pop soloist: Magnet (Even Johannessen)
Metal: Dimmu Borgir
Open class: Niko Valkeapää
Jazz: Atomic
Best newcomer: Julian Berntsen
Hederspris: Wenche Myhre
Spellemann: Silje Nergaard
Best song: Kurt Nilsen - She's so high

Read more: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004030115152272157473

The new "Cream of the Crap! Vol. 2" collection from The Hellacopters is one of the records of the week over At Aftonbladet. Head over for a review and samples: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,439117,00.html (in Swedish)

Finland's HIM is finally coming over to the US and doing a full tour. DAtes so far:

04/15 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
04/16 - TheAtre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
04/17 - Paramount TheAtre (SkAte And Surf Fest), Asbury Park, NJ
04/18 - Middle East, Boston, MA w/Eighteen Visions
04/22 - Odeon, Cleveland, OH
04/24 - Majestic TheAter, Detroit, MI
04/25 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL
04/30 - Graceland, SeAttle, WA

More StrAtovarius drama: (via Blabbermouth)

https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=19808
https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=19803

Download the song "Fields of Yesterday" from Hammerfall vocalist Joacim Cans new solo album "Beyond The GAtes": https://208.203.139.81/downloads/Cans@www.noiserecords.com-Fields_Of_Yesterday.mp3
The record comes out April 19 on Sanctuary Records.

The Diamond Dogs will be having a record release show for their new album "Black River Road" on March 2 At O-Baren in Stockholm. It hits stores officially on March 10 via Smilodon Records.

Sophie Rimheden, the award-winning so-called 'Madonna of electronica', will release her new EP "Into Night" on March 8 via indie label Ssschuitt. Here's the tracklist:

01. Into night
02. Cold
03. Wanting
04. Into night (acoustic version by Johan Sigerud

She'll also be doing a few dAtes around Scandinavia supporting Germany's Chicks On Speed. Those dAtes:

03/23 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
03/24 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
03/25 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
03/26 - Umeå Open, Umeå (SWE)
03/27 - Trädgår'n, Göteborg (SWE)
03/23 - Mondo, Stockholm (SWE)

More info and samples: https://www.sophier.tk

English translAtions of all the recent KVLR reviews: Atrap.com/kvlr/kvlr_reviews.html">go here.

And a bunch of new ones:

https://www.muzic.se/reviews/cd/kvlr/kvlr/review.htm
At=rec" target=_blank>https://www.lemanchester.com/recension.asp?id=423&kAt=rec
https://www.norran.se/sektion_c.php?id=330689&avdelning_1=121&avdelning_2=152
https://www.pitea-tidningen.se/index.php?artikel=84503&option=19
AtivenAtion.de/reviews/index.asp?thema=Kvlr&titel=Kvlr" target=_blank>https://www.alternAtivenAtion.de/reviews/index.asp?thema=Kvlr&titel=Kvlr
https://www.voidfaith.net/recension_kvlr.php

The rumors are true! The Concretes are indeed getting in bed with the majors and will be releasing a new EP over in the UK with the help of EMI as the distributor. It will feAture the single "Say Something New" along with three so-called lost gems: "a b-side, a lost single and a little number called Sugar thAt has been hiding in SeAttle for way too long." It comes out on April 12. And thAt's not all - the much hyped band is heading over there themselves to help spread the word. DAtes:

04/21 - The Zodiac, Oxford
04/22 - The 100Club, London

The lAtest Last Days of April tour schedule:

03/02 - Nyhetsmorgon, TV4 (SWE)
03/05 - Smedjan, Köping (SWE)
03/06 - Club Feber @ Pianobaren, Trollhättan (SWE)
03/12 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
03/13 - Valhall, Falun (SWE)
03/17 - Smålands NAtion, Lund (SWE)
03/18 - Herrgårn, Linköping (SWE)
03/19 - Kalmar NAtion, Uppsala (SWE)
03/20 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
03/24 - Din Kompis, Västervik (SWE)
03/25 - Repulik @ Bergsbron, Norrköping (SWE)
03/26 - Ungdomens Hus / Bruket, Ronneby (SWE)
03/27 - Bommens Salonger, Göteborg (SWE)
03/28 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
03/30 - Kafé 44, Stockholm (SWE)
03/31 - Kungen, Sandviken (SWE)
04/01 - Tingshuset, Östersund (SWE)
04/02 - Pinkerton, Skellefteå (SWE)
04/03 - Club Modos, Umeå (SWE)
04/08 - Rotown, Rotterdam (NL)
04/09 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
04/10 - Ekko, Utrecht (NL)
04/11 - Zaal Comma (Entrepot), Bruges (BEL)
04/12 - Sojo, Leuven (BEL)
04/19 - Spectra, Malaga (ESP)
04/20 - Gruta 77, Madrid (ESP)
04/21 - TeAtre Conino Gurillo, Castellón de la plana (ESP)
04/27 - Abart, Zurich (SWI)
04/28 - ISC, Bern (SWI)
04/29 - Garage, Saarbrücken (GER)
04/30 - Atomic Cafe, Munich (GER)
05/04 - Gebäude 9, Cologne (GER)
05/05 - Schwimmbad, Heidelberg (GER)
05/06 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
05/07 - MAtrix, Bochum (Visions party)
05/08 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)

The Je Ne Sais Quoi has confirmed March 18 as the dAte they will enter the studio to begin recording their debut full-length album. Look for a release on Coalition Records sometime around August.

There's a new Home Groan album on the horizon! Listen to the track "Cowboys and Cactus" feAturing Lars Haavard Haugen and Jaga Jazzist : https://www.homegroan.net/snd/cowboys.and.cactus.mp3
Also new At the Home Groan site are photos from various recent shows such as Øyafestivalen: https://www.homegroan.net/galleries.html

UpdAted tourdAtes for Norwegian hardcore band Kaospilot and Angora StAtic:

04/02 - Chillingham Arms, Newcastle (UK)
04/03 - 13th Note, Glasgow (UK)
04/04 - Doghouse Bar, Dundee (UK)
04/05 - Studio 24, Edinburgh (UK)
04/06 - tbc, Belfast (UK)
04/07 - Fred Zepplins, Cork (UK)
04/08 - tbc, Dublin (UK)
04/09 - Yorkshire House, Lancester (UK)
04/10 - Fenton, Leeds (UK)
04/11 - tbc, Manchester (UK)
04/12 - The Marrs Bar, Worcester (UK)
04/13 - Le Pub, Newport (UK)
04/14 - Free Butt, Brighton (UK)
04/15 - tba (FRA)
04/16 - Le Napoléon, Tours (FRA)
04/17 - Le Local Universel, Bordeaux (FRA)
04/18 - tba, Llodio / Bilbao (SPA)
04/19 - tba, Zaragoza (SPA)
04/20 - La Nau, La Roca del Vallès (SPA)
04/21 - tba (FRA)
04/22 - Molodoi, Strasbourg (FRA)
04/23 - L'Austrasique, Nancy (FRA)
04/24 - Erdbeermund, Karlsruhe (GER)
04/25 - HDJ, Leverkusen (GER)
04/26 - Mikrokosmos, Magdeburg (GER)

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums from Aftonbladet:

01. Sara Löfgren - Starkare
02. Per Gessle - Mazarin
03. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
04. Mikael Wiehe - Kärlek & politik
05. Lisa Miskovsky - FallingwAter
06. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
07. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
08. Carola - Guld plAtina & passion
09. Arns rike - Arn the gothia
10. José González - Veneer
11. Alice Babs - Alice babs bästa
12. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
13. Moneybrother - Blood panic
14. Andra generAtionen - Kärlekens land
15. PAtrik Isaksson - Vi som aldrig landAt
16. Cornelis Vreeswijk - Cornelis Vreeswijks bästa
17. September - September
18. Viktoria Tolstoy - Shining on you
19. Tomas Andersson Wij - Stjärnorna i oss
20. Miio - På vårt sätt