Up-and-coming Swedish punk rockers C.Aarmé got a few gigs lined up, including one in Scotland:

10/29 - Smålands NAtion, Lund (SWE)
10/30 - King Tut's, Glasgow (UK)
11/01 - Debaser, Stockholm
11/08 - Rock Lobster , Svalöv (SWE)

Tiger Lou - assaulted by skinheads or just pics from the recent video shoot? You decide. And here's an updAted US tour itinerary, too:

11/24 - Washington, DC @ American University Tavern
11/25 - Richmond, VA @ Betsy's Coffee Shop (Benefit for LadyFest Richmond)
11/26 - tba
11/27 - OFF
11/28 - Tallahassee, FL @ tba
11/29 - Gainesville, FL @ Wayward Council (tentAtive)
11/30 - Pensacola, FL @ End of the Line Café
12/01 - tba
12/02 - Austin, TX @ Monkeywrench Books
12/03 - tba
12/04 - Tucson, AZ @ Skrappy's
12/05 - San Diego, CA @ Che Café
12/06 - Thousand Oaks, CA @ House Show (mid-day mAtinee)
12/06 - Santa Barbara, CA @ House Show
12/07 - tba
12/08 - tba
12/09 - Portland, OR @ tba
12/10 - SeAttle, WA @ tba
12/11 - Boise, ID @ tba
12/12 - Denver, CO @ tba
12/13 - Lawrence, KS @ tba
12/14 - Milwaukee, WI @ Pierce St. House
12/15 - Cleveland, OH @ University Show, tba
12/16 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Univ. of Pittsburgh
12/17 - tba
12/18 - tba
12/19 - Boston, MA @ House Show
12/20 - Easthampton, MA @ tba
12/21 - New Brunswick, NJ @ House Show
12/22 - tba

UpdAted European tourdAtes for The Cardigans:

11/07 - Metropole, Lausanne
11/08 - Romerkastell, Stuttgart
11/09 - X-tra LimmAthaus, Zurich
11/11 - Elserhalle, Munich
11/12 - Wuk, Vienna
11/14 - Ark, Athens
11/15 - Decadence, Thessalonika
11/18 - Den Atelier, Luxembourg
11/19 - Melkweg Max, Amsterdam
11/21 - Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg
11/22 - Columbiafritz, Berlin
11/23 - Roxy, Prague

Nine has announced they will be doing five dAtes in Finland in December:

12/09 - Tavastia, Helsinki
12/10 - Klubi, Turku
12/11 - Klubi, Tampere
12/12 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä
12/13 - Club 25, Vassa

Opeth is now confirmed for their show in Jordan on November 28 At the 2nd anniversary celebrAtion for Mute Records. See the promo.

Here's some updAted info on the Millencolin Open skAtecontest At Brädcentralen in Örebro on October 31 and November 1. (in Swedish)

Randy has updAted their site with some new pics from their recent Scandinavian tour. Check it.

The Sounds are getting some favorable press in new isssues of both Spin and AlternAtive Press magazine. They've also lined up some more US tour dAtes:

10/27 - Knitting Factory, New York
10/29 - Fletcher's, Baltimore
10/31 - Small's, Detroit
11/01 - The Intersection, Grand Rapids,
11/02 - Promo West Pavilion, Columbus
11/05 - Norva TheAtre, Norfolk
11/07 - Banana Joe's, Columbia, SC
11/08 - 40 WAtt Club, Athens
11/09 - Music Farm, Charleston, SC
11/11 - The Social, Orlando
11/12 - Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale
11/13 - Twilight, Tampa
11/14 - Floyd's Music Store, Tallahassee
11/15 - The Parish, New Orleans
11/17 - Dave's On Dickson, Fayetteville
11/22 - Bash on Ash, Phoenix
11/24 - Grand Ballroom, San Fransisco
11/25 - Henry Fonda TheAtre, Los Angeles
11/26 - Avalon, Los Angeles

And lastly, for pics from the band's recent Vancouver show, go here.

Bands playing the Deadfest Linköping hardcore fest At Skylten on October 17 and 18: Fight Club, Damien, Morning After, Undying, Last Hope, Walls Of Jericho, Under My Hood, Field Of HAte, Da Skywalkers, PAth Of No Return, Second Thought, Security ThreAt, and Roswell. Details: www.deadfest.tk

Bands announced for next year's 2004 Scandinavian AlternAtive Music Awards (SAMA) concert on April 2 At Trädgår’n in Göteborg: Alice In Videoland (SWE), And One (GER), Backlash (SWE), Panzerveps (NOR), Slagsmålsklubben (SWE) and Sophie Rimheden (SWE). Six more bands are still yet to be announced. Read more.

On October 31 Electric FINland will do a showcase At Desmet Studio as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). Artists scheduled to appear include Koneveljet, Mac Mavis, Quintessence, ToneKroup and DJs Borzin and Jean-Peter. Read more.

Besides thAt record release show At Cillas Kök in Malmö on October 17 I mentioned yesterday, Bjorns Vanner will also be doing two in-stores thAt same day At Folk & Rock in Malmö (4pm) and Lund (5:30pm).

Finland's Imperanon are now the lAtest signing of Nuclear Blast Records. "Fans [of] Children of Bodom, Bightwish and Sonanta Arcticawill very soon add us to their list of favorite bands from Finland and many others will follow!" they say. The band plans to enter Sonic Pump Studios sometime in November with engineer Nino Laurenne and producer Titus Hjelm to commence work on their debut album, tentAtively due out next May or June. Download some sample clips from their demo:

01. Wild One
02. Vein (I Bleed)
03. Shadowsouls

Here's another flash e-card, this time for Nicolai Dunger feAturing his new single "Hunger". I do believe it will actually hit stores tomorrow despite the previously announced delay. The title of his new album has also been confirmed and it's a doozy: "Here’s my song, you can have it... I don’ want it anymore /Yours 4-ever Nicolai Dunger". Awesome.

Three more mp3s from thAt Randy live show have been added. Look right.