finnish skweee artist Mesak has made a video for the track "Popkumm": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x7IYaGRSVo

Upcoming international dates for finnish dark-rock act Iconcrash:

04/23 - Prince Albert, Brighton (UK) w/Everything On Black
04/24 - Cube Club, Bath (UK) w/Everything On Black
04/25 - Industry, London (UK)
04/27 - Water Rats, London (UK) w/Everything On Black
08/12 - Mera Luna Festival, Hildesheim (GER)
08/14 - Burg Sternberg, External (GER)
08/17 - Castle Bueckeburg, Bueckeburg (GER)
08/18 - Underworld, Hannover (GER)
08/20 - Demons, Osnabrueck (GER)
08/21 - Heavy Metal Cologne, Köln (GER)
08/23 - Aladin, Bremen (GER)
08/24 - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
08/25 - Hellraiser Darkland, Leipzig (GER)
08/27 - Outdoor, Chemniz (GER)
08/28 - K 17, Berlin (GER)

finnish rockers The Scaramangas will release their new album "Don't follow the weak" this coming April.

finnish favorites Desert Planet will tour Northern Europe again in May:

05/10 - Helsinki Club, Zürich (CH)
05/11 - tba, Fürth (GER)
05/12 - Glashaus, Bayreuth (GER)
05/15 - Morphclub, Bamberg (GER)
05/16 - White Trash, Berlin (GER)
05/18 - Astra-Stube, Hamburg (GER)
05/19 - Treibsand, Lübeck (GER)

Check out the tour microsite here: https://virtual27.nebula.fi/~desertplanetcom/tourmay2007/tourmay2007.htm

Via the pHinnWeb mailing list comes word that finnish electro artist Imatran Voima has a new album coming out Mar 19 via Mighty Robot Recordings entitled "Welfare state of mind". More details: https://www.discogs.com/release/905874

The Monotonik netlabel has a new release from finnish artist Flutterspot: https://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp181.html

finnish indierock act Wojciech will release their new album "Sointula" on March 14 via M.Dulor. Listen to four tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/voitsek

finnish label Verdura Records has a new website and a bunch of new releases planned from the likes of Siniaalto, Hetero Skeleton, Mother Goose and more: https://www.verdurarecords.com/

Lupatarkastaja has some new finnish thrash to check out: https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2007/03/05/1756/

German tourdates for finnish act Cats on Fire:

03/28 - Schaubude, Kiel w/Staring Girl
03/29 - Roter Salon, Berlin
03/30 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg
03/31 - Groovestation, Dresden
04/01 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig

finnish rockerts Bitch Alert will play the Viper Room in LA on April 29.

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

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

Delusions of Adequacy on finnish new-wave revivalists 80th Disorder: https://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=7668

finnish indierockers Tinker have a few new tracks posted for free download: https://www.tinkerwashere.net/
I haven't had a chance to listen yet, but the stuff I've heard from these guys before has been excellent.

finnish noiserockers Fun (as heard on "Reader's companion volume one") have finalized most of their US tour schedule:

03/05 - 720 Space, Minneapolis, MN w/Charles de Gaulle, The Yoleus, Lazer Forever
03/06 - The Vault, Milwaukee. WI
03/07 - Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL (recording)
03/08 - Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL (recording)
03/09 - Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL (recording)
03/10 - Ronny's, Chicago, IL w/Quatre Tete, Unique Chique, Gloria Story
03/11 - Lemp Arts, St. Louis, MO w/Muscle Brain, Dashchund
03/12 - tba, Kansas City, MO
03/13 - Sound Pony Lounge, Tulsa, OK
03/14 - 1919 Hemphill, Ft. Worth, TX w/The Cheat, Koji Kondo
03/15 - No Idea Records & Political Party presents SXSFest, Austin, TX
03/16 - 3299 Ivanhoe St., Baton Rouge, LA w/Brainworms
03/17 - Cave 9, Birmingham, AL w/Brainworms
03/18 - ISP (Stickfigure sunday matinee), Atlanta, GA w/Brickmason, Battlecat, Eether
03/19 - tba, Charlotte, NC
03/20 - tba, Greensboro, NC
03/21 - Solid Dudes House, Richmond, VA w/The Catalyst, Mouthbreather
03/22 - HELP!
03/23 - HELP!
03/24 - Veggieplex Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
03/25 - HELP!
03/26 - HELP!
03/27 - Gooskis, Pittsburgh, PA
03/28 - Tower 2012, Cleveland, OH

If you can help on any of the dates marked 'HELP!', get in touch with the band via their website: https://www.noisecorewalze.com/