Alibi Tom (nee Out Of Clouds) will release their debut album on May 4. Look for them to hit the road in late April as well.

Morten Harket of A-ha will release his new solo album "Letter from Egypt" on May 19. Look for the first single "Darkspace" to hit Norwegian radio in a week or so.

Fukk Tapes Let Erase, the cassette-only label run by Jeff Surak (Violet/Zeromoon) and Thomas Ekelund (Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words), is back in action with new releases from Marhaug Bad Kharma and a split with Gbg-based noise acts Cutiefuck and Tight Meat. Details: https://www.fukktapes.org/

In other Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words-related news, check out the newly created profile at Virb for samples from upcoming releases: https://virb.com/dread

You can now hear new tracks that Park Hotell recorded with Jari Haapalainen (The Bear Quartet, Laakso, etc.) at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/parkhotell
The band still remains unsigned and is actively seeking a label to work with.

The Fine Arts Showcase is booked to go into the studio in April to record their next album, tentatively titled "Dalit Songs" or "Dolophine Smile". In other news, the "Sings Rough Bunnies" album has been licensed to the (non-major) label Universal Records in the Philippines.

Fy Fan is not so stoked on their appearance in Nordic Tattoo Magazine: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=119755903&blogID=371948360

Finnish rock'n'rollers Soulstab will release their debut full-length "Primitive communication" on April 30. Hear the first single "Breaking in the hen house" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/soulstab

Danish act Veto will release their new album "Crushing digits" on May 5. Hear the first single "Built to fail" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/vetosite

Norwegian experimental label Synesthetic Records has posted an update with a list of records scheduled for release this year: https://www.synestheticrecordings.com/
Hightlights include new releases from artists such as Tangle Edge, Phonoloid (Lasse Marhaug and Petter Flaten Eilertsen) and Dip Apple.

Nomethod reports that the solo debut "Young punks are on the never-never" from Mixtapes & Cellmates frontman Robert Svensson will be out in September. Look for a new single around the same time. In other label news, Matts Katt is working on beats for a new international version of the much-praised Adam Tensta album "It's a Tensta thing" and will have his own 12" EP out this fall. As for the eagerly awaited Markus Krunegård 7" "Jag är en vampyr", it's been sent off to get pressed and will be ready for shipping in late April though it's advised to preorder if you want to make sure you get a copy.

Music Export Finland's latest newsletter is now online: https://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=153

Blue for Two, the synth/blues duo of Freddie Wadling and Henryk Lipp, will soon be releasing a new single called "Derailroaded", their first in 10 years.

Swedish label Flora & Fauna (Rigas, The Chrysler, etc.) has signed The Bethlehem Beard Corporation and will be releasing their debut album in May. Download the single "You'll come over soon" now: https://www.brilliant.nu/mp3/you'll%20come%20over%20soon.mp3
Also, hear more at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/bethlehembeardcorporation

Common Or Garden Records, the label run by Swedish singer/songwriter Ulf Ljusberg, has announced the signing of jazz/pop duo Sisters of Invention. Listen to their "Neverland" EP at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/sistersofinvention

BSTBA imprint Workaholics on Holiday! will release a new EP from Danish act Body Lotion and the Bloody Hands on March 28 with a record release show to be held the previous evening at Din Nye Ven in Copenhagen. Hear samples: https://www.myspace.com/bodylotionandthebloodyhands