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There will be a new José González remix 12"/digital EP out on April 17 via Imperial Recordings. Tracklist:

A1 - Killing for love (Todd Terje brokeback mix)
A2 - How low (Pechenga nord-norska mix)
B1 - Killing for love (Beatfanatic remix)
B2 - In our nature (Landberg & Skogehall mix)

In other news, here's some updated tourdates in the UK:

04/03 - Leadmill, Sheffield
04/04 - 53 Degrees, Preston
04/05 - Black Box, Galaway (IRE)
04/06 - The Academy, Dublin (IRE)
04/07 - Assembly Room, Edinburgh
04/08 - Opera House, Manchester
04/09 - UEA, Norwich
04/10 - Shepards Bush Empire, London
04/12 - Hall for Cornwall, Truro
04/13 - The Pavillion, Bournemouth
04/14 - De La Warr Pavillion, East Sussex

The Stranger (my semi-local alt-weekly) lists five or six things about Jens Lekman: https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=537686
I'm not sure if I'll make it to his show in Seattle next week, but I'm going to try.

Norwegian artist Thom Hell will release his third album "God if i saw her now" on April 3.

Norwegian avant/noise/experimental label Roggbif will have two new release out on May 31. First up is a split CD featuring Norway's Golden Serenades and Force Majeure, a collaboration of Swedish noiseniks Sewer Election and Treriksröset. The second is Origami Galaktika's long awaited album "Laos Vegas", an record that was originally slated to be released as an LP via Beta-Lactam Ring five years ago. Read more: https://www.roggbif.com/

Have you been following Last Days of April as they blog about their current US tour? Read here: https://karltommy.blogspot.com/ (in Swedish)

Swedish indie label Cosy Den has posted details for their next three releases from The Budgies, The Garlands and Erik Halldén: https://www.smallstepforward.com/cosy/wordpress/?p=36

Morningside Records has confirmed that the new Larsen & Furious Jane album "Zen sucker" will be out on May 19. Expect samples to be online soon.

Zero is reporting that Gbg-based EBM artist Stisch is working on a new single together with singer Wayne Hussey of The Mission. The track is called "Hit repeat" and will be out in April.

Fat Planet on Danish electro artist Birk Storm: https://www.fatplanet.com.au/blog/2008/03/19/new-danish-electro-funk-birk-storm/

Victims have a new website: https://www.victimsinblood.com/

Ex-Dødheimsgard/DHG vocalist Kvohst has started a new, far more traditional death/grind act called Gangrenator. Listen to a demo track at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/gangrenator

Lukestar's album "Lake Toba" is out now in Japan via Thistime Records and you can check out an ecard for it right here: https://www.thistimerecords.com/ecard/lukestar/interface.html
Look for Japanese live dates to be announced for early fall.

The new Goodnight Monsters 7" single "Drifting" will be released on April 16.

The people behind Swedish Radio's electronic music program Ström (Andreas Tilliander, Håkan Lidbo and DJ Anna Gavanas), are releasing a new concept compilation on March 26 entitled "Musik för främmande civilisationer" (Music for foreign civilizations). Just like the excellent "Ny musik för landssorg" (New music for national grief) collection, the disc will feature an all-star cast of artists (Olof Dreijer of The Knife, Henrik Rylander, to name a few besides the curators) contributing music centered around a singular theme. Read more and see a list of participating artists here: https://www.zeromagazine.nu/nyhet.asp?id=1497 (in Swedish)

Billie the Vision and the Dancers will be entering Tambourine Studios in Malmö next week to record their fourth album. There's no title yet, but a tentative release date has been set for May 28 assuming everything goes as planned.