Danish punkrockers Cola Freaks will be on tour in the US for the next month or so:

09/30 - The Mink, Houston, TX
10/01 - tba, New Orleans, LA
10/02 - The Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA w/Carbonas
10/03 - Bull City Headquarters, Durham, NC
10/04 - Nara Sushi, Richmond, VA
10/06 - Urban Bike Project, Wilmington, DE
10/07 - The Catacombs, Providence, RI
10/08 - "Gorilla got time" Radio show, Boston, MA
10/09 - Mr. Roboto Project, Pittsburg, PA
10/10 - Now that's Class, Cleveland, OH w/Skull Defekts, Homo Stupids
10/11 - Garden Bowl, Detroit, MI
10/12 - Riot Fest, Chicago, IL
10/14 - The Brass Rail, Fort Wayne, IN w/Jay Reatard
10/15 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI w/Jay Reatard
10/22 - Middle East, Cambridge, MA w/Jay Reatard
10/23 - Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ w/Jay Reatard
10/26 - Santos Party House, New York, NY w/Jay Reatard
10/27 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA w/Jay Reatard
10/28 - Black Cat, Washington DC, Washington DC w/Jay Reatard
10/29 - Outback Lodge, Charlottesville, VA w/Jay Reatard
10/30 - LocaL 506, Chapel Hill, NC w/Jay Reatard
10/31 - Star bar, Halloween After Party, Atlanta, GA
11/01 - Lenny's, Atlanta, GA w/Jay Reatard

Disfear and Victims will hit up Germany together in late October:

10/30 - Archiv, Potsdam
10/31 - Hafenklang, Hamburg
11/01 - AZ, Mulheim

New tourdates for Swedish alt-country act Holmes:

09/ 30 - The Showcase @ MTC, Köln (GER)
10/01 - Falkendom, Bielefeld (GER)
10/02 - Hans Wurst, Berlin (GER)
10/03 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig (GER)
10/05 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
10/06 - The Office, Graz (AUS)
10/07 - Channel Zero, Ljubljana (SLO)
10/08 - MKSC, Koper (SLO)
10/09 - Lego, Cesena (ITA)
10/10 - Condorito, Cuneo (ITA)
10/12 - Dauntaun, Milano (ITA)
10/15 - Bar Sartea, Vicenza (ITA)
10/16 - Holästei, Glarus (CH)
10/17 - Herbert, Baden (CH)
10/18 - Fanhead Festival @ D:qliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
10/19 - tba, Hamburg (GER)
11/13 - Kulturbaren @ Folkets Hus, Trollhättan (SWE)

Danish shoegazers Slaraffenland will release their new "Sunshine EP" on October 6 via Rumraket and will also be heading out on some European dates around that time as well:

10/07 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
10/08 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
10/09 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER) w/Handsome Furs, Jacob Faurholt
10/11 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER) w/Ef
10/12 - Ut Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
10/14 - Jadlodajnia Filozoficzna, Warsaw (POL)
10/15 - De Kreun, Kortrijk (BEL)
10/16 - Cul de Sac, Tilburg (NL)
10/17 - Platformtheater, Groningen (NL)
10/25 - Spot on Denmark @ TIVOLI for the Nordic Blizzard Festival, Utrecht (NL)
10/31 - La Fléche D'or, Paris (FRA)
11/01 - Novosonic Festival, Dijon (FRA)
11/02 - Dqliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
11/07 - De Nachten Festival, Antwerp (BEL)
11/14 - Spot on Denmark @ AB, Brussels (BEL)

The (International) Noise Conspiracy is playing a special one-off show in LA at Club Nokia on November 13. Go here for details on how to get tickets: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=24959654&blogID=436054154

Firefox AK and Hello Saferide will both perform at the House of Sweden in Washington DC on October 20. Obviously, not to be missed. If I could afford it, I'd be there myself.

Danish act Lost Alma is heading back to Germany for a few dates in early November:

11/06 - Intersoup, Berlin
11/07 - Hasenschaukel, Hamburg
11/08 - Kollage Berlin, Berlin

Upcoming tourdates for Swedish indie act Alibi Tom:

10/02 - Romein, Leeuwarden (NL)
10/03 - Merz, Dordrecht (NL)
10/04 - De Spot, Middelburg (NL)
10/07 - Cafe Stiels, Haarlem (NL)
10/09 - Speakers, Delft (NL)
10/10 - Waterfront, Rotterdam (NL)
10/11 - Sonic Boom record store, Kettering (UK)
10/11 - Key Escape Club, Kettering (UK)
10/15 - Prince of Wales, Steeple Claydon (UK)
10/18 - Exeter Hall, Oxford (UK)
10/24 - Huset Magstraede, Köpenhamn (DK)
10/29 - Kåren, Halmstad (SWE)
10/31 - Fängelset (all ages), Gothenburg (SWE)
11/01 - Chalmers, Gothenburg (SWE)

The excellent melancholy Danish rock act Skywriter will have their album "Where both worlds never meet" released in Germany on October 10, so of course they'll also be coming over for a few shows:

10/09 - Kofferfabrik, Fürth
10/10 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig
10/11 - Astra Stube, Hamburg
10/12 - Forum, Bielefeld w/Ef
10/15 - Zwölfzehn, Stuttgart

Hear samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/skywriterdk

Oh Laura is heading to Australia for a few shows in late November:

11/27 - Basement, Sydney
11/29 - Queenscliff Festival, Queenscliff
11/30 - Manchester Lane, Melbourne

Marit Bergman will do a one-off gig in NYC at the Livingroom on October 14.

Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words will rendezvous with Jeff Surak of Violet for the first-ever Dead Violets gig on September 26 at Diapason Gallery in NYC. This show will also mark the live debut of new Dead Violets member, vocalist and lyricist Bethany Moore. Also, don't forget that DLSODW will be performing at the Sonic Circuits Festival in Washington DC on October 4. More gigs tba? Wait and see...

Swedish shoegazers Blackstrap will finally be coming to the US for a few dates in October:

10/16 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY w/Little Ones
10/17 - DC9/Liberation Party, Washington DC
10/19 - Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
10/21 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH w/Asobi Seksu
10/22 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL w/Asobi Seksu
10/23 - Frankies, Toledo, OH
10/24 - WOXY Session, Cincinnati, OH
10/25 - Bell House/CMJ, Brooklyn, NY
10/26 - Bar, New Haven, CT
10/27 - TT The Bears, Cambridge, MA

Hello Saferide is coming to the US between the dates of October 19 and 26 and will be doing a few gigs up and down the East Coast. No details yet, but I'm sure there will be at least 1 CMJ appearance, if not more. Don't forget, the new album "More modern short stories from Hello Saferide" will be out September 24. It's easily a top 10 pick, believe me - it's been on steady repeat here all week.

Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl will do a one-off full band show at Dingswall in London on October 23.