Nick Olivera (Queens of the Stone Age, Mondo Generator) and Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks) will be making a guest appearance with Turbonegro at Øyafestivalen in Oslo tomorrow, August 7.

My friends Culkin (remember?) will make their live debut on August 20 at Landet in Stockholm. View the flyer at myspace: [click here]

I'm From Barcelona will be back in the UK in November:

11/24 - The Ruby Lounge, Manchester
11/25 - Scala, London
11/26 - Concorde 2, Brighton

New Eskobar tourdates:

10/13 - Nachtleben, Frankfurt (GER)
10/14 - Chelsea, Wien (AUS)
10/15 - Rohstofflager, Zürich (CH)
10/16 - Volkshaus, Basel (CH)
10/17 - Rocking Chair, Vevey (CH)
10/18 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH)
10/20 - Ampere, München (GER)
10/21 - Frannz, Berlin (GER)
10/22 - Headcrash, Hamburg (GER)
10/23 - MTC, Köln (GER)

Ane Brun has lined up a few US gigs for the end of October:

10/22 - The Living Room, New York, NY
10/24 - Iota Club and Café, Arlington, VA
10/25 - Attucks Theatre, Norfolk, VA
10/28 - Café Du Nord, San Fransico, CA
10/30 - Hotel Café, Los Angeles, CA
11/01 - Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL

The new Lars Horntveth (Jaga Jazzist) solo album "Kaleidoscopic " will be released on August 11, but you can also hear it two days earlier on August 9 when he will perform the entire 37-minute work at Øyafestivalen with backing by Kringkastingsorkesteret (KORK).

Swedish sXe hardcore act Anchor is looking to book a US tour for February/March of 2009. Obviously nothing is really set quite yet, but I'll keep you posted.

Danish art-rock act Mimas will release their debut full-length "The worries" via Big Scary Monsters on October 6 and they'll also be heading to the UK to do a full tour in support:

09/02 - The Barfly, London w/This Town Needs Guns, Pennines
09/03 - Moles, Bath
09/04 - The Cellar, Oxford
09/05 - Dog and Partridge, Bolton
09/06 - Dry Bar, Manchester
09/07 - The Rainbow, Birmingham
09/08 - tbc, Ashford
09/09 - The Hope, Brighton
09/10 - Talking Heads, Southampton
09/11 - The Swan, Ipswich
09/12 - Norwich Arts Center, Norwich w/Pennines

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

Swedish hard-rockers Witchcraft and Graveyard are touring the US in September:

09/04 - El Corazon, Seattle, WA
09/05 - Dantes, Portland, OR
09/06 - The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
09/07 - The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
09/08 - The Clubhouse, Phoenix, AZ
09/10 - Red 7, Austin, TX
09/11 - Rudyards, Houston, TX
09/12 - One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, LA
09/13 - Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
09/14 - Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC
09/15 - Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
09/16 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
09/17 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

New international live dates for Lack:

08/07 - Himmel, Schwyz (CH)
08/08 - MatscherAu Open Air, Bolzano (ITA)
08/30 - OFFSET Festival, London (UK)
09/19 - Folkets Park, ESF 08, Malmö (SWE)
09/27 - Stengade 30, Kbh (DK) w/Barra Head
10/12 - POPKOMM - Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin (GER) w/31 Knots, Alarma Man

Swedish darkwave act Arcana has lined up a few international dates this autumn:

09/13 - Mithras Garden Festival, Koblenz (GER) w/In Slaughter Natives
10/04 - Underworld, Camden, London (UK) w/Sol Invictus
11/22 - Die Kantine, Augsberg (GER) w/Qntal, Rome

New European tourdates for Swedish fuzzrock act Truckfighters:

09/05 - Bunker, Chemnitz (GER)
09/06 - Transmitter Festival, Hohenems (AUS)
09/07 - White Rabbid, Freiburg (GER)
09/09 - Sonic Ballroom, Köln (GER)
09/12 - Pretty Vacant, Düsseldorf (GER)
09/13 - Stereo Total , Heilbronn (GER)
09/16 - Cafe Zapata, Berlin (GER)
09/19 - JUZ, Wolfsberg (AUS)
09/20 - Arena, Wien (AUS)

As In RebekkaMaria will play the Borderline in London on August 12 with support from Tez (Cocorosie) and Jojo DJ Team.

The Hives will be back to the US in September for a short tour with Eagles of Death Metal:

09/16 - Stubb's, Austin, TX
09/17 - House of Blues, Dallas, TX
09/19 - Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ
09/20 - Street Scene, San Diego, CA
09/21 - The Grove, Anaheim, CA
09/22 - Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA
09/23 - The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
09/24 - The Mayan, Los Angeles, CA
09/25 - The Mayan, Los Angeles, CA

Ida Maria has lined up a new UK tour for November:

11/07 - Oran Mor, Glasgow
11/08 - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
11/09 - Academy 2, Newcastle
11/12 - The Point, Cardiff
11/13 - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
11/14 - Academy 2, Sheffield
11/15 - Barfly, Birmingham
11/18 - Komedia, Brighton
11/19 - Cockpit, Leeds
11/20 - Club Academy, Manchester
11/22 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
11/23 - Zodiac At The Academy, Oxford
11/26 - Thekla, Bristol
11/27 - Scala, London