Scraps of Tape head out on tour tomorrow and have launched a new website to coincide: https://www.scrapsoftape.com/
Go there for dates and details along with a full-stream of their most recent album "This is a copy is this a copy".

The lineup for this year's NYC Popfest is now 100% confirmed and the Scandinavian artists playing are Cats on Fire, Friday Bridge, Love Is All and Oh! Custer. More info: https://www.nycpopfest.org/

Swedish postrockers Immanu El have posted a ton of new tourdates, including a trip to Iceland in June and a big UK/European tour in September: https://www.myspace.com/immanuelband

Airwaves Music will be putting on their 2nd annual Krautrock festival in Stockholm on May 23. German masters Faust headline and they've also got IAT-tipped favorites Pistol Disco and Ikons on as support. More info: https://www.airwavesmusic.com/krautrocksthlm2008/

Mustasch, Babylon Bombs and Hell n' Diesel will be playing a special Swedish hard-rock showcase in London on June 5 called the Real Rock of Sweden Expo. More details here: https://www.rrose.se/

Finnish act Damn Seagulls are doing a couple Moscow gigs in July:

07/18 - BB King Club, Moscow
07/19 - Mezzo Forte Club, Moscow

The House of Sweden in Washington DC is putting on a special singer/songwriter showcase on Saturday, May 10 featuring Roger Hinchliffe, Elin Ruth Sigvardsson, Chris Wigren, Kajsa Grytt and Abalone Dots. It starts at 1pm and is 100% free, so what have you got to lose?

Swedish electro artist Karin Ström will make her NYC live debut on May 15 at at Rehab on 25 Avenue B. Details: https://www.clubmidway.com/indexfull.htm

Finnish free-folk weirdos Kemialliset Ystävät are coming back to the US at the end of the month:

05/24 - The Silent Barn, New York, NY
05/25 - The Talking Head Club, Baltimore, MD
05/26 - Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, PA
05/27 - Cake Shop, MYC, NY
05/28 - tbc, Providence, RI
05/29 - Space, Portland, ME
05/30 - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
05/31 - tba
06/01 - P.S.1, Long Island City, NY

Opeth will play a few Australian shows in September:

09/02 - Metro City, Perth
09/04 - The Barton Theatre, Adelaide
09/05 - Palace Theatre, Melbourne
09/06 - The Big Top, Sydney
09/07 - The Arena, Brisbane

Britta Persson is doing a few dates in Germany later this month:

05/15 - Cafe Central, Weinheim
05/16 - Objekt 5, Halle
05/17 - Falkendom, Bielefeld
05/18 - NBI, Berlin

The lineup has been finalized for next month's Nordic Jazz Fest at the House of Sweden in Washington DC on June 12-13: https://www.norway.org/culture/music/nordic+jazz+-08.htm
Featured acts include Kristian Blak and Yggdrasil, Wildbird and Peacedrums, Iro Haarla Quintet and Ola Kvernberg Trio.

Norwegian legends Motorpsycho have lined up a few additional US shows besides Terrastock:

06/20 - Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
06/21 - Terrastock Festival, Louisville, KY
06/22 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL

In Flames will doing a European headline tour following their current stint in the US on the Gigantour and the summer festival season: https://www.inflames.com/Tour.aspx

Time Out NY previews the El Perro Del Mar/Lykke Li/Anna Ternheim US tour: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/music/29016/el-perro-del-mar-lykke-li-anna-ternheim