Swedish singer/songwriter Sophie Zelmani will have a new album out in early September entitled "The ocean and me". Check her website for tourdates: https://www.sophie-zelmani.com/

Swedish rockers Backyard Babies will tour the UK in September:

09/02 - Academy 2, Birmingham
09/03 - Rock City, Nottingham
09/04 - Academy 2, Newcastle
09/05 - Cathouse, Glasgow
09/06 - Corporation, Sheffield
09/07 - Academy 3, Manchester
09/09 - Barfly, Brighton
09/10 - The Brook, Southampton
09/11 - T.J.'s, Newport
09/12 - ULU, London

Broder Daniel will play Way Out West this year as a tribute to departed guitarist Anders Göthberg: https://www.wayoutwest.se/

Isolation Years, Jennie Abrahamsson and Fredrik Fagerlund will play a record release show on April 24 at Scharinska in Umeå for the new Norrland music comp "Pure North". Find out more at myspace or see this article at Västerbottens Folkblad for a full tracklist.

Download a new track from Gbg-based melodic hardcore act Another Year: https://www.monumenthq.com/HTML/mp3_download.php?id=30
The band's new album "Moments don't last" will be out in May via Monument Records. Also, don't forget to check out the band when they tour Europe later this year: https://www.myspace.com/anotheryearhc

Swedish hardcore act Grace Will Fall will tour Europe in May alongside German act Never Back Down. Dates and samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/gracewillfall

Norwegian act Susanna & the Magical Orchestra are currently working on their third album, but will take a quick time-out to play The Luminaire in London on April 30.

Danish postrock shoegaze acts Efterklang and Slaraffenland will team up for a US tour in May:

05/06 - Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
05/07 - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
05/09 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR w/Subtle
05/10 - Nectar Lounge, Seattle, WA w/Subtle
05/11 - WOW Hall, Eugene, OR
05/12 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
05/13 - The Brewery, Visalia, CA
05/14 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
05/15 - Casbah, San Diego, CA
05/16 - Plush, Tucscon, AZ
05/17 - Modified, Phoenix, AZ
05/19 - Hailey's, Denton, TX
05/20 - Mohawk, Austin, TX
05/22 - Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
05/23 - Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC
05/24 - Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington DC w/Subtle
05/26 - Sanctuary, Philadelphia, PA
05/27 - The Space, Hamden, CT
05/28 - Knitting Factory, New York, NY
05/29 - TT the Bears, Boston, MA
05/30 - Zoobizarre, Montreal (CAN)
05/31 - El Mocambo, Toronto (CAN)
06/02 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
06/03 - Record Bar, Kansas City, MT

Miss Li is offering guestlist spots for any LA residents interested in checking her out at her Musexpo showcase on April 28 at House of Blues: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=77660425&blogID=382059341

Dark Tranquility will tour South America in June:

06/13 - Circo Volador, Mexico City (MX)
06/14 - Café Iguana, Monterrey (MX)
06/15 - Teatro Estudio Cavaret, Guadalajara (MX)
06/18 - Downtown 727, Bogota (CO)
06/19 - Teatro Novedades, Santiago (CL)
06/20 - Teatro Flores, Buenos Aires (AR)

Danish artist A Kid Hereafter will be putting together a special "Symphony" performance for this year's Roskilde Festival featuring help from Jakob Skjoldborg of Windemere plus guest vocal spots from fellow Danes Lise Westzynthius, Jacob Bellens and Marie Key. Read more: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=57510878&blogID=380768246

Finnish noiserockers Fun and Hogenband will tour Europe together in May: https://www.noisecorewalze.com/?news
If you dig classic Touch & Go/AmRep style pigfuck, you owe it to yourself to check these guys out.

New Cult of Luna European tourdates:

04/19 - Roadburn Festival, Tilburg (NL)
05/03 - Popadelica Festival, Huskvarna (SWE)
06/14 - Myreborock, Ljungby (SWE)
06/17 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
06/18 - Progesja, Warsaw (POL)
06/19 - Firlej, Wroclaw (POL)
06/20 - AJZ, Chemnitz (GER)
06/21 - The Ultimate Summerblast Festival, Trier (GER)
06/22 - Hellfest, Brittany (FRA)
06/24 - Feierwerk e.V, München (GER) w/The Ocean
06/25 - Arena, Wien (AUS) w/The Ocean
06/26 - RockCafe, Prague (CZ) w/The Ocean
06/27 - KFZ, Marburg (GER) w/The Ocean
06/28 - Ghostfest, Leeds (UK)
06/29 - Carling Academy, Birmingham (UK) w/Devil Sold His Soul
06/30 - Barfly, Brighton (UK) w/Devil Sold His Soul
07/01 - Scala, London (UK) w/Devil Sold His Soul, The Ocean
07/02 - Burgerweeshuis, Deventer (NL)
07/03 - Hafenklang w/ The Ocean, Hamburg (GER) w/The Ocean
07/12 - Ilosaari Rock, Joensuu (FIN)

Slagsmålsklubben has confirmed a large batch of new tour dates:

04/17 - The MacBeth, London (UK)
04/19 - Camden Crawl Festival, London (UK)
04/21 - Durrr @ The End, London (UK)
04/22 - White Heat, London (UK)
05/09 - Rust, Köpenhamn (DK)
05/12 - Atomic Café, München (GER)
05/13 - La Casa 139, Milan (ITA)
05/15 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
05/16 - Play Festival, Hasselt (BEL)
05/17 - Ekko, Utrecht (NL)
05/18 - Rock City, Nottingham (UK) w/Hadouken
05/19 - Academy, Bristol (UK) w/Hadouken
05/21 - Electric Ballroom, London (UK) w/Hadouken
05/22 - Electric Ballroom, London (UK) w/Hadouken
05/24 - The Mill, Rayleigh (UK) w/Hadouken
06/07 - Spot festival, Aarhus (DK)
06/24 - Hovefestivalen, Tromøya (NOR)
07/01 - Roskilde festival, Roskilde (DK)
07/05 - Get Wild In The Country, Knebworth (UK)
07/31 - Emmabodafestivalen, Emmaboda (SWE)
08/02 - Audunbakken, Oslo (NOR)
09/05 - Bestival, Isle Of Wight (UK)

Renown Icelandic label Smekkleysa/Bad Taste is putting on a special showcase festival in Belgium on April 30 at Bozar Art Centre in Bruxelles. More info and sound samples: https://www.myspace.com/badtaste4ever