Meshuggah will tour Europe in June with support from Dillinger Escape Plan and Between The Buried And Me. Dates here: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=10548

MIC Norway has a 2008 summer festival preview guide: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008040413580012040741

IAT.MP3 artist The Grand Opening has added two new tracks to his myspace page from his excellent new album "Beyond the brightness": https://www.myspace.com/thegrandopening
Buy said album here and peep the sidebar for updated tourdates.

Finalized dates for the upcoming Moonbabies tour:

05/02 - Debaser, Malmö (SWE)
05/03 - Mau Club, Rostock (GER) w/Computer
05/06 - Club Stereo, Nürnberg (GER)
05/07 - Das Haus, Ludwigshafen (GER)
05/08 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
05/09 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER) w/Computer
05/10 - Revolver Club @ Grüner Jäger, Hamburg (GER)
05/11 - Bassy, Berlin (GER)

For these dates the core duo of Ola and Carina will be augmented by drummer Per Nordborg and cellist Åsa Gjerstad.

Late 80s/early 90s Swedish punk act De Lyckliga Kompisarna aka DLK are doing a batch of reunion shows this summer: https://www.luger.se/_nyheter.asp?PK_Id=915
Expect a new album in 2009.

New European dates for Swedish postrock act September Malevolence:

05/28 - Lades, Kopenhagen (DK)
05/29 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg (GER)
05/30 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
06/01 - Jadlodajnia Filozoficzna, Warschau (POL)
06/03 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig (GER)
06/04 - AZ Conni (tbc), Dresden (GER)
06/06 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)
06/07 - MKSC, Koper (SLO)
06/08 - Rhiz, Vienna (AUS)

The news is out: yes, I will be back in Sweden this summer. The good people at STIM have invited me to attend this year's Hultsfred Festival and how could I refuse? See you there? Read the press release: [click here]

Finnish artist Kimmo Pohjonen will be taking his Earth Machine Music project on tour in the UK this coming May. Said project features compositions inspired by and using samples of agricultural machines, such as tractors, milking machines, threshers and so on. Dates and more details: https://www.kimmopohjonen.com/

As hinted at last week, here are some US tourdates for Swedish shoegazers The Mary Onettes:

05/08 - Popscene, San Francisco, CA
05/10 - Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA
05/12 - Hi Dive, Denver, CO
05/13 - Recordbar, Kansas City, MO
05/14 - The Bluebird, St Louis, MO
05/23 - Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
05/24 - Middle East, Boston, MA

PowerSolo will do a string of shows in France and Spain this April before returning to the US for a fresh batch of dates on the East Coast. Dates and details at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/powersolo

Swedish hip-hop artist Timbuktu will perform in Cape Town, South Africa on April 4: https://www.jujurecords.nu/downloads/live&exclusive-4th%20april.jpg

New livedates for Moneybrother:

05/15 - Jazzhaus, Freiburg (GER)
05/18 - Posthof, Linz (AUS)
05/19 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)

Swedish synthpop act Kamera will support Mando Diao on tour in Japan:

04/14 - Club Quattro, Nagoya
04/15 - Club Quattro, Osaka
04/16 - club Quattro, Tokyo
04/17 - Club Quattro, Tokyo

The Hives will be bringing along legendary Swedish garage-punk madmen Henry Fiats Open Sore on the next leg of their European tour: https://www.myspace.com/henryfiatsopensore

European tourdates for Masshysteri (ex-The Vicious): https://www.myspace.com/masshysteri