Peter Morén (Peter Bjorn and John) will be touring in support of his debut solo album "The last tycoon" later this spring after a few shows at SXSW:

04/21 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
04/22 - Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, MA
04/23 - Cabaret Musee Juste Pour Rire, Montreal, Quebec
04/24 - The Mod Club, Toronto, Ontario
04/25 - Wexner Center, Columbus, OH
04/26 - Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL
04/28 - Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, British Columbia
04/29 - The Triple Door, Seattle, WA
04/30 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
05/01 - Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA
05/02 - The Hotel Café, Los Angeles, CA
05/03 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA

Shout Out Louds will go back to the UK in April:

04/05 - The Cockpit, Leeds
04/06 - Carling Academy 2, Newcastle
04/07 - Speakeasy, Belfast
04/09 - King Tuts, Glasgow
04/10 - Bush Hall, London
04/11 - Ruby, Manchester

Norwegian artists Ugress will appear at the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts 2008 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on February 28. They are hoping to secure a spot at SXSW as well, but nothing is confirmed yet.

Swedish hardcore act 59 Times the Pain will play a one-off reunion gig at the Groezrock Festival in Meerhout, Belgium on May 9-10.

Division of Laura Lee will trek to London for a show at Astoria 2 on February 23 presented by Push. A crapload of various DJs will also be on-hand to entertain the crowd as well, including the folks from Tack!Tack!Tack!

Swedish postrockers Audrey will be touring extensively this coming spring. Here's what's confirmed so far:

05/22 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
05/23 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
05/24 - Moritzbastei, Leipzig (GER)
05/26 - Chelsea, Wien (AUS)
05/27 - SC - Teatar & TD, Zagreb (CRO)
06/02 - Sonic, Lyon (FRA)
06/04 - Orangehouse (Feierwerk), München (GER)
06/05 - Brotfabrik, Frankfurt (GER)
06/06 - Blue Shell, Köln (GER)
06/07 - Mains d'Oeuvres, Paris (FRA)
06/11 - KFZ, Marburg (GER)
06/12 - D:Qliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
06/13 - Amp, Münster (GER)
06/14 - Lagerhaus, Bremen (GER)
06/15 - Umsonst & Draussen, Würzburg (GER)

Torpedo will do a couple dates in London in mid-February:

02/19 - Bardens Boudoir
02/20 - Punk

MIC Norway on Smalltown Supersund/Smalltown Superjazzz and their upcoming label nights in Oslo and Austin, TX: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008013111452733410849

New tourdates for IAT.MP3 artist The Grand Opening now posted in the sidecolumn. Look for more news regarding the new album "Beyond the brightness" soon.

In case you missed it here, Kenneth Ishak is doing a run of UK dates next week:

02/03 - The Junction, Bristol
02/04 - Cross Kings, London
02/05 - The Glebe, Stoke
02/06 - I Bar, Bournemouth
02/07 - Hope, Brighton
02/08 - Dog and Partridge, Bolton
02/09 - Rota, London
02/10 - The Labour Club, Northampton

New European dates for Kristofer Åström:

04/09 - Römer, Bremen (GER)
04/10 - Forum, Bielefeld (GER)
04/11 - Cafe Glocksee, Hannover (GER)
04/12 - Harmonie, Bonn (GER)
04/13 - Jubez, Karlsruhe (GER)
04/14 - Schlachthof, Weisbaden (GER)
04/16 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
04/17 - Mensabar, Freiburg (CH) 04/19 - Kopfmehl, Solothurn (GER)
04/21 - Chelsea, Wien (AUS)
04/22 - Atomic Cafe, Munchen (GER)
04/23 - Cinema Paradiso, St Pölten (GER)
04/24 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
04/25 - KFZ, Marburg (GER)
04/26 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER)
04/27 - Kino Babylon, Berlin (GER)
04/29 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
04/30 - Weltruf, Kiel (GER)

West Coast Riot is a new punk/hardcore fest happening in Göteborg, Sweden on June 26. First acts confirmed include recently reformed Swedes Moderat Likvidation as well as Millencolin and Nofx. Read more: https://www.westcoastriot.se/

Meshuggah will be touring the US as support for Ministry:

03/25 - Big Easy Concert House, Spokane, WA
03/26 - The Whiskey, Calgary
03/27 - Croatian Culture Center, Vancouver
03/28 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver
03/29 - Showbox Sodo, Seattle, WA
03/30 - Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR
04/01 - The Filmore, San Francisco, CA
04/02 - The Filmore, San Francisco, CA
04/05 - House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA
04/06 - House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA
04/07 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
04/08 - Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ
04/09 - House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
04/11 - The Great Salt Air, Salt Lake City, UT
04/12 - Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
04/14 - Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, NM
04/15 - La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX
04/16 - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK
04/17 - Palladium, Dallas, TX
04/18 - Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX
04/19 - House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
04/21 - Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
04/22 - House of Blues, Orlando, FL
04/23 - Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL
04/24 - Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC
04/25 - The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
04/26 - Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD
04/27 - Palladium, Worcester, MA
04/29 - The Filmore at TLA, Philadelphia, PA
05/01 - Irving Plaza, New York, NY
05/02 - Irving Plaza, New York, NY
05/03 - Metropolis, Montreal
05/04 - Koolhaus, Toronto
05/06 - Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH
05/07 - Emerald Theatre, Detroit, MI
05/08 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL
05/09 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL

The band's new album "obZen" will be out on March 7.

Turbonegro has added a batch of US West Coast dates on the way to Coachella:

04/21 - El Corazon, Seattle, WA
04/22 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
04/23 - Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
04/24 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
04/26 - Coachella Festival, Indio, CA

Jazkamer will be doing a tour of Japan with Australian artist Justice Yeldham in early February:

02/05 - Club Urga, Tokyo
02/06 - Cafe Independence, Kyoto
02/07 - Indoyo, Yamaguchi
02/08 - Megahertz, Kokura
02/09 - At Hall, Oita
02/10 - Against 2008: Extreme Music Festival @ Graf, Fukuoka