Norwegian noiserockers Ungdomskulen on tour in the US:

01/15 - The Werehouse, Winston Salem, NC
01/16 - Nightlight, Chapel Hill, NC
01/17 - The Spazzatorium Galleria!, Greenville, NC
01/18 - The Red & Black, Washington DC
01/20 - Cake Shop, New York, NY
01/22 - O'Briens Pub, Allston, MA
01/23 - AS220, Providence, RI
01/24 - TBA, Ithaca, NY
01/25 - Lee's Palace, Toronto ONT
01/26 - The Pike Room, Pontiac, MI
01/27 - Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights, OH
01/28 - Jammin Java, Vienna, VA
01/29 - The M Room, Philadelphia, PA
01/31 - The EARL, Atlanta, GA
02/01 - Tasty World, Athens, GA
02/06 - Club NME @ Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA

Lukestar has lined up a bunch of Norwegian tourdates to promote their new album "Lake Toba": https://www.lukestar.com/

Norwegian hardcore act Desperado has decided to call it a day. Catch their final two shows:

01/17 - Garage, Oslo
01/18 - Blæst, Trondheim

Swedish duo Piroth on tour in Germany:

02/01 - Kino Central, Magdeburg (GER)
02/02 - Dresden (GER)
02/03 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig (GER)
02/04 - Tschau- Tschüssi, Leipzig (GER)
02/06 - Ä, Berlin (GER)
02/07 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)

European tourdates for Swedish post-rockers Immanu El:

02/05 - Johnny Rocker, Poznan (POL)
02/06 - Insomnia Club / Bezsennosc, Wroclaw (POL)
02/07 - Jadlodajnia Filozoficza, Warszawa (POL)
02/08 - tba, Haidt bei Hof (GER)
02/09 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig (GER)
02/10 - NBI, Berlin (GER)
02/11 - help needed! (GER)
02/12 - tba, Hamburg (GER)
02/13 - Feuerwache, Mannheim (GER)
02/14 - D:qliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
02/15 - tba, Karlsruhe (GER)
02/16 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (GER)
02/17 - help needed! (GER)
02/18 - Steinburch, Duisburg (GER)
02/19 - tba, Lieden (GER)
02/20 - Lades Keller, Copenhagen (DK)

US tourdates for The Raveonettes:

02/29 - The Casbah, San Diego, CA
03/01 - Glasshouse, Pomona, CA
03/02 - Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa, CA
03/04 - El Rey Theatre, LA, CA
03/05 - The Independent, San Francisco, CA
03/07 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
03/08 - The Plaza Niteclub, Vancouver, BC, CAN
03/09 - Neumos, Seattle, WA
03/17 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
03/18 - Double Door, Chicago, IL
03/19 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
03/21 - Opera House, Toroto, ON, CAN
03/22 - Les Saint, Montreal, QC, CAN
03/23 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
03/24 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
03/27 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
03/28 - The Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
03/29 - Black Cat, Washington, DC

Expect lots of SXSW dates in Austin, TX to be announced for mid-March.

Updated Ida Maria tourdates:

01/10 - Eurosonic Groeningen (NL)
01/15 - Dublin Castle, London (UK)
01/16 - 229, London (UK)
01/19 - Student House, Sør-Trøndelag (NOR)
01/22 - Live Session John Kennedy XFM, London (UK)
02/22 - By:Larm Festival, Oslo (NOR)
05/03 - Hemsedal Skibakken, Hemsedal (NOR)
06/05 - Lunde Sluseamfi, Lunde (NOR)
06/06 - Rjukan Rock Festival, Rjukan (NOR)
08/06 - Øyafestivalen/Oya Festival, Oslo (NOR)
08/16 - Steinkjerfestivalen, Steinkjer, Sør-Trøndelag (NOR)

Worn Through, a new GBG-based punk act featuring members from Smackdown and Anchor plus Johan Gustavsson of Tsukimono/Scraps of Tape, will be heading out for a few shows this weekend:

01/04 - Nbv, Göteborg (SWE) w/Another Year
01/05 - 1000fryd, Aalborg (DK) w/Fy Fan

Swedish/Norwegian "deathjazz" combo The Thing in Chicago:

01/16 - The Hideout
01/19 - The Velvet Lounge
01/20 - The Hungry Brain

For more details about each set and the full lineup, go here: https://www.smalltownsupersound.com/v1/superjazzz/news.php

Samuraj Cities on tour in Germany:

01/24 - Das Bett, Frankfurt
01/25 - Reil 78, Halle
01/26 - Gleis 22, Münster

New European dates for Datarock:

02/08 - Razzmatazz Club, Barcelona (ESP)
02/09 - Covo Club, Bologna (ITA)
02/10 - Casa 139, Milan (ITA)
02/11 - Flex, Vienna (AUS)
02/12 - Palac Akropolis, Prague (CZ)
02/13 - Rotown, Rotterdam (NL)
02/14 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
02/16 - Dirty Dancing, Brussels (BEL)
02/17 - Marroquinerie, Paris (FRA)
02/18 - Club Zukunft, Zurich (CH)
02/19 - Atomic Cafe, Munich (GER)
02/20 - Zakk, Dusseldorf (GER)
02/21 - Uebel & Gefahrlich, Hamburg (GER)
02/22 - Lido, Berlin (GER)
02/23 - Studio 672, Cologne (GER)
02/24 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
02/25 - Nachtleben, Frankfurt (GER)

The Raveonettes on tour in Italy:

02/07 - Spazio 211, Torino
02/08 - New Age, Treviso
02/09 - Bronson, Ravenna
02/10 - MusicDrome, Milano
02/12 - Circolo degli Artisti, Rome
02/13 - Flog, Firenze

Upcoming albums on the way from Norwegian drum wunderkind Paal Nilssen-Love: https://www.paalnilssen-love.com/news.php
For tours, go here: https://www.paalnilssen-love.com/upcomingtours.php

New tourdates for Efterklang:

01/31 - Club Transmediale @ Maria am Ostbahnhof, Berlin (GER)
02/01 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
02/02 - Gleis, Münster (GER)
02/03 - BeatPol (Star Club), Dresden (GER)
02/04 - Arena, Vienna (AUS)
02/07 - tba, Milano (ITA) w/Peter Broderick
02/08 - Sintetica, Firenze (ITA) w/Peter Broderick
02/09 - Init, Rome (ITA) w/Peter Broderick
02/10 - Bronson, Ravenna (ITA) w/Peter Broderick
02/12 - Ziegel Oh Lac at Rote Fabrik, Zürich (CH)
02/14 - Bad Bonn, Düdingen (CH)
02/15 - Rocking Chair, Vevey (CH)
02/16 - Nordklang Festival, St. Gallen (CH) w/Taxi Taxi!
02/17 - Tap Tab, Schaffhausen (CH)
02/19 - Apolo, Barcelona (ESP)
02/20 - NeuClub, Madrid (ESP)
02/22 - Le Florida, Agen (FRA)
03/06 - Sønderborghus, Sønderborg (DK)
03/07 - Musikcafeen, Aarhus (DK)
03/08 - Pitstop, Kolding (DK)
03/12 - Pustervik, Gothenburg (SWE)
03/13 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
03/14 - Store Vega, Copenhagen (DK) w/Lise Westzynthius
03/15 - Mejeriet, Lund (SWE)

In Flames and Children of Bodom will represent Scandinavia on this year's Gigantour along with Megadeth, Job For A Cowboy and High On Fire. Dates are set to run from mid-April through May.