The Fine Arts Showcase are touring Germany later this month:
01/28 - Fzw, Dortmund
01/29 - Pretty Vacant, Düsseldorf
01/30 - Gleiss 22, Münster
02/04 - Molotov, Hamburg
02/05 - Beatpol, Dresden
02/06 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin
Upcoming tourdates for Immanu El:
02/02 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
02/03 - Paris Syndrome, Leipzig (GER)
02/04 - tba
02/05 - Druckluftshaus, Oberhausen (GER)
02/06 - Elfer Club, Frankfurt (GER)
02/07 - Nbi Club, Berlin (GER)
02/08 - Mappa Club, Budapest (HUN)
02/09 - Societätstheater, Dresden (GER)
02/10 - Bezsennosc, Wroclaw (POL)
02/11 - Hydrozagadka, Warsaw (POL)
02/12 - Zaczek, Cracow (POL)
02/13 - Mdk Batory (If Summer Ends Festival), Chorzow (POL)
02/14 - Valentines Day - Pod Minoga, Poznan (POL)
02/16 - Depo, Riga (LAT)
02/17 - Klubi, Turku (FIN)
02/18 - Telakka, Tampere (FIN)
02/19 - Kojaamo, Helsinki (FIN)
02/20 - tbc, St Petersburg (RUS)
02/21 - tbc, Moscow (RUS)
is putting together a limited C20 comp to be given away at their upcoming label night on February 27 at Gifgrond in Tilborg, Holland. Said comp will feature two tracks from each of the featured Swedish acts performing that night: Adolf Filter, Kord and Monster Apparat, a collaboration of the first two bands playing together. Read more/hear samples: https://www.enfant-terrible.nl/ET003.html
Ja Ja Ja February showcase has been confirmed for February 25 and will feature Ungdomskulen, Vuk and The Good the Bad, as selected by curator Simon Raymonde (). Read more: https://www.jajajamusic.com/spotlight.php?id=26
Apparently the April show will feature all metal acts, as chosed by Alexander Milas of Metal Hammer.
Finnish noiserockers Murmansk are going to Russia in February:
02/24 - Tanci Club, St. Petersburg
02/25 - DubClub, Moscow
02/26 - Dejavu, Chelyabinsk
02/27 - Akademia, Kurgan
Casiokids will be touring the UK with Hot Chip in February:
02/12 - Academy, Glasgow
02/13 - Picture House, Edinburgh
02/15 - Rock City, Nottingham
02/16 - Academy, Leeds
02/19 - Academy, Manchester
02/20 - O2 Academy, Birmingham
02/21 - Joiners, Southampton*
02/22 - O2 Academy, Bournemouth
02/23 - O2 Academy, Bristol
02/24 - O2 Academy, Norwich
02/25 - Barfly Camden, London*
02/26 - O2 Brixton Academy, London
*Casiokids only
Love Is All will be coming to the US for a tour in late March:
03/27 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
03/28 - Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY
03/29 - Rock N Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
03/30 - Barbary, Philadelphia, PA
03/31 - Middle East Downstairs, Boston, MA
04/02 - Il Motore, Montreal, Quebec
04/03 - Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Ontario
04/04 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
04/06 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
04/07 - High Dive, Champaign, IL
04/09 - Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
04/14 - tba, Seattle, WA
04/15 - WOW Hall, Eugene, OR
04/16 - Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
04/17 - Casbah, San Diego, CA
04/18 - Echo (Part Time Punks), Los Angeles, CA
Fever Ray, Little Dragon, The Raveonettes and Mew are the Scandinavian acts confirmed for this year's Coachella Festival.
Kings of Convenience will be touring extensively this year, including a nice run of US dates:
02/12 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
02/13 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
02/14 - Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY
02/15 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
02/17 - Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
02/18 - Phoenix Theater, Toronto, Ontario
02/19 - Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac, MI
02/20 - Metro, Chicago, IL
03/19 - Esplanade, Singapore (SG)
03/21 - Bently Music Auditorium, Kuala Lumpur (MY)
03/25 - Hitec Rotunda 3, Hong Kong (CN)
03/27 - Upper Room, Jakarta (ID)
03/28 - Sabuga, Bandung (ID)
03/31 - White Space Manila, Manila (PH)
04/02 - Legacy, Taipei (TW)
04/04 - Olympic Hall, Seoul (ROK)
04/06 - Club Quattro, Osaka (JAP)
04/07 - O-East, Tokyo (JAP)
Boy Omega will be heading out on a European tour in late February, quite possibly for the last time in a long while as he is becoming a father in May:
02/25 - Zentrale, Hamburg (GER)
02/26 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
02/28 - NBI, Berlin (GER)
03/01 - Modra Vopice, Praha (CZ)
03/03 - Vorstadt, Vienna (AUS)
03/09 - Mariaberg, Rorschach (CH)
03/10 - Kaserne, Basel (CH)
Joensuu 1685 shoegazey cover of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on fire" will get a 7" vinyl release via UK label . 333 copies, white vinyl, due out officially on January 18. The band will also be personally on-hand in London to help promote the release:
01/18 - The Social, London
01/19 - 12 Bar, London
01/20 - The Ruby Lounge, Manchester
01/21 - The Captain’s Rest, Glasgow
Swedish postrock act Ef will release their new album "Mourning golden morning" on April 1 and German label will be pressing up 600 copies of it on double-vinyl. Preview a track at myspace and get upcoming European tourdates: https://www.myspace.com/ef
Shout Out Louds are coming over to tour the US in May:
05/02 - 9:30 Club, Washington
05/03 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia
05/05 - Webster Hall, New York
05/06 - Paradise, Boston
05/07 - Cabaret Music Hall, Montreal
05/08 - Mod Club, Toronto
05/10 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago
05/11 - Varsity Theater, Minneapolis
05/14 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver
05/15 - Neumos, Seattle
05/16 - Doug Fir, Portland
05/18 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
05/20 - House of Blues, San Diego
05/21 - El Rey, Los Angeles
Here's an e-card for the new Jaga Jazzist record "One-armed bandit" featuring a free download of the track "Toccata" and a few upcoming tourdates: https://www.ninjatune.net/jagajazzist/toccata
Said album comes out in Europe on January 25, the US on February 23.
Aerial is heading to Germany in February:
02/19 - Silber, Hamburg (GER)
02/20 - Hafen 2 Festival, Offenbach (GER)
02/21 - tba
02/23 - Rhiz, Vienna (AUS)
02/24 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER)
02/25 - Nbi, Berlin (GER)
02/26 - Ut Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
02/27 - AJZ, Ribnitz (GER)