If you're curious about potential up-and-coming Swedish acts, the roster for the Hultsfred Rookiefestivalen has been confirmed: https://www.rockparty.se/rookiefestivalen/klara-artister.aspx
Not too many names I recognize myself, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
Looptroop Rockers are bravely attempting to bring Swedish hip-hop to the US live on tour. Dates confirmed so far:
11/10 - Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
11/12 - AKA Lounge, Orlando, FL
11/14 - House Of Blues, New Orleans, LA
11/15 - The Prophet Bar, Dallas, TX
11/16 - Emo's Lounge, Austin, TX
11/18 - Chasers, Scottsdale, AZ
11/20 - Viper Room, Los Angeles, CA
11/21 - Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley, CA
11/22 - WOW Hall, Eugene, OR
11/23 - Nightlight Lounge, Bellingham, WA
11/24 - Hawthorne Theater, Portland, OR
11/25 - Nuemos, Seattle, WA
11/27 - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
11/28 - Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
11/29 - Ghost Ranch Saloon, Steamboat Springs, CO
11/30 - Aggie Theater, Fort Collins, CO
12/01 - Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO
12/02 - Waiting Room, Omaha, NB
12/03 - 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, MN
12/04 - High Noon, Madison, WI
12/05 - Subterranean, Chicago, IL
12/06 - Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
12/09 - Higher Ground, Burlington, VT
12/10 - Paradise, Boston, MA
12/11 - Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
New international dates for Finnish act Callisto:
11/22 - Rodeo Live Club, Athens (GRE)
11/23 - Rodeo Live Club, Athens (GRE)
12/15 - Magnolia, Milan (ITA)
12/16 - United Club, Torino (ITA)
12/17 - La Centrale, Pisa (ITA)
12/18 - Petrarca, Pippo Stage, Bolzano (ITA)
12/19 - Roarfest, Nurnberg (GER)
Swedish indie/shoegazers Sad Day For Puppets will be releasing a new 7" via UK label Sonic Cathedral featuring new recordings of "When you tell me that you love me" and "Withering petals and dust", two tracks that appeared on their debut album "Unknown colors". The official release date is November 16, right on time for the band's next jaunt over to that part of the world:
11/13 – Buffalo Bar (Twee As F**k), London
11/14 – Moho Live, Manchester
11/15 – The Cockpit, Leeds
11/16 – The Borderline (Sonic Cathedral), London
11/17 – The Portland Arms, Cambridge
11/18 – Relentless Garage, London
All dates with A Place to Bury Strangers except 11/13 and 11/16.
Auktion have cancelled their plans to do a "final" tour as it seems they simply can't get it together between living in different towns, being parents, working and so on. They still plan on releasing a discography collection and playing a few more times eventually, but as of now they consider themselves "in hiatus."
Slight change of plans! Mr. Björn Kleinhenz has (wisely) decided that he'd prefer to take some time off following his month-long solo tour, so he's opted to sit out our upcoming Clubnight in November. Instead, The Topeka Twins' other half Thomas Denver Jonsson will perform with his other duo A Perfect Friend which consists of him and yet another IAT.MP3 alumnus, C-J Larsgården of (Pacta/Pacta Sunt Servanda). See you there?
The Finnish Music Information Centre reports that both Rubik and 69 Eyes, two bands I have barely any interest in, will be touring the US this fall: https://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/0/6DEDAC5505787F8FC225764300385009?opendocument
Confirmed as support for It's a Trap! Clubnight on November 14 w/Kristofer Åström: The Topeka Twins! Hell yes, the duo of Björn Kleinhenz and Thomas Denver Jonsson will grace the stage of Debaser Malmö! Be there!
SellOut! Records, in collaboration with UK-based label Boss Tuneage, will be reissuing Beezewax's first, long out-of-print 1998 debut "A dozen summits" on November 2 in a new remastered edition, complete with two bonus tracks from their demo. The band will also be coming back together in their classic 1999-2003 lineup for a record release/one-time reunion show at Revolver in Oslo on October 31.
The (International) Noise Conspiracy's planned trip to China was cancelled by the Chinese government. Feel free to make up your own punchline.
The Raveonettes will be touring North America later this month:
10/14 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
10/15 - Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
10/16 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
10/17 - TLA, Philadelphia, PA
10/18 - Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
10/20 - Paradise, Boston, MA
10/21 - Club Soda, Montreal, QC
10/22 - Phoenix, Toronto, ONT
10/23 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
10/24 - The Southgate House, Newport, KY
10/25 - Metro, Chicago, IL
10/26 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
11/05 - Venue, Vancouver, BC
11/06 - Neumo's, Seattle, WA
11/07 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR
11/09 - Bimbo's, San Francisco, CA
11/10 - Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa, CA
11/12 - Belly Up, Solana Beach, CA
11/13 - Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA
11/14 - Glasshouse, Pomona, CA
Labelmates Jonna Lee and Maia Hirasawa willplaying eachother's songs together when they head out on tour in late October. Check out some rehearsal clips here: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=41450093&blogId=512345071
Swedish postrock act Jeniferever will be playing the UK this week before heading to the Netherlands and Denmark:
09/30 - The Cavern, Exeter (UK)
10/01 - Barden's Boudoir, London (UK)
10/02 - The Freebutt, Brighton (UK)
10/05 - The Joiners, Southampton (UK)
10/10 - Post Festival at Frontline, Gent (UK)
10/11 - dB's, Utrecht (NL)
10/13 - Eureka, Zwolle (NL)
10/14 - Bygningen, Veijle (DK)
10/15 - Vanløse Kulturhus, Copenhagen (DK)
10/16 - Studenterhus, Aarhus (DK)
Adrian Recordings is heading East and sending Andreas Tilliander off to do a few shows in Thailand and China plus Boeoes Kaelstigen to play Japan: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=242
Labrador act The Mary Onettes will be touring Spain, the US and Germany over the next couple months:
10/08 - Circulo de bellas artes., Madrid (ESP)
10/09 - Monkey Week Mucho Teatro, Puerto de Santa María (ESP)
10/10 - Music Box, Lisboa (POR)
10/11 - Sala Mondo, Vigo (ESP)
10/12 - O Meu Mercedes, Porto (POR)
10/13 - Centro Cultural Ollerias, Málaga (ESP)
10/14 - C.C Universidad, Zaragoza (ESP)
10/15 - Sala Estéreo, Alicante (ESP)
10/16 - La [2] de Nitsa, Barcelona (ESP)
10/17 - Sala Zero, Tarragona (ESP)
11/03 - TT The Bears, Boston, MA
11/04 - Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
11/07 - Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA
11/12 - Debaser, Malmö (SWE)
11/13 - Debaser Medis, Stockholm (SWE)
11/14 - V-Dala nation, Uppsala (SWE)
11/18 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin (GER)
11/19 - Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld (GER)
11/20 - Gloria Sublime, Regensburg (GER)
11/21 - Silber, hit the North, Hamburg (GER)