Swedish postrock act Immanu El will be going into the studio with Kristian Karlsson (Pg.Lost, Last Days Of April, Eskju Divine, etc.) in mid-June to record their 2nd full-length album "Moen". Expect a release this coming fall via And the Sound Records preceded by a Northern European tour in late August.
The Swedish Model's Canadian delegation is putting together a party on June 5 at Salon Officiel in Montreal. Swedish acts Laserål and Ploctor will perform and, best of all, there will be complimentary beer and wine served between the hours of 8 and 11. Flyer here: https://www.andreassundgren.com/tsmflyer.jpg
Turbonegro frontman Hank Von Helvete is following in the footsteps of Ola Salo (The Ark) and will be appearing as Jesus in a Norwegian stage production of "Jesus Christ Superstar". The show opens on September 3 at Det Norske Teatret in Oslo.
Hybris artist Jonathan Johansson will be singing a part in The Knife's upcoming Darwin opera work "Tomorrow, in a year": https://hybrism.blogspot.com/2009/05/jonathan-johansson-to-sing-in-opera-by.html
MIC Norway profiles the three acts appearing at this year's Cannes Film Festival; Kaada, Det Är Jag Som Är Döden and Transjoik; who will be appearing at a special event on Norwegian film music: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009051413023439783016
The Soundtrack of Our Lives will play Bush Hall in London on June 23. For more summer dates, check their website: https://www.tsool.net/
Pg.Lost is heading to Russia in June:
06/20 - tba, St. Petersburg
06/21 - Aktoviy Zal, Moscow
Skitkids will be doing a few additional US shows when they come over for Chaos in Tejas:
05/21 - Chaos in Tejas, Austin, TX
05/26 - Cobalt Café, Canoga, CA
05/27 - Blvd Cafe, Boyle Heights, CA
05/28 - Balazo, San Francisco, CA
05/29 - Hazmat Wharehouse, Oakland, CA
05/30 - Triple Rock, Minneapolis, MN
Besides playing The Great Escape, Norwegian act Harrys Gym have lined up a few other UK gigs:
05/15 - Horatios Bar, Brighton
05/16 - Coalitio,, Brighton
05/18 - Barfly (Camden)
05/19 - Bardens Boudoir, London
05/20 - The Lexington, Fleur-De-Lys Club, London
Swedish retro-thrashers Wolf are touring the UK in October:
10/09 - Underworld, London
10/10 - Rio's, Leeds
10/11 - Ivory Blacks, Glasgow
10/13 - Trillians, Newcastle
10/14 - Moho, Manchester
10/15 - Rock City, Nottingham
10/16 - JB's, Dudley
Upcoming international live dates for Swedish rockers Wired for Mono:
05/15 - Stars in the city festival, Braunschweig (GER)
05/16 - Kulturfabrik, Hildesheim (GER)
05/17 - Theaterfabrik Sachsen, Leipzig (GER)
05/18 - M/S Treue, Bremen (GER)
05/19 - Blue, Wernigerode (GER)
05/20 - Haus 73, Hamburg (GER)
05/21 - Jägerklause, Berlin (GER)
05/22 - Klub Drushba, Halle/Saale (GER)
05/23 - Factory/SWM-MusiCids, Magdeburg (GER)
06/04 - Gruta 77, Madrid (ES)
06/05 - Café Mercantil, Badajoz (ES)
06/06 - Sala Escada, Medina del Campo, Valladolid (ES)
06/07 - Taberna Belfast, Santa Maria del Páramo, Leon (ES)
06/08 - Sala Vagon, Burgos (ES)
06/10 - Sala Los Picos, Liérganes (ES)
06/13 - Fabrica de tornillos, Miranda de Ebros, Burgos (ES)
07/31 - Rocken am Brocken festival, Elend-Harz (GER)
When We Fall has ditched their plans to do one last European tour and will instead be playing their final show on May 15 at Henriksberg in their hometown of Göteborg.
More details for the upcoming Suburban Kids with Biblical Names/Springfactory US tour are now available: https://www.labrador.se/skwbn/?p=314
Scandinavian indiepop acts Northern Portrait and Champagne Riot (ahem, just pop) have lined up a few more California dates around SF PopFest:
05/23 - San Francisco Popfest, San Francisco
05/25 - Old Ironside, Sacramento
05/28 - The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles
05/29 - The Kenji Shack, Oxnard, California
05/30 - Reds Tapas And Wine Bar, Santa Barbara
Fever Ray will finally make it over to North America this fall:
09/28 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
09/29 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
10/01 - Metropolis, Montreal, Quebec
10/02 - Kool Haus, Toronto, Ontario
10/03 - Metro, Chicago, IL
10/05 - Grand Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
10/07 - Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA