It's a Trap! Clubnights are back! Coming to Debaser Malmö on January 31 will be rock'n'rollers The Scrags! It should be a good time, so be sure to stop on by if you're in the neighborhood. Otherwise, keep an eye on the sidebar for future shows to be announced shortly.
Mattias Hellberg & The White Moose will be doing a special live collaboration with renown sax player Jonas Kullhammar at the Göteborg Filmfestival on January 24.
Pop Detective Records will be doing a US release the latest album "Whatever rhymes with baby" from Norwegian pop-punk act The Yum Yums. It will be out in late February and will include two live covers as bonus tracks; "New York City" by Cub and "Earthquake song" by The Little Girls. Also look for the band to tour the Northeast with labelmate/bandmate/fellow Norwegian artist Vibeke in late March.
Swedish indie act Obliq will be touring Europe in March. Preliminary dates at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/obliqonline
Norwegian all-star singer/songwriters Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes and Askil Holm are reuniting for another album and tour. See their new myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/lindnilsenfuentesholm
The recently reunited Danish pop sensation Aqua have started to line up festival dates: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/30669
Finnish metalcore act Medeia is coming to the UK in March:
03/11 - Academy 2, London
03/12 - Corporation, Sheffield
Gustaf Spetz will tour Japan in May:
05/04 - O-Nest, Tokyo
05/05 - UrBANGUILD, Kyoto
05/06 - 2nd Line, Osaka
05/08 - O-Nest, Tokyo
Danish punks Hjertestop will be coming to the US in April. Not all dates are 100% confirmed, but check myspace for details: https://www.myspace.com/hjertestop
I don't usually post dates for tours within Scandinavia, but the normally reticent Karin Dreijer Andersson is taking Fever Ray on the road:
03/09 - Parkteatern, Oslo (NOR)
03/20 - Babel, Malmö (SWE)
03/21 - Storan, Göteborg (SWE)
03/22 - Vega, Köpenhamn (DK)
03/26 - Kägelbanan, Stockholm (SWE)
03/27 - Umeå Open, Umeå (SWE)
03/28 - Kulturens hus, Luleå (SWE)
Swedish psychrockers Dead Man are coming over for an East Coast tour in February:
02/05 - Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY
02/06 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia PA
02/07 - Talking Head Club, Baltimore, MD
02/08 - Nara Sushi, Richmond, VA
02/09 - Nightlight, Chapel Hill
02/10 - The Earl, Atlanta, GA
02/11 - JJ Bohemias, Chatanooga, TN
02/12 - Skull Alley, Louisville, KY
02/13 - Venue TBC, Chicago, IL
02/14 - Riveria Theatre, Three Rivers, MI
02/15 - Bourbon Street Cafe, Columbus, OH
02/17 - Bug Jar, Rochester, NY
02/19 - The Middle East Club (Upstairs), Boston, MA
02/21 - The Cake Shop, New York, NY
Cult of Luna has a whole bunch of new European dates posted at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/cultofluna
Swedish indiepop acts Action Biker and Liechtenstein will be appearing at the London Popfest in late February. Details: https://www.spiralscratchpop.com/londonpopfest
Norwegian noisemeister Lasse Marhaug is heading to Japan next week for a tour with countrymates Puma:
01/24 - Soap, Tokyo (Incapacitants "Box Is Stupid" release-party)
01/28 - Earthdom, Tokyo
01/29 - Super-Deluxe, Tokyo w/Merzbow, Jim O'Rourke
01/31 - Lights, Nagoya
02/01 - Gallery Soup, Kokura
02/02 - Yojigen, Fukuoka
02/03 - Bears, Osaka
02/04 - Big Apple, Kobe
02/05 - Urbanguild, Kyoto
Victims have enlisted ex-Raging Speedhorn guitarist Gareth Smith and are now back to being a 4-piece. The new lineup already recorded a new song called "On our knees" for a split 7" with US act Kylesa that will be released by the German label La Familia. In other news, keep an eye out for a US East Coast tour in May/June with Another Breath, Trap Them and Black Breath. If that's the same Black Breath as the one up here in Seattle, it's sure to be a killer show. Actually, it'll be killer because it's Victims, but that full lineup is bonus.