Peter Bjorn and John will be back in the UK in March:

03/05 - Scala, London
03/06 - Academy 2, Manchester
03/07 - The Button Factory, Dublin

Time Magazine rates Ida Maria's "Oh my god" as their #3 song of the year: https://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1863440_1863493,00.html
Upcoming US dates:

01/12 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
01/13 - Viper Room, Los Angeles, CA
01/15 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
01/16 - Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY

Wedoband, the sideproject of Jeppe Lindgren from I Am Bones, will make their live debut at Pakhuset in Århus, Denmark on December 13. Sample tunes at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/wedoband

Math-metal nerds get stoked: Meshuggah and Cynic are touring together in February: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=11874

Finnish humppa madmen Eläkeläiset will be touring Germany next April:

04/14 - SO36, Berlin
04/15 - Klub Neue Mensa, Dresden
04/16 - Moritzbastei, Leipzig
04/17 - F-Haus, Jena
04/18 - Live Club, Bamberg
04/19 - Alte Mälzerei, Regensburg
04/20 - Backstage, München
04/21 - Substage, Karlsruhe
04/22 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden
04/23 - Faust, Hannover
04/24 - Markthalle, Hamburg
04/25 - SO36, Berlin

Wolfbrigade will be heading out on a 10-day tour in March:

03/05 - tba (SWE)
03/06 - Alte Meierei, Kiel (GER)
03/07 - Az, Mülheim, (GER)
03/08 - The Buze, Steenwijk (NL)
03/09 - La Zone, Liege (BEL)
03/11 - Au, Frankfurt (GER)
03/12 - Beatclub, Stuttgart (GER)
03/13 - Juzi, Göttingen (GER)
03/14 - Doedsmaskinen, Copenhagen (DK)

Swedish doom act Kongh will be making their US live debut at Kuma Corner's Doom Fest, happening at the Double Door in Chicago on December 20. Check it: https://www.myspace.com/kumasdoomfest

M:40 has started to line up a lot of tourdates for next year:

01/20 - Tvo, Turku (FIN)
01/21 - Vastavirta-Klubi, Tampere (FIN)
01/22 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN)
01/23 - Club Tsokol, St. Petersburg (RUS)
01/24 - Pub Porshen, Petrozavodsk (RUS)
04/08 - Köpi, Berlin (GER)
04/09 - Zoro, Leipzig (GER)
04/10 - Gerberstrasse, Weimar (GER)
04/11 - Ajz, Neubrandenburg (GER)
06/11 - Be-Part Festival 6, Stuttgart (GER)
07/03 - Packebusch Festival, Packebusch (GER)
07/16 - Obscene Extreme Festival, Trutnov (CZ)

Finnish act Büfo will be joining them for the Finnish and Russian dates and fellow Swedes End of All will accompany them in Germany. Also, keep an eye out for a new split 7" with Dutch act Sand Creek Massacre early next year.

Danish noiserockers Marvins Revolt will tour Japan in February:

02/10 - Drunkard’s Stadium, Chiba
02/11 - Club Rock N Roll, Nagoya
02/12 - Fandango, Osaka
02/13 - O Nest, Tokyo
02/14 - Shelter, Tokyo

Norwegian power-pop artist Vibeke Saugestad will tour Italy in late February. Dates soon.

Swedish postrockers Jeniferever on tour in the UK:

12/05 - The Crypt, Hastings
12/06 - Arts Centre, Norwich
12/07 - Louisiana, Bristol
12/09 - Joiners Arms, Southampton
12/10 - 93 Feet East, London
12/11 - The Brudenell, Leeds
12/12 - The Luminaire, London
12/13 - Ruby Lounge, Manchester

All dates except for the Luminaire gig are as support for iLiKETRAiNS. Also note that the band is looking for a last-minute gig on December 8, so keep an eye on their myspace page for updates.

Updated US dates for Swedish artist The Tallest Man on Earth:

12/09 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
12/10 - Town Hall, New York, NY w/Bon Iver
12/11 - Town Hall, New York, NY w/Bon Iver
12/12 - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
12/14 - The Wilbur Theatre, Boston, MA w/Bon Iver
12/15 - Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA w/Bon Iver
12/17 - Headliners, Louisville, KY w/Bon Iver
12/18 - The Vic, Chicago, IL w/Bon Iver
12/19 - Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI w/Bon Iver
12/20 - Hollywood Forever Cemetary, Los Angeles, CA w/Will Sheff (Okkervil River)
12/22 - SOhO Restaurant and Music Club, Santa Barbara, CA
12/23 - The Cellar Door, Visalia, CA
12/26 - The Fillmore, San Fransisco, CA w/Two Galants, Crystal Antlers
12/28 - Ron Tom's, Portland, OR
12/29 - The Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA
12/30 - KEXP Radio Performance, Seattle, WA

Norway's The Lionheart Brothers will play their final show with drummer Peter Rudolfsen on December 11 at Revolver Bar in Oslo as he is leaving the band to spend more time with his family.

Årabrot are an early confirmation for next year's SXSW festival in Austin, TX.

Freddie Wadling (Cortex, et al) will release his new double solo album "Den mörka blomman/The dark flower" on January 28 and will spend the following month touring Sweden. Dates:

02/18 - Mariestads Teater, Mariestad
02/19 - Sigurdsgatan 25, Västerås
02/20 - Garden, Linköping
02/21 - Spegeln, Gävle
02/23 - Reginateatern, Uppsala
02/24 - Reginateatern, Uppsala
02/25 - Sagateatern, Borås
02/26 - Växjö Teater, Växjö
02/27 - Mejeriet, Lund
02/28 - Konserthuset, Göteborg
03/01 - Rival, Stockholm