Ossler (ft. Pelle Ossler, ex-Wilmer X) will finally hit the road in support of their new album "Ett Brus" in January.

In Flames is going to Japan in March:

03/04 - Blitz, Tokyo
03/05 - Blitz, Tokyo
03/06 - IMP Hall, Osaka

Hello Saferide will be doing an extensive Swedish tour in February:

02/04 - Kulturens Hus, Luleå
02/05 - Pinkerton, Skellefteå
02/06 - Gamla Teatern, Östersund
02/07 - Oscar Matsal & Bar, Sundsvall
02/13 - Katalin, Uppsala
02/14 - Spegeln, Gävle
02/18 - tba, Norrköping
02/19 - Växjö Teater, Växjö
02/20 - Mejeriet, Lund
02/21 - The Tivoli, Helsingborg
02/27 - Jönköpings Konserthus, Jönköping
02/28 - Trädgårn, Göteborg
03/13 - Tyrol, Stockholm

Swedish indie act Utah Rangers are playing a last-minute gig at the Cake Shop in NYC tonight. Show is at 10pm and will set you back $6.

Audrey has run into some problems with their booking agent on their current European tour and have been forced to cancel a few shows. Read more at their website: https://www.audrey.se/

New El Perro Del Mar tourdates:

11/13 - Ciné Nordica @ Cinéma du Panthéon, Paris (FRA)
11/15 - Ciné Nordica @ Cinéma du Panthéon, Paris (FRA) w/Frida Hyvönen
11/27 - Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona (ESP)
11/28 - Rockstar, Bilbao (ESP)
11/29 - Joy Eslava Theater, Madrid (ESP)
11/30 - Mirror, Valencia (ESP)
12/03 - Maxime, Lisbon (POR)

She also reports that she is working on a new mini-album revolving around the theme of love. Expect more details soon?

The Grand Opening's planned tour this month has been cancelled due to sickness. Look for rescheduled dates in the near future.

The Fashion has been forced to cancel their dates in Vancouver BC, Seattle and Portland due to inclement weather in the midwest. They'll pick up again in SF on November 11.

Norwegian noise artist Single Unit (aka Are Mokkelbost) will be performing at Glasslands in Brooklyn on November 24 as support for Child Abuse.

Renown Norwegian labels Smalltown Supersound and Telle Records will be teaming up for a clubnight at Cargo in London on December 11. In addition to live music from Diskjokke and The New Wine, Hot Hot Hot DJs (ft. Telle label founder Mikael Telle and DJ Asel) and STSS mainman Joakim Haugland will also spin records.

The (International) Noise Conspiracy are streaming another new track at Spin.com, this one being "Dustbins of history": https://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-stream-international-noise-conspiracy
Note the updated California tourdates there as well.

Umeå-based punkrockers The Bombettes will be heading down to France and Spain for a few shows in January.

Norwegian melancholy pop act Washington is touring Europe in February:

02/05 - Patronaat, Haarlem (NL)
02/06 - Karo, Wesel (GER)
02/07 - Tonenburg, Höxter (GER)
02/08 - Roepan, Ottersum (NL)
02/10 - Francis, Wetzlar (GER)
02/11 - Feierwerk, München (GER)
02/11 - Treibhaus, Luzern (CH)
02/13 - tba, Innsbruck (AUS)
02/14 - Kino, Ebensee (AUS)
02/17 - KFZ, Marburg (GER)
02/18 - Museumskeller, Erfurt (GER)
02/19 - Objekt 5, Halle (GER)
02/20 - Privatclub, Berlin (GER)
02/21 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
02/22 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)

Legendary long-running Finnish hardcore act Riistetyt is coming to the UK in January:

01/14 - tbc, Dublin
01/15 - Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
01/16 - 1 in 12 club, Bradford
01/17 - The Grosvenor, London
01/18 - tbc, Bristol

NONS has signed Lowood and will be releasing their debut album "Close to violence" in March. Hear a sample at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/lowoodsweden
The band features members from today's featured mp3 act Idoru and will be supporting Tiger Lou on their upcoming Swedish tour (see sidebar for dates). Speaking of Tiger, the band will be performing new album "A partial print" in its entirety at these upcoming shows and speaking of "A partial print", I should be getting copies for mailorder very soon.