Confessions of a Would-Be Hipster reports on Peter Morén's (Peter Bjorn and John) LA show at Hotel Cafe: https://wouldbehipsterconfessions.blogspot.com/2008/01/peter-morn-hotel-cafe.html

New tourdates for IAT.MP3 artist The Grand Opening now posted in the sidecolumn. Look for more news regarding the new album "Beyond the brightness" soon.

Check out The Raveonettes' new video for "Candy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQoPAXIvLyA

The Bombettes have recorded four new songs for an upcoming 7" as well as two new Swedish-language tracks to be included on an comp being released by Ny Våg which is currently being mixed and mastered. More details to come.

Q Magazine selected The Fashion for their track of the day on Tuesday: https://news.q4music.com/2008/01/track_of_the_day_153.html

In case you missed it here, Kenneth Ishak is doing a run of UK dates next week:

02/03 - The Junction, Bristol
02/04 - Cross Kings, London
02/05 - The Glebe, Stoke
02/06 - I Bar, Bournemouth
02/07 - Hope, Brighton
02/08 - Dog and Partridge, Bolton
02/09 - Rota, London
02/10 - The Labour Club, Northampton

New European dates for Kristofer Åström:

04/09 - Römer, Bremen (GER)
04/10 - Forum, Bielefeld (GER)
04/11 - Cafe Glocksee, Hannover (GER)
04/12 - Harmonie, Bonn (GER)
04/13 - Jubez, Karlsruhe (GER)
04/14 - Schlachthof, Weisbaden (GER)
04/16 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
04/17 - Mensabar, Freiburg (CH) 04/19 - Kopfmehl, Solothurn (GER)
04/21 - Chelsea, Wien (AUS)
04/22 - Atomic Cafe, Munchen (GER)
04/23 - Cinema Paradiso, St Pölten (GER)
04/24 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
04/25 - KFZ, Marburg (GER)
04/26 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER)
04/27 - Kino Babylon, Berlin (GER)
04/29 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
04/30 - Weltruf, Kiel (GER)

What better way to start your Thursday than with a new Britta Persson interview? Check it out!

Norwegian postrockers Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson are back, thanks to the Norwegian Highway Patrol: https://jaguar.intrapoint.no/rw/site/ypofh/index.php?c=2&kat=Biografi

There will be a new Ebba Grön boxset + DVD collection in April to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary.

Swedish indie artist Stars in Coma has a new song posted for download: https://www.starsincoma.com/

West Coast Riot is a new punk/hardcore fest happening in Göteborg, Sweden on June 26. First acts confirmed include recently reformed Swedes Moderat Likvidation as well as Millencolin and Nofx. Read more: https://www.westcoastriot.se/

Rune Grammofon will be handling the vinyl for Motorpsycho's forthcoming album "Little lucid moments", due out, as mentioned before, on March 31. Also on the way from RG is Danish act Skyphone's sophomore album "Avellaneda" which will be released on February 25.

Niccokick's entire new album "The good times we shared, were they so bad?" is streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/niccokick
I should be getting copies for mailorder sometime next week. Oh, and of course you shouldn't forget about the record release show at the It's a Trap! Clubnight @ Debaser in Malmö on Saturday! It'll be a good time f'sure!

Meshuggah will be touring the US as support for Ministry:

03/25 - Big Easy Concert House, Spokane, WA
03/26 - The Whiskey, Calgary
03/27 - Croatian Culture Center, Vancouver
03/28 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver
03/29 - Showbox Sodo, Seattle, WA
03/30 - Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR
04/01 - The Filmore, San Francisco, CA
04/02 - The Filmore, San Francisco, CA
04/05 - House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA
04/06 - House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA
04/07 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
04/08 - Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ
04/09 - House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
04/11 - The Great Salt Air, Salt Lake City, UT
04/12 - Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
04/14 - Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, NM
04/15 - La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX
04/16 - Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK
04/17 - Palladium, Dallas, TX
04/18 - Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX
04/19 - House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
04/21 - Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
04/22 - House of Blues, Orlando, FL
04/23 - Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL
04/24 - Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC
04/25 - The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
04/26 - Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD
04/27 - Palladium, Worcester, MA
04/29 - The Filmore at TLA, Philadelphia, PA
05/01 - Irving Plaza, New York, NY
05/02 - Irving Plaza, New York, NY
05/03 - Metropolis, Montreal
05/04 - Koolhaus, Toronto
05/06 - Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH
05/07 - Emerald Theatre, Detroit, MI
05/08 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL
05/09 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL

The band's new album "obZen" will be out on March 7.