New European dates for Swedish act Surrounded:

02/14 - Platformtheater, Groningen (NL)
02/16 - De Effenaar, Eindhoven (NL)
02/17 - 93 Feet East, London (UK)
02/18 - Frog & Nightingale, Chester (UK)
02/19 - Korova, Liverpool (UK)
02/20 - The Louisiana, Bristol (UK)
02/22 - Mariaberg, Rorschach (CH)
02/24 - Fundbüro, Hamburg (GER)
03/22 - Gaswerk, Winterhur (CH)
03/29 - The Cage Club, Livorno (ITA)
03/30 - Mattatoio Live Club, Carpi (ITA)
04/01 - Fluc, Vienna (AUS)
04/02 - Subway To Peter, Chemnitz (GER) w/Frank Shinobi
04/03 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig (GER)
04/04 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)

Danish indie label Speed of Sound reports that the upcoming Baron Criminel album "Rapture" is just about done and that they will also have band friend/esteemed producer Mikkel Holtoug (Death By Kite, Decorate. Decorate., etc.) remix the entire thing for a bonus disc to be included in the release.

Norwegian act Grand Island reports that their new album "Boys and brutes" is done and on-track for an early April release. Look for samples to be posted online soon.

1 more day left to enter the Universal Poplab giveaway! Simply email your name and address to poplab.contest@itsatrap.com for a chance to win a big stack of CDs from the band including the new single "Fame & hate" plus "Uprising" and "Uprising - The remixes".

Christian Kjellvander has a new website: https://www.christiankjellvander.com/

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Britta Persson - Cliffhanger
02. TALK 1
03. Death By Kite - Sweet M
04. KVLR - Traitors and thieves
05. Anna Ternheim - Today is a good day
06. TALK 2
07. Don Juan Dracula - Take me home (Johan Angebjörn remix feat. Sally Shapiro)
08. Amorphis - Weaving the incantation
09. Thomas Denver Jonsson - Dreams at the film club (feat. Nina Kinert)
10. TALK 3
11. Don't Be A Stranger - Lonely together
12. Madrugada - Tonight I have no words for you
13. Majessic Dreams - Have to go
14. TALK 4
15. Pavan - The bird
16. Bröderna Lindgren - Om en guldfisk (feat. Kristofer Åström)
17. The Tarantula Waltz - Where I end and you begin
18. Adam Tensta - They wanna know
19. TALK 5
20. Commando M Pigg - Mot stjärnorna
21. Gravy - Rock scientists
22. Jonas Game - ADHD
23. TALK 6
24. Linus Larsson & John Roger Olsson - In the shadow
25. Idiot Kid - Go to sleep
26. Mats Öberg - Cool water - på Den Gyldene Freden
27. TALK 7
28. Pascal - Längtar efter dig
29. The Bear Quartet - I would be poor
30. Peloton - Aranburu
31. Royal Downfall - Lightning strikes twice
32. TALK 8
33. Made In Sweden - Winter's a bummer
34. Erik Enocksson - The state the sea left me in
35. Asha Ali - Coward heart
36. TALK 9
37. A-ha - Celice

Interested in learning how to play Vapnet's "Jag vet hur man väntar"? Check out a downloadable pdf songbook: https://konstochvanligasaker.se/jagvethurmanvantar/

Norwegian metalcore act Benea Reach has a pretty rad new track on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/beneareach
RIYL The Psyke Project and the like.

Turbonegro has posted a ton of new European tourdates: https://www.turbonegro.com/

The new Tomas Andersson Wij single "Jag har simmat långt ut från land" is now streaming on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/tomasanderssonwij
The new album "En sommar på speed" will be out February 20.

The Second Band's new album "The definite form" is confirmed for release on February 2 and they will celebrate with a release party at Club King Kong in Hornstull, Stockholm that same evening.

New European dates for The Hives:

03/27 - Garage, Saarbrücken (GER)
03/28 - Pier 2, Bremen (GER)
03/29 - WDR Rocknacht, Cologne (GER)
03/30 - Roxy, Prague (CZ)
04/01 - Petofi Csarnok, Budapest (HUN)
04/02 - Gasometer, Vienna (AUS)
04/03 - Tonhalle, Munich (GER)
04/04 - Xtra, Zurich (CH)
04/05 - Rolling Stone, Milan (ITA)
04/07 - Apolo, Barcelona (ESP)
04/08 - La Riviera, Madrid (ESP)
04/09 - Coliseum, Lisboa (ESP)
04/11 - Santana 27, Bilbao (ESP)
04/12 - Le Bikini, Toulouse (FRA)
04/14 - UEA, Norwich (UK)
04/15 - Academy, Newcastle (UK)
04/16 - Rockcity, Nottingham (UK)
04/17 - Academy, Bristol (UK)
04/18 - Brixton Academy, London (UK)
04/19 - Printempes de Bourges, Bourges (FRA)
04/20 - Le Zenith, Paris (FRA)

Christian Kjellvander's new video for "Poppies and peonies" is on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjXVJYPt8vQ

Swedish alt-country act Sleeping Beauty has a new song on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/sleepingbeautyrocks

Portland-based label Shelflife Records will soon be putting out new CD+7" sets from Swedish indiepop acts Days and Kuryakin. Read more: https://www.shelflife.com/