Here's a good companion piece to yesterday's Miss Li post: https://lifestyle.msn.com/mindbodyandsoul/womenintheworld/articlemc.aspx?cp-documentid=4951226

More updated Peter Bjorn and John tourdates in the US and UK:

07/31 - Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA
08/01 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
08/02 - Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City, UT
08/03 - TBA (Lollapalooza aftershow), Chicago, IL
08/04 - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival), Baltimore, MD
08/05 - Union Park (Lollapalooza), Chicago, IL
08/16 - La Route du Rock Festival, Saint-Malo, France
08/19 - C/O Pop Festival, Cologne, Germany
08/24 - Leeds Festival, Leeds, England
08/25 - Concorde 2, Brighton, England
08/26 - Reading Festival, Reading, England
08/26 - Get Loaded in the Park Festival, London, England
09/06 - Roseland, New York, NY
09/07 - The Roxy, Boston, MA
09/08 - Osheaga Festival, Montreal, Quebec
09/09 - Virgin Festival, Toronto, Ontario
09/11 - Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
09/12 - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
09/14 - Austin City Limits, Austin, TX
09/18 - The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
09/19 - Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
09/20 - Showbox, Seattle, WA
09/21 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, British Columbia
09/24 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN

New record reviews now posted: [click here]

Swedish post-rock act Immanu El has signed with And The Sound Records (Ef) and will be releasing their debut album "They'll come, they come" later this year. Listen to samples: https://www.myspace.com/immanuelband

Turbonegro in the UK:

8/24 - Leeds Festival, Leeds
8/25 - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh
8/26 - Reading Festival, Reading

Ebbott Lundberg from The Soundtrack of Our Lives makes a guest appearance on two songs from the new Trummor & Orgel album "Reflections from a watery world" out today on Cosmos Records. Listen to both at myspace along with two other tracks: https://www.myspace.com/trummorochorgel

Norwegian singer/songwriter Robert Post has signed with Nettwerk and will be reentering Ocean Sound in Giske on June 18 to begin work on his next album.

Surferosa has recruited Henrik Gustavsen from Thee Mono Sapiens as their new drummer.

The schedule for this year's Nordic Roots Festival in Minneapolis, MN on September 28-30 has been confirmed: https://www.nordicroots.org/
Once again, artists performing include Sinikka Langeland Trio, JPP, [NI:D], Harv and Den Fule (reunion).

The latest Music Export Finland newsletter is now online: https://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=135

Swedish hip-hop label JuJu Records has a new website and the new video for the Timbuktu/Chords collaboration "Get fizzy": https://www.jujurecords.com/

Read about Crucified Barbara's recent Italian tour: https://www.crucifiedbarbara.com/italyjune07.htm

Combat Rock reports that Unkind is currently in the studio working on a new record and that details will be posted soon. Also on the way will be Endstand's new album "Spark" and Lighthouse Project with "Gift". Both of those are due out around September.

Finnish hardcore act Deathbed will release their debut full-length "Veritas" in July with Brown Records handling the CD and German-based label Blacktop Records doing the vinyl. There's no new tracks online yet, but some older samples are available on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/killedbybed

Swedish indiepop act A Smile and a Ribbon will tour the UK in late July:

07/29 - Indie Tracks, Derbyshire
07/31 - The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
08/01 - The Brixton Windmill, London
08/02 - O'Neill's, Cardiff, Wales