Peter Bjorn and John will perform on Jay Leno on May 18.

Swedish hip-hop duo Ison & Fille will release the new EP "Vad e det för mode?" on May 30. Listen to samples: https://www.hemmalaget.nu/isonfille/

Swedish stonerrockers Asteroid on tour in the UK:

05/25 - The George, Andover
05/26 - Subway (Cowgate), Edinburgh w/Lords of Bastard, Plastic Adults
05/27 - Jug of Ale, Birmingham w/Godsize, Aluna
06/01 - The Fiddlers Elbow, London w/Ahymsa

Here is the international release schedule for the new Dungen album "Tiu bitar":

04/25 - Scandinavia (Subliminal Sounds/Border)
04/25 - Europe (Subliminal Sounds/Megarock/Clear Spot)
05/11 - Germany/Austria/Switzerland (Subliminal Sounds/Broken Silence)
05/15 - North America (Kemado)
05/21 - UK (Subliminal Sounds/Shellshock)
06/02 - Australia (Dew Process)
06/04 - Japan (Vroom Sound)

All of which means that it probably leaked weeks, if not months, ago.

Harp talks to Finnish singer/songwriter Astrid Swan: https://harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=5505

Norwegian rockers Tuco's Lounge on tour in Germany:

05/16 - Das Netz, Meschede
05/17 - Blue Shell, Cologne
05/18 - Objekt 5, Halle/Saale
05/19 - Bassy Club, Berlin
05/20 - tba
05/21 - Knust, Hamburg w/Russ Ballard

Their latest album "Crazy love" comes out April 23 in Norway via MO/Banana Party and will be out in Germany on May 18 via Devil Duck Records.

Check out Danish electronic act People Press Play: https://www.myspace.com/peoplepressplay
Their debut album will be released via Morr Music on June 18.

Check out an e-card for the new album "Grace submerged" from Norwegian all-female doom act Octavia Sperati: https://www.candlelightrecords.co.uk/candleweb/redesign/PHD/octavia_gracesubmerged/octavia_ecard_2.html

The new Vladislav Delay album "Whistleblower" will be released in May via Huume Recordings. Samples and more info here: https://www.vladislavdelay.com/whistleblower.html
Also, be on the lookout for remix of the Scissor Sisters track "Lights" by VD alias Luomo to be released soon.

AMG likes the US release of The Chrysler's "Cold War classic": https://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3xfyxq8rldte

Washington DC's House of Sweden will play host to a Nordic Jazz Fest on June 15. Four acts will be featured, one each to represent Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway: In the Country (NOR), Jens Winther Quintet (DK), Ilmielikki Quartet (FIN), and Peter Asplund Quartet (SWE). (thanks CP)

Antenna interviews Dark Tranquility: https://www.antenna.nu/darktranquillity/interview3.php
The band's new album "Fiction" comes out April 23. I haven't kept up with them on a regular basis in a loooong while (probably since 1997's "The mind's I" - hello Friday post!), but I listened to the new one once and liked what I heard.

The FaceCulture video zine talks to Peter Tägtgren of Pain/Hypocrisy: https://www.faceculture.nl/pain/

Updated tourdates for Frida Hyvönen:

04/18 - Hiroshima Mon Amour, Torino (ITA)
04/19 - Centre Culturel Suedois, Paris (FRA)
04/20 - Centre Culturel Suèdois, Paris (FRA)
04/21 - L'Auditori, Barcelona (ESP)
04/25 - ISC, Bern (SWI)
04/26 - Albani, Winterthur (SWI)
04/27 - Le Ciel, Grenoble (FRA)
04/28 - L'Astrolabe, Orleans (FRA)
05/01 - Southbank Centre, London (UK)
05/02 - Monofaktur, München (GER)
05/03 - Roter Salon, Berlin (GER)
05/04 - L'Atheneum, Dijon (FRA)
05/07 - Le Botanique, Bruxelles (BEL)

Listen to an acoustic cover of "Hollywood dreams" by [ingenting] as performed by Swedish artist Paulo Vidal: https://www.myspace.com/paulovidal