Updated Thomas Dybdahl tourdates:

04/21 - N9 Villa, Eeklo (BEL)
04/22 - Rote Fabrik, Zürich (CH)
04/23 - La Maroquinerie, Paris (FRA)
04/25 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
04/26 - Festival Les Paradis Artificiels - Le Colisee, Roubaix (FRA)
04/27 - Oosterpoort, Groningen (NL)
04/28 - BinneNach, Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag
04/29 - W2, Den Bosch (NL)
04/30 - Le Botanique - Rotonde, Brussels (BEL)
05/02 - Frannz Club, Berlin (GER)
05/03 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
05/04 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
05/05 - Nalen, Stockholm (SWE)
05/08 - Roskilde Festival (DK)

Racingpaperplanes has recorded a cover of Anna Järvinens' song "Kom hem" and posted it on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/richardwilsondemos
It's his first time singing in Swedish, so he says it might seem a little awkward, but he thinks it turned out alright.

Stylus runs down the new Manic Street Preachers single "Your love alone is not enough" which features guest vocals from Cardigans frontwoman Nina Persson: https://stylusmagazine.com/jukebox/?p=397

Gaffa reports that Danish act Outlandish is reportedly generating US label interest: https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=18033

Lambgoat has US tourdates for humppa-metal act Finntroll: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=8719

Yet another 'missing link' in the same vein as Neveres (see this post): https://www.myspace.com/neitheband
Per and Anders from Breach plus Patrik from Brick and Lars from The End Will Be Kicks. Picks up fairly close to where Brick left off I think. Look for their album "New agenda" to possibly be released this fall.

Chronic Heist is beginning to work on new demos and plans to record their next release sometime in May. Expect an early fall release? In other news, their debut record "Fake this dream" is being made available for paid download on iTunes and other such places via Carcrash Records.

The Subnatura netlabel just posted a new comp for free download: https://www.subnatura.com/releases/natur012/index.html
10 tracks of (mostly?) Swedish electronica.

Merge has picked up the new Shout Out Louds album "Our ill wills" for a US release. Look for it on September 11.

I'll get a promo banner up soon, but until I do, let me remind you that my new radio show on Sirius will premiere this Friday at 10 Eastern on Left of Center (channel 26). More about the program can be found here on the msgboard.

Yesboyicecream has confirmed that they will release the Suburban Kids with Biblical Names EP "Loop duplicate my heart" on April 30 in the UK, May 4 in Ireland. They'll follow it up by releasing their most recent full-length "#3" on May 14 in the UK and May 11 in Ireland with two bonus tracks, "Love will" and "Trumpets and violins". Live dates:

05/07 - The Monto, London (UK)
05/08 - White Heat, London (UK)
05/09 - Nice n' Sleazy, Glasgow (SCO)
05/10 - Whelans, Dublin (IRL)
05/12 - Roisin Dubh, Galway (IRL)

The Harmacy decries the current state of Burning Heart and their latest release by recent signees Kid Down: https://theharmacy.blogspot.com/2007/04/kid-down-and-noble-art-of-irony-burning_15.html
Personally, I think Moneybrother ("that annoying Swedish Joe Strummer dude") is fine, but it's 100% true: the label is suffering. This sad trend-chasing is a sure sign of a label in its death-throes. They got too big too quickly and too desperate to keep it up when they should've probably chalked it all up to good luck and kept living modestly.

Download a track from the forthcoming Sayyadina album "Mourning the unknown": https://www.sound-pollution.com/Sayyadina%20-%20My%20Say%20Shall%20Be%20The%20Last%20099%20CD.mp3
I'm not sure of the exact release date, but Sound Pollution should have it available shortly.

Smalltown Supersound will be releasing the new album "Feli knapp" from Bjørn Torske, his first since 2001's "Trøbbel" on Telle.

Norwegian singer/songwriter Robert Post will release his new "Ocean sessions EP" on May 14 in Norway and in digital format two weeks earlier, on April 30. The first single "Message" is already getting radio airplay.