Denmark's very excellent band The First Miles have posted a few short sound clips from their debut album "Aim for the heart, go!" on their website: https://www.thefirstmiles.com/show.php?page=download&lang=en
The record was mixed and co-produced by Fleming Rasmussen (of old-school Metallica fame) and will be coming out soon via Little Bad Bear Records.

Check out the video for "Time's up", the latest single from electroclash act Kitty & the K: wmv / mpg

Nine has added a few extra dates to their upcoming US tour itinerary. The latest:

04/15 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA (Turmoil reunion)
04/16 - ICC Church, Allston, MA
04/17 - The Living Room, Providence, RI

Check out Music Export Finland's official press release regarding their musical ambassadors appearing at this year's SXSW festival in Austin, TX: https://www.musexfinland.fi/index.php?page=news&id=63

Mattias Hellberg will be joining fellow Swedish singer/songwriter Christian Kjellvander on the following French tourdates:

03/13 - TNT, Nantes (FRA)
03/14 - Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
03/16 - La Cyrius, Lyon (FRA)
03/17 - Le Ciel, Grenoble (FRA)

Licking Fingers, the label run by The Concretes, will be releasing the debut album "Until death comes" from their friend Frida Hyvönen on March 30.

Hotstuff.se will release a 500 copy limited edition vinyl version of Håkan Hellström's latest album "Ett kolikbarns bekännelser" on March 10. Preorder here: https://www.hotstuff.se/directlink.asp?artist=hellstr&

The video for Eskobar's next single "Even if you know me" was self-produced by guitarist Frederik Zäll and is said to feature live tour footage of the band performing around the world. Look for streaming samples to be posted online shortly.

Check out the brand new song "Leafless" from Boy Omega, the project of singer/songwriter Martin Henrik Gustafsson: https://kubot.ath.cx/kubotsite/hidden/boyomega-leafless.mp3
The track features guest vocals from Emelie Molin of the very excellent post-rock act Audrey and was recorded live in Martin's bedroom. In other news, Boy Omega's new album "The Black Tango" which Martin describes as being darker and more electronic than his debut, is due out later this year.

Lampshade is having a contest to give away free copies of their debut album "Because trees can fly": https://www.adorablevoid.com/lampshade/contest/

Stylus gives a C- grade to The Tiny: https://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2796

Here's this week's YLE/Morjen top 10 Nordic video chart:

01. Smak - Nousen (FIN)
02. Disco Ensemble - We might fall apart (FIN)
03. Kent - Max 500 (SWE)
04. Korpiklaani - Hunting song (FIN)
05. The 69 Eyes - Lost boys (FIN)
06. Bitch Alert - Latenight lullaby (FIN)
07. Pain - Same old song (SWE)
08. Apollo - Peli (FIN)
09. Gakko 3 - Club idiot saturday drive (FIN)
10. Moneybrother - They're building walls around us (SWE)

Challengers:
11. PMMP - Päiväkoti (FIN)
12. The Mo - Howl in the jungle (SWE)
13. Padington - Hey now (NOR)

MIC Norway does a round-up of reviews for the latest album from ECM recording artist Tord Gustavsen Trio: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005030310432048888075

Indieworkshop reviews Alog's new self-titled album on Rune Grammofon: https://indieworkshop.com/reviews/1554/

It's official: Now that Melody Club is opening for Kylie, they will be blowing off the ExMS showcase tour in the US. A no-brainer, really. A replacement act will be announced soon.