Salon lauds Ak-momo in their most recent Audiophile column: https://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/index.html (registration req'd)

Iceland will be hosting the "Break the ICE" festival to take place in Reykjavik in late May/early June. The event will feature a wide range of international performance and visual artists and is presented by NordScen. Read more: https://www.nordscen.org/breaktheice/

Christian Kjellvander has confirmed more European tourdates:

02/24 - Tottebo, Åre (SWE)
02/25 - Tottebo, Åre (SWE)
03/10 - Schuur, Luzern (CH)
03/11 - La Cartonnerie, Reims (FRA) w/Laura Veirs, Cyann & Ben
03/12 - La Maroquinerie, Paris (FRA) w/Laura Veirs
03/13 - TNT, Nantes (FRA)
03/16 - La Cyrius, Lyon (FRA)
03/17 - Le Ciel, Grenoble (FRA)
03/19 - Le Romandie, Lausanne (CH)
03/20 - Wild Rover, Aachen (GER)
03/21 - Weltbühne, Hamburg (GER)
03/22 - Römer, Bremen (GER)

Photo:Henrik has posted new pics of Peter, Bjorn and John and The Plan: https://www.photohenrik.com/

Jaga Jazzist has selected "All I Know Is Tonight" as the first single for their upcoming album "What we must". It was premiered live on NRK Store Studio yesterday and should be hitting radio by the end of the month.

The latest Scandinavian music reviews from the German webzine Sellfish:

Path of No Return - Black nights coming
Soulwork - Stabbing the drama
Under Byen - Det er mig der holder träerne sammen

Copper Press reviews Kristofer Åström's "Loupita": https://www.copperpress.com/new/reviews/html/21805astrom.html

Legendary Swedish doom act Candlemass will be doing a number of festival dates around Europe this summer:

02/25 - Vega Rock Festival, Granada (SPA)
03/25 - Inferno Festival, Oslo (NOR)
06/05 - Iron Fest Tradate, Milan (ITA)
06/11 - Sweden Rock Festival, Sölvesborg (SWE)
06/24-25 - Bang Your Head, Balingen (GER)
08/04 - Wacken Festival, Wacken (GER)
08/26 – Gorbunova, Moscow (RUS)

The cover art for the upcoming Meshuggah album "Catch 33" has been posted online: https://img153.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img153&image=catch33cover3pl.jpg

The video for the song "Smite" from Norwegian metal act Blood Red Throne is now online for streaming: https://www.earache.com/bands/blood_red_throne/smite/player.html

Jens Lekman is today's guest on the No Love for Ned streaming radio show: https://www.noloveforned.com/

Finnish "deathcore" act Scorched Earth Tactics has posted a new EP called "Blastradius" online for download and CD preorder. Check it: https://www.scorched.org/

The latest edition of Fat Planet features a track from The Tiny, a group I also highly recommend: https://www.fatplanet.com.au/

After doing those ExMS gigs in the US, Moneybrother will head over to London for an exlusive gig at the Barfly on March 24. Read more: https://www.luger.se/turneoarr_visa.asp?PK_Id=1874

The Knife were the featured artist on the BBC's One Music program with Rob da Bank from February 17: https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onemusic/rob/
The stream will be available until February 23.