Millencolin has announced they will be playing the Burning Heart 'Heartattack' tour in September. Dates so far:

09/03 - Valhall, Oslo (NOR)
09/05 - Forum, Copenhagen (DK)
09/10 - Hovet, Stockholm (SWE)
09/12 - Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki (FIN)

The Concretes have posted quite a few new pictures online: https://www.lickingfingers.com/photos.php

Swedish label Lady Godiva Operations has just released a new 12" from grind/metal band Asterisk* called "Dogma V: Decomposing Dogma". The album features two remixes, one from Japanese noise artist Merzbow and one from Jazzkammer member Lasse Marhaug.

Stellan Wahlström Drift Band are currently at Das Boot Studio in Stockholm recording a new album and hope to have it done this summer.

MIC Norway discusses pop starlet Maria Mena and her ongoing US success story: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004061113550651034561

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums:

01. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
02. Carola - Credo
03. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
04. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
05. Di Leva - Tiden Faller
06. Günther & the Sunshine Girls - Pleasure Man
07. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
08. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
09. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
10. Peter Jöback - Det Här Är Platsen
11. Jimmy Jansson - Flickan Från Det Blå
12. Sahara Hotnights - Kiss & Tell
13. Petter - Ronin
14. Infinite Mass - 1991
15. Da Buzz - Dangerous - The Album
16. Abba - The Definitive Collection
17. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
18. Per Gessle - Mazarin
19. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
20. Svenska Akademien - Tändstickor För Mörkrädda

Aftonbladet has selected The Solution as one of the 'records of the week' and posted their review and samples: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,490207,00.html (in Swedish)
As mentioned before, The Solution is the soul/rock band collaboration between Nick Andersson (The Hellacopters) and Scott Morgan (Sonic Rendezvous Band).

US hardcore label Deathwish Inc. has signed Sweden's Nine and will license their most recent album "Killing Angels" for release this fall. Listen to an mp3 here: https://www.deathwishinc.com/download.mp3s/NINE.watchingthetraingoby.mp3

The official Bathory website has posted a tribute to Quorthon: https://www.bathory.se/

This week's Dusted 'Listed' feature spotlights the listening interests of musical couple Vladislav Delay and AGF aka Antye Greie-Fuchs: https://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/261

The 2x7" from Finnish experimental music pioneer J.O. Mallander planned for release this summer on Anoema Recordings will not be proceeding as planned. Instead, it will be released as a CD as a previously unpublished Mallander track from Fylkingen's archives in Sweden has been found and added to the tracklist and it would've 'broken the symmetry of vinyl singles'. For more info and history on Mallander, go here: https://www.phinnweb.org/early/

Beyond the Stars interviews Jimi Tenor: https://www.jimitenor.com/beyondthestars_int.html

Upcoming UK dates for hyped band The Concretes:

06/21 - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
06/22 - Hop & Grape, Manchester
06/23 - King's College, London
06/25-27 - Glastonbury Festival, Somerset

The group's new single "You Can't Hurry Love" comes out June 14 and the video should be online soon.

Bergen, Norway-based act Annie has finished her album debut, to be released on 679 Recordings in September. The first single "Chewing Gum" was produced by Richard X and will be released as a limited edition 7" in the very near future.

No big surprise here: acclaimed twee band Suburban Kids with Biblical Names has signed with acclaimed twee label Labrador. Check out the track "Rent a wreck" from their upcoming EP: https://www.labrador.se/mp3/SKWBN-rent_a_wreck.mp3