Totalt Jävla Mörker and Gluecifer are two of the new Nordic bands confirmed for Hultsfred today.

Sahara Hotnights will release their brand new, much-anticipated album "Kiss & Tell" in Sweden on May 19 with the rest of the world to follow a few months later. The album was recorded at Gröndal Studio with the help of Pelle Gunnerfeldt and Johan Gustafsson and was mixed in Los Angeles by Rob Schnapf and Doug Boehm. The first single will be for the song "Hot Night Crash" and it should hit radio by April 26 and will be in stores on May 12. Upcoming shows in Sweden:

05/19 - KB, Malmö
05/20 - Storan, Göteborg
05/21 - Nalen, Stockholm

Empire Dogs have confirmed April 21 as the release date for their debut album "Love Attacks!!!" They'll be playing a special record release show at Buylandos in Stockholm the same day at 6pm.

Sadly, Burst has been forced to cancel all of their upcoming UK and BeNeLux tour plans. There were just too many complications with schedules and money issues that they couldn't make it happen. Shows still happening:

04/25 - Goudvishal Festival, Musis Sacrum, Arnhem (NL) w/Madball, Heaven Shall Burn, E Town Concrete, more
04/27 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE) w/Keelhaul
06/25-27 - Furyfest, Le Mans (FRA) w/Slipknot, Dillinger Escape Plan, Deicide, Discharge, more
07/15-17 - Arvika Festival, Arvika (SWE)
08/06-07 - Augustibuller, Lindesberg (SWE) w/Nine, C.Armeé, more

Look for more Swedish and a full fall tour lineup to come soon.

Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 student radio chart:

01. (01) Morrissey "Irish Blood, English Heart"
02. (15) Franz Ferdinand "Matinee"
03. (08) Jens Lekman "You Are The Light"
04. (03) The White Stripes "There's No Home For You Here"
05. (07) The Streets "Fit But You Know It"
06. (02) Graham Coxon "Freakin' Out"
07. (06) Infinite Mass "No.1 Swartskalle"
08. (09) Pitch Black "It's All Real"
09. (12) Basement Jaxx "Plug It In"
10. (04) Her Space Holiday "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"
11. (05) Promoe "These Walls Don't Lie"
12. (NY) The Tough Alliance "Make It Happen"
13. (11) Teddybears Sthlm Feat. Mad Cobra "Cobrastyle"
14. (14) Syd Matters "Black & White Eyes"
15. (NY) Kelis "Trick Me"
16. (20) Division Of Laura Lee "Does Compute"
17. (NY) Dilated Peoples Feat. Kanye West "This Way"
18. (16) Monkeystrikes "Angry Knees"
19. (17) Automato "The Single"
20. (NY) Scissor Sisters "Take Your Mama"

Leaving the chart:
10. I Am Kloot "From Your Favourite Sky"
13. Geeza "I Know You Don't Like Me (I Hate You)"
18. Kanye West "Through The Wire"
19. Eskobar "Bring The Action"

The Rock Explosion interviews Andy Pierce from United Enemies, the new hard rock band featuring ex-members of 69-Hard: https://www.therockexplosion.com/Interviews/Andy%20Pierce%20English%20Interview.htm

Go here to download Mustasch videos and desktop images: https://www.mustasch.net/html/Downloads.asp

Upcoming European dates for Backyard Babies:

04/24 - Botanique, Brussels (BEL)
04/25 - Effenaar, Eindhoven (NL)
04/26 - Zeche Karl, Essen (GER)
04/27 - Ringlow Schuppern, Bielefeld (GER)
04/28 - Grunspan, Hamburg (GER)
04/30 - Columbiafritz, Berlin (GER)
05/01 - Norrköping (SWE)
05/02 - Flex, Vienna (AUS)
05/03 - Backstage, Munich (GER)
05/05 - Batchkapp, Frankfurt (GER)
05/06 - La Maroquineri, Paris (FRA)
05/08 - Veaudux, Monthey (SWI)
05/09 - Rosstall, Basel (SWI)
05/10 - Abart, Zurich (SWI)
05/11 - Rainbow, Milan (ITA)
05/13 - Azkena, Vitoria (SPA)
05/14 - Arena, Madrid (SPA)
05/15 - Paradise Garage, Lisabon (POR)
05/17 - Apolo, Barcelona (SPA)

Norway's Johndoe is the subject of a documentary called "Vi skal aldri bli til no" by film student Espen Sem Sørmos. It features footage of the band live from their Trøbbeltur in 2003 and from By:larm last February. The film will premiere the documentary film festival in Volda on April 23.

MIC Norway is back from spring break with a couple updates on jazz musicians Jan Garbarek and Bugge Wesseltoft as well as Norwegian record sales figures for Q1.

Finland's 'organ lounge lizards' Aavikko are on tour around Germany:

04/14 - K 19, Kassel (GER)
04/15 - Mousonturm (Studio), Frankfurt (GER)
04/16 - Candy Club @ Orangehouse, München (GER)
04/17 - Roeda, Steyr (AUS)
04/18 - Chelsea, Wien (AUS)
04/20 - Ziegel Oh Lac, Zürich (CH)
04/21 - Schocken, Stuttgart (GER)
04/22 - AKW, Wuerzburg (GER)
04/23 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig (GER)
04/24 - Star Club, Dresden (GER)
04/25 - Pfefferbank, Berlin (GER)

Info and tracklist for Sabo Hoosam Gurmos' new mix-CD "Radio 127": https://www.hemmalaget.nu/nyheter.asp?nav=nyheter&ID=244 (in Swedish)

Due to Beatsteaks' lead vocalist Arnim falling ill, a number of shows on their upcoming German/Austrian tour with Moneybrother have been cancelled. Moneybrother will now headline at Kleine Arena in Wien on the 15th and at PPC in Graz the following day. There's also a Visions magazine party that's been added on April 17 at Waschaus in Potsdam and you can get more info on that right here (in German). The following dates are cancelled completely:

04/14 - Ulm Roxy
04/17 - Salzburg

Cut the Chord with "Three Reasons You Should Move To Sweden": https://www.cutthechord.com/minimain.html (scroll down for reviews of José González, Hip Whips and The Concretes)

Pitchfork trashes on the new Múm record: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/mum/summer-make-good.shtml
But on the other hand, PopMatters likes it: https://popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/mum-summer.shtml