The (International) Noise Conspiracy is touring like crazy over the next few months:

04/13 - Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR w/The Start, The Offspring
04/14 - Empire, Sacramento, CA w/Moving Units
04/15 - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA w/The Start, The Offspring
04/16 - Veterans Hall Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA w/Moving Units
04/17 - GVC Ballroom, Goleta, CA w/Moving Units
04/18 - SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego, CA w/The Start, The Offspring
04/19 - Cox Pavillion, Las Vegas, NV w/The Start, The Offspring
04/20 - Mesa Amphitheatre, Mesa, AZ w/The Start, The Offspring
04/22 - TBA, Salt Lake City, UT w/Moving Units
04/23 - Climax Lounge, Denver, CO w/Moving Units
04/24 - Ranch Bowl, Omaha, NE w/Moving Units
04/25 - The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS w/No Motiv, Chronic Future, Andrew WK
04/26 - Green Door, Oklahoma City, OK w/The Sounds
04/27 - West Texas Canyon Amph., Lubbock, TX w/The Start, The Offspring
04/28 - Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, TX w/The Start, The Offspring
04/30 - Rialto Theatre, Tucson, AZ w/Spitafield, Engine Down, Poison The Well, Thursday
05/01 - Coachella Festival, Indio, CA
05/18 - Fabrik, Hamburg (GER)
05/19 - Rocco Festival Festival, Puttlingen (GER)
05/20 - Live music hall, Cologne (GER)
05/21 - SO 36, Berlin (GER)
05/22 - Elserhalle, Munchen (GER)
05/23 - Planet music, Wien (AUS)
05/25 - Rote Fabrik, Zurich (SWI)
05/26 - Transilvania, Milan (ITA)
05/27 - Estragon, Bologna (ITA)
05/28 - Popaganda Festival, Stockholm (SWE)
05/29 - Festimad Festival, Madrid (SPA)
05/30 - Atzavara - Palm Beach, St.Feliu de Guixols (SPA)
06/01 - Le Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
06/02 - VK, Bruxelles (BEL)
06/03 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
06/04 - Mean Fiddler, London (UK)
06/05 - Cockpit, Leeds (UK)
06/06 - King Tuts, Glasgow (UK)
06/07 - Hope & Grape, Manchester (UK)
06/08 - Zodiac, Oxford (UK)
06/09 - Academy, Birmingham (UK)

Warped Tour 2004:
07/28 - Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre Lot, Atlanta, GA
07/29 - Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL
07/30 - Vinoy Park, Tampa, FL
07/31 - Pompano Beach Amp. Lot, Miami, FL
08/01 - Jacksonville Fairgrounds, Jacksonville, FL
08/02 - Verizon Wireless Amp. Lot, Charlotte, NC
08/03 - Verizon Wireless Amp. Lot, Viginia Beach, VA
08/04 - Nissan Pavilion Lot, Washington D.C.
08/05 - Post Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA
08/06 - Tweeter Center @ Waterfront, Philadelphia, PA
08/07 - Randall's Island, New York, NY
08/08 - Englishtown Raceway, Asbury Park, NJ
08/10 - Hersheypark Pavilion, Hershey, PA
08/12 - Colisee Pepsi Parking Lot, Quebec City, PQ
08/13 - Parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal, QB
08/14 - TBA, Toronto, ON
08/15 - Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit, MI
08/16 - Riverbend Music Center Lot, Cincinnati, OH
08/17 - Germain Amphitheatre, Columbus, OH
08/18 - Darien Lakes PAC, Buffalo, NY
08/19 - 3 County Fairgrounds, Boston, MA

Some updated live dates for The Sounds, all of which I believe are with Division of Laura Lee:

04/19 - 9:30 Club, Washington DC
04/20 - Norva, Norfolk, VA
04/23 - Engine Room, Houston, TX
04/24 - Emo's Austin, Austin, TX
04/25 - Trees, Dallas, TX
04/26 - Green Door, Oklahoma City, OK
04/28 - E9, El Paso, TX
04/29 - City Limits, Tuscon, AZ
04/30 - Brick House, Phoenix, AZ
05/01 - Coachella, Indio, CA
05/03 - Soma, San Diego, CA
05/04 - Huntridge Theatre, Las Vegas, NV

DoLL headlines in SF, CA at Bottom of the Hill on May 5 with The Catheters and Run Run Run supporting. More dates to come.

The New Mess might be doing an EP for a German label this fall. More info soon?

Check out the video for "Talking to Myself" from Finland's Latebirds: https://www.latebirds.com/music_video.php3

More confirmed dates for the upcoming Cardigans US tour:

05/08 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
05/09 - Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY
05/10 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
05/11 - TT Bear's, Boston, MA
05/13 - Lee's, Toronto, ONT
05/15 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
05/16 - Double Door, Chicago, IL
05/17 - Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN
05/20 - Neumos, Seattle, WA
05/21 - Roseland, Portland, OR
05/22 - 330 Ritch (Popscene), San Francisco, CA
05/24 - KCRW – Morning Becomes Eclectic, Los Angeles, CA
05/25 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA

Download tne new song "What happened on the bridge today" from Sophia Talvik: https://www.sofiatalvik.com/sofiatalvik/mp3/what%20happened%20on%20the%20bridge.mp3

Pics from Powersolo's trip to the US for SXSW: https://www.powersolo.dk/pics.html

The Je Ne Sais Quoi finished recording their debut full-length album for Coalition Records.

Chalksounds acts Carpet People and Soviac are both in the studio recording demos.

Bands confirmed for the 8-day En ljummen i Gräset Festival in Stockholm: Heikki, Natasha Lea Jones (UK), Differnet, Richard Reagh, The Deportees, Gustaf Kjellvander, Grand Tone Music, Ane Brun, Peter, Björn and John, Popundret, Montys Loco, The Bright and Shiny and Paatos. Full details: https://www.ljummen.com/

Peter, Björn & John are now on the illustrious roster of Planekonomi. Their new 5-song EP comes out May 12 and a 10-song album is coming this fall.

Screaming Tarts interviews Norwegian 'thrashpop' band Surferosa: https://www.geocities.com/screamingtarts/surferosainterview.html
The band has also lined up some new tourdates:

05/21 - Jæren Musikkfestival, Bryne (NOR)
05/22 - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo (NOR)
05/23 - Fez, Reading (UK)
05/25 - Fleece & Firkin, Bristol (UK)
05/26 - Academy, Liverpool (UK)
05/27 - Cockpit, Leeds (UK)
05/28 - Manchester University, Manchester (UK)
05/29 - Carling Academy 2, Birmingham (UK)
05/30 - Fibbers, York (UK)
05/31 - King Tuts, Glasgow (UK)
06/02 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (UK)
06/03 - Mean Fiddler, London (UK)

All UK dates are with The Killers from the US.

The latest newsletter from Music Export Finland: https://www.musexfinland.fi/index.php?page=news&id=37

Some Madrugada news concerning their recent inroads in the UK and a concert review of side-project The Opposition: https://www.stthomas1976.net/madrugada/news.php

Logh's drummer Fredrik has decided to step down and only play with the band as a touring guitarist. New old drummer Marco Hildén (Cult of Luna) will once again take over the throne of honor. The band is currently hard at work on their third album and has plans to do a European tour in May/June as well as some more shows around Scandinavia in April/May.