CDOASS has posted mp3s for the two tracks on their new 7" from Johnny Bråttom Records: https://www.cdoass.com/

At long last, here's the summer festival tour schedule for Soundtrack of Our Lives:

06/05 - Sat Rock Im Park, Nurnberg (GER)
06/06 - Sun Rock Am Ring, Nurburgring (GER)
06/22 - Rockwave Festival, Athens (GRE)
06/27 - Donau Insel Fest, Vienna (AUS)
07/15 - Castle Clinton, Battery ark, New York (US)
07/17 - Arvika Festival (SWE)
08/01 - Fuji Rock, Niigata (JAP)
08/12 - Øya Festival (NOR)
08/15 - Taubertal Festival (GER)
08/20-22 - Lowlands Festival (NL)
09/10 - Azkena Serie Z, Vittoria (SPA)

More to come.

Finland's The Rasmus play The Astoria in London on June 26.

Via Nicolaidunger.tk comes this link to two clips of Nicolai playing live: https://www.musikexpress.de/specials/MEsessions_nicolaidunger.shtml

Surferosa will release their album "Shanghai My Heart" in the UK on April 12.

MIC Norway discusses the upcoming Nordic Music Awards, set for October 23 at the Spectrum in Oslo: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004033110085755654383
Apparently this event is supposed to rival the Grammies and provide a new platform for Nordic artists to reach a wider audience. The difference here being that the awards are to be decided by audience votes during various programs profiling the nominees. Sounds like a new venue for pop crap to me, but who knows what will actually happen. Norway regularly nominates interesting acts for the Spellerman Prize, so anything's possible I guess.

Japanese label Alliance Trax has released a special edition of the "Regrets & Apologies" EP from Swedish punks Between Us featuring five extra tracks, one of which is previously unreleased. The others come from the band's earlier 7" on Bridge Records.

Online mp3 music label Monotonik has a new release from Finnish electronic music artist Tweeter called "Planet Boelex": https://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp128.html

Swedish synthpop band Alice in Videoland will be releasing "Going Down" as a new single very soon. It will include a remix by Gabi Delgado of electronic music pioneers DAF (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft) as well. More details to come?

Henrik Berggren of Broder Daniel talks to Aftonbladet about the reasons behind all the recent show cancellations: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,455774,00.html (in Swedish)

In Flames is heading to Japan:

09/10 - Namba Hatch, Osaka
09/11 - Shibuya AX, Tokyo
09/12 - Shibuya AX, Tokyo
09/14 - Club Quattro, Nagoya

Brainpool is teaming up with the Malmö Symphonic Orchestra for some sort of rock opera thing called Junk. They'll be making their live premiere on August 19 at Malmöfestivalen and the recorded CD version comes out August 25 from Playground Music.

Lots of new stuff over at the Moonbabies website including a full mp3 of the new single "Forever changes everything now", a whole bunch of demos and outtakes from "The Orange Billboard" to download and tons more. Check it out: https://www.moonbabies.nu

If anyone knows Ole Wenneke, bassplayer of Danish rock group The Sandmen, please let him know that Dirk Allman is trying to get a hold of him. Thanks!

Head over to KVLR's website for a ton of amazing pics from their recent European tour adventure: https://www.kvlr.net/