Moto Boy will do a small run of London shows in May:
05/23 - Monto Water Rats, London
05/24 - The Barfly, Camden, London
05/25 - Monto Water Rats, London
The Tough Alliance will be releasing a new 7" for the single "Neo violence" b/w "Lucky": http://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0074.html
Updated Torpedo tourdates:
05/02 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt (GER)
05/03 - Uncle Sally's party @ Magnet, Berlin (GER)
05/05 - Objekt 5, Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt (GER)
05/06 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
05/07 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
05/08 - Nexus, Braunschweig (GER)
05/09 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
05/10 - Cobra, Solingen (GER)
05/11 - Bla, Bonn (GER)
05/15 - Moby Dick, Madrid (ESP)
05/16 - 12 & medio venue. Benicassim festival show, Murcia (ESP)
05/17 - Sala Becool, Barcelona (ESP)
06/01 - Primavera Festival (ESP)
I heard some inkling of this before, but now it's confirmed: the first edition of the upcoming Tiger Lou album "A partial print" will include a bonus remix disc. Here's the lineup:
01. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words (SWE)
02. Aril Brikha (SWE)
03. Özgur Can (SWE)
04. Error Error (NL)
05. BJ Nielsen (SWE)
06. Daso (GER)
07. John Dahlbäck (SWE)
08. Pär Grindvik (SWE)
09. Mikael Jonasson (SWE)
10. Bodycode (PT)
Download an excerpt of the Mikael Jonasson remix of "Crushed by a crowd": http://www.rkellerman.com/crushedbyacrowd.mp3
The excellent Finnish hardcore/punk/metal blog Saapasnahkatorni on Läjä Äijälä from pioneering act Terveet Kädet: http://saapasnahkatorni.blogspot.com/2008/04/lj.html
Swedish ambient/industrial artist Raison d'Être has two new albums for sale as digital downloads. One is a live recording from 2007 entitled "Live Archive 3" and the second is a reissue of their very first release from 1992 "Aprés nous le Déluge", originally put out by the early Cold Meat Industry sub-label Sound Source. Go here for more: http://raisondetre.coldmeat.se/raisonshop.html
As for new CD releases, there's a ton of stuff planned for Raison d'Être and his various sideprojects so check out the artist's main website for details.
Swedish artists Witchcraft and Sofia Talvik will play this year's Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago on August 1-3.
Swedish tabloid Expressen made a huge fuck-up with their coverage of Anders Göthberg's death: http://www.thelocal.se/10962/20080407/
Global Domination talks to Smattro Ansjovis from long-running Swedish grind act Birdflesh: http://www.globaldomination.se/interviews/birdflesh
IAT.MP3 artists Imagine I Had Hands recently finished recording four new tracks with producer/engineer Jakob Hvitnov (Barra Head). No word on any official release yet, but expect to hear them on myspace soon.
Check out a Studio 360 segment on Swedish pop featuring interviews with José González and members from Shout Out Louds and Peter Bjorn and John: http://studio360.org/episodes/2008/04/04/segments/96110
Danish act The Elephants have posted their new video for the song "Caroline knows": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ci0OH-I_fQ
Spring tourdates for Finland's Desert Planet:
04/30 - Zebra, Neubrandenburg (GER)
05/01 - Mai-Festival, Lübeck (GER)
05/02 - Kaffee Burger, Berlin (GER)
05/05 - Kioski (Instore gig), Fürth (GER)
05/06 - Das Bett, Frankfurt (GER)
05/08 - TabTap, Schaffehausen (CH)
05/09 - Helsinki Club, Zürich (CH)
05/10 - Rockhouse Bar, Salzburg (AUS)
Check out the video for the new Adam Tensta single "Before U know it" right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wro1-dQPHIg