Swedish alt-country artist Thomas Denver Jonsson will be heading to the UK in May. So far, he's only got one gig booked at What's Cooking in London on May 7, but more dates should be confirmed shortly.
Swedish roots/reggae/hip-hop community Skawars is back with a new website: http://www.skawars.nu/
Long-running Swedish death-metal act Grave will support Nile on tour in Europe in September: http://www.regainrecords.com/viewItem.php?id=222
Swedish goth/postpunk act Pen Expers has announced that their sophomore album "Baby's gone straight" will be released on April 2 via I-Ration Records. Download the first single "Switch" right here or stream it at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/penexpersband
Finnish act Negative is keeping a video diary as they record their next album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkNPXNvBRxY
Check out the video for the new Stars in Coma single "Invisibility trick": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrfC7Qp6ZtY
The video for the new Robert Svensson (Mixtapes & Cellmates) solo single "1987" (ft. guest vocals from Shout Out Louds frontman Adam Olenius) is now online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v12g3qBTuTQ
The clip was directed by Victor Claesson of the band Aerial.
Soundvenue reports that Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife is contributing guest vocals to Deus album. Read more: http://www.soundvenue.com/news.asp?id=6821 (in Danish)
Absolut Noise talks to Rasmus Kellerman of Tiger Lou about his forthcoming record "A partial print": http://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2008/02/interview-tiger-lou.html
MIC Norway provides a press round-up on the by:Larm festival: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008022612075176024719
Arch Enemy and Dark Tranquility will be touring North America this spring. Dates so far: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=10325
Fluxblog has a track from Pacific! today: http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/02/one-you-have-for-life.html
The new Pugh Rogefeldt album "Vinn hjärta vinn", his first album since 1969's "Ja, dä ä dä" together with Janne "Loffe" Karlsson and Jojje Wadenius, will be released on March 26. Guitarist Martin Axén from The Ark produced.