Jenny Wilson to France

Jenny Wilson is playing a few shows in France later this month:

03/25 - Les Femmes S'en Mêlent/ La Laiterie, Strasbourg
03/26 - La Ciel, Grenoble
03/27 - Les Femmes S'en Mêlent/La Maroquinere, Paris

     

Jennie Abrahamson in the UK

Jennie Abrahamson is going to the UK in late April:

04/28 - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London
05/01 - The Primrose Chill @ Camden Crawl, London
05/02 - Notting Hill Arts Club, London

     

Masshysteri cancel US tour

Masshysteri have cancelled their upcoming US tour plans in May, but say they will be back later this year. Wait and see...

     

Magyar Posse to France in May

Finnish postrock act Magyar Posse will be supporting My Own Private Alaska on tour in France this coming May:

05/12 - Le Bikini, Toulouse (FRA)
05/13 - L'Ephémère, Vannes (FRA)
05/14 - La Grange à Musique, Creil (FRA)
05/15 - L'EMB, Sannois (FRA)
05/16 - Le Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
05/17 - Le Ferrailleur, Nantes (FRA)
05/19 - Les Trinitaires, Metz (FRA)
05/20 - Le Clacson, Lyon (FRA)
05/21 - La Cartonnerie, Reims (FRA)
05/22 - L'Aéronef, Lille (FRA)

     

Svensk Punkgala details

Remember this? The Swedish old-school punk gala set for April 1-3? More details are now confirmed, including a schedule for who's playing what days: http://event.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&eventID=525296.18196

     

Agent Side Grinder to tour in May

The excellent Swedish industrial act Agent Side Grinder will be playing a few European dates in May:

05/01 - OCCII, Amsterdam (NL)
05/03 - LiWi, Leipzig (GER)
05/06 - Pipeline Bar, London (UK)
05/07 - Le Klub, Paris (FRA)
05/08 - La Peniche, Lille (FRA)
05/18 - Debaser, Slussen (SWE)

More dates TBA.

     

Early Ane Brun albums to get American release, more

Ane Brun's albums "Spending time with Morgan", "Duets" and "Live in Scandinavia" will be released digitally in North America on April 27 via Amazon and elsewhere on May 4. She's also lined up a couple solo dates to promote them:

05/08 - Largo, Los Angeles, CA
05/10 - Bowery Ballroom, NYC, NY

     

Kvelertak to support Converge in Europe

Norwegian hardcore act Kvelertak will be supporting Converge on their upcoming European tour: http://www.convergecult.com/49/

     

No and the Maybes live in London

Danish act No and the Maybes will be playing a few London shows this month:

03/27 - Proud Galleries
03/30 - Buffalo Bar
03/31 - The Camden Head

     

Surrounded at SXSW, more

Swedish act Surrounded will be playing a few shows at SXSW this week:

03/17 - Dominican Joes, Austin, TX
03/18 - Victorian Room @ The Driskill, Austin, TX
03/21 - The Ghost Room, Austin, TX

Preview a few tracks from their forthcoming album "Oppenheimer and Woodstock" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/surrounded
No release date yet, but it was mixed by Tony Doogan (Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai, Snow Patrol), Bill Racine (The Flaming Lips, Mates of State, Sparklehorse) and Paul Mahajan (TV on the Radio, The National, Liars) and will be put out by One Little Indian.