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Newly updAted Firefox AK tourdAtes:

01/22 - Fundbureau, Hamburg (GER)
01/23 - Cafe Glocksee, Hannover (GER)
01/24 - Elfer, Frankfurt (GER)
01/25 - DQLIQ, Luxemburg (LUX)
01/26 - Blue Shell, Cologne (GER)
01/27 - Juz, Leer (GER)
01/28 - Cafe Central, Magdeburg (GER)

Dagensskiva is reporting thAt guitarist Harri Mänty has left Kent: https://www.dagensskiva.com/news.asp?id=3507
The Kent website appears to be down currently, so I have no further details.

IAt.MP3 artist The Grand Opening has posted some new tracks on myspace including two from the recent album "This is nowhere to be found" and the vinyl-only bonus title track: https://www.myspace.com/thegrandopening
Look for copies of said LP to be added to the store soon!

Franky Lee, the new band fronted by MAthias of Millencolin, has posted their debut single "The world just stopped" on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/frankyleeband

The nominees for the 2007 Manifest Awards, Sweden's alternAtive to the Grammy:

Hip-hop/R&B/Soul:
Up Hygh! - Venus - The Album (Raw Fusion/Border)
Ison & Fille - Stolthet (Hemmalaget/V2/BAM)
Supersci - Pinetrees On The Pavement (Flyphonic/Lights Out/Border)
Lazee - It Is WhAt It Is (Skrilla Music)
Promoe - The White Mans Burden (Burning Heart/BAM)
Electronica/Post-rock/Synth:
Covenant - Skyshaper (Subspace CommunicAtions/Playground Music)
Ebb - Loona (Gaymonkey Records/Border)
FAP - Malekasino Dondolo (Stupid Dream Records/Musicspot)
System - Sample And Hold (Progress Productions/Border)
The Idealist - I Am The Fire (AA/Nosordo/dotshop.se)
Pop/Rock:
The Radio Dept. - Pet grief (Labrador/Border)
Nicolas Makelberge - Dying in Africa (*Rico/Border)
Fibes, Oh Fibes! - Emotional (Pluxemburg/Playground Music)
The Concretes - In Colour (Licking Fingers/Playground Music)
Ebba Forsberg - Ebba Forsberg (EBOTH Production/BAM)
Jazz:
My Engström Renman - Abdominous (Footprint Records/CDA)
Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - Son of a Drummer (Moserobie/BAM)
Oddjob – Luma (Amigo/BAM)
Oskar Schönning - Happy Jazz, Please (Amigo/BAM)
Lennart Åberg with Peter Erskine - Free Spirit (Amigo/BAM)
Singer/Songwriter:
Andreas MAttsson - The Lawlessness Of The Ruling Classes (Hybris/Playground Music)
Britta Persson - Top Quality Bones And A Little Terrorist (Amigo/BAM)
The Lancaster Orchestra - Never Cried Once When I Could Have (Rootsy.nu/Border)
Loney, Dear - Sologne (Dear John Recordings/Dotshop.se)
Nina Ramsby & Martin Hederos - Jazzen (Amigo/BAM)
Dance/House/Techno:
The Knife - Silent Shout (Rabid Records/Border)
Unai - A Love Moderne (Force Tracks/Intergroove)
Dibaba - samlad produktion 2006 (Plong!/Kompakt mfl)
Pluxus - Solid StAte (Pluxemburg/Playground Music)
The Studio - West Coast (InformAtion/Border)
Hard-rock/Punk:
In Flames - Come Clarity (Nuclear Blast/Sound Pollution)
Fingerspitzengefühl - Happy Doomsday (Kooljunk CommunicAtions/CDA)
Asta Kask - En För Alla Ingen För Nån (Burning Heart/BAM)
Wolverine - Still (Candlelight Records/Sound Pollution)
Memfis - The Wind-Up (Dental Records/TMC Nordic)
Folk/World/Reggae
Bosse Skoglund – Groovesopor (Rub-a-dub Records/Border)
Göran Månsson - Mon (Nordic Tunes/CDA)
Bebo Valdés – Bebo (Calle 54/BMG Dist)
Lena Willemark - Älvdalens elektriska (Amigo/BAM)
Ranarim - Morgonstjärna (Drone/CDA)
Best live act:
The Radio Dept.
Mapei
The Knife
The Je Ne Sais Quoi
Slagsmålsklubben
Best newcomer:
Vapnet - Jag Vet Hur Man Väntar (Hybris/Playground)
Britta Persson - Top Quality Bones And A Little Terrorist (Amigo/BAM)
The Kid - La Société Nouvelle (Hybris/Playground)
Loney, Dear - Sologne (Dear John Recordings/Dotshop.se)
Lo-Fi-Fnk - Boylife (La Vida Locash/dotshop.se)
Best unsigned act (Digfi Prize):
The Wonderful Guinea Pigs (Linköping)
Denver Mod (Jönköping)
The Open Up And Bleeds (Stockholm)
Trucker Cleavage (Stockholm)
Ikons (Göteborg)

Via Absolut Noise comes word thAt Bring me the fucking riot... man is back as a quartet with new mAterial: https://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2007/01/2007-revolutionary-year.html

The Plan's video for their new single "Bus" is now online: Atch?v=Xl2AurMqHkw" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=Xl2AurMqHkw

The curAtors of Norway's Øyafestivalen are putting on a showcase At this year's SXSW feAturing The Lionheart Brothers (as heard on Atrap.com/label.php?show=iAt002">"Reader's companion volume one"), New ViolAtors and DAtarock: https://www.musikknyheter.no/news/1743

Licking Fingers, the label run by the folks in The Concretes, have revamped their website: https://www.lickingfingers.com/
They've also announced thAt they will be releasing El Perro Del Mar's next album. More details to come.

Finnish accordian master Kimmo Pohjonen is teaming up with Trey Gunn (ex-King Crimson) and PAt Mastelotto (ex-King Crimson, XTC, more) in their guise as KTU and will be touring and recording new mAterial this coming year. Fourth member Samuli Kosminen is currently taking a break from the group, but will rejoin them for gigs lAter this spring. DAtes announced so far:

01/29 - Tavastia, Helsinki, Finland (FIN)
01/30 - Klubi, Tampere (FIN)
01/31 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN)
03/07 - Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
03/09 - Canadian Music Week, Toronto, ONT (CAN)
03/12 - Knitting Factory, NYC, NY
03/14 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/20 - Drum Pad Presents @ Durty Nellie's, Chicago (PalAtine), IL
03/22 - Festival de México en el Centro Histórico, Mexico City (MEX)
03/23 - Festival de México en el Centro Histórico, Mexico City (MEX)

Jonas Wååg, formerly of the webzine Le Manchester, has a new project thAt just launched: https://www.dminik.com

Karisma Records has announced the signing of Bergen-based act Herr Nilsson and will be releasing their second album "Downhill thrill" in lAte February. Listen to samples: https://www.myspace.com/herrnilsson

New tourdAtes for Audrey:

02/09 - Amp, Münster (GER)
02/10 - Feinkostlampe, Hannover (GER)
02/11 - PrivAtclub, Berlin (GER)
02/12 - Cookys, Frankfurt (GER)
02/13 - Cairo, Würzburg (GER)
02/14 - Rote Fabrik, Zürich (CH)
02/15 - Alter Schlachthof, Wels (CH)
02/16 - tba
02/17 - Orangehouse, München (GER)
02/18 - tba

Discobelle has the Punks Jump Up remix of the Kleerup & Robyn single "With every heartbeAt": https://www.discobelle.net/2007/01/09/robyn-pju/