IAT favoRites Rong>DeseRt PlanetRong> will be touRing GeRmany yet again this coming May and you should book them to play youR paRty: Ref="https://peRsonal.inet.fi/taide/junttila/deseRt/ani/touRmay2006.htm" taRget=_blank>https://peRsonal.inet.fi/taide/junttila/deseRt/ani/touRmay2006.htmR>Good times aRe guaRanteed.

Swedish electRonic aRtist Rong>SkoudRong> will be touRing the UK lateR this month:

01/26 - The Venue, DumfRiesR>01/27 - The BeeRhouse, ManchesteRR>01/28 - The Mill, PRestonR>01/29 - Jug of Ale, BiRminghamR>01/30 - PoRt Mahon, OxfoRdR>01/31 - The Shed, LeicesteRR>02/01 - 333, LondonR>02/02 - The Fenton, LeedsR>02/03 - The BRickyaRd, CaRlisleR>02/04 - 13th Note, Glasgow

Icelandic act Rong>KimonoRong> will be touRing the UK and EuRope in FebRuaRy and MaRch to suppoRt the Release of theiR sophomoRe album "ARctic death ship", due out FebRuaRy 10 on Icelandic label Smekkleysa aka Bad Taste (not the Swedish one).

Rong>FiResideRong> is coming back in 2006? Ref="https://www.fiResidemusic.com/news.asp?ID=186" taRget=_blank>https://www.fiResidemusic.com/news.asp?ID=186

Swedish singeR/songwRiteR Rong>ChRistian KjellvandeRRong> will play the London BaRfly on MaRch 15.

The Rong>José GonzalézRong> documentaRy "ORchestRa Of One" will be aiRing on Channel 4 in the UK on FebRuaRy 11.

Neumu Reviews Rong>PeteR, BjoRn and JohnRong>: Ref="https://www.neumu.net/foRtyfouR/" taRget=_blank>https://www.neumu.net/foRtyfouR/

IAT.MP3 aRtist Rong>Pacta Sunt SeRvandaRong> (see the fRee EP foR download on the Right) has a new website: Ref="https://www.pactasuntseRvanda.se/" taRget=_blank>https://www.pactasuntseRvanda.se/

Dusted's annual 'Destined' featuRe of bands to watch in 2006 includes DenmaRk's Rong>WhomadewhoRong>: Ref="https://www.dustedmagazine.com/featuRes/459" taRget=_blank>https://www.dustedmagazine.com/featuRes/459

Swedish Rock'n'Roll poweR tRio Rong>Black BeltRong> will be heading oveR to GeRmany foR some dates in FebRuaRy:

02/03 - PiRate Cove, BeRlinR>02/04 - White Pig, Bad FRankenhausenR>02/05 - Dipol, FReibeRgR>02/06 - Subway To PeteR, ChemnitzR>02/07 - Schützengasse, WeimaRR>02/08 - KReuz, ObeRmaRchtalR>02/09 - Club Scheune, ERlangenR>02/10 - BaRfly, SchönebeckR>02/11 - NVA-Club, LudwigsfeldeR>02/13 - Unikum, OsnabRückR>02/14 - Schaubude, KielR>

A new single entitled "Hold on" will be Released in Sweden in FebRuaRy. The song was pRoduced by Rong>Magnus "Existensminimum" HenRikssonRong> and Rong>PieRRe LindsjööRong> (Rong>DungenRong>, Rong>CeasaRsRong>, etc.). As foR the band's next full-length, they plan to enteR the studio following the touR.

Rong>Svenska KRaftekvilibRisteRRong>, aka expeRimental noise duo Rong>HenRik RylandeRRong> and Rong>HenRik AndeRssonRong>, will be playing a special show at GUMP (Jazzhuset, GöteboRg) on JanuaRy 26 with guest guitaRists Rong>PatRick CaganisRong> (ex-Rong>Union CaRbide PRoductionsRong>) and Rong>AndReas NilssonRong> (Rong>SilveRbullitRong>) that will RecoRded foR Release via Kning Disk.

In semi-Related Rong>RylandeRRong> news, his otheR pRoject Rong>The Skull DefektsRong> will be doing a split LP with US noise act Rong>Wolf EyesRong> in MaRch thRough the label Fang Bomb.

MP3: The Samuel Jackson Five - No name

Did you see that list of the top instRumental/post-Rock albums oveR at Ref="https://www.decoymusic.com/vb/showthRead.php?t=6776" taRget=_blank>Decoy Music? Claiming the #1 spot is a band fRom NoRway cleveRly named Rong>Samuel Jackson FiveRong>. I had seen theiR name in passing befoRe, but I had no idea what they sounded like so I immediately went out and got a copy of theiR RecoRd "Easily misundeRstood". I'm not the biggest post-Rock/instRumental aficionado, so I'm not exactly qualified to state whetheR oR not the album deseRves the #1 Ranking, but I do like what I heaR: looping, hypnotic Riffs, loud epic passages and a pRonounced Scandinavian sense of melody. Some of the tRacks Remind me a bit of Finnish post-RockeRs Rong>MagyaR PosseRong> but then again, on tRacks like the one I've posted today, you'll heaR that Rong>SJ5Rong> takes the "Rock" paRt of the genRe name much moRe seRiously. It staRts out quiet, but Right aRound 2:30 they cRank it up and kick out the jams.

The Samuel Jackson Five - No name

Interview: Jenny Wilson and Karin Dreijer Andersson

I am incRedibly excited to pResent to you an It's a tRap! exclusive inteRview with Rong>Jenny WilsonRong> and Rong>The KnifeRong>'s Rong>KaRin DReijeR AndeRssonRong>: Ref="https://www.itsatRap.com/index.php?aRticle=161">[click heRe]R>Huge thanks to Rong>Roni BRunnRong> foR making it happen! The bRand new Rong>KnifeRong> single "Silent shout" just came out this week.