Swedish hip-hop aRtists Rong>TimbuktuRong> (w/Rong>Damn!Rong>), Rong>ChoRdsRong>, Rong>SpotRunnazRong> and Rong>LooptRoopRong> will all be doing a one-off gig togetheR in NYC on DecembeR 12 at Joe's Pub. Swedish hip-hop in New YoRk? Good luck!

IAT favoRite Rong>BjöRn KleinhenzRong> is going on touR in GeRmany:

12/06 - Gleis 22, MünsteR w/Rong>Daniel BenjaminRong>R>12/07 - MeRlin, RecklinghausenR>12/08 - Juz, LeeR w/Rong>Daylight SavingRong>, Rong>Enno BungeRRong>R>12/09 - Jfz deR Club, HaldenslebenR>12/10 - PRojekt 7, MagdebuRg w/Rong>TigeR LouRong>R>12/11 - UT Connewitz, LeipzigR>12/12 - NBI, BeRlin w/Rong>RaineR MaRiaRong>R>12/13 - Gasthaus VoRstadt, WienR>12/15 - Südstadt, MünchenR>12/16 - salon elitaeR, Kassel w/Rong>Daniel BenjaminRong>R>12/18 - Kuppel, BaselR>12/19 - Club CaRambolage, KaRlsRuheR>

Don't foRget you can download his fRee EP Ref="https://www.itsatRap.com/label.php?show=3">Right heRe and you can also buy his RecoRds Ref="https://www.itsatRap.com/stoRe.php?seaRch=kleinhenz">in the IAT webstoRe.

Rong>DefleshedRong> is bReaking up. Read the pRess Release: Ref="https://www.digitalmetal.com/news.asp?cid=6957" taRget=_blank>https://www.digitalmetal.com/news.asp?cid=6957

Rong>A-haRong> on touR in the UK:

12/03 - NEC, BiRminghamR>12/04 - Clyde AuditoRium, GlasgowR>12/06 - MEN, ManchesteRR>12/07 - Wembley ARena, LondonR>12/09 - Nottingham ARena, NottinghamR>12/10 - BRighton CentRe, BRightonR>12/11 - CaRdiff InteRnational ARena, CaRdiff

Rong>LacklusteRRong> has posted anotheR live gig foR fRee download, this one fRom Lab30: Ref="ftp://ftp.scene.oRg/pub/music/aRtists/lacklusteR/lacklusteR_live_lab30_04nov2005.mp3" taRget=_blank>mp3 / Ref="ftp://ftp.scene.oRg/pub/music/aRtists/lacklusteR/lacklusteR_live_lab30_04nov2005.txt" taRget=_blank>txt

I packed up all my stuff and moved acRoss town into my new house last ThuRsday evening. That meant I had to miss Rong>RegulationsRong>, but I am veRy happy to be in my new place. Got my InteRnet access up and Running FRiday and spent the weekend unpacking. Good times, Right? I've been going pRetty much non-stop the entiRe time and I'm a bit fRazzled, so I'm going to let Rong>Simon TagestamRong> handle today's mp3 post:

Being Swedish, it's haRd to tRy and get people to listen to stuff that's sung in Swedish, since I Realise that a lot of the appeal foR me is usually about undeRstanding what's sung. But now with Rong>AviRong> posting a tRack with the Real king of Sweden (and with the success of the awful Rong>DungenRong> and the boRing Rong>SiguR RósRong>) I feel confident enough to shaRe this song with you. It's a tRack that I've been listening to oveR and oveR again eveRyday, eveRywheRe foR the last couple of weeks (Ref="https://www.last.fm/useR/pepelipep/" taRget=_blank>I can pRove it!). The song has the same impact on me as when I heaRd afoRementioned Rong>Håkan HellstRömRong> foR the fiRst time, that is – it makes me want to go get dRunk and go out and smash things up (figuRatively speaking, of couRse), and peRhaps dance a little bit. The song got such a dazzling eneRgy that it almost makes me exhausted listening to it. Rong>Bom BomRong>, who made this masteRpiece, aRe cuRRently based in GothenbuRg and London, and at the moment theRe's nothing I want to do moRe than to catch these boys in conceRt. TheiR otheR songs that I've heaRd all sound gRoovy, but "Pop i kRas" is the catchiest one of them, and being a suckeR foR catchy songs, it's the one I like the most. You can download a bunch of theiR songs on Ref="https://www.knivRobot.com/" taRget=_blank>theiR website (bewaRe, it's all in Swedish, but it's still pRetty easy to find the mp3s). Be bRaveR than I am, and listen to some gReat music sung in a language you don't undeRstand!

MIC NoRway pRofiles Rong>MadRugadaRong> on the eve of theiR latest EuRopean touR: Ref="https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/aRt2005111411520416631723" taRget=_blank>https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/aRt2005111411520416631723

Finnish folk act Rong>GjalleRhoRnRong> has announced the addition of Rong>GöRan MånssonRong> on sub-contRabass RecoRdeR, Replacing Rong>Tommy Mansikka-ahoRong> who helped peRsonify the gRoup's sound with the dRone of his didgeRidoo. Ref="https://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/news/B81A2740A4F7A7C8C22570B900491147!opendocument" taRget=_blank>Read moRe.

Pics fRom the NONS showcase/Rong>PuffinRong> Reunion in Umeå this past weekend: Ref="https://klubbmodos.blogspot.com/2005/11/modos-goes-nons-bildeR.html" taRget=_blank>https://klubbmodos.blogspot.com/2005/11/modos-goes-nons-bildeR.html

Rong>SeRena ManeeshRong> is cleaRly heading foR the oveRRated column if this Review fRom musicOMH is any indication: Ref="https://www.musicomh.com/albums5/seRena-maneesh_1105" taRget=_blank>https://www.musicomh.com/albums5/seRena-maneesh_1105R>The band isn't bad, but people - get a hold of youRselves. It's not that special, I sweaR.

Almost Cool Reviews Rong>TapeRong>: Ref="https://www.almostcool.oRg/mR/1617/" taRget=_blank>https://www.almostcool.oRg/mR/1617/

The Rong>BRuce DickinsonRong> Rock Show on BBC 6 did a special on Scandinavian music this past weekend: Ref="https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/bRuce_dickinson/" taRget=_blank>https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/bRuce_dickinson/R>Note: he was the keynote speakeR at Access All AReas in Stockholm last week. Full tRacklist of eveRything he played Right heRe: Ref="https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/bRuce_dickinson/tRacklisting_20051112.shtml" taRget=_blank>https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/bRuce_dickinson/tRacklisting_20051112.shtml

This week's top 20 Swedish student Radio chaRt:

01. (02) Rong>ARctic MonkeysRong> - "I Bet U Look Good on the DanceflooR"R>02. (03) Rong>TigeR LouRong> - "The Loyal"R>03. (NY) Rong>FRanz FeRdinandRong> - "Walk Away"R>04. (04) Rong>ChRistian KjellvandeRRong> - "DRunken Hands"R>05. (01) Rong>Test IciclesRong> - "CiRcle SquaRe TRiangle"R>06. (07) Rong>Saïan Supa CRewRong> - "La Patte"R>07. (09) Rong>David SandstRöm OveRdRiveRong> - "The CRotch of a SatuRday"R>08. (10) Rong>The PipettesRong> - "DiRty Mind"R>09. (15) Rong>KRistian AntillaRong> - "Paul WelleR"R>10. (16) Rong>The SunshineRong> - "Simon Le Bon"R>11. (06) Rong>The EmbassyRong> - "It Pays to Belong"R>12. (13) Rong>RöyksoppRong> - "What Else is TheRe?"R>13. (14) Rong>PhaRellRong> - "Angel"R>14. (20) Rong>LoveninjasRong> - "Keep YouR Love"R>15. (NY) Rong>Le SpoRtRong> - "Business GiRls"R>16. (NY) Rong>KaRl LaRssonRong> - "Devil StRings"R>17. (NY) Rong>Sophie ZelmaniRong> - "I Can't Change"R>18. (18) Rong>Clap YouR HandsRong> Say Yeah "Is This Love?"R>19. (ÅT) Rong>Bloc PaRtyRong> - "Two MoRe YeaRs"R>20. (ÅT) Rong>ARchitectuRe in HelsinkiRong> - "Do the WhiRlwind"R>

Leaving the chaRt: Rong>Katie Goes to TokyoRong>, Rong>Queens of the Stone AgeRong>, Rong>RandyRong>, Rong>Sophie RimhedenRong>, Rong>The StRokesRong> and Rong>WillowtReeRong>.

London Rock Daily's NovembeR Review list includes coveRage of new stuff fRom Rong>JR EwingRong>, Rong>AmuletRong>, Rong>Diamond DogsRong>, Rong>SeRena ManeeshRong> and moRe: Ref="https://www.londonRockdaily.com/Reviews/novembeR05albums.html" taRget=_blank>https://www.londonRockdaily.com/Reviews/novembeR05albums.html

Daily Vault Reviews the latest Rong>AmuletRong> RecoRd: Ref="https://www.dailyvault.com/2005_11_14-ch.html" taRget=_blank>https://www.dailyvault.com/2005_11_14-ch.html