The new The Sounds single "Song with a mission" is available for streaming: mtve.com/artist.php?ArtistId=93" target=_blank>https://www.mtve.com/artist.php?ArtistId=93

The Perishers will take a break from recording to tour the UK in February:

02/05 - Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester
02/06 - Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
02/08 - Old Fire Station, Bournemouth
02/09 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London
02/10 - Fez Club February, Reading
02/14 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
02/15 - Sugarmill, Stoke
02/16 - The Barfly, London

Stars in Coma has a new website: ma.com/" target=_blank>https://www.starsincoma.com/

Check out the video for "Fractured rays" from Swedish drone act Tape: m.se/hapna/tape_video_high.mov" target=_blank>https://www.jossystem.se/hapna/tape_video_high.mov
The clip was directed by Dan Brännvall.

IAT favorites Desert Planet will be touring Germany yet again this coming may and you should book them to play your party: may2006.htm" target=_blank>https://personal.inet.fi/taide/junttila/desert/ani/tourmay2006.htm
Good times are guaranteed.

Swedish electronic artist Skoud will be touring the UK later this month:

01/26 - The Venue, Dumfries
01/27 - The Beerhouse, manchester
01/28 - The mill, Preston
01/29 - Jug of Ale, Birmingham
01/30 - Port mahon, Oxford
01/31 - The Shed, Leicester
02/01 - 333, London
02/02 - The Fenton, Leeds
02/03 - The Brickyard, Carlisle
02/04 - 13th Note, Glasgow

Icelandic act Kimono 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).

Fireside is coming back in 2006? music.com/news.asp?ID=186" target=_blank>https://www.firesidemusic.com/news.asp?ID=186

Swedish singer/songwriter Christian Kjellvander will play the London Barfly on march 15.

The José Gonzaléz documentary "Orchestra Of One" will be airing on Channel 4 in the UK on February 11.

Neumu reviews Peter, Bjorn and John: mu.net/fortyfour/" target=_blank>https://www.neumu.net/fortyfour/

IAT.mP3 artist Pacta Sunt Servanda (see the free EP for download on the right) has a new website: https://www.pactasuntservanda.se/

Dusted's annual 'Destined' feature of bands to watch in 2006 includes Denmark's Whomadewho: magazine.com/features/459" target=_blank>https://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/459

Swedish rock'n'roll power trio Black Belt will be heading over to Germany for some dates in February:

02/03 - Pirate Cove, Berlin
02/04 - White Pig, Bad Frankenhausen
02/05 - Dipol, Freiberg
02/06 - Subway To Peter, Chemnitz
02/07 - Schützengasse, Weimar
02/08 - Kreuz, Obermarchtal
02/09 - Club Scheune, Erlangen
02/10 - Barfly, Schönebeck
02/11 - NVA-Club, Ludwigsfelde
02/13 - Unikum, Osnabrück
02/14 - Schaubude, Kiel

A new single entitled "Hold on" will be released in Sweden in February. The song was produced by magnus "Existensminimum" Henriksson and Pierre Lindsjöö (Dungen, Ceasars, etc.). As for the band's next full-length, they plan to enter the studio following the tour.

Svenska Kraftekvilibrister, aka experimental noise duo Henrik Rylander and Henrik Andersson, will be playing a special show at GUmP (Jazzhuset, Göteborg) on January 26 with guest guitarists Patrick Caganis (ex-Union Carbide Productions) and Andreas Nilsson (Silverbullit) that will recorded for release via Kning Disk.