Two new 7"s coming from Finnish avant label Fonal in February:

Ville Leinonen & Valumo - Varpunen / Hei, Sisareni
Risto - Hessu Kostaa Ja muita Hiirtitarinoita

Jens Lekman talks to Pitchfork about his current musical hiatus: media.com/news/05-12/16.shtml#jenslekman" target=_blank>https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-12/16.shtml#jenslekman

Noisedfisk interviews Hanna Fahl of Swedish Radio's P3 Pop: m/2005/12/16/an-interview-with-hanna-fahl2" target=_blank>https://noisedfisk.com/2005/12/16/an-interview-with-hanna-fahl2

mIC Norway on kitchen appliance bashing rock act Hurra Torpedo and their recent US tour: mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005121612495042715037" target=_blank>https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005121612495042715037

Finnish music blog Lupatarkastaja presents a new mp3 mixtape from Kjell Hansson of Lolita Stasi: mizdat.info/2005/12/16/luuvitosen-vippi-7-kjell-hansson-lolita-stasi/" target=_blank>https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2005/12/16/luuvitosen-vippi-7-kjell-hansson-lolita-stasi/

The Kahvi netlabel has a new release from Norwegian electronic artist Xerxes for free download: https://www.kahvi.org/98.php

Norway's Delaware has posted a new song for download on their website: muzic.com/" target=_blank>https://www.delawaremuzic.com/

The Guardian reviews Swedish/French indiepop act The Envelopes: ml" target=_blank>https://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,,1668114,00.html

Check out a special Christmas download from The Perishers: media.nettwerk.com/mp3/ThePerishers_BlueChristmas.mp3" target=_blank>https://media.nettwerk.com/mp3/ThePerishers_BlueChristmas.mp3

Aversionline spotlights some more crushing Finnish hardcore: m/blahg/2005/12/more-furious-finns.html" target=_blank>https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2005/12/more-furious-finns.html

Stockholm City's picks for the best music of 2005: https://www.city.se/ArticlePages/200512/15/20051215152756_040/20051215152756_040.dbp.asp

Top 10s for 2005: Micke Orgel

Top 10s for 2005: It's a trap!

Podcast: Best of 2005

Today is the day that my m/index.php?article=135">top 10 for 2005 is revealed. It really shouldn't be much of a surprise to anyone who's read the site for a long time. I've also made a m/index.php?article=136">companion podcast mix so y'all can familiarize yourselves with the bands I enjoy. And if that's not enough for you, you can always m/bored/comments.php?DiscussionID=37&page=1#Item_0">take it to the forum and tell me how much I suck.