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Danish act Munich has a brand new website: https://www.munichband.dk/
Great band - check out the songs they have streaming there.

Daniel Änghede has parted ways with Swedish goth/electronica act Hearts of Black Science, leaving Tomas Almgren as the sole remaining member. Read a statement from the guys at myspace: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=69628231&blogID=333785247

The Deer Tracks, the new electronica duo featuring David Lehnberg (Ariel Kill Him, Ikaros), has signed with Finnish label Next Big Thing and will be releasing their debut album in February. The group is also now working with EMA Telstar for booking in Scandinavia. Listen to samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thedeertracks

The nominees for the Swedish Radio P3 Guld awards have been announced:

Pop:
Anna Järvinen - Jag fick feeling
Friday Bridge - Intricacy
Jens Lekman - Night falls over Kortedala
Sambassadeur - Migration
Taken By Trees - Open Field

Dance:
Aril Brikha - Ex machina
Axwell - collected work
Minilogue - collected work
The Field - From here we go sublime
Tiger Stripes - collected work

Rock/metal:
Arch Enemy - Rise Of The Tyrant
Dark Tranquility - Fiction
Kongh - Counting heartbeats
Marduk - Rom 5:12
Mustasch - Latest version of the truth

Hiphop/soul:
Petter - God damn it
Ken - Äntligen hemma
Adam Tensta - It's a Tensta Thing
Million stylez - From A Far
Basutbudet - Svensk bas

Newcomer:
Adam Tensta
Maia Hirasawa
Million Stylez
Neverstore
Those Dancing Days

Female artist:
Laleh - Prinsessor
Maia Hirasawa - Though, I'm Just Me
Miss Li - God Put A Rainbow In The Sky
September - Dancing Shoes
Säkert! - Säkert!

Male artist:
Danny - Heart. Beats.
Jens Lekman - Night falls over Kortedala
Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava
Mange Schmidt - Känslan kommer tillbaks
Salem Al Fakir - This Is Who I Am

Group:
Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden
Mando Diao - Never Seen The Light Of Day
Sahara Hotnights - What If Leaving Is A Loving Thing
Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
The Ark - Prayer For The Weekend

Song:
Kleerup with Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
Mange Schmidt feat. Petter - Giftig
Oh Laura - Release Me
Sahara Hotnights - Cheek To Cheek
Säkert! - Vi kommer att dö samtidigt

Guldmicken (live):
Laakso
Mustasch
Salem Al Fakir
Säkert!
Timo Räisänen

More info: https://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p3/nyhetssidor/index.asp?programID=3014

Satyricon drummer Frost has broken his leg, forcing them to cancel their appearance at the Arnhem Metal Meeting this weekend: https://www.satyricon.no/news.asp

The nominees for the Danish Radio P3 Guld Awards have been announced: https://www.dr.dk/P3/P3Guld/2007/1122132636.htm (in Danish)

Morningside Records has posted a huge slew of new tourdates for Figurines, Oh No Ono, I Am Bones plus a bunch of other news: https://morningsiderecords.dk/?p=116

Komplott has posted details for their new release from Henning Lundkvist, "The end of a system of things": https://www.komplott.com/

Norwegian melancholy rock act Draumir has parted ways with vocalist Alexandra Bråten. The group is currently working on a new album tentatively titled "The hawk sings", due out next fall.

In case you were wondering, here's the tracklist for that free comp of Swedish music "Whispers from the forests, screams from the mountains" that comes with the latest issue of UK mag The Wire:

01. Hans Appelqvist - Jag en gök (Häpna, from the album "Sifantin och mörkret")
02. Eric Malmberg - Milda döden hämtar oss alla till slut (Häpna, from the album "Verklighet & beat")
03. Anders Dahl - Hundloka - percussion, guitar, bouzouki (excerpt) (Häpna, from the album "Milieu")
04. Tape - Augustan chateau (Häpna, from the album "Sifantin och mörkret")
05. Anna Järvinen - Helsinki (Häpna, from the album "Jag fick feeling")
06. A Taste Of Ra - Morning of my life (excerpt) (Häpna, from the album "Morning of my life")
07. Christine Ödlund - Lightning & voices (Ideal, from the upcoming album "Phenomena")
08. Nash Kontroll - All muzzles look the same (Ideal, from the "Must be destroyed" 7")
09. Mokira - Skaka hund skaka (Ideal, previously unreleased)
10. Sewer Election - White Golgotha (Ideal, previously unreleased)
11. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Heaven is the notion that all this will end (Ideal, previously unreleased)
12. Skull Defekts, The - Finding your way through the forest by settng it on fire (Ideal, previously unreleased)
13. Erik Enocksson - The state the sea left me in (Kning Disk, from the album "Farväl Falkenberg")
14. Dan Fröberg - We'll never be the same again (song) (Kning Disk, previously unreleased)
15. Jerry Johansson - Next door conversation part II (excerpt) (Kning Disk, from the album "Next door conversation")
16. Folke Rabe - Swinee river (Kning Disk, previously unreleased)
17. Library Tapes - Fragment VIII (Kning Disk, from the "Fragment" EP)
18. Balroynigress - Shampo and champagne (Kning Disk, from the album "Shampo and champagne")

Box, the avant supergroup featuring Raoul Björkenheim (Scorch Trio), Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, etc.), Ståle Storløkken (Supersilent) and Morgan Ågren (Mats/Morgan, Zappa's Universe), has now had their debut album "Studio 1" confirmed for release on January 14 via Rune Grammofon. Cover art and details: https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/box/rcd-2070---box_-studio-1

Millencolin now have their very own signature headphones: https://www.millencolin.com/news/

Norwegian act Kite is back from the dead and will play their first gig in a long while at by:Larm this coming February. Read more: https://www.kiteweb.net/kiteweb/iFrontpage.php?ID=45

MIC Norway profiles up-and-coming techno artist/producer Diskjokke: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007112915164287685511

Arcana has revealed that their next album, due out in early 2008 via Kalinkaland Records, will called "Raspail". Read more: https://www.erebusodora.net/arcana/