DiS interviews Fever Ray (again)

Drowned in Sound talks to Karin Dreijer Andersson (Fever Ray, The Knife): http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137231-hey-fever-ray--dis-meets-karin-dreijer-anderssen

Fever Ray - Triangle walks (video)

The video for the new Fever Ray single "Triangle walks" is now online: http://vimeo.com/5215214

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Loney, Dear
02. The Radio Dept.
03. The Bear Quartet
04. Kleerup
05. Camera Obscura
06. Fever Ray
07. Phoenix
08. Kristofer Åström
09. Hello Saferide
10. Jens Lekman

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Sirius playlist week #24

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU, a special (almost) all-electronic feature:

01. The Bear Quartet - Sweet beef
02. TALK 1
03. Fever Ray - Triangle walks
04. Antifilm - Mado
05. Pistol Disco - Organ and drum
06. TALK 2
07. Håkan Lidbo - Born in the USA
08. Pan Sonic - Kahalaus
09. Agent Side Grinder - The screams
10. Existensminimum - 1993
11. TALK 3
12. Familjen - Det lilla livet
13. Tiger Lou - Crushed by a crowd (Mikael Jonasson remix)
14. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Flir
15. TALK 4
16. Universal Poplab - I could say I'm sorry
17. Marybell Katastrophy - Hey Frank
18. Dear Euphoria - Pop pills
19. TALK 5

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

Fever Ray to release new single "Triangle walks'

"Triangle walks" has been selected as the third single from Fever Ray's debut album. It will be available both on 12" and as a digital download and will include remixes from Tiga, Spektre, James Rutledge, Tora Vinter, Ben Hoo and Allez-Allez. Also, keep an eye out for a video made with director Mikel Cee Karlsson.

Fever Ray to play UK in July

Fever Ray will be doing a number of UK dates in July:

07/11 - Loop Festival, Brighton
07/12 - Oxegen, Dublin
07/13 - Academy, Bristol
07/14 - Academy 2, Manchester
07/16 - Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
07/17 - Latitude Festival, Suffolk

The Swede Beat #4

The latest issue of email newsletter The Swede Beat just went out: http://campaign-archive.com/?u=80b566c77cc8873e0857b5dea&id=4ffdad2e4d
Featured artists include Adiam Dymott, Andreas Tilliander, Fever Ray and Titiyo.

Ström presents: 'Musiken vi hatar'

Håkan Lidbo and the folks behind Swedish Radio electronic music program Ström have put together a collection of new music for national mourning, sent music into space and now they've gathered a crew of some of Sweden's finest electronic artists to cover the music they hate. Instead of paraphrasing, let's cut + paste:

In 2009, the radio show Ström gave an assignment to Swedish artists that make electronic music.; to make an interpretation of a song that they really do not like, sometimes even hate. The purpose was some sort of musical regression therapy. By making a cover of a song they dislike and make it into their own, the artists could get in touch with their musical origin, the place in their soul where the creativitiy is coming from. And by doing so, get a deeper understanding of themselves as humans - and as artists. The influential songs are easy to point out, and easy to cover, but the hated ones can be shameful and hard to confront. Sometimes those can partly explain why the artist sound the way he or she does.

The result: "Musiken vi hatar", due out June 10. Tracklist:

01. Fever Ray - Here Before (Vashti Bunyan)
02. Roos - Polly (Nirvana)
03. Andreas Tilliander - Dub that she wants/All That She Wants (Ace Of Base)
04. Familjen - Mine Øyne De Ska Se (Lis Sørensen)
05. Little Jinder - Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground)
06. Cilihili & DaBook - Orinoco Flow (Enya)
07. Ebb - Trash (Suede)
08. Trig - Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice)
09. Lisa Nordström - LIke To Get To Know You Well (Howard Jones)
10. Håkan Lidbo - Born In The USA (Bruce Springsteen)
11. Alf Tumble - Klubbland (Håkan Hellström)
12. Vaerelsen - Diska!/Washing Up (Tomas Andersson)
13. Den Finska Nikotintanten - 122 Hours Of Fear (The Screamers)
14. Roll the Dice - Motorcycle Emptiness (Manic Street Preachers)

See the comments area for a track-by-track breakdown of why each artist chose the song they did.

Fever Ray to North America in late September

Fever Ray will finally make it over to North America this fall:

09/28 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
09/29 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
10/01 - Metropolis, Montreal, Quebec
10/02 - Kool Haus, Toronto, Ontario
10/03 - Metro, Chicago, IL
10/05 - Grand Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
10/07 - Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA

DOA on Fever Ray

Delusions of Adequacy reviews Fever Ray: http://www.adequacy.net/2009/04/fever-ray-fever-ray/

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Loney, Dear
02. A Camp
03. Jens Lekman
04. Bob Hund
05. Maia Hirasawa
06. Jenny Wilson
07. Frida Hyvönen
08. Sahara Hotnights
09. The Hidden Cameras
10. Fever Ray

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Sirius playlist week #15

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Lowood - It's a mess (feat. Kristofer Åström)
02. TALK 1
03. Murmansk - Sweet trio
04. Øresund Space Collective - My heel has a beard
05. Nutid - Pianoflikkan
06. TALK 2
07. Montt Mardié - Bang, bang (Echo in Warsaw)
08. Rupesh Cartel - Oh no oh no!
09. Bellman - Sleep forever
10. Pixie Carnation - Little sister
11. TALK 3
12. Fever Ray - Concrete walls
13. Jesper Norda - We have the guts
14. Bad Hands - Bad hands (feat. Nina Kinert)
15. TALK 4
16. Turboweekend - Up with the smoke - Down with the ash

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Bob Hund
02. Anna Järvinen
03. Loney, Dear
04. El Perro del Mar
05. Jenny Wilson
06. The Bear Quartet
07. Fever Ray
08. Hello Saferide
09. Frida Hyvönen
10. Florence Valentin

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NME goes crazy for Sweden

Lots of Scandinavian reviews at NME this week:

Air France - No way down
WhoMadeWho - The plot
Fever Ray - s/t
AK-Momo - Return to NY
Peter Bjorn And John - Living thing

As was wisely suggested by a reader, does this mean we have to endure a new Swedish break-out period?

Sirius playlist week #13

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. The Late Call - Put your lights on
02. TALK 1
03. Fever Ray - When I grow up (Håkan Lidbo remix)
04. Maskinen - Alla som inte dansar
05. Isolation Years - Albino child
06. TALK 2
07. Pixie Carnation - When did the lights go out
08. Unleashed - Dead forever
09. Lack - Soot, smoke & ash
10. TALK 3
11. Small - Comic girl
12. Peter Bjorn and John - It don't move me
13. Masquer - I think I'll lose my mind
14. Ironville - Roses
15. TALK 4
16. Parasite - Nightwinds
17. Aerial - Kallisti
18. The Crystal Caravan - Tombstone eyes
19. TALK 5
20. Hello Saferide - Arjeplog

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.