NPR's song of the day on Thursday was from I'm From Barcelona: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6458352

I'm From Barcelona's somewhat underwhelming debut album "Let me introduce my friends" will receive an official US release early next year via Mute.

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 tracks of the week:

01. The Killers – When You Were Young
02. The Shins – Sleeping Lessons
03. Loveninjas – I Wanna Be Like Johnny C
04. The Shins – Australia
05. The Shins – Phantom Limb
06. Nikola Sarcevic – Love Is Trouble
07. The Shins – Pam Berry
08. The Shins – Red Rabbits
09. The Killers – Sam's Town
10. I'm from Barcelona – We're From Barcelona

And the top 10 albums of the week:

01. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
02. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
03. The Knife – Deep Cuts
04. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
05. Band of Horses – Everything All the Time
06. The Strokes – Is This It
07. The Knife – Silent Shout
08. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
09. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
10. Hello Saferide – Introducing...

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Some new I'm From Barcelona tourdates:

10/19 - GUMP, Göteborg (SWE) w/Adventure Kid
11/10 - Speakeasy bar, Belfast (IRE)
11/11 - tba, Galway (IRE)
11/12 - Whelans, Dublin (IRE)
12/07 - Transmusicales Festival, Rennes (FRA)

Absolut Noise talks to Emanuel of I'm From Barcelona: http://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2006/10/interview-im-from-barcelona.html

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 albums of the week:

01. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
02. The Knife - Silent Shout
03. Camera Obscura - Let's Get out of This Country
04. The Knife - Deep Cuts
05. The Postal Service - Give Up
06. Tiger Lou - The Loyal
07. The Killers - Hot Fuss
08. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
09. Mew - Frengers
10. Hello Saferide - Introducing...

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Marit Bergman – No Party
02. Britta Persson – You Are Not My Boyfriend
03. Marit Bergman – Sun Goes Down
04. Marit Bergman – Mama, I Remember You Now
05. The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
06. I'm from Barcelona – We're From Barcelona
07. The Knife – Heartbeats
08. The Knife – Neverland
09. Britta Persson – Winter Tour
10. Yo La Tengo – Beanbag Chair

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This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 albums of the week:

01. Tiger Lou - The Loyal
02. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
03. The Postal Service - Give Up
04. The Knife - Silent Shout
05. Hot Chip - The Warning
06. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
07. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
08. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
09. David & the Citizens - Stop the tape! Stop the tape!
10. The Knife - Deep Cuts

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Yo La Tengo – Beanbag Chair
02. David & the Citizens – 48h
03. Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
04. Yo La Tengo – I feel like going home
05. I'm From Barcelona – We're From Barcelona
06. The Knife – Silent shout
07. TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me
08. Junior Boys – Double Shadow
09. Yo La Tengo – Black flowers
10. Marit Bergman – No Party

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The Times talks to I'm From Barcelona: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,585-2336789.html

I'm From Barcelona is officially confirmed for the UK's End of the Road festival on September 17.

Oh, and just one thing: remember when I mentioned that I'm from Barcelona was coming to the UK in September? Well, it's still not quite 100% confirmed according to my sources, but chances are high that you'll see them at the End of the Road Festival.

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. The Knife
02. Radiohead
03. Death Cab for Cutie
04. Tiger Lou
05. Camera Obscura
06. The Beatles
07. Johnny Cash
08. Sufjan Stevens
09. Belle and Sebastian
10. Peter Bjorn and John

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Marit Bergman – No Party
02. Kazakstan – Julien
03. Tiger Lou – Until I'm There
04. Camera Obscura – Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken
05. I'm From Barcelona – Collection of Stamps
06. I'm From Barcelona – Treehouse
07. I'm From Barcelona – We're From Barcelona
08. The Knife – The captain
09. The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
10. The Knife – Silent shout

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Tack! Tack! Tack! checks in after returning home from Emmaboda:

T!T!T! at Emmaboda had a strong red threat of Sweden through the line-up. From Brighton (home of Sweden Made Me) came Bobby McGees. The UK-Sweden link was further bolstered by Monster Bobby's membership in 2/7 Swedish band The Pipettes.
Nevertheless, this was T!T!T! at Emmaboda with IAT jocks.
Festival faves The Bobby McGees gave up seven songs to 150 people crowded in the D&tC tent with Monster Bobby following on with a further six songs, increasing the crowd to 250 - this in competition against Hello Saferide performing on the main stage. Not too shabby we say.
Bands to catch the eye of T!T!T! included Familjen, Hemstad, I'm From Barcelona, Vapnet, SMK, Hello Saferide and D&tC, to name just a few. We missed them, but The Tiny were said to be immense. Old timers like Billie the Vision and the Dancers gave a memorable show, and trumpetplayer Lisa promised to marry T!T!T! Even more lovely was when The Pipettes dedicated "Pull shapes" to T!T!T!
T!T!T! dedicated it to all the other would-be proponents of music on the scene for Scandi music. From Spain, Italy, Scotland, England, Ireland, USA and elsewhere; everyone was there. You know who, Tack!

I'm From Barcelona will be doing a few shows in the UK come mid-September.

Pitchfork gives extremely high praise to I'm From Barcelona: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/37756/Im_From_Barcelona_Let_Me_Introduce_My_Friends
As short as the album is, I still find that it wears on me to listen to it all the way through. The first EP was perfect in every way. It's a shame my dog Parker hates them so much.

Tim Sendra highlights Swedish acts I'm From Barcelona, Hell On Wheels and Peter Bjorn and John in the latest AMG Editor's Picks column: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=61::68DP