Playground signs Little Children

Little Children (nee Idiot Kid) has been officially picked up by Playground Music.

New music from Little Children

Swedish artist Little Children (ex-Idiot Kid) is streaming three new tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/littlechildrenmusik
A full-length album has been recorded with Andreas Berthling (Tape) and is on the way.

New music from Children (ex-Idiot Kid)

Swedish artist Children, aka the solo project of Linus Lutti from Idiot Kid, has a couple new tracks posted on myspace including a Tom Waits cover performed with Andreas Söderström (ASS) and another song featuring Magnus Granberg (Skogen) and Per Eklund (Taken By Trees, El Perro Del Mar): http://www.myspace.com/boevell

MyFriends: Boevell, LionLove, Maggie at the Grand Piano, Masquer, We Work in Cubicles, Ydinaseeton Pohjola

The long-awaited Licking Fingers Swedish music comp "Thank You For The Music" will finally be out on May 28 and the label will celebrate with a party that evening at Pet Sounds Bar in Stockholm. Here's the tracklist, as best I can tell:

01. Anna Järvinen - Svensktalande Bättre Folk
02. Jens Lekman - The Opposite Of Hallelujah
03. Lykke Li - Everbody But Me
04. Those Dancing Days - Dischoe
05. Friska Viljor - Old Man
06. Shout Out Louds - South America
07. The Concretes - The Sentence
08. First Floor Power - The Jacket
09. Pacific! - Runaway To Elswhere
10. Kleerup/Lisa Milberg - Music For Girl
11. The Radio Dept. - Freddy And The Trojan Horse
12. Studio - No Company
13. Peter Morén - Social Competence
14. Loney, Dear - Your Time Will Come
15. Wildbirds And Peacedrums - Liar Lion
16. El Perro Del Mar - Glory To The World
17. The Tiny - Too Heavy A Burden
18. Frida Hyvönen - See How I Come Into Town
19. Speedmarket Avenue - Sirens
20. Idiot Kid - Wide Awake
21. Nicolai Dunger - God's Waitingroom

Idiot Kid
Darkness in our house
Slottet

Somber and brooding, an intimate and intensifying examination of life and its complications, "Darkness in our house" is a bleak effort given warmth and presence from its composers. The strength of Linus Lutti's voice is complimented by its raspy fragility, making it the perfect narrator for the windswept, empty terrains the music explores and expands into, braced when needed by Ann-Sofie Lundin's backing register. The delicate production granted to the record by Johan Berthling (The Tiny, Tape) enhances the personal element of the album, making it all the more confessional and passionate. Not necessarily a record I'd recommend listening to every day during these winter months, but Idiot Kid are definitely worth a few minutes' research if not an investment.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson

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

01. Britta Persson - Cliffhanger
02. TALK 1
03. Death By Kite - Sweet M
04. KVLR - Traitors and thieves
05. Anna Ternheim - Today is a good day
06. TALK 2
07. Don Juan Dracula - Take me home (Johan Angebjörn remix feat. Sally Shapiro)
08. Amorphis - Weaving the incantation
09. Thomas Denver Jonsson - Dreams at the film club (feat. Nina Kinert)
10. TALK 3
11. Don't Be A Stranger - Lonely together
12. Madrugada - Tonight I have no words for you
13. Majessic Dreams - Have to go
14. TALK 4
15. Pavan - The bird
16. Bröderna Lindgren - Om en guldfisk (feat. Kristofer Åström)
17. The Tarantula Waltz - Where I end and you begin
18. Adam Tensta - They wanna know
19. TALK 5
20. Commando M Pigg - Mot stjärnorna
21. Gravy - Rock scientists
22. Jonas Game - ADHD
23. TALK 6
24. Linus Larsson & John Roger Olsson - In the shadow
25. Idiot Kid - Go to sleep
26. Mats Öberg - Cool water - på Den Gyldene Freden
27. TALK 7
28. Pascal - Längtar efter dig
29. The Bear Quartet - I would be poor
30. Peloton - Aranburu
31. Royal Downfall - Lightning strikes twice
32. TALK 8
33. Made In Sweden - Winter's a bummer
34. Erik Enocksson - The state the sea left me in
35. Asha Ali - Coward heart
36. TALK 9
37. A-ha - Celice

MP3: Idiot Kid - Go to sleep

Idiot Kid is best taken in measured doses as its far too easy to overdose on their dreary melancholia. There's no exaltation, no revelation; only darkness, loneliness and death. "I'm glad I didn't die before I met you" is as joyful as it gets. The rest of the dialog isn't so straightforward. It's most certainly a conversation, but it's hard to tell whether it's external or internal. For all I know, it could be all in his head. It's start out trying to be reassuring, but slowly gets angrier. The pushing away, the simmering resentments. Could it be a suicide note or is it an abject threat? Regardless, it sure is miserable, though in the best, most artful way possible.

Idiot Kid - Go to sleep

Swedish indie act Idiot Kid has a new song posted on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/idiotkidslottet
The band's new album "Darkness in our house" comes out November 5 via Slottet (Santa Maria, Jean-Louis Huhta).

Chikan's debut album "Cops and Crooks In Your Head" will be out December 3 via Circle Around A Circle Records. The band is the solo project of Petter Söderberg from Amical and the recording was produced by David Lehnberg (Ariel Kill Him). Upcoming tourdates:

12/03 - Heffaklumpen, Gävle (SWE) w/Christan Kjellvander, Hello Saferide
12/03 - Kafé Spegeln, Gävle (SWE) w/Idiot Kid
12/08 - tba, Berlin (GER)
12/09 - JFZ, Haldensleben (GER) w/Björn Kleinhenz
12/10 - Strandperle, Limburg (GER)
12/11 - Caveau, Mainz (GER)
12/12 - tba
12/13 - tba
12/14 - Drifter's, Freiburg (GER)
12/15 - Das Rind, Rüsselsheim (GER)
12/16 - Cubanova, Münster (GER)
12/17 - tba

Head to their website to hear samples: http://www.chikan.se/