Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. A Camp
02. Jenny Wilson
03. Frida Hyvönen
04. The Bear Quartet
05. Fever Ray
06. Shout Out Louds
07. The Concretes
08. Jonathan Johansson
09. Phoenix
10. Sahara Hotnights
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Fluxblog on Jenny Wilson's new single "The wooden chair": http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/02/like-a-steam-fever
Live music with Jenny Wilson at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/02/20/musik-med-jenny-wilson/
The new Jenny Wilson track (see here) "The wooden chair" made it to the Pitchfork Forkcast: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/148510-new-music-jenny-wilson-the-wooden-chair-stream
There's a new Jenny Wilson track streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/goldmedalrecordings
As mentioned before, her new album "Hardships!" will be out on February 25 via Gold Medal Recordings.
The new Jenny Wilson album "Hardships!" is confirmed for release on February 25 via her own new label Gold Medal Recordings and she will be playing a release show at Fasching in Stockholm that same night. Expect the first single and video in January.
First Floor Power has signed with Danish label Crunchy Frog who will be releasing the group's third album "Don't Back Down!" on May 5, their first sans Jenny Wilson who has since gone solo. Listen at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/firstfloorpower
Little DragonFor some reason, José González hyping his girlfriend's band (eg here) made me think that this was going to be better than it was. Odd that, since I'm not really a fan González himself. Not sure what the right definition of this music is - nu-soul? Electro-soul? Anyway, it sounds a bit like Erykah Badu, but more electronic and trip-hoppier. I really like Yukimi Nagano's voice and the album's diverse and quite original, but I'll give credit to anyone who can manage to listen to it in its entirety without yawning. "Recommendation" is my favourite track on here, it sounds a bit like a mix of Jenny Wilson and Robyn, and it's got a nice vibe that the rest of the album generally is devoid of.
- Simon Tagestam
First Floor Power will be making their first live appearance in quite some time at the Pop Dakar Festival on September 1 in Stockholm. It is not actually a reunion (as was suggested earlier and elsewhere), as the band never officially broke up and is continuing on nowadays as a three-piece with Sara Wilson and drummer Per Lager sharing vocal duties. The band is even working on a new record under the working title "Hits and shits" and have already recorded 16 tracks. Guests include ex-member Jenny Wilson along with Andreas Söderström (Ass) and Adam Kammerland (Pluxus).
Hybris is offering up The Sweptaways' new single as a free download: http://hybrism.blogspot.com/2007/03/free-mp3-single-from-sweptaways.html
The song is a cover of Jenny Wilson's "Let my shoes lead me forward" and is my favorite cut from the band's record "Ooh ahh".
