This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. Jens Lekman
02. Feist
03. José González
04. Kent
05. The Knife
06. Radiohead
07. Death Cab for Cutie
08. Belle and Sebastian
09. Modest Mouse
10. Iron & Wine

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Column: A Postcard Life #3

This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. Jens Lekman
02. José González
03. Iron & Wine
04. Kent
05. Shout Out Louds
05. Death Cab for Cutie
07. The Knife
08. Band of Horses
09. Beirut
10. Feist

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This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. Jens Lekman
02. Kent
03. Shout Out Louds
04. The Knife
05. Iron & Wine
06. Death Cab for Cutie
07. Beirut
08. Feist
09. José González
10. Belle and Sebastian

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The video for the new Kent single "Ingenting" is now online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M03ZNvDeql4

Column: A Postcard Life #2

This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. Jens Lekman
02. Belle and Sebastian
03. Interpol
04. Shout Out Louds
05. Moneybrother
06. Rilo Kiley
07. Kent
08. Sufjan Stevens
09. Feist
10. José González

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The tracklist from this week's radio show featuring special guest Magnus Bjerkert of Adrian Recordings:

01. TALK 1
02. Familjen - Huvudet i sanden
03. Andreas Tilliander - Untitled
04. TALK 2
05. Printer - Minds Out
06. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Flir
07. TALK 3
08. Björns vänner - Isoleringskvall
09. The Fine Arts Showcase - Chemical girl (Familjen remix)
10. Laakso - Truck Driver
11. TALK 4
12. Breach - Diablo
13. Kent - Ingenting någonsin
14. Stina Nordenstam - Crime
15. Stardog - Lack of time
16. TALK 5
17. Bob Hund - Förträngda problem
18. Den Svenska Tystnaden - Reaktor
19. Björk - Venus as a boy
20. TALK 6
21. Honey is Cool - If I go
22. The Knife - We share our mother's health (Trentemøller remix)
23. Silverbullit - Buddy
24. TALK 7
25. Sharif - E.A.A. (Eagerly awaiting anytime)
26. TALK 8
27. eMiL Jensen - Bud från April

MP3: Front and the Factory Lies Beneath - Under a black sun

Instead of the usual Friday post today, I'm continuing on with the week's theme of up-and-coming bands. In the late 90s I spent a lot of time seeking out bands that followed in the wake of Radiohead. That's how Kent was first introduced to me (via the US English-language release of "Isola"). Radiohead moved on, but plenty of others did not and there are still tons of acts mining "The bends" and/or "OK computer" for inspiration. Denmark has a good track record for producing quality acts in this vein, Kashmir being a prominent example, and now you can add Front and the Factory Lies Beneath to the list. No one can quite match Thom Yorke's inventive vocal phrasing, but FatFLB frontman Andreas Bjørn Madsen can sure hit those aching highs. Sure, it's a touch derivative, but like I said: Radiohead won't make another album like "The bends" so it's wide open for someone else to fill their old niche. I love that sound and am always happy to hear someone new who can pull it off so well.
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Front and the Factory Lies Beneath - Under a black sun

The new Kent album "Tillbaka till samtiden" will be released on October 17.

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

01. The Arcade Fire
02. Bloc Party
03. The Shins
04. The Radio Dept.
05. The Knife
06. Belle and Sebastian
07. Kent
08. Sufjan Stevens
09. Jens Lekman
10. Radiohead

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Kent reportedly has no plans to replace departed guitarist Harri Mänty and will continue on as a 4-piece.

Dagensskiva is reporting that guitarist Harri Mänty has left Kent: http://www.dagensskiva.com/news.asp?id=3507
The Kent website appears to be down currently, so I have no further details.

Aftonbladet reports that Kent is preparing a new album: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,945339,00.html
The band recorded at Allaire Studios in New York with Danish producer Jon "Joshua" Schumann (Kashmir, Mew, Carpark North).

[ingenting]
Mycket väsen för ingenting
Labrador

This is the second album from [ingenting], and they still sound a bit like Kent and a lot like Velvet Underground (the guitar riffs!). The Swedish press hasn't really taken to this album, something I don't really understand since these songs are highly infectious and the more I listen to them, the more I want to go on a road trip with them playing on the stereo. The lyrics are wonderful and the music's ace. [ingenting] are terrific at doing slower ballad-type of songs ("Bergochdalbanan" being my favourite 'slow song' on here), but what they really do best is fast and catchy (such as "Punkdrömmar", "Suzanne", "Släpp in solen" – listened a lot to this last summer, and "Hollywood dreams", the latter being the strongest track on "Mycket väsen för ingenting"). This is Swedish indie at its very best, even if [ingenting] have taken some obvious references points to create their sound like The Hives, instead of being more original like someone such as The Knife.
- Simon Tagestam