Swedish indie label/booking agency Parapluie will celebrate their second birthday with a special show at Pusterviksbaren in Göteborg on August 1 featuring "Reader's companion" alumni The Lionheart Brothers plus IAT faves Lampshade as well as Steso Songs, Daniel Ohrvall and DJs Jerry Boman and Euphoria and the Lazy Boy.

Danish act Munich has posted the new track "The young ones" on their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/munichdk
RIYL Lampshade.

Danish act The Late Parade has a new mix of the song "My spies" posted on myspace, the first taste they say of what to expect from their forthcoming record: http://www.myspace.com/thelateparade
Reminds me a bit of Lampshade.

Lampshade frontwoman RebekkaMaria will release her debut 12" solo single "Part of the game" using the moniker As In RebekkaMaria on June 2 via Attack Music to coincide with her performance at the Spot Festival. B-sides include the track "Cowboy song" as well as remixes from SuperTroels, Kernefamilien and Varano. Listen here: http://www.myspace.com/asinrebekkamaria

Last night's playlist for my show on Sirius Blog Radio:

01. Isolation Years - Yellow cross on blue
02. TALK 1
03. Johndoe - Nattskift
04. Montys Loco - Wasteland
05. Once We Were - Cut corners
06. TALK 2
07. [ingenting] - Mycket vasen for ingenting
08. Margaret Berger - Robot song
09. Namur - Marching
10. Lampshade - New legs
11. TALK 3
12. Maia Hirasawa - Gothenburg
13. Mixtapes & Cellmates - Quiet
14. Fattaru - 100:-
15. Juvelen - Hanna
16. TALK 4
17. Säkert! - Allt som är ditt
18. Sonores - 16th of June
19. Detektivbyrån - E18
20. TALK 5
21. At the Gates - The swarm
22. Barra Head - Kill the lights
23. TALK 6
24. The Tough Alliance - Leg 7
25. Torpedo - My evil twin
26. Alog - Catch that totem!
27. TALK 7
28. Valley Days - 10k angels
29. A-ha - Celice
30. Victims - Who the fuck are we?
31. TALK 8
32. The Vicious - Alienated
33. Viola - Unreal life
34. Zweizz - Nowadays the only boring everything is so frustrating
35. Viktor Sjöberg - Winter guitars
36. TALK 9
37. Closer - The talker
38. Aerial - My god, it's full of stars!
39. The Kissaway Trail - La la song
40. Laakso - Italy vs Helsinki
41. The Psyke Project - Panic
42. TALK 10
43. C.Aarmé - We are the world

Next week: expect lots more killer jams including totally a brand new track from Closer and maybe even a spotlight set on post-rock/ambient music. Good times!

Hits in the Car on Twami's new Lampshade remix: http://stytzer.blogspot.com/2007/03/twami-vs-lampshade.html

Supertroels has posted a remix of As in RebekkaMaria, the solo project of Lampshade's frontwoman: http://supertroels.dk/wp/?p=170

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Lampshade frontwoman RebekkaMaria is working on a soloproject along some of her bandmates and Johannes Nidam from Campsite. The name of the project is called As In RebekkaMaria and the music is described as "pop with a twist," citing influences as diverse as Brigitte Bardot, The Knife, Cat Power and Sufjan Stevens.

Hits in the Car mentioned them the other day and let me reiterate, Munich is an up-and-coming Danish band not to be missed. Check out the three new tracks on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/munichdk
It's worth noting that Jonas Petersen from IAT-approved act Attrap sent me a tip about these guys as well. He also plays a bit of cello and sings some backing vocals on the album. If that's not enough, let it be known that Johannes Dybkjaer of Lampshade, yet another IAT-recommended act, produced the record. If you enjoyed the dreamy pop of either of those two bands, you'll dig Munich for sure.

Gaffa is reporting that IAT faves Lampshade will be the subject of a documentary film to be released early next year: http://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=16397 (in Danish)

MP3: Élodie - Overload

A good follow-up to yesterday's post on Under Byen is today's mp3 from Élodie. Both bands are female-fronted and could be considered post-rock by the way they embrace slow-building dynamics. The main difference however is that Élodie is more of a pop band. Where Under Byen is unique for their heavy percussion, Élodie soothes with lush, gentle melodies. It's a shame that their new EP "At the end of the line" is the last we'll hear from them - the band recently played their final show at Trästockfestivalen in their hometown of Skellefteå. If you've been at all into any of the other dark and dreamy pop I've been raving about this year such as Lampshade or Namur, then this is definitely up your alley. Not only is there a ton of similar music in this vein being released now, a very high percentage of it is remarkably good. There's more on the way too - keep an eye out for posts on new music Sonores and The Grand Opening in the near future, both amazing bands (and also both IAT.MP3 artists releasing their first official full-lengths).
Buy "At the end of the line": [click here]

Élodie - Overload

Updated European tourdates for IAT faves Lampshade:

09/07 - Gimle, Roskilde
09/08 - Forbrændingen, Albertslund
09/09 - Loppen, Copenhagen
09/14 - Voxhall, Århus
10/04 - 603qm, Darmstadt
10/05 - 013, Tilburg
10/06 - Kompleks, Heerhugowaard
10/07 - Hedon, Zwolle
10/09 - Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
10/14 - -Q-Bar, Berg/Drau
10/15 - Grabenhalle, St.Gallen
10/17 - gebäude 9, Cologne
10/18 - Feierwerk, München
10/19 - Cafe Mokka, Thun
10/20 - Musikzentrum, Hannover
10/21 - Musiktheater, Kassel
10/22 - Scheune, Dresden
10/23 - White Trash, Berlin
10/24 - Franzis, Wetzlar
10/25 - Rosenkeller, Jena
10/26 - Mausefalle, Bonn
10/27 - Forum, Bielefeld
10/28 - Museumskeller, Erfurt
11/01 - Landet, Stockholm
11/25 - Rust, Copenhagen
11/26 - STARS, Vordingborg
12/15 - Step In Bad, Lippspringe
12/16 - Pavillion, Sindelfingen

Check out Lazy Spinning Sparrow, a new Danish act that just opened their website: http://www.lazyspinningsparrow.dk/
If you like bands like Lampshade and Under Byen who fit somewhere between the realm of post-rock and dreampop, you'll definitely dig this. There's also a bit of the chamber-pop sound of The Tiny thrown in as well. The songs they have for streaming sound great, so check it out.