James Ausfahrt (aka Åke Strömer of Love is All) has a new solo album up on Bandcamp called "Emptying the fridge with friends and family": http://jamesausfahrt.bandcamp.com/album/emptying-the-fridge-with-friends-and-family
The latest issue of music mag Under the Radar is a special feature on comedy and in conjunction with that, they're getting many of their favorite musicians to tell their favorite joke. Here's Josephine Olausson from Love is All's contribution: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/music_vs._comedy_laugh_tracks_josephine_olausson_tells_her_favorite_joke/
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. This is Head
02. jj
03. Anna Ternheim
04. The Bear Quartet
05. Beach House
06. Håkan Hellström
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Kent
09. Love Is All
10. Jonathan Johansson
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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Johan Heltne - Din alkoholism är ingen alkoholism
02. TALK 1
03. Per Egland - Merkurius brinner (Martin Senter remix)
04. Gösta Berlings Saga - Bergslagen
05. TALK 2
06. Moses - Warning
07. Repoman - Flock of jackdaws
08. Darkthrone - I am the graves of the 80s
09. TALK 3
10. Pallers - The kiss
11. Ikons - Slow light (Pistol Disco remix)
12. TALK 4
13. Herätys - Pelkkää pahoinvointia
14. Love Is All - Bigger bolder
15. Susanne Sundfør - The brothel
16. TALK 5
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. This Is Head
02. jj
03. Anna Ternheim
04. The Bear Quartet
05. Beach House
06. Håkan Hellström
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Kent
09. Love Is All
10. Jonathan Johansson
Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Please join us and make your playlist count! Go here to learn more: http://www.last.fm/help/
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. The Radio Dept.
02. Jonathan Johansson
03. Kent
04. Sophie Zelmani
05. The National
06. Håkan Hellström
07. Shout Out Louds
08. Loney, Dear
09. The Tough Alliance
10. Love Is All
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PopMatters covers the new Love Is All record "Two thousand and ten injuries": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/119800-love-is-all-two-thousand-and-one-injuries/
Pitchfork has what I believe to be an accurate assessment of the new Kissaway Trail album "Sleep mountain": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14057-sleep-mountain/
Also reviewed, the new Love Is All record "Two thousand and ten injuries": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14062-two-thousand-and-ten-injuries/
Pitchfork interviews Josephine Olausson of Love is All in their "5-10-15-20" series covering the important artists they've loved at various junctures of life: http://pitchfork.com/news/38261-5-10-15-20-love-is-all-frontwoman-josephine-olausson/
PS, it's "800 degrees" by Ebba Grön, not Evergrön.
Dusted reviews the new Love Is All record "Two thousand and ten injuries": http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5614
Stereogum has the premiere of the new Love Is All video for the song "Kungen": http://stereogum.com/276942/love-is-all-kungen-video-stereogum-premiere/news/
Love Is All will be coming to the US for a tour in late March:
03/27 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
03/28 - Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY
03/29 - Rock N Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
03/30 - Barbary, Philadelphia, PA
03/31 - Middle East Downstairs, Boston, MA
04/02 - Il Motore, Montreal, Quebec
04/03 - Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Ontario
04/04 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
04/06 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
04/07 - High Dive, Champaign, IL
04/09 - Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
04/14 - tba, Seattle, WA
04/15 - WOW Hall, Eugene, OR
04/16 - Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
04/17 - Casbah, San Diego, CA
04/18 - Echo (Part Time Punks), Los Angeles, CA
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. November - En ny tid är här
02. TALK 1
03. Viola - 2010s (maybe the world won't end)
04. Love Is All - Kungen
05. Niels Nielsen - We are youth
06. NEI - 40 rabbits
07. TALK 2
08. Voices Break the Silence - Lost
09. Oriel Joans - Knuckles whiten
10. Ljudbilden & Piloten - Arms and legs together
11. David Åhlén - Great is thy faithfulness
12. TALK 3
13. Sambassadeur - Sandy dunes
14. Folkvang - Stugsista
15. Nirvana 2002 - Slumber
16. TALK 4
17. Obliteration - Exterminate
18. Java - Smokescreen
19. Thee Gutted String - White
20. TALK 5
21. Grande Roses - The farm
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
The new Love Is All track "Kungen" got a mediocre writeup at Pitchfork: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11703-kungen/
There's a new Love Is All track for download over at MBV: http://www.mbvmusic.com/2010/01/05/new-love-is-all-mp3-kungen/19879
The new album "Two-thousand and ten injuries" comes out March 23 via .