Pelle Carlberg will tour Spain in late October/early November.

Check out an NPR Open Mic feature with Pelle Carlberg: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13862795

Pelle Carlberg
In a nutshell
Labrador/Twentyseven Records

With the follow-up to "Everything now", Pelle Carlberg shows again his master touch with lush, reverberating pop songs; horns, strings, harmonies, the works. He's been known to tread ground dangerously close to the Go-Betweens, and "In a nutshell" is no exception. Instead of drifting across land and sea to Australia however, there's enough unique flair to keep his latest effort grounded at home. These acoustic guitar-driven songs, with threads of 60's British folk woven throughout, will no doubt appeal to seasoned listeners of Edson, and his solo work as well. The production values seem to be getting thicker, but hopefully the reins will be held back, lest his songs lose their charm. On this disc, nothing is lost, on the other hand not much is gained. His songwriting will no doubt continue to develop, and it will be interesting to see what comes next.
- Paul Bredenberg

Pitchfork does the track review thing with Pelle Carlberg and the song "Clever girls like clever boys more than clever boys like clever girls": http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/44206-pelle-carlberg-clever-girls-like-clever-boys-more-than-clever-boys-like-clever-girls-mp3stream

The playlist for my radio show this week:

01. Säkert! - Allt som är ditt
02. TALK 1
03. Madrugada - Shine
04. My Midnight Creeps - Don't let 'em bring you down
05. TALK 2
06. Asha Ali - A promise broken
07. Detektivbyrån - Hemvägen
08. Pelle Carlberg - Clever girls like clever boys much more than clever boys like clever girls
09. TALK 3
10. Enslaved - 793 (Slaget om Lindisfarne)
11. TALK 4
12. Fare You Well - Take me away
13. The Kissaway Trail - Smother + Evil = Hurt
14. Emmon - Wake up time (Thermostatic remix)
15. TALK 5
16. KVLR - Traitors and thieves
17. Magnus Carlsson - Va med mig
18. Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - Bebopalulia
19. TALK 6
20. De Må Være Belgiere - Cirkler
21. Johndoe - Kjøtere
22. Manes - Deeprooted
23. TALK 7
24. Khoma - Stop making speeches
25. The Giant's Dream - Significant dawn
26. Las Puertas - The water
27. TALK 8
28. Lordi - The chainsaw buffet
29. Logh - A sunset knife fight
30. Lack - 5 o'clock in the evening
31. TALK 9
32. The Bear Quartet - Before the trenches
33. Jan Johansson - Visa från Utanmyra
34. TALK 10
35. Kashmir - The aftermath

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

01. The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
02. The Knife – Silent Shout
03. The Knife – Deep Cuts
04. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
05. Loney, Dear – Loney, Noir
06. Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
07. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
08. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
09. The Killers – Sam's Town
10. Pelle Carlberg – In a nutshell

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Clyde from Twentyseven Records is looking to auction off the guitar that Pelle Carlberg purchased for his recent US mini-tour. It's a Yamaha steel string acoustic and will come signed along with both of Pelle's records.

Also at MIC Norway, a profile of up-and-coming indiepop singer/songer Ida Maria: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007053111133269647058
You may recognize her from her duet with Pelle Carlberg on "I love you, you imbecile".

New German dates for Bobby Baby:

05/19 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin w/Pelle Carlberg
06/22 - NBI, Berlin
06/23 - Scheune, Dresden
06/24 - Live in the Living, Kassel w/Theoretical Girl
06/25 - tbc, Göttingen
06/26 - Künstlerhaus 73, Hamburg

North American tourdates for Pelle Carlberg:

05/27 - NYC Popfest
05/29 - The Supermarket, Toronto, ONT
05/30 - Small's, Detroit, MI
05/31 - Beachland Tavern, Cleveland, OH
06/01 - tba

Swedish singer/songwriter Pelle Carlberg is confirmed for the NYC Popfest in late May: http://www.nycpopfest.com/
He'll be playing on Sunday, May 27. Look for a few more US dates around that time as well.

Pelle Carlberg on tour in Germany:

05/12 - Flockenpopfestival (tbc), Hannover (GER)
05/13 - Zeise Kino, Hamburg (GER)
05/14 - Blauer Engel, Kiel (GER)
05/15 - Unikeller, Osnabrück (GER)
05/16 - Pretty Vacant, Düsseldorf (GER)
05/17 - Stereowonderland, Köln (GER)
05/18 - Sparte 4, Saarbrücken (GER)
05/19 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig (GER)
05/20 - PrivatClub, Berlin (GER)
05/21 - Südstadt, München (GER)
05/22 - Das Bett, Frankfurt (GER)

The video for Pelle Carlberg's single "I love you, imbecile" is now available for download: http://www.labrador.se/video/pelle_carlberg-I_love_you_you_imbecile.mp4

Pelle Carlberg's new album "In a nutshell" is now streaming on Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Pelle+Carlberg/In+a+nutshell?autostart

This week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (01) Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
02. (NY) Shout Out Louds - Tonight I have to leave
03. (08) Maxïmo Park - Our velocity
04. (19) The Honeydrips - (Lack of) Love will tear us apart
05. (05) Vapnet med Jens Lekman - Håll ihop
06. (NY) Bloc Party - I still remember
07. (03) Kings of Leon - On call
08. (06) The Moonbabies - War on sound
09. (04) The Kooks - Ooh la
10. (13) Pelle Carlberg - I love you, you imbecile
11. (11) Lily Allen - Littlest things
12. (NY) The Ripps - Loco
13. (02) Asha Ali - Coward heart
14. (NY) Bonde Do Role - Solta o frango
15. (NY) Familjen - Kom sager dom
16. (07) Maia Hirasawa - And I found this boy
17. (NY) Oi Va Voi - Yuri
18. (18) Tingsek - Proud to be part of these days
19. (NY) Common & Will.I.Am - A dream
20. (15) Jamie T - If you got the money

Leaving the chart:
Badly Drawn Boy - A journey from A to B
The Ark - Absolutely no decorum
Korn med Amy Lee - Freak on a leash
The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
Sahara Hotnights - Cheek to cheek
Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the experiment
Joss Stone - Tell me about it