Bands confirmed for the Blow Up a Panda Festival at Gula Villan in Haninge on July 31 - August 1: Tiger Lou, Phoenix Undead, The Steroids, Last Days Of April, Hank, The Sunshine, Twopointeight, Switchblade, The High Heeled Honeys, The End Will Be Kicks, Voice Of A Generation, Sparks Of Seven, C.Aarmé and The Legends. More info: http://www.blowupapanda.se/

Drum roll please! The winners of the The End Will Be Kicks CD giveaway contest are Mark Yates of England, Marty Williams of Toronto and Per Apelqvist of San Francisco. Thanks everyone for entering, your CDs will be mailed out shortly.

Bands now confirmed for the Pop Dakar Festival on May 22 in Stockholm: Ane Brun, Bad Cash Quartet, Black Belt, Deportees, Elias One Man Band, Isolation Years, Moonbabies, Niccokick, Quit Your Dayjob, Strip Music, The End Will Be Kicks, The High Heeled Honeys and The Legends. Details: http://www.popdakar.nu/

Today is your final chance to enter the It's a trap!/The End Will Be Kicks MCD giveaway. To enter, simply email contest@itsatrap.com with "TEWBK contest" as the subject line and be sure to include your name and address in the body. I'll be giving away three copies of the band's new disc tomorrow.

Carpet People and The End Will Be Kicks are now available in the mailorder department.

Streaming playlist: Mailorder

Reminder: There's still time to enter the The End Will Be Kicks contest. Simply email contest@itsatrap.com with "TEWBK contest" as your subject line and you're in. I'll be selecting a couple winners sometime next week who will be receiving free copies of the new 4-song EP as well as whatever other goodies I might have lying around. Be sure to include your name and address in the body of the message so I can mail your prize faster when you win.

Don't forget about the The End Will Be Kicks contest! I'll be giving away a few copies of their new single later this month, so email contest@itsatrap.com with a subject line of "TEWBK contest" to enter. Be sure to include your name and address in the body of the message too, just in case you win.

But before I go, I've got two things for you. First, there's an mp3 for the brand new single from The End Will Be Kicks up on the right. It's amazing, of course. Second, I'm gonna be giving away a few copies of their new single when I get back. If you want in, simply email contest@itsatrap.com with "TEWBK contest" as your subject. Be sure to include your name and address in the body of the message, too. Spring break forever!

Chalksounds is starting to take pre-orders on the debut release from The End Will Be Kicks, the new band from Niklas Quintana (ex-Breach, Him Kerosene). I shouldn't have to tell you, but of course it's awesome. 4 tracks, 1000 copies. Act now: http://www.chalksounds.com/
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The confirmed tracklist for that upcoming The End Will Be Kicks single, out on April 12 from Chalksounds:

01. If you see them tell them I love them
02. Roads and a big ending
03. Planes crash here
04. Streetcleaners

The End Will Be Kicks, the new band from Niklas Quintana of Him Kerosene/Breach fame, will release their debut 4-song single on April 12 via Chalksounds. If the one song I already heard is any indication, it's gonna be a monster. Full length drops in the fall, samples and artwork coming soon.

Is this Lallapalooza or what? The Chalksounds Festival is hitting the road once again for a show at Norrlands Nation in Uppsala on February 25 with KVLR and The End Will Be Kicks. Gunman (Soviac) and DJ Norrland will be spinning, too. KVLR will have the Stickman version of their new album that day, as they've confirmed the European release for February 24. As stated before, it'll be out on March 23 in the US through my very own It's a Trap! Productions. I just got the discs yesterday and they look absolutely stunning. See for yourself.

I do believe that I can now confirm that Chalksounds has signed The End Will Be Kicks, the new band from guitarist/vocalist Niklas Quintana of Him Kerosene and Breach fame. The band also features drummer Tomas Turonen from both those acts and we can be sure to expect great things from them. The one demo track I've heard already of "Lucifer Over Luleå" is pretty great and definitely follows strongly in the classic Him Kerosene tradition of Norrland-flavored indierock that I love. More info soon.

Chalksounds has put together another festival, this one taking place at Debaser in Stockholm on January 16. Moonbabies and The End Will Be Kicks will be playing and DJ Norrland and Fredrik Brändström (Crystal Committee, Starmarket) will spin records. The first twenty people through the door will receive free copies of the new Moonbabies CD, too.

Also from Chalksounds comes word that US label Minty Fresh is working with Soviac trying to get their music into the movies. No word yet on whether they've been successful yet, but I'll let you know.