This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. Radiohead
02. Kent
03. Jens Lekman
04. Feist
05. Shout Out Louds
06. Sigur Rós
07. Cat Power
08. The Knife
09. Belle and Sebastian
10. Bloc Party
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This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 albums of the week:
01. Radiohead – In rainbows
02. Sambassadeur – Migration
03. José González – In our nature
04. The Postal Service – Give up
05. Shout Out Louds – Our ill wills
06. Mew – Frengers
07. Beirut – Gulag orkestar
08. The Knife – Silent shout
09. Radiohead – OK computer
10. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
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This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. Radiohead
02. Kent
03. Jens Lekman
04. Beirut
05. Sigur Rós
06. Death Cab for Cutie
07. The Knife
08. Bloc Party
09. Band of Horses
10. Belle and Sebastian
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Drowned in Sound talks to Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife on the occasion of the recent "Silent shout"/"An audio visual experience" DVD reissue/rerelease: http://drownedinsound.com/articles/2387792
This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. Radiohead
02. Kent
03. Jens Lekman
04. The Knife
05. Beirut
06. Iron & Wine
07. Bob Dylan
08. The Hives
09. Feist
10. José González
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Ida Maria will be shooting a video for "Oh my god" in Williamsburg, New York on Saturday with director Andreas Nilsson (The Knife, José Gónzalez, etc.). Also check out her CMJ showcase at Galapagos on October 19.
This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 albums of the week:
01. Radiohead – In Rainbows
02. José González – In Our Nature
03. Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
04. Shout Out Louds – Our Ill Wills
05. The Postal Service – Give Up
06. The Knife – Deep Cuts
07. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
08. Stars – In Our Bedroom After the War
09. Band of Horses – Everything All the Time
10. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
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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. 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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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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José GonzálezMy first listen through "Veneer", I was floored by José González's skill and songwriting abilities... and then much of the glimmer and spark of the music bled out with repeated listening, leaving only a few stragglers still heralding this Swedish talent, and one of those was a cover song. With "In our nature", González crafts every song with the care he took with "Crosses" and his lavish reconstruction of The Knife's "Heartbeats". The delivery is nearly identical to that of "Veneer": lo-fi production, the 'a man and his guitar' approach that garnered so many comparisons to the dearly departed Nick Drake... but, José González has subtly adapted his sound. His stronger songwriting is accompanied by a few overdubbed vocal sections and I'm convinced there's a synth towards the end of "Cycling trivialities" (my favorite track and a powerful closer to this exceptional record). Overall, José González has more than redeemed himself in my eyes - "In our nature" is exceptional and is already at risk of being overplayed as the days grow shorter and cooler, and life slows down in preparation for autumn.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Swedish electro/art project Zeigeist, who first came to fame by attaching a track to a leaked version of The Knife's "Silent shout", have effectively disbanded. Read more: http://www.zeigeist.eu/
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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This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. Jens Lekman
02. Shout Out Louds
03. José González
04. Death Cab for Cutie
05. Belle and Sebastian
06. Interpol
07. Moneybrother
08. The Knife
09. The Radio Dept.
10. The Bear Quartet
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The video for the new Caesars single "No tomorrow" is up on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVxYknKzE_I
It was directed by Andreas Nilsson (The Knife, José González, etc.) so you know it's worth watching.
SoviacWith the strange ability to approach the often saccharine sweet world of electro-pop with an art-punk mentality, blurring the lines between simple pleasures and melodies that need time to unravel, Soviac's "Hello bunny" is a bizarre, though quite welcome effort. There are definitely some rather annoying moments, but this is to be expected with bands such as this who tread a strange path through The Knife's and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' terrain, and these flaws can be forgiven as the 'complicated dance music' approach pays off more and more as the record progresses - "Friction" being one of the first true signs of Soviac's talents. Sadly, even in its most enjoyable moments, I can't ever see myself falling truly in love with this record or allowing it heavy rotation in my stereo, but I will certainly enjoy it on the occasions "Hello bunny" does find its way back into my present.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
