Here's the new video for "Stop being perfect" from Swedish act The LK (nee The Lovekevins): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypNCXKaVAF8

Top 10s for 2007: It's a Trap!

Podcast: Top Songs of 2007

The Lovekevins album "Vs the snow" will be released in the US in early 2008 via Washington DC-based label Kora Records. Look for a tour in March as well.

The Lovekevins
VS. the snow
Songs I Wish I Had Written

One thing I like about this this album is that it's a grower, I just don't seem to be able to get bored of it, no matter how many times I play it. The lyrics are also worth their word count in gold. "Tamagotchi freestyle", for example, contains the superb lines "For what it's worth I know it's hard to stay, every day we miss you, Leila K". Lovekevins sound a bit like the love child of The Tough Alliance and The Radio Dept., which isn't as freakish as it sounds. No, it's very catchy, fresh, pleasant and I think now is the time for you to go and visit their Myspace page and give them a little listen (before you buy this CD).
- Simon Tagestam

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 albums of the week:

01. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
02. Tiger Lou - The Loyal
03. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
04. The Postal Service - Give Up
05. The Knife - Silent Shout
06. Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
07. Radiohead - Kid A
08. The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters
09. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
10. Camera Obscura - Let's Get out of This Country

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Marit Bergman – No Party
02. Tiger Lou – Until I'm There
03. Thom Yorke – harrowdown hill
04. Timo Räisänen – Fear no darkness, promised child
05. Kasabian – Empire
06. Tiger Lou – The Loyal
07. Tiger Lou – Nixon
08. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
09. The Lovekevins – Happy Happy
10. Mew – Apocalypso

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MP3: The Lovekevins - Happy happy

Guest post today from frequent IAT contributor Nancy Baym:

Swedish band The Lovekevins have what may be the least informative yet most rewarding website on the Internet. It says almost nothing, but it's got what matters most: downloads of six magnificent pop songs, each waiting to grow on you in its own way. An old news item on It's a trap! teased that a full length record should be out by summer. It's not, but in the meantime, here's a happy-Swedish-horn laden pop song. As seems to be required for Swedish indie pop credibility, the lyrics are far gloomier than the cheerful sounds ("happy happy I'm a toy/a boat without a sailor"), but like sweet and sour soup, the contrast only makes it better.

The Lovekevins - Happy happy

Top 10s for 2005: Nick Levine

Live report: Tack! Tack! Tack! @ Heavenly Social, London, 11/14/05

Live report: Tack! Tack! Tack! @ Heavenly Social, London UK 10/24/05

Upcoming releases from Swedish indiepop label Songs I Wish I Had Written:

11/02 - Le sport - Business girls / I comes before U CDR
11/09 - The Lovekevins - Max Léon CDEP
11/22 - Unarmed enemies CDEP
11/29 - Regina CDR

Thanks to everyone who made it out to Tack! Tack! Tack! last night. I hear that things went quite well, so hopefully we'll be able to do many more of these shows. Don't forget that next month is already booked! November 14 - We Are Soldiers We Have Guns, The Lovekevins and The Fine Arts Showcase at the Heavenly Social (W1). Be there!

The Lovekevins
Blame the English 7"
self-released

I'm not really sure what we're supposed to blame the English for. Coldplay? Steak and kidney pie? Tony Blair? But I do know that The Lovekevins are a new upcoming band from Sweden, and they're excellent! I've been blessed to see them twice this summer, and both of those performances blew me away. This seven inch got three excellent poppy songs that are so catchy it hurts, and one ("Taking David (by strategy)") that's sounds much murkier (a tiny bit like Radio Dept.), but it's nonetheless great - just too bad it's so short. If The Lovekevins will ever release an album that will put both of these sides of them on display, I'm certain it's going to be magnificent.
- Simon Tagestam

Festival report: Hultsfred Festivalen 05

Music (for Robots) gives love to The LoveKevins: http://music.for-robots.com/archives/000941.html