This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. Interpol
02. Feist
03. Stars
04. Håkan Hellström
05. The Shins
06. The Knife
07. Spoon
08. Wilco
09. Shout Out Louds
10. The Radio Dept.
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Danish label At:tack Music is starting up a new Nordic division and will be handling Danish releases for a large number of high profile acts including Shout Out Louds, The Ark, The Radio Dept., National Bank, Lionheart Brothers and more as well as homegrown acts such as Medina, As In RebekkaMaria and The Gypsies. If you can read Danish, check the press release: http://www.attackmusic.dk/news.php?nyhed=264
Swedish indie act King Str has posted their new single "You knew" on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kingstr
The band cites The Radio Dept. and Pet Shop Boys as major influences, so I personally find them to be fairly boring, but perhaps you will disagree.
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 Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
03. Bright Eyes – Cassadaga
04. José González – Veneer
05. The Bear Quartet – Ny våg
06. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
07. Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond
08. The Shins – Wincing The Night Away
09. The Knife – Silent Shout
10. Shout Out Louds – Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
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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
Labrador will release new full-length albums from Irene, The Radio Dept. and Sambassadeur this coming fall in September, October and November respectively.
This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. The Arcade Fire
02. Bloc Party
03. The Shins
04. Arctic Monkeys
05. Bright Eyes
06. Modest Mouse
07. Shout Out Louds
08. Laakso
09. The Radio Dept.
10. The Beatles
The Beatles? Sure, why not I guess. Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Join us! Go here to learn more: http://www.last.fm/help/
Check out the It's a trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 albums of the week:
01. The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
02. The Shins – Wincing The Night Away
03. Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City
04. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
05. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
06. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
07. Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position
08. Cansei de Ser Sexy – Cansei de Ser Sexy
09. Camera Obscura – Let's Get out of This Country
10. Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary
Uh-huh, pretty much the same ol' story as last week and the week before that, ad infinitum. If you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod, please please please join us! The more people that join, the more interesting our chart will be, the more interesting new music you'll discover. Go here to learn more: http://www.last.fm/help/
Check out the It's a trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. The Arcade Fire
02. Bloc Party
03. The Shins
04. The Knife
05. Modest Mouse
06. Explosions in the Sky
07. David Bowie
08. Death Cab for Cutie
09. Radiohead
10. The Radio Dept.
Yep, pretty much the same ol' story as usual. If you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod, please please please join us! The more people that join, the more interesting our chart will be, the more interesting new music you'll discover. Go here to learn more: http://www.last.fm/help/
This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. The Arcade Fire
02. Bloc Party
03. The Shins
04. Sufjan Stevens
05. Modest Mouse
06. Of Montreal
07. The Knife
08. Peter Bjorn and John
09. The Radio Dept.
10. Jens Lekman
Album charts are still not working and the top 10 tracks are all from the same 2-3 records, so I'm not going to bother. If you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod, please join us! The more people that join, the more interesting our chart will be, the more interesting new music you'll discover. Go here to learn more: http://www.last.fm/help/
This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. The Arcade Fire
02. Bloc Party
03. The Shins
04. The Radio Dept.
05. The Knife
06. Belle and Sebastian
07. Kent
08. Sufjan Stevens
09. Jens Lekman
10. Radiohead
I'd list the top 10 tracks too, but it's so dreadfully boring and the albums charts are currently broken. If you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod, please join us! The more people that join, the more interesting our chart will be, the more interesting new music you'll discover. Go here to learn more: http://www.last.fm/help/
The winners of this year's Manifest Awards, Sweden's alternative to the Grammis:
Hip-hop/R&B/soul: Ison & fille
Pop/rock: The Radio Dept.
Hard-rock/punk: Asta Kask
Folk/worldmusic: Ranarim
Singer/songwriter: Andreas Mattsson
Dance/house/techno: The Knife
Best newcomer: Lo-Fi-Fnk - Boylife
Digfipriset (best unsigned artist): The Wonderful Guinea Pigs
Postrock/electronica: Ebb
Jazz: Lennart Åberg with Peter Erskine - "Free Spirit"
Best live artist: The Knife
Read more: http://www.manifestgalan.se/125.aspx
This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. Bloc Party
02. The Shins
03. The Knife
04. The Arcade Fire
05. Death Cab for Cutie
06. Camera Obscura
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Bright Eyes
09. Of Montreal
10. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
And the top 10 albums of the week:
01. The Knife – Silent Shout
02. Camera Obscura – Let's Get out of This Country
03. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
04. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
05. The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
06. Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City
07. The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
08. The Pipettes – We Are the Pipettes
09. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
10. The Knife – Deep Cuts
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I'm almost ashamed to post this week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group charts, it's so damn uninspiring. Here's the top 10 artists of the week:
01. Bloc Party
02. The Knife
03. The Arcade Fire
04. Death Cab for Cutie
05. The Shins
05. The Radio Dept.
07. Radiohead
08. Of Montreal
09. Modest Mouse
10. Sufjan Stevens
And the top 10 albums of the week:
01. The Knife – Silent Shout
02. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans
03. Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
04. The Postal Service – Give Up
05. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
06. Camera Obscura – Let's Get out of This Country
07. Hot Chip – The Warning
08. The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
09. TV on the Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain
10. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
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