This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. Robyn
02. The National
03. The Radio Dept.
04. Belle and Sebastian
05. Kanye West
06. Sufjan Stevens
07. Beach House
08. Håkan Hellström
09. Crystal Castles
10. Daft Punk

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PopMatters says The Radio Dept. is #1

No big surprise really: The Radio Dept. tops PopMatters' top 10 indiepop albums of 2010 list: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/134171-the-best-indie-pop-of-2010/
Also, coming in at #8, is fellow Labrador act Sambassadeur.

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. Robyn
02. The National
03. Belle and Sebastian
04. The Radio Dept.
05. Beach House
06. Sufjan Stevens
07. Kanye West
08. Arcade Fire
09. Radiohead
10. Håkan Hellström

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P3 Guld 2011

The nominees for the 2011 Swedish P3 Guld Awards have been announced:

Best newcomer:
First Aid Kit
Anna von Hausswolff
Jasmine Kara
Royal Republic
Tove Styrke

Best song:
Daniel Adams-Ray - Gubben i lådan
Salem Al Fakir - Keep On Walking
Johnossi - What's The Point
Oskar Linnros - Från och med du
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
Swedish House Mafia feat. Pharrell - One (Your Name)

Best group:
Hästpojken - Från där jag ropar
Johnossi - Mavericks
Kent - En plats i solen
The Radio Dept. - Clinging To A Scheme
Swedish House Mafia - Until One

Best artist:
Daniel Adams-Ray - Svart vitt och allt däremellan
Håkan Hellström - 2 steg från Paradise
Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
Robyn - Body Talk Pt 1
Säkert! - Facit

Guldmicken (best live act):
Familjen
Håkan Hellström
Hoffmaestro
Melissa Horn
Robyn

More here: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3964&artikel=4220806

The Radio Dept. back again in February

The Radio Dept. are coming back to America in February:

02/01 - Rock N Roll Hotel, Washington DC
02/03 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
02/04 - Middle East Downstairs, Boston, MA
02/05 - Petit Campus, Montreal, QC
02/07 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ONT
02/08 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
02/09 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
02/12 - Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA
02/13 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
02/15 - The Independent, San Francisco, CA
02/16 - El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
02/19 - Teatro de la Ciudad, Mexico City (MX)

Top tens for 2010: Kvalität

Skatterbrain's top albums of 2010

Indiepop blog Skatterbrain lists The Radio Dept. and Tiger Tape as two favorites for 2010, the latter of which I fully back: http://www.skatterbrain.org/2010/12/au-revoir-2010.html

The Radio Dept. in the NYT

The NY Times reviews The Radio Dept.'s live show: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/arts/music/03radio.html?_r=1

Gaffa SWE top Swedish album picks

Gaffa Sweden's top Swedish album picks of 2010 out of their top 30:

01. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a scheme
03. Håkan Hellström - 2 steg från paradise
04. Masshysteri – Masshysteri
09. Säkert – Facit
11. Tallest Man on Earth - The wild hunt
15. Robyn - Body talk part 1
20. JJ – n° 3
21. Anna von Hausswolff – Singing from the grave
26. The Bear Quartet – Monty Python

Read more: http://gaffa.se/artikel/45193 (in Swedish)

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. Robyn
02. Kanye West
03. Belle and Sebastian
04. The National
05. The Radio Dept.
06. Håkan Hellström
07. Arcade Fire
08. Radiohead
09. Sufjan Stevens
10. Girls

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KEXP song of the day: The new improved hypocrisy

The Radio Dept.'s "The new improved hypocrisy" is KEXP's song of the day today, citing the track's timely political message: http://blog.kexp.org/blog/2010/11/18/song-of-the-day-the-radio-dept-the-new-improved-hypocrisy/

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Håkan Hellström
02. The Bear Quartet
03. The Radio Dept.
04. The Concretes
05. Säkert!
06. Familjen
07. Britta Persson
08. Christian Kjellvander
09. Jens Lekman
10. Junip

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This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Håkan Hellström
03. The Bear Quartet
03. The Radio Dept.
04. Säkert!
03. Familjen
03. Kent
03. The Concretes
03. Lykke Li
03. The Soundtrack of Our Lives
03. Robyn

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The Radio Dept. to release singles collection, tour the US

Pitchfork has the scoop on a forthcoming 2CD singles collection from The Radio Dept. called "Passive aggressive: Singles 2002-2010" which is coming out early next year via Labrador Records: http://pitchfork.com/news/40624-the-radio-dept-ready-singles-compilation/
Hit that link for the full tracklist plus some new US tourdates set for February, should you want to experience their reportedly tedious live show in company of other dupes.

The Radio Dept. - Never follow suit (Never swallow fruit dub by Pistol Disco)

I am ambivalent about The Radio Dept. at best, but give me a dubbed-out Pistol Disco b-side remix of "Never follow suit" and I'm happy: http://tinyurl.com/278mqbp