Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. The Radio Dept.
02. Deportees
03. Loney, Dear
04. Jens Lekman
05. Phoenix
06. Tiger Lou
07. The Bear Quartet
08. Grizzly Bear
09. Passion Pit
10. Kent
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Asha Ali says that she is planning to release her new album in August. Also, Pontus Levahn from Tiger Lou/Torpedo has been enlisted as her new drummer.
Massive mailorder update from Startracks today! Check it:
Kristofer Åström - Sinkadus (LP)
Kristofer Åström - Sinkadus (CD)
Florence Valentin - Spring Ricco (CD)
Big Byrd - Anna Belle (7")
Tiger Lou - A partial print (LP) - Restock!
Tiger Lou - Crushed by a crowd (7") - Restock!
Keep the music business alive! Support the arts! Buy records!
The Kissaway Trail's new record is currently being mixed by Peter Katis (Tiger Lou, Interpol, Mercury Rev, etc.). No other details about the band's new record are available just yet.
Muxika77 (nee Music77/Musika77) has an excellent new track streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/muxika77
Be sure to check them out when they are out on tour with Tiger Lou later this month.
My friends Tiger Lou are heading out for a few Scandinavian dates this weekend:
04/03 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
04/04 - Chalmers, Göteborg (SWE)
04/05 - Kägelbanan, Stockholm (SWE)
05/02 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Hello Saferide
02. A Camp
03. Frida Hyvönen
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Sahara Hotnights
06. Montt Mardié
07. Tiger Lou
08. The Soundtrack of Our Lives
09. Loney, Dear
10. Isolation Years
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Tiger Lou is heading down to tour Europe in April and bringing fellow Swedes Muxika 77 along for the ride:
04/17 - Lagerhaus, Bremen (GER)
04/18 - Kleine Freiheit, Osnabrück (GER)
04/19 - Gebäude 9, Köln (GER)
04/20 - Circus Maximus, Koblenz (GER)
04/21 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
04/22 - Auditorium, Freiburg (GER)
04/23 - Treibhaus, Luzern (CH)
04/24 - Kiff, Aarau (CH)
04/25 - Casa 139, Mailand (ITA)
04/26 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)
04/27 - B72, Wien (AUS)
04/28 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
04/29 - Moritzbastei, Leipzig (GER)
04/30 - Lido, Berlin (GER)
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. The Scrags - Death of a rock'n'roll band
02. TALK 1
03. On Trial - Mountain
04. The Psyke Project - In the mist
05. Hello Saferide - X telling me about the loss of something dear, at age 16
06. TALK 2
07. Moto Boy - A room without you
08. If There Is Something - Hommage á Roy Orbison
09. Tiger Lou - So demure
10. TALK 3
11. Honey Is Cool - Nach heart
12. Heroes & Zeros - Oslo fadeout
13. Livaventura - Keep on driving
14. Masshysteri - Tvivel
15. TALK 4
16. Samtidigt Som - Vid min sida
17. Ståålfågel - Kung Misär
18. Fredrik - Black fur
19. Scraps of Tape - Grand letdown
20. TALK 5
21. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Radius
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Tiger Lou had a couple fellows following them around on their recent German tour with video cameras shooting a documentary feature. The finished product isn't ready yet, but you can watch a teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABfVEqTsH8k
Tiger Lou's latest album "A partial print" will get a UK release on January 26 via Shellshock/Southern.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Marit Bergman - This is the year
02. TALK 1
03. Peter Bjorn and John - Hey (shut the fuck up boy)
04. Convoj - Knives and riptides
05. Lesli - Half a wing
06. TALK 2
07. Je Suis Animal - The mystery of Marie Roget
08. Tiger Lou - Crushed by a crowd (Mikael Jonasson remix)
09. I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper - Cthulhu story
10. TALK 3
11. Fronda - Mitt allt
12. Thus:Owls - Climbing the fjelds of Norway
13. Champagne Riot - Scandinavian warfare
14. The Garlands - Why did I trust you?
15. TALK 4
16. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - This room seems empty without you
17. They Live - The driller
18. Lowood - Crash
19. TALK 5
20. Scraps of Tape - Grand letdown
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Hello Saferide
02. Frida Hyvönen
03. Jens Lekman
04. Anna Ternheim
05. Tiger Lou
06. Sally Shapiro
07. Håkan Hellström
08. Kristofer Åström
09. Parker Lewis
10. The Tough Alliance
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The time has arrived: It's a Trap's top 10 albums of 2008
Our top songs of 2008 podcast will go up tomorrow.
And don't forget to check out some other recent top 10s from our various guest contributors:
Niklas Åström (And the Sound)
Jacob Holm-Lupo (The Opium Cartel/White Willow)
Tobias Hellkvist
Rasmus Kellerman (Tiger Lou/Araki)
Karin Ström