I keep getting new emails about this thing every day, so I guess I better post it if I want them to shut up about it. Swedish electro act Suck Shaft are recent signees to and "Michal" is their debut single for the label. I am underwhelmed, but perhaps you may disagree. Direct link: https://www.vimeo.com/19626606
Can't say that I love the latest Last Days of April album "Gooey", but this single is a total keeper. The pedal steel seals the deal. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_z2n0uV_h0
Here's a new video clip from jj for the tune "Believe" off the "Kills" mixtape: https://vimeo.com/20535080
The video for the new Torpedo single "Waiting for the fall" is now streaming at Gaffa: https://gaffa.se/tv/clip/622
New music from The Fine Arts Showcase off their forthcoming 7" split with The Tamborines. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtUVHsGM1Oo
Doktor Kosmos will be celebrating their 20th anniversary with the release of two compilations, a best-of and a worst-of collection. More details to come.
Britta Persson is heading abroad for a few dates in May:
05/09 - Comet Club, Berlin (GER)
05/10 - Falkendom, Bielfeld (GER)
05/11 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
05/12 - Rotown, Rotterdam (NL)
05/13 - Ekko, Utrecht (NL)
New music from Countblast off the band's forthcoming 2LP, due out in May. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dyh2K8uFU0
Swedish label has been reconfigured and passed into the hands of Norrbottens läns landsting (the county council of Norrbotten) as of March 1. The initial plan is for the municipality of Luleå to become part-owners later this spring with other Norrland municipalities to be offered partnerships in the future. Says the label: "Business will continue in a slightly altered direction. The new BD Pop is a production and resource centre with the mission to support artists and music productions based in Norrbotten and to contribute to such projects with contacts, knowledge, resources and arenas." More here: https://www.bdpop.se/about.php (in Swedish)
I can think of at least a few people I know who should get in on this: Håkan Lidbo is attempting to set a new world record for the most producers featured on a single track and is asking all comers to send in their 4-bar mix of two 125bpm samples which will eventually edited together into a single track by Håkan. Read all about it: https://recordlabelservices.com/hakans-world-record-attempt/
We are the Storm have signed with and will be releasing their new single "Galileo" next week. The band's full-length debut "To the North-Pole" will follow later on down the road.
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week unique to our group:
01. Andreas Mattsson
02. Håkan Hellström
03. Kent
04. Syket
05. Säkert!
06. The Radio Dept.
07. The Bear Quartet
08. Bright Eyes
09. Veronica Maggio
10. Lykke Li
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Swedish indierockers Bolywool report that their new EP "Thoughts in arpeggio" will be released in a few weeks via the band's own . Expect previews online soon.
Lots of Swedish content at PopMatters today including an mp3 from Those Dancing Days and reviews of both Lykke Li and Bullet.
Acid House Kings are giving away their new, fan-selected single "Would you say stop?" as a free download: https://www.labrador.se/stop