The new video for "61" from Danish indie act The Kissaway Trail is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0dzNZwmjDw
Dusted reviews the new Supersilent album "8": https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3923
Storno.tv interviews IAT bitpop favorites Desert Planet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzpsOtJZ5CA
Swedish electro artist Sara Berg in the UK:
11/04 - Sounds of Sweden @ Sloans, Glasgow
11/07 - In-store @ Rough Trade East, Dray Walk, Old Truman Brewery
11/08 - Madame JoJos @ The Glitz, London
Also note that her label Gaymonkey Records is giving away free CD samplers - the first 50 people that email freestuff@gaymonkeyrecords.com get a copy.
Stockholm-based singer/songwriter Pekka Pörtfors has two new demo tracks on his myspace profile: https://www.myspace.com/pekkaportfors
Swedish indie act You/Me has two new tracks on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/youmeband
Torpedo's video for the new single "From Russia with love" is now online: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=20771216
New livedates for Dúné on tour in Germany supporting H-Blockx
11/03 - Konzerthalle, Olsberg
11/04 - Capitol, Hannover
11/05 - Grünspan, Hamburg
11/06 - Max, Kiel
Pacta/A Perfect Friend doom sideproject Ondo will be releasing the 38-minute piece "Alliansen" on CDR via American label 200mg Records. More details soon.
Norwegian melancholy rock act Asleep has a new demo track posted on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/asleepmusique
Watch Mixtapes & Cellmates perform "Like something to remember" live on the radio in Italy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXIJjisSdp0
Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn and John will be appearing solo at Joe's Pub in NYC on November 19. As mentioned here before, you can check out some sample tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/petermorn
Check out the details for recently reissued double-vinyl edition of Fleurty's "Min tid skal komme": https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=102125736&blogID=322704757
MP3: Favorita - Seven comforts
"Seven comforts" is/was a single from the self-titled "lost" album of Swedish powerpop act Favorita, a band lead by ex-Beagle/current Metro Jets frontman Magnus Börjeson in the mid-90s. Here's the condensed version of their story: band records an album, label shelves it for a few years and then, by the time they get around to finally putting it out, the band has lost interest and everyone goes their separate ways. I'm sure the reality is much more complicated and convoluted, but that's the gist. As for the music, it's upbeat powerpop rock'n'roll that sounds just as fresh today as I'm sure it did twelve years ago, back when it was first recorded. The expanded reissue gets a bit long-winded for someone like me whose historical interest in a band they've never heard of is nil, but I must commend the folks at Popsicle for treating it with such a completist level of care. Long-time fans will be stoked, casual listeners may find their attention fading as they head into the bonus tracks. Personally, I'm content to cherry-pick the 3-4 exceptional single-worthy tracks (of which this one is by far the best) and lump the rest.
Favorita - Seven comforts
This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. Radiohead
02. Kent
03. Jens Lekman
04. Beirut
05. Sigur Rós
06. Death Cab for Cutie
07. The Knife
08. Bloc Party
09. Band of Horses
10. Belle and Sebastian
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