Aftonbladet reports that Marit Bergman is considering NYC as her new permanent home: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,974404,00.html (in Swedish)
This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 artists of the week:
01. Bloc Party
02. The Arcade Fire
03. Belle and Sebastian
04. Death Cab for Cutie
05. Sigur Rós
05. Anna Ternheim
07. Sufjan Stevens
08. Hot Chip
09. The Killers
10. The Shins
And the top 10 albums of the week:
01. Hot Chip – The Warning
02. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
03. The Postal Service – Give Up
04. Band of Horses – Everything All the Time
05. Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
06. The Killers – Hot Fuss
07. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans
08. The Knife – Silent Shout
09. The Pipettes – We Are the Pipettes
10. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
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American pop producer Timbaland is accused of ripping off Finnish artist Janne Suni and here's the proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4KX7SkDe4Q
Seems pretty blatant to me, so spread the word!
Buddyhead music blog Medication on Swedish act Chronic Heist: https://buddyhead.typepad.com/medication/2007/01/chronic_heist.html
Read my own post on the band here.
Swedish all-star pop-punks Franky Lee now have more new songs for you at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/frankyleeband
Liao is the name of a new Swedish CDr label and their first release with twee duo The San Marinos is out now: https://www.liao.se/
Fluxblog on Bjorn Again: https://www.fluxblog.org/2007/01/get-hung-up-on-hook.html
Adrian Recordings is expanding their myspace offerings with a bunch of new, more focused profiles:
https://www.myspace.com/adrianrecordingsnews
https://www.myspace.com/adrianrecordingsexclusive
https://www.myspace.com/adrianrecordingsclassics
Frequent IAT contributor/Tack! Tack! Tack! promoter Jason Christie is blogging at Muzic.se this week: https://muzic.se/blogg.php
Laakso's Finnish alter-ego has recenly posted some new tracks on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/laaksofi
The band is currently in the studio recording with producer/Bear Quartet guitarist Jari Haapalainen who is also apparently contributing quite a bit of his own musicianship to the proceedings.
Fat Planet on Danish electronic/post-rock act Efterklang: https://www.fatplanet.com.au/blog/2007/01/15/efterklang-denmark/
Spinefarm has announced that Finnish humppa-metallers Finntroll will release their fifth album "Ur Jordens djup" ("From the depths of the Earth") on March 28.
Some new dates for Swedish post-rockers Ef:
02/14 - Burgerweishus, Deventer (NL)
02/15 - Winstons Kingdom, Amsterdam (NL)
02/16 - Koornbeurs, Delft (NL)
02/17 - Music in Mind Festival, Brügge (BEL)
02/19 - La fleche d´or, Paris (FRA)
02/20 - Radio Oriente, Karlsruhe (GER)
02/21 - d:qliq, Luxemburg (LUX)
02/22 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt (GER)
02/24 - Jaz, Rostock (GER)
New tourdates for Jeniferever:
03/11 - Jaz, Rostock (GER)
03/12 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
03/13 - Antje Öklesund, Berlin (GER) w/The Gentle Act Incident
03/14 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
03/15 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig (GER) w/The Gentle Act Incident
03/16 - AZ Conny, Dresden (GER) w/Ter Haar
03/17 - Atomino, Chemnitz (GER) w/Urlaub in Polen
03/18 - Postgarage, Graz (AUS)
03/19 - Gustav, Maribor (SLO)
03/20 - B 72, Vienna (AUS)
03/21 - Sunny Red, München (GER)
03/22 - Grabenhalle, St. Gallen (CH)
03/23 - Bett, Frankfurt (GER)
03/24 - Anorak 21, Kassel (GER)
05/03 - Treibhaus, Luzern (CH)
05/21 - d:qliq, Luxembourg (LUX) w/Hal Flavin
Attrap has started to blog the recording of their new album: https://blog.myspace.com/attrap (in Danish)