Johnossi will be back in NYC for a few shows in September:
09/06 - Pianos, NYC
09/08 - Mercury Lounge, NYC
Orup will be back with his first album in six years on November 15. Look for a new single in October.
Bertine Zetlitz is looking for folks to help out with the video for her next single "Midnight": https://www.bertine.com/
Look to the right of the inside page for song preview link.
Relapse has posted an ecard for the new Regurgitate album: https://www.relapse.com/ecards/regurgitate/
Indieworkshop.com interviews Mew: https://www.indieworkshop.com/interviews.php?id=151
The Indie MP3 music blog interviews Finnish indiepop act Cats on Fire: https://www.indie-mp3.co.uk/2006/08/cats-on-fire.html
The Tough Alliance asks "Did you know that Leif Loket is Tobjörn from Embassy's uncle?" Nope, sure didn't but I guess I do now.
Music blog The Overgrown Path on Swedish jazz artist Jan Johansson: https://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2006/08/swedens-best-kept-secret-jan-johansson.html (via)
I too posted about Jan way back in January 2005, so consider that my endorsement.
This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 albums of the week:
01. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
02. Tiger Lou - The Loyal
03. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
04. The Postal Service - Give Up
05. The Knife - Silent Shout
06. Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
07. Radiohead - Kid A
08. The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters
09. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
10. Camera Obscura - Let's Get out of This Country
Top 10 tracks for the week:
01. Marit Bergman – No Party
02. Tiger Lou – Until I'm There
03. Thom Yorke – harrowdown hill
04. Timo Räisänen – Fear no darkness, promised child
05. Kasabian – Empire
06. Tiger Lou – The Loyal
07. Tiger Lou – Nixon
08. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
09. The Lovekevins – Happy Happy
10. Mew – Apocalypso
Want to make your own playlist count? Join us! Go here to learn more: https://www.last.fm/help/
Speaking of Last.fm, go there now to preview the entire "Five years" cover compilation from Danish label Play/Rec: https://www.last.fm/music/Various+Artists/Play%252FRec%2BFive%2BYears?autostart
It's a collection of all the artists from the label covering eachothers songs and of course highly recommended.
Cake on Cake's forthcoming US tour in November is currently being booked by the folks at Desolation Records. Dates and details soon.
A Perfect Friend, the indietronica collaborating between Swedish troubadour Thomas Denver Jonsson and IAT.MP3 artist Pacta Sunt Servanda, will be releasing their debut self-titled album this coming spring via Belgian label Stilll. Details (and samples) to come.
Pitchfork does the track review thing with Swedish singer/songwriter Frida Hyvönen: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/track_reviews/Frida_Hyv%C3%B6nen_You_Never_Got_Me_Right#38105
Cult of Luna has posted a special version of the song "Marching to the heartbeats" on myspace, now retitled "Heartbeats (Elektroniskt Balanserad)" and performed by drummer Magnus Lindberg and keyboardist Anders Teglund. It will only be available for a limited time so get it now: https://www.myspace.com/cultofluna