Rockettothesky's new album "To sing you apple trees" has been confirmed for release on October 2 via Trust Me Records.
Some new European dates for Opeth in December:
12/02 - Columbia Club, Berlin (GER)
12/03 - Live Music Hall, Cologne (GER)
12/05 - Elysee Montmartre, Paris (FRA)
12/06 - Transbordeur, Lyon (FRA)
12/07 - Sala Apolo, Barcelona (ESP)
12/08 - Heineken hall, Madrid (ESP)
12/09 - Paradise Garage, Lisabon (PT)
12/10 - Hard Club, Porto (PT)
12/12 - Sala Santana, Bilbao (ESP)
12/13 - Le Rockstore, Montpellier (FRA)
12/14 - La Laiterie, Strasbourg (FRA)
Listen to the new Lorraine single "Heaven", a cover of the Psychedelic Furs: https://www.lorrainemusic.co.uk/
New tourdates for Lampshade, a band whose most recent album "Let's away" is one of my favorites for 2006:
08/04 - Lott Festival (GER)
08/05 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
08/19 - JFK Open Air, Stemwede, Haldern (GER)
09/07 - Gimle, Rosklide (DK) w/Campsite
09/08 - Forbrændingen, Albertslund (DK) w/Campsite
09/09 - Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)
09/15 - Voxhall, Århus (DK) w/Campsite
10/04 - 603qm, Darmstadt (GER)
10/05 - 013, Tilburg (NL)
10/06 - Kompleks, Heerhugowaard (NL)
10/07 - Hedon, Zwolle (NL)
10/09 - Sugar Factory, Amsterdam (NL)
10/17 - Gebäude 9, Cologne (GER)
10/18 - Feierwerk, München (GER)
10/19 - Cafe Mokka, Thun (CH)
10/20 - Musikzentrum, Hannover (GER)
10/21 - Musiktheater, Kassel (GER)
10/22 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
10/23 - White Trash, Berlin (GER)
10/24 - Franzis, Wetzlar (GER)
10/25 - Rosenkeller, Jena (GER)
10/26 - Mausefalle, Bonn (GER)
10/27 - Forum, Bielefeld (GER)
10/28 - Museumskeller, Erfurt (GER)
11/01 - Landet, Stockholm (SWE)
11/25 - Rust, Copenhagen (DK)
11/26 - Stars, Vordingborg (DK)
Check out the Decoder Podcast for some new Hellsongs tracks and some other Scandinavian music gems such as Silverbullit, Stina Nordenstam and Jmyhaze Beatbox: https://decoder-radio.podspot.de/post/podcast-hellsongs/
The video for the Peter Bjorn and John single "Young folks" is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48hcp-zDpg4
Swedish digital hardcore act Borg64 has two new songs posted on their website for free download: https://www.borg64.com/
Attack! Fanzine interviews Swedish crusties Massgrav: https://www.attackfanzine.net/massgrav.htm
You can now preview two tracks from the forthcoming Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio album "Apocalips" on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/ordorosariusequilibrio
It comes out September 4 via Cold Meat Industry on CD and limited 2xLP vinyl.
Slightly OT: read about the history of Pirate Bay and the Piratbyrån/Pirate Party and how it's shaping up to be a political force in Sweden: https://torrentfreak.com/how-the-piratebay-raid-changed-sweden/
Hits in the Car makes a mixtape of their favorite Danish artists of 2006: https://stytzer.blogspot.com/2006/07/danish-mixtape.html
Music (for Robots) on Karin Ström: https://music.for-robots.com/archives/001558.html
Indieworkshop on the US release of Mew's latest: https://www.indieworkshop.com/music.php?id=2622
Also at IW today is a review of Anders Dahl's latest on Häpna: https://www.indieworkshop.com/music.php?id=2620
This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played album chart:
01. The Knife - Silent Shout
02. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
03. Camera Obscura - Let's Get out of This Country
04. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
05. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
06. The Embassy - Tacking
07. The Knife - Deep Cuts
08. The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief
09. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
10. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Top 10 tracks for the week:
01. The Knife – silent shout
02. The Legends – Lucky star
03. Camera Obscura – If Looks Could Kill
04. The Pipettes – Pull Shapes
05. The Embassy – Some indulgence
06. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
07. Camera Obscura – Let's Get Out of This Country
08. Lily Allen – Smile
09. Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
10. The Pipettes – Dirty Mind
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