This week's top artists for the It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:
01. Death Cab for Cutie
02. Cat Power
03. The Strokes
04. Tiger Lou
05. Bright Eyes
06. Håkan Hellström
07. Belle and Sebastian
08. The Arcade Fire
09. The Postal Service
10. Kent
And the less-interesting top 10 tracks for the week:
01. Irene - Stardust
02. Irene - Baby I Love Your Way
03. Irene - Baby I Love Your Way
04. Cat Power - The Greatest
05. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
06. Cat Power - Could We
07. José González - Heartbeats
08. Pet Politics - Provence
09. Cat Power - Love & communication
10. Cat Power - The Moon
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Trapdoor Fucking Exit has finally decided to give their website it's annual update now that the new album "Crooked life/Straight world" is finally out: https://www.trapdoorfuckingexit.com/
The band will play a record release show at Garaget in Stockholm on February 10.
Finnish singer/songwriter Astrid Swan will be making the trip to SXSW this year and will also be joining Swedish troubadour José González as support for his shows in LA along with a gig at Canadian Music Week, in Toronto, Canada on March 3. Full details: https://www.astridswan.com/gigs/
BBC radio host Gideon Coe has selected Sara Culler as his weekly download pick: https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/gideon_coe/
Khoma's new website is finally online: https://www.khoma.net/
Go there to check out the cover art and full tracklist for their upcoming album "The second wave", due out April 3 via Roadrunner Records.
Finland's 69 Eyes will embarking on a US tour with Wednesday 13. Confirmed dates:
03/03 - Jaxx, Springfield, VA
03/04 - Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
03/05 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
03/06 - Axis, Boston, MA
03/08 - Mr. Smalls, Millvale, PA
03/09 - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
03/10 - St.Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
03/12 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL
03/14 - Fine Line Music Club, Minneapolis, MN
03/15 - Pop's, Sauget, IL
03/16 - El Torreon, Kansas City, MO
03/18 - Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO
03/21 - Slims, San Francisco, CA
03/22 - Galaxy Concert Theatre, Santa Ana, CA
03/23 - "Last Call with Carson Daly" NBC-TV, Los Angeles, CA (69 Eyes only)
03/24 - Whisky A Go Go, W. Hollywood, CA
The band's most recent album "Devils" was released in the US via 456 Entertainment and a video for the song "Lost boys" was recently filmed with "Jackass" star (and HIM fan) Bam Margera directing.
Speaking of HIM, they top Buddyhead's worst of 2005 list: https://www.buddyhead.com/music/bestof2005/
We did it - as of today, Olympia Washington has broken the record for the most consecutive rainy days in a row with a grand total of 34. Obviously that still doesn't compare to the terrible conditions in some places, but it's still not anything this California transplant is used to. Anyhow, I've decided to mark the occasion with the song "More bad weather coming out of the rain" from the Carpet People. What could be more perfect than that? The ideal soundtrack for a grey, dreary day.
Just got a shipment of CDs from If Society which included the new disc "Iron rhino" from Black Audio. Good stuff, as to be expected from that label. Also included were a bunch of If Society/Vendlus samplers soooo I'm throwing 'em in for free with all new orders. First come, first served so act fast if you want one. Also note that I'll be getting new IAT pins tomorrow in multiple colors and, as always, will be throwing 'em in for free as well.
See Vijaya play on TV4 Nyhetsmorgon: https://vijaya.se/nyhetsmorgon/
Note the backing band consisting of Roger and Anders from IAT.MP3 act The Grand Opening along with Mattias Olsson and Tobias Ljungqvist from Two Times The Trauma. The two songs performed are "Reflections" and "Great big city".
Check out an e-card for the new album "Dying to say this to you" from The Sounds: https://newlinerecords.com/bands/thesounds/flashplayer/
Old-school Swedish skate-punks No Fun at All will do a reunion show at this year's Millencolin Open Festival, taking place February 24-25 in Örebro, Sweden. More details: https://www.millencolin.com/millencolinopen/index.htm
The new Concretes album "In colour" has been confirmed for release on March 13 in the UK, March 15 in Scandinavia and the Baltics. Don't forget that I posted the full tracklist here just the other day along with upcoming tourdates. The first single "Chosen one" comes out February 27 in the UK, March 1 in Scandinavia/the Baltics and a video was filmed in London recently with director Daniel Levi.