Check out the video for "Art director" from Larsen and Furious Jane: https://www.larsenandfuriousjane.com/video/art_director.mov
Their new album "Tourist with a typewriter" comes out October 17 via Morningside Records.
Norwegian all-star cut-up/thrash act Kill is now to be known as Killl. Though the band declares that they will never release an actual studio album, a live DVD is in the works and will contain an assortment of material culled from their recent Norwegian tour. And at long last, you can even download a sample: https://www.v8.no/kill/multimedia.htm
Karisma Records has announced that the debut self-titled album from atmospheric/experimental rock act Corvine will be out on October 24. The band will play a record release show at Hulen with labelmates Petiko on October 21.
The latest Music Export Finland newsletter is now online: https://www.musexfinland.fi/index.php?page=news&id=78
Aa has announced that they will release "Open the gates of Mimer" from Swedish improv/noise act Skull Defekts in the beginning of November. The music was recorded live at Norberg Festival 2005 and features "55 minutes of energy, synergy and Hammarby." It comes packaged in artwork by Thomas Ekelund (Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words) and will only be available in a limited edition of 500 copies, so you may want to preorder now if you want one.
Hardcore Superstar's new single "We don't celebrate Sundays" comes out on November 16. As mentioned before, their new self-titled album comes out November 2.
This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (01) Kristian Anttila - "Paul Weller"
02. (02) Tiga - "You Gonna Want Me"
03. (08) Death Cab for Cutie - "Soul Meets Body"
04. (13) Bloc Party - "Two More Years"
05. (03) Acid House Kings - "Tonight is Forever"
06. (07) Röyksopp - "What Else is There?"
07. (05) Hard Fi - "Hard to Beat"
08. (06) Svenska Akademien & Promoe - "En varning"
09. (09) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "Loop Duplicate My Heart"
10. (04) Kanye West - "Golddigger"
11. (14) Alf - "Sött/salt"
12. (ÅT) Weeping Willows - "I'm Gonna Let Love Find Me"
13. (17) Stars - "Ageless Beauty"
14. (NY) Pharell - "Can I Have It Like That" (w/Gwen Stefani)
15. (NY) Audio Bully's - "I'm in Love"
16. (ÅT) Turbonegro - "City of Satan"
17. (ÅT) Panthers - "Thanks for the Simulacra"
18. (11) Jem - "Just a Ride"
19. (12) Franz Ferdinand - "Do You Want To"
20. (NY) Tegan and Sara - "Speak Low"
Leaving the chart: Embassy, The Greatest Hits, Hello Saferide, Randy, The Legends and They Live By Night.
It has been revealed that Denmark's Under Byen will finally release a new album on March 6, 2006 via Morningside Records.
Once again I'm posting a track from Hyacinth House. I was mightily impressed by the three-song sampler the band sent me awhile back, but now I've got the full album and can confirm that it's a stunner. I had it solid repeat for a week after I got it before I realized I needed to lay off before I got burnt out. The music is classic Americana with a touch of darkness ala 16 Horsepower/Will Oldham and I think I also hear a touch of 70s rock in the mix. There's a number of parts that remind of (gasp!) Led Zeppelin, but not the heavy-rock parts - no no no, I'm talking about the acoustic/bluesy stuff. But there's another reason why I'm posting about Hyacinth House again today. It seems I got sent two copies of the new CD, so I've got one to give away. You want it? Email contest at itsatrap dot com with the subject line "Hyacinth House". Enter now because I'll be announcing the winner tomorrow morning (that's Tuesday AM Pacific Time, in case you were wondering).
Swedish girl-rockers The Models have posted a new track for download: https://www.themodelsband.com/music.htm
Swedish hardcore acts Suis La Lune and Amalthea will be touring the UK together in November:
11/07 - Phoenix, Manchester
11/08 - tbc, Brighton
11/09 - Cavern Club, Exeter
11/10 - House show, London
11/11 - The Cardigan Arms, Leeds
11/12 - House show, Birmingham
Ex-Smiths bassist Andy Rourke will be guesting on the upcoming Soak the Sin album. No foolin' - read more: https://www.norran.se/sektion_c.php?id=570260&avdelning_1=108&avdelning_2=117 (in Swedish)
Rune Grammofon is doing a rush release of a new album from Spunk and hopes to have it out in early November to coincide with the group's 10th anniversary.
The Musikbyrån website has new videos from Hello Saferide, Quit Your Dayjob and The Haunted as well as live shows from Timbuktu & Damn! and Looptroop: https://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=32531
Pelle Carlberg (ex-Edson) has posted a couple samples from his upcoming album right here: https://www.pellecarlberg.se/songs.htm