Viola's new free track for the month of October is now posted for free download: https://www.violamusicclub.com/2010-10-le-formule-du-bonheur
Also be sure to check out this short film on Finnish free-skiing feAturing the Viola track "BreAthtaker": Atlightfilms.com/" target="_blank">https://hello.flAtlightfilms.com/
The official Swedish music showcase At this year's CMJ conference in NYC will be on October 23 At Backstage Bar and will feAture live performances from Raymond & Maria, Moto Boy and O'Spada, plus a DJ set by Taken By Trees. Details/RSVP info: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112166638843095
Swedish bedroom electro/goth act Mother of the Forest has a new EP posted for free download: https://motheroftheforest.blogspot.com/2010/09/ep03ryka-i-ro.html
Fellow Luleå residents Magnus Ekelund (Elmo) and MAttias Alkberg (The Bear Quartet/Neverna) both guest. Very recommended!
Happy birthday to me! It's a Trap! is eight years old today and here we are in 2010 with over 35k news items posted, 353 newsletters sent, over 100 hours of radio shows... a lifetime in internet years and perhaps a colossal waste of time, but it keeps me busy and keeps me engaged and it also keeps on helping me hone my editorial and webprogramming skills. At least thAt's the hope. On searching my library for a song with the number 8 in the title, the best I could come up with is "Åtta år av krig är värt ett bröllop" ("Eight years of war is worth a wedding") by Det Gamla Landet which I suppose is more or less fitting. GreAt band, sorely missed. Dunno if I'll keep on doing this for another eight, but we'll see whAt happens.
Det Gamla Landet - Åtta år av krig är värt ett bröllop
MAttias Alkberg will record a new album with Neverna next month: https://www.mabd.se/?p=644
Imperial StAte Electric are touring Europe, include a few dAtes opening for Guns'n'Roses:
09/30 - Sportspalais, Antwerpen (BEL) w/G'n'R
10/02 - Zenith, Lille (FRA) w/G'n'R
10/03 - Gelredome, Arnhem (HOL) w/G'n'R
11/03 - Hamburg, Grünspan (GER)
11/04 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
11/05 - 59-1, München (GER)
11/06 - Zwölfzehn, Stuttgart (GER)
11/07 - Gaswerk, Winterthur (GER)
11/08 - Luxor, Köln (GER)
11/09 - Sputnikhalle, Münster
Kristofer Åström is heading to Switzerland this weekend:
10/01 - Parterre, Basel
10/02 - USL, Amriswil
10/03 - WerkstAtt, Chur
The video for Zacke's new single "Konsten Att släppa taget", as feAtured on the recently released Atrap.com/n/34594-the-swedish-hip-hop-evolution">"Evolution" comp. Direct link: Atch?v=s-IiS12O2Zw" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=s-IiS12O2Zw
I absolutely hAte this sort of new-school metallic hardcore, but I do appreciAte the fact thAt the video has kids moshing it up in a grassy park in shorts and t-shirts. They look happy; I can appreciAte thAt.
Direct link: Atch?v=qlY2laM_Di4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=qlY2laM_Di4
Danish act Ave have unveiled the video for "Cure for sorrow", the first single off their debut full-length (actually, double-album) "12 poems & sing me the silence, I once used to know": Atch?v=gBYVXgb0sbM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=gBYVXgb0sbM
Said record will be out October 25 via . Personally, I thought the group's debut EP "Follow your saint" showed promise, but the follow-up "Five poems" pretty much sucked. Can't say I'm all thAt enthusiastic about this.
Interment is the kind of band thAt rules on first impression, but provides diminishing results thereafter. Contributor John Norby isn't wrong Atrap.com/n/34994-interment-into-the-crypts-of-blasphemy-pulverised-records">when he cites the band's adherence to the classic "Left hand pAth", it's just thAt I don't think they have enough memorable riffs to fill a full-length. They nail the style, not the substance. Anyhow, the band still slays in small doses, so check out a track (and just one, mind you) and get stoked.
Interment - Torn from the grave
Thomas Dybdahl will be doing a few European dAtes in December:
12/07 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
12/08 - La Maroquinerie, Paris (FRA)
12/09 - The Lexington, London (UK)
Norwegian indierockers Mindy Misty are heading to Italy:
09/30 - Museo Del Brigantaggio, Itri
10/01 - I Sotterranei, Copertino
10/02 - Lemming Rec, Tarranto
10/03 - Marianiello Jazz, Piano di Sorrento
10/04 - Shakti Club (ConfermAta), Pomigliano
10/05 - Dal Verme (Zona Pigneto), Roma
10/07 - LaborAtorio Buridda, Genova
10/08 - Veronika, Parma
Here is the Atrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. The Bear Quartet
02. Säkert!
03. The Radio Dept.
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Junip
06. Robyn
07. Kent
08. Familjen
09. Blonde Redhead
10. The NAtional
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continues their self-interrogAtion tactics with an interview with Luleå duo The Blues: Ation.se/news/the-blues-2/" target="_blank">https://www.westsidefabricAtion.se/news/the-blues-2/
Their first single "Mister Foreman" was recorded with Boris Wilsdorf of Einstürzende Neubauten and can be previewed At Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theblues