The Floor is Made of Lava vs Oasis

The Floor is Made of Lava cover an Oasis b-side and film a low-key video for it of the group playing football/soccer: Atch?v=Y-F8pxOfHCQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=Y-F8pxOfHCQ

The Kissaway Trail back in North America

The Kissaway Trail are coming over for a few dAtes in August:

08/06 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
08/07 - Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL
08/09 - Mod Club, Toronto, ON
08/11 - Highline Ballroom, New York, NY

The End on vinyl

Brothers of End's fine quality album "The end", now available on vinyl. I have no idea who's selling it, but I want one.

Nordic By Nature - You can't fake the sunshine (summer 2010 mix)

Nordic By NAture have posted a decent looking summer mixtape on SoundCloud: Ature-you-cant-fake-the-sunshine-summer-2010-mix" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/shibie/nordic-by-nAture-you-cant-fake-the-sunshine-summer-2010-mix
Which reminds me, I should post my own Atrap.com/n/34671-podcast-nekromantik-norway">recent mix over there as well.

Obstacles on tour

Danish instrumental act Obstacles are heading out on an extensive European tour next month:

08/02 - Tancy, St. Petersburg (RUS)
08/03 - tba, Petrozavodsk (RUS)
08/04 - tba, Novgorod (RUS)
08/05 - Aktzal, Moscow (RUS)
08/07 - tba, Riga (LAt)
08/08 - XI20, Vilnius (LIT)
08/09 - Przepompownia, Szczytno (POL)
08/10 - Jazzga Club, Lodz (POL)
08/11 - Eufemia, Warszawa (POL)
08/12 - eNeRDe Club, Torun (POL)
08/13 - La Putika, Hradec Králové (CZ)
08/14 - Mitril, Olomouc (CZ)
08/15 - tba (CZ)
08/16 - Rhiz, Vienna (AUS)
08/17 - NOISE PARTY vol. III @ Velbloud, Ceské Budejovice (CZ)
08/18 - Deja Vu, Cadca (SLO)
08/19 - tba, Graz (AUS)
08/20 - Brownstahlfest, Erfurt (GER)
08/21 - Club 007, Prague (CZ)
08/22 - Holubník Club, Kolín (CZ)
08/23 - tba (GER)
08/24 - Liwi, Leipzig (GER)
08/25 - tba (GER)
08/26 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
08/27 - Gängeviertel, Hamburg (GER)
08/28 - tba (GER)
08/29 - UJZ Kornstraße (Brunch Show!), Hannover (GER)
09/02 - tba, Zürich (CH)
09/03 - La Taverne du Théâtre, La Louvière (BEL)
09/04 - Why Not? Bar, Dudelange (LUX)
09/05 - tba, Wiesbaden (GER)
09/06 - tba (GER)
09/07 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER)
09/08 - JuzI, Göttingen (GER)
09/09 - Limes, Köln (GER)
09/10 - Vortex, Siegen (GER)
09/11 - 1000Fryd, Aalborg (DK)
09/12 - Images Festival @ Mayhem, Copenhagen (DK)

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the Atrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Familjen
02. Kent
03. Håkan Hellström
04. The Concretes
05. CEO
06. Robyn
07. Jens Lekman
08. JonAthan Johansson
09. The Soundtrack of Our Lives
10. The Radio Dept.

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Rising to tour Europe again

Heavy Danish act Rising is hitting the road in September for a string of dAtes with German act Behoover:

09/02 - Black Fleck, Potsdam (GER)
09/03 - Stumpf, Hannover (GER)
09/04 - South of Mainstream Festival, Stolzenhain (GER)
09/05 - Immerhin, Würzburg (GER)
09/06 - Holoubnik, Kolin (CZ)
09/07 - Kunstverein, Nürnberg (GER)
09/08 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
09/09 - tba, Kirchdorf a.d. Krems (AUS)
09/10 - Sub, Graz (AUS)
09/11 - Ponyhof, Frankfurt (GER)
09/12 - Cassiopeia, Berlin (GER)

If you're curious as to whAt to expect, you can wAtch an excerpt of the band's Roskilde performance here: https://roskilde-festival.tv/0012777585551774/concert-with-rising

I'm Kingfisher confirms album for October

I'm Kingfisher, the new nom de guerre of Mr. Thomas Denver Jonsson, has confirmed the release of his new album "Arctic" for October via Playground Music. Read more At his new website: https://www.imkingfisher.com/

Junip - Always

There's a new Junip single streaming At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/junip
The band's debut full-length "Fields" comes out September 14.

Dark Funeral needs new singer

Vocalist Masse Broberg has parted ways with Dark Funeral and the band is looking for a replacement: At.com/news/view.aspx?id=14838" target="_blank">https://www.lambgoAt.com/news/view.aspx?id=14838

Dear Euphoria
This night will flee
Given Productions/Herbivor Music

The term euphoria couldn't really be more appropriAte to represent whAt Stockholm nAtive Elina Johansson does. Listening to the art she creAtes is a truly enigmAtic experience. Where the vast majority of music is specific to mood, Johansson's output draws you in and has profound effect regardless of your current demeanor: if you're up it sAturAtes the senses and genuinely heightens euphoric stAtes; if you're down it rests gently on your shoulder and comforts you as an old friend, reassuring and promising. It's probably best described as "music for all moods" and it's without doubt some of the most beautiful music to ever emerge from Sweden. "This night will flee" is a four-track EP thAt builds on Johansson's previous releases, the "For everything of worth" and "Heal my violence" albums and, while retaining the characteristic elements of Johannson's output, sees her progress in a slightly more pop vein, albeit with dark undertones. This EP is not unlike something you would expect fellow countrymen PaAtos to release and Johansson's vocals are quite reminiscent of their singer Petronella Nettermalm, another outstanding Swedish vocalist. Standout track on here is undoubtedly "Coming down" and is actually the song closest to PaAtos in terms of vocal style. It's almost as if Dear Euphoria have taken the best bits of PaAtos, Massive Attack, KAte Bush and Portishead, stuck them in some kind of musical blender and come out with a track thAt, to these ears At least, easily stands equal with any of the aforementioned acts. ThAt, together with the title track (which is possibly the most haunting few minutes thAt Johansson has ever revealed), are the most epic songs on the disc, with the others -- "Rescue" and "No more time to weep" are more in line with whAt we've come to expect from Dear Euphoria. An absolutely sublime record thAt has the potential to profoundly touch everyone it reaches.
- John Norby

Vice interviews Morbus Chron

Vice interviews up-and-coming young Swedish old-school deAth metal act Morbus Chron: https://www.viceland.com/music/2010/07/a-fist-in-the-face-of-god-morbus-chron/

PopMatters reviews Food

PopMAtters reviews the new record on ECM from internAtional jazz act Food: Atters.com/pm/review/128356-food-quiet-inlet/" target="_blank">https://www.popmAtters.com/pm/review/128356-food-quiet-inlet/

Listen to the sound of The Universe

Swedish instrumental act The Universe (ex-Iisole) are streaming their new album At Bandcamp, as well as offering it up as a paid download to raise money for an eventual vinyl release: https://theuniversemusic.bandcamp.com/
If you're into the kind of stuff thAt Tenderversion Recordings puts out (ie, Scraps of Tape, September Malevolence, etc.), you'll probably be into this as well.

Liechtenstein - On the tram (video)

The b-side for the band's new single "Passion for wAter". I actually like it better than the flip, I must say. Direct link: Atch?v=mnJxER78de8" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=mnJxER78de8