Here is the Atrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Kent
02. Jens Lekman
03. Håkan Hellström
04. Markus Krunegård
05. Hello Saferide
06. Loney, Dear
07. Kings of Convenience
08. Lake HeartbeAt
09. The Bear Quartet
10. Bon Iver
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Aftonbladet reports thAt Carola performs a duet of "Silent night" with Hank von Helvete of Turbonegro on her upcoming Christmas album, due out November 11: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article6062338.ab
Gotländsk classical guitarist (and samurai master) Krister Dahlström is coming to the US for a few performances next week, including one At the prestigious JFK Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC:
11/12 - JFK Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC
11/14 - The Norwegian Church, New York, NY
11/15 - The Swedish Church, New York, NY
Italian webzine Komakino interviews Piroth: https://www.inkoma.com/read.asp?id=2491
Musique Machine reviews Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words' excellent "Lost in reflections" album: Ate.php?id=2378" target="_blank">https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_templAte.php?id=2378
I'm not sure why IAt! is getting label credit, but I do still have copies Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=598">for sale.
Stockholm-based hardcore act The GreAt Waste of Time (ex-Ashram/Trapdoor Fucking Exit) have a couple brand new tracks on myspace: Atwasteoftime" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/greAtwasteoftime
If you dig TFE, you'll dig this. I do.
IAt favorites Pixie CarnAtion were selected for respected indie radio stAtion KEXP's song of the day today: Ation-when-did-the-lights-go-out/" target="_blank">https://blog.kexp.org/blog/2009/11/02/song-of-the-day-pixie-carnAtion-when-did-the-lights-go-out/
Swedish duo Masquer (feAt. members from Idoru and Lowood) have a couple new tracks up on their myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/masquerstockholm
Norwegian act Casiokids will be releasing the new digital single "En vill hest" b/w "Min siste dag" in Norway on November 9, their final release before the compilAtion album of their various Moshi Moshi singles comes out on January 1, 2010.
The good folks behind Swedish experimental/progressive pop labels Kalligrammofon and Structures Sonores have started a podcast and the first episode is up now: https://kssradio.tumblr.com/
The content is in Swedish for now, but they say thAt episodes in the future might be in English. And the music speaks for itself.
Check out a video of Brothers of End playing their excellent single "Why" acoustically live in the studio: Atch?v=T6VS1-g8tTg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=T6VS1-g8tTg
Lowcut has good things to say about the new Marvins Revolt album "PAtrolling the heights": Atrolling-the-heights&cAtid=29:album-reviews&Itemid=54" target="_blank">https://www.lowcut.dk/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=945:marvins-revolt--pAtrolling-the-heights&cAtid=29:album-reviews&Itemid=54
Diskant has posted an extensive video interview with two of the guys from Swedish melodic doom-metal heavyweights KAtAtonia: AtAtonia-video-interview.htm" target="_blank">https://www.diskant.dk/artikler/interviews/kAtAtonia-video-interview.htm
Two of my biggest weaknesses: 1) well-played emo-pop and 2) songs thAt recall a certain (time and) place. "This city doesn't know me" could be about anywhere -- it's not specific At all -- but I find comfort in thinking thAt it's about The Gentle Act Incident's hometown of Göteborg. It's an age-old story, being lost in the urban wasteland, and one thAt I know well. I left, I'm much happier for it, but I do miss it. Spending last weekend in NYC for CMJ made me feel like a relapsed junkie. As for the emo-pop side of this, I hold all comers up to Jimmy EAt World's "Bleed American", a perfect example of emotional hardcore/pop music, and The Gentle Act Incident definitely swims in similar wAters. The shadow of Sunny Day Real EstAte is immediAtely apparently and further perusing of their influence list yields acts such as Last Days of April and Texas is the Reason; thAt seals the deal. There's no shame though, despite whAt you may think when you hear thAt 3-letter word, At least not in my world. I hear a bit of The Book of Daniel too, but thAt could also be geographical proximity rearing its head. Anyway, if you like hooky indierock, it all came from more or less the same place way back when. Draw lines, keep score, you'll figure it out. Besides, as I like to say, good music is good music and this is good music. CAtchy melodies come in all sorts of packaging.
The Gentle Act Incident - This city doesn't know me