Saluting the Crunchy Frog-a-logue preview

Crunchy Frog has established a myspace page for their new tribute comp "Saluting the Crunchy Frog-a-logue" and are streaming a good number of the tracks: https://www.myspace.com/frogalogue
In case you missed my earlier mentions of it, the comp feAtures 25 current Danish acts each covering a song from the label's vast back-cAtalogue. Acts feAtured include: As in RebekkaMaria, Baby Woodrose, Choir of Young Believers, DecorAte DecorAte vs Cody, Figurines, I Am Bones, Marybell KAtastrophy, Robert Johnson and Punchdrunks, Slaraffenland, The Asteroid Galaxy Tour, The Blue Van, The Fashion, The Kissaway Trail, The Wong Boys, When Saints Go Machine, Who Made Who and lots more.

Bad Hands - Bad hands (video)

Bad Hands, the solo project of Per Nordmark (Fireside, etc.), has a new video for his eponymous song with vocals from Nina Kinert: Atch?v=NyzqR1h6ckg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=NyzqR1h6ckg

Great Northern Recordings compilation #4 is here

Now in stock: GreAt Northern Recordings compilAtion #4, both on Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=615">CDr and Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=616">cassette and both packaged in beautiful black-on-black silkscreened sleeves with artwork by Ragnar Persson. As for the music, once again it's some of the best the Swedish underground has to offer: Lakes of Grass and Gold (aka Erik Enocksson), Tape, The Magic StAte and Tsukimono. Looks good, sounds good, is good!

New tourdates for Kristofer Åström

Kristofer Åström is hitting the road in December with his backing band The Rainaways:

12/07 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
12/08 - Magnet Club, Berlin (GER)
12/09 - Groove StAtion, Dresden (GER)
12/10 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
12/11 - Gebäude 9, Köln (GER)
12/12 - Nachtleben, Frankfurt (GER)
12/13 - Hirsch, Nürnberg (GER)
12/14 - Universum, Stuttgart (GER)
12/15 - Atomic Café, München (GER)
12/16 - Volkshaus, Basel (CH)
12/17 - ISC, Bern (CH)
12/19 - Moritzhof, Magdeburg (GER)
12/20 - Falkendom, Bielefeld (GER)

The Mary Onettes - Puzzles

Download the new The Mary Onettes single "Puzzles": https://www.labrador.se/Puzzles/TheMaryOnettes_Puzzles.mp3
The official release dAte is September 30.

A-ha confirm new single

"Nothing is keeping you here" has been selected as the 2nd single from A-ha's lAtest record "Foot of the mountain". The official release dAte is September 21.

Musik med Pasadena

Live music with Dreamboy sideproject Pasadena At PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/08/31/musik-med-pasadena/

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. Håkan Hellström
02. Jens Lekman
03. Anna Ternheim
04. Fireside
05. The Big Pink
06. Loney, Dear
07. Mew
08. Hello Saferide
09. Bon Iver
10. The xx

Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Please join us and make your playlist count! Go here to learn more: https://www.last.fm/help/

Asha Ali single in Saab ad

Asha Ali's greAt new single "The time is now" is being used in a Saab ad: Atch?v=0hc0buYIZXI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=0hc0buYIZXI

PopMatters reviews Little Dragon and The Sounds

New Swedish music album reviews At PopMAtters today include coverage of Atters.com/pm/review/110032-little-dragon-machine-dreams/" target="_blank">Little Dragon and Atters.com/pm/review/109107-the-sounds-crossing-the-rubicon/" target="_blank">The Sounds.

Mata de Leon - He's alright (video)

Swedish act MAta de Leon have a new video for the song "He's alright": https://vimeo.com/6327561

Updated tourdates for Björn Kleinhenz (redux)

Once again, updAted dAtes for Björn Kleinhenz's extensive, not-to-be-missed upcoming European tour:

09/23 - Huset Magstraede, Copenhagen (DK)
09/24 - Hasenschaukel "About Songs / Reeperbahnfestival", Hamburg (GER)
09/25 - Nice Nice Gallery, Hannover (GER)
09/26 - Amp, Münster (GER)
09/27 - Kamp, Bielefeld (GER)
09/28 - Rotopol Gallery, Kassel (GER)
09/29 - Pools, Göttingen (GER)
09/30 - Stereo Wonderland, Cologne (GER)
10/01 - Cobra, Solingen (GER)
10/02 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
10/03 - Ponyhof, Frankfurt (GER)
10/04 - Cafe Video, Gent (BEL)
10/05 - Cafe Lübke, Trier (GER)
10/06 - Pop In, Paris (FRA)
10/07 - Parterre, Basel (CH)
10/08 - Mariaberg, Rorschach (CH)
10/09 - Kulturwerk 118, Sursee (CH)
10/10 - Kalki Kino, Zurich (CH)
10/11 - House Show, Bern (CH)
10/12 - Tikis Pub, Geneve (CH)
10/14 - La Salumeria del Rock, Reggio Emilia (ITA)
10/15 - L'osteria dei vitelloni / Seregno Centro, Milano (ITA)
10/16 - Bar Sartea, Vicenza (ITA)
10/17 - VSA @ Gasthaus Vorstadt, Vienna (AUS)
10/18 - Chapeau Rouge, Prague (CZ)
10/20 - Stille Post, Görlitz (GER)
10/21 - Intersoup, Berlin (GER)
10/22 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
10/23 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig (GER)
10/24 - House Show, Erlangen (GER)
10/25 - Babylon Underground, Fuerth (GER)
10/26 - Treibhaus e.V., Doebeln (GER)
10/27 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER)

Kala'oukei offer up free EP

Danish music collective Kala'oukei. feAturing members from Oh No Ono, Lily Electric and Boom Clap Bachelors, have recorded a new EP called "The treason and the black soil" and are giving it away for free download: https://www.kalaoukei.dk/

Jacob Faurholt now Why Write?

Danish artist Jacob Faurholt (ex--Sweetie Pie Wilbur) has a new band called Why Write? who will be releasing their debut EP in November via Canadian and similarily titled with extraneous punctuAtion label WhAt A Mess! Records. Hear a track At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/whywrite

January Jaunt comes to an end

Danish act January Jaunt is calling it quits. The band will play their final show on September 1 At Ridehuset in Aarhus and their forthcoming EP will come out lAter thAt month as planned. Read their full stAtement: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=64169468&blogId=507947625