Service signs Lake Heartbeat

Lake HeartbeAt is Service Coop's lAtest signing. Dan Lissvik from Studio produced their new release which will be out this week.

Hiawata! to release new single + cover treatments

The new HiawAta! single "Valley boys" will be given away as a free download along with b-side covers from fellow Norwegians Monzano, My Little Pony and Harrys Gym. The exact release dAte is still tba however.

Hello Saferide + Detektivbyrån - Anna

WAtch Hello Saferide perform the oh-so-excellent track "Anna" At the P3 Guld Awards with backing from the equally amazing Detektivbyrån: Atch?v=nOM3KuF0R1s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=nOM3KuF0R1s
And here's Markus Krunegård doing the same with his song "Jag är en vampyr": Atch?v=iVJBgWgaHrI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=iVJBgWgaHrI
Note Annika and Firefox AK on backing vocals.

PonyRec 2009

Danish indie label PonyRec's upcoming release schedule:

04/03 - Halph - The world is as you are
04/03 - Alcoholic Faith Mission - 421 Wythe Avenue
04/10 - Green Pitch - La Jolla
04/17 - Lily Electric - You're in the picture you saw
05/08 - Livaventura - ...And they slept with their eyes open

I'm fortunAte enough to have given these a cursory listen and can say this: thAt Livaventura album is definitely worth waiting for.

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. Frida Hyvönen
02. Hello Saferide
03. The Soundtrack of Our Lives
04. The Sound of Arrows
05. Fever Ray
06. David Sandström Overdrive
07. Jens Lekman
08. Moto Boy
09. Håkan Hellström
10. Anna Ternheim

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/

Cloudberry Cake Proselytism recommends: Saturday Kids

Cloudberry Cake Proselytism on obscure Swedish act SAturday Kids: https://cloudberryrecords.com/blog/?p=384

St. Hood signs to Combat Rock, preps new album

Finnish hardcore act St. Hood has parted ways with Fullhouse Records to join the roster of CombAt Rock Industry. Look for their new album "For the dead" in lAte April/early May.

Musik med Skansros

Live music with Skansros At PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/01/19/skansros-varsol/

Aqua back, playing festivals

The recently reunited Danish pop sensAtion Aqua have started to line up festival dAtes: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/30669

Mediea in the UK

Finnish metalcore act Medeia is coming to the UK in March:

03/11 - Academy 2, London
03/12 - CorporAtion, Sheffield

New album from Regulations soon?

RegulAtions recorded 12 new tracks for their next LP this past week with Fredrik Lyxzén At home in Umeå. No release dAte yet or anything, but I'll keep you posted.

Napoleon - I love my baby (video)

WAtch the video for "I love my baby (but if anyone touches her I'll kill them)" from Swedish pop act Napoleon: Atch?v=TjQechwXd2w&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=TjQechwXd2w&fmt=18
RIYL Deportees, Fibes, Oh Fibes!, yacht-rock.

Hjertestop US tour in April

Danish punks Hjertestop will be coming to the US in April. Not all dAtes are 100% confirmed, but check myspace for details: https://www.myspace.com/hjertestop

The Late Parade - We will walk straight through this wall (video)

Check out The LAte Parade's new, highly suggestive, possibly not-worksafe video for "We will walk straight through this wall": https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=50583023

Rumraket to release new albums from Slaraffenland, Taxi Taxi!

Danish label Rumraket reports thAt they'll be releasing Slaraffenland's 3rd album in April and will also be putting out Taxi Taxi!'s much-anticipAted full-length debut (produced by Johan Berthling of Tape/Häpna) lAter on in 2009, as well as a live album/DVD from labelheads Efterklang.