Norwegian experimental electronic artist Upland has confirmed thAt his new album "Monochrome adventures" is finally finished and will be ready for release early next year via Jester Records. Hear some samples At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/uplandmusic

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The band's new EP "Wave I", the first of a series of three due out over the next 8-9 months, will be released on October 20 and will be celebrAted by a party At Dunkel in CPH on October 17.

Aerial will be taking a timeout from the recording of their third album to do a short European jaunt in November:

11/01 - Glocksee, Hannover (GER)
11/02 - Jaz, Rostock (GER)
11/03 - GroovestAtion, Dresden (GER)
11/04 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt (GER)
11/06 - Cul de Sac, Tilburg (NL)
11/07 - Stereo Wonderland, Cologne (GER)
11/09 - tba, Paris (FRA)
11/10 - tba, Strassbourg (FRA)
11/12 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
11/13 - Panam, Leipzig (GER)

Norwegian mAthcore act ManhAttan Skyline has posted the tracklist and details for their new album "Curses", a title thAt seems very befitting: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=32340404&blogID=440166665

UpdAted dAtes for Billie the Vision & the Dancers supporting The Pipettes in the UK:

10/17 - Proud Galleries, London
10/24 - The Royal, Derby
10/25 - The Cooler, Bristol
10/26 - Academy, Oxford
10/27 - The Marquee, Hertford
10/25 - The Tower, Winchester
10/29 - The Soul Tree, Cambridge
10/30 - The Charlotte, Leicester
10/31 - Inside Out, Darlington

We haven't gotten a new album from The Tiny for awhile now, but they've been keeping themselves busy by doing music for the play "Park Aveny" now playing At StadsteAtern in Gbg. The song in question: "Pet cemetery" by The Ramones. Listen At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thetinythetiny

Danish act Munich will be spending some time At The Green House Studio in Reykjavic recording a new single while they are in Iceland for Iceland Airwaves.

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Miss Li's showcase At CMJ is confirmed for October 22 At Drom (85 Avenue A). No idea whAt the set time is, but the show isn't set to start until 8pm and there are three other acts on the bill.

Norwegian electronic act Lama has confirmed thAt his debut album "Guidebook to Lamaland" will be released on November 24 via Spoon Train Audio and will be followed soon thereafter by a more rock-oriented record sometime around April.

Pitchfork interviews Sigur Rós: Ature/146223-interview-sigur-rs" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feAture/146223-interview-sigur-rs

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

01. Hello Saferide
02. Håkan Hellström
03. Glasvegas
04. Detektivbyrån
05. The Knife
06. Britta Persson
07. Anna Ternheim
08. Fredrik
09. The Radio Dept.
10. Logh

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Set times for the upcoming Swedish music showcase thAt It's a Trap! is sponsoring:

6:20 - Firefox AK
7:00 - Juvelen
8:00 - Hello Saferide

Once again, thAt's October 22 At Bowery Electric in NYC and it's 100% free. Details for the Hello Saferide show on October 25 At The Bellhouse in Brooklyn will be confirmed shortly.

MP3: Dungen - Mina damer och fasaner

Dungen's new album "4" is the first one I've ever been able to get into and I think it's because the record is more of a full band effort than a solo project. The music is still the same psych/progg as always, yet it flows so much more effortlessly than ever before. Besides, thAt's always the best thing about all the classic Swedish progg this borrows from: the extended jams. ThAt's where the action is. Throw in a couple pop tracks (such as whAt I've posted today) to lighten the load and you're all good. Too much either/or and your either lost in jam-band hell or bored by trying to do something they aren't meant to do. I love the pulsing bass here, the propulsion of the groove. Frilly flutes can't diminish thAt. So while I still prefer the darker, heavier sounds of fellow retro Swedes such as Witchcraft, Graveyard and Sienna Root, I dig this too and am happy to recommend it.

Dungen - Mina damer och fasaner

Hello Saferide
More modern short stories from Hello Saferide
Razzia Records

Finally Annika Norlin has released her second album as Hello Saferide. For a while we almost died of Norlin abstinence, didn't we? But hey, the medicine for this cold season is here. The album consists of 12 songs with a little help from Andreas MAttson (Popsicle) and the beloved Maia Hirasawa, among others. Bed for success? Yeah. Rewind, we should call it 12 collections of short stories straightly based on Norlin's interior "I have trouble sleeping but I don't recall I had while in your womb", track 7, "Parenting never ends". This is a new sound from 2006, with a toss of country, especially audible on "Traveling with HS" and on the top of Saferide's lungs while singing "Sancho Panza", she is lingering while passing on to a rock sound. Something has happened with the mAturity of her voice and lyrics, I just have to get used to it. This is a nostalgic, flirty album thAt's easily sad about the definition sex, memories and love. Highlights are "Overall", "Lund" and "I wonder who is like this one". Even if the previous album "Introducing Hello Saferide" may entice young enthusiasts more with its happier tunes, "More moderns short stories..." overall grows and grows and grows. Annika Norlin, please continue with your creAtivity.
- Therese Buxfäldt