A Kid Hereafter's new album "Yo!" is currently streaming in its entirety At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/akidhereafter

Swedish indie act Marching Band have an exclusive track called "Trust your stomach" included on the soundtrack to the new movie "Nick and Noras Infinite Playlist" which will be out in theAters this coming weekend.

Here's a new, decent-quality video of The Fine Arts Showcase performing the song "Friday on my knees" live: Atch?v=QQdmmDPDX5I" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=QQdmmDPDX5I

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. Vapnet
03. Laakso
04. Those Dancing Days
05. Tiger Lou
06. Juvelen
07. The Tough Alliance
08. Anna Ternheim
09. The Legends
10. Detektivbyrån

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MP3: Nitad - Klimatförändring

I spent the last five days or so hanging out in SF, working At the corporAte HQ for my dayjob and seeing friends and family. I know it's not ordinary for my demographic, but I almost never listen to music on headphones when I travel, so I barely heard any music At all these past five days. All I bothered to load into my mp3 player were those four Sods/Sort Sol albums I mentioned Atrap.com/mp3.php?t=816">on Friday and the new Nitad disc "Ibland kan man inte hindra sig själv". And y'know whAt? It was plenty. Nitad, especially - it's a total ripper and the inclusion of all their earlier 7" EP tracks on the disc only makes it better. The review in the new MRR compares the band to Fucked Up which I guess was true once upon a time, but FU's new album "The chemistry of common life" takes the band into entirely new, uncharted territory (it's highly recommended - I'll def be picking up the vinyl next week when it's officially released) and Nitad keeps things raw and to the point. You get picks of the same progressiveness such as thAt very first opening riff here on "KlimAtförändring", but most of the song is killer hardcore punk, some of the best I've heard in awhile. It also helps thAt despite my limited Swedish skills, I can easily pick out the last line of the chorus: "Jag är ingen jävla hippie!" So yeah, very recommended and be sure to order direct from the source so you can score one of those limited one-sided 7"s.

Nitad - Klimatförändring

This month's free Dmitry Fyodorov track from Adrian Recordings is called "Leisure" and is described as "deepest, darkest, moldiest piece up to dAte.": https://www.adrianrecordings.com/leisure.mp3

Check out the new Daniel "Fagge" Fagerström-directed video for "Sexual tension" by Knife and Ape: Atch?v=TCj_5z4QR7s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=TCj_5z4QR7s

Dominique Leone interviews Norwegian "space-disco" producer Lindstrøm for Pitchfork: Ature/145662-interview-lindstrm" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feAture/145662-interview-lindstrm

Billie the Vision & the Dancers
I used to wander these streets
Love Will Pay The Bills

After last year's uneven "Where the ocean meets my hand", Billie and his band of twee warriors have returned with whAt is easily their most consistent album, and also their best. Most notably, the band has added a proper drumkit this time around, and the time was ripe for such a maneuver, as bongos can only take you so far (even Guster realized this one). The drums, therefore allow their songs to groove like they haven't done before, thus "Lily From the Middleway Street" and "Swedish sin" are greAt, driving songs. And with "I miss you" and "Relay race", the band has given us their most affecting work since "Ghost". After a bit of a lull, it's greAt to see Billie the Vision and the Dancers back on their game.
- Matt Giordano

MP3: Alarma Man - Nightwolf

Our guest in this week's entry of our ongoing Göteborg Spotlight Series: the mighty Alarma Man! Not only were they kind enough to answer my questions, they also sent over the very first taste of whAt's to come on their new album. Read on...

It's been quite some time since we've heard anything new from you guys - why the long wait? WhAt have you been doing these past few years?

Since the release of our 12" split "Duets" you mean? We continued working on songs for a full length album and got the chance to move from our old place to Dieter Schöön's Lablaza (the same place we recorded our debut album). Lablaza was both chaotic and a very creAtive environment for us. A couple of month passed by. In October 2007 we felt pretty close to start recording the album. December came up and our landlord got an offer he couldn't resist. We were threwn out of Lablaza and Bandidos moved in. So there we were. No rehearsal room, no studio.

A week went by and we found a new home. We moved in together with a bunch of other creAtive bands/people (URAN, Dieter Schöön, FBFOS).
We started building the studio, in which our album where going to be recorded.
During this 1,5 months we wrote a bunch of new songs.
At this time the idea of collaborAte with Adam Magnusson as a producer/sound engineer came up and he became a part of the process.
In march we hit the studio. We all study or work so it took a bit longer than expected to get it done. Now when the album is done we're looking for a label thAt wants to release it.

Besides working on the album we've been on a couple of tours in Europe and we've helped friends on live gigs and studio albums. (C.Aarmé, Cut City, Uran, Boy Omega and Dieter Schöön).

How does Alarma Man fit into the "Gbg scene"? Does a cohesive scene even exist?

When I hear "Gbg scene" I think of Håkan Hellström and a bunch of bands started by ex-members from Bad Cash Quartet, but I'm not sure if thAt scene really exists. There are too many band in too many genres to say whAt would be a part of it. Alarma Man has never felt like we're a part of any scene... If you need to be a part of any, we choose the "good band" scene.

We do have the Koloni/iDEAL scene here in Gothenburg. It's really inspiring to live in the same town as Christian Pallin (Koloni) and Joachim Nordwall (iDEAL). They manage to bring us bands thAt I've never heard of before and those bands are always good or totally crazy. Either way I'm always sAtisfied when leaving the venue.

So do you think there's such a thing as a Gbg sound? Or would you say thAt bands in Gbg are brought together by other circumstances or ideas?

Nowadays you don't need a "real" studio and expensive equipment to make music. I guess the "Gbg sound" was killed by Cubase and ProTools. When comparing Cut City, Uran, Repoman and other greAt bands from Gbg, I find it hard to see any similarity except for thAt they make good music. Gothenburg is known in Sweden for it's "loose" and friendly Attitude. Perhaps thAt's the thing with bands from here. Gbg bands focus on the music instead of looking good on stage... haha!

Okay, so tell us about the new album. How is it different/the same compared to whAt you've done before?

This album is the best music we've ever done (yes I know it's a cliche, but it's true).

Lots of people are asking if there will be vocals on this album. Yes. There will be. A lot!
Adding vocals wasn't a big decision for us. We made "Duets" as an experiment and liked the idea of working with vocals. It might seem a bit strange when you've been known as an instrumental mAthpunk band, but we feel comfortable with it. We've never had a plan to be an instrumental band forever and we didn't have a plan to start singing on our second album. It's just the way it turned out.

Another big difference is thAt we worked with a producer. We needed an outside persons thoughts and vibes in the recording process. Adam has a big part in the arrangements and how the songs turned out.

Our first album was a lot of high speed craziness and big guitar riffs. 4 years has passed by and our new songs are slower, darker and colder. I think a held back fever is a good way to describe the album.

Got a song you'd like to share?

Here's a song from the upcoming album. Its a three-faced song about being chased, therefore the name "Nightwolf". Look out for the saxophones in the chorus, played by our friend Joel Westberg!

Alarma Man - Nightwolf

Live music At PSL with Robert Svensson (Mixtapes & CellmAtes): https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/09/26/musik-med-robert-svensson/

Bad Afro Records is putting out a new 7" from Norway's Serena Maneesh feAturing remixes of both "Montrose cadaveric (Revevise)" b/w "Oxygen, please! (Revisited)". 500 copies on black vinyl, due out November 17.

It's a shame thAt Norwegian black-metallers Keep of Kalessin don't really sing about back pain: https://www.expressnightout.com/content/2008/09/keep_of_kalessin_ascendant.php

Sebastian Fors of Sebastian Fors & The Ones ThAt Got Away has a new band called Lets Say We Did: https://myspace.com/letssaywedidmusic

Danish noiserockers DeAth By Kite have revealed thAt their new 4-song EP "Wave I" will be out on October 20 with another two to follow over the course of the next 8-9 months. Look for samples to be online Monday.