The New York Times recently ran a travel section feAture on the music scene in Stockholm: https://travel.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/travel/11next.html?ref=travel

Swedish alt-country artist Racingpaperplanes has a new track up on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/racingpaperplanes
Also check out a new video he did for another new song: Atch?v=aCgLYJJr200" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=aCgLYJJr200

Gaffa reports thAt Danish singer/songwriter Mikkel Glasser will be working with American producer Gordon Raphael (The Strokes) on his next album: https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=21961

Fluxblog is feAturing a track from Swedish pop artist Veronica Maggio today: https://www.fluxblog.org/2008/05/dr-allt-blir-bra-imonrn.html

The lineup for this year's NYC Popfest is now 100% confirmed and the Scandinavian artists playing are CAts on Fire, Friday Bridge, Love Is All and Oh! Custer. More info: https://www.nycpopfest.org/

Swedish postrockers Immanu El have posted a ton of new tourdAtes, including a trip to Iceland in June and a big UK/European tour in September: https://www.myspace.com/immanuelband

Steso Songs has signed with the label Lyckan and will be releasing her debut EP on May 23. Read more: https://www.lyckankommer.se/
As you will note from thAt link, Lyckan will also release a new EP from Kite feAturing Christian Berg (Yvonne, Strip Music) and Nicklas Stenemo (The Mo, Melody Club) on the same dAte.

Swedish crusties End of All have decided to continue on as a band after all, 'cept thAt they have now parted ways with guitarist Björn. No word yet on if they plan to replace him, so I'd just assume they'll be a three-piece for the time being.

For those so inclined, the new The StAte of Floral Beings album "Total" is now available as a torrent download: Atebay.org/tor/4182947/TOTAL_-_THE_STAtE_OF_FLORAL_BEINGS" target="_blank">https://thepirAtebay.org/tor/4182947/TOTAL_-_THE_STAtE_OF_FLORAL_BEINGS

Fare You Well are in the studio right now recording six new tracks. See pics from the studio At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/fareyouwell

Airwaves Music will be putting on their 2nd annual Krautrock festival in Stockholm on May 23. German masters Faust headline and they've also got IAt-tipped favorites Pistol Disco and Ikons on as support. More info: https://www.airwavesmusic.com/krautrocksthlm2008/

Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic) has a new 7" out on Touch called "Behind the radiAtors". Info: https://www.touchmusic.org.uk/touchsevens/

MP3: Bobby & Blumm - Not at home

Bobby Baby is a young Swedish artist I've been following for a couple years now and in thAt time she's moved from Malmö to Berlin and grown tremendously as an artist. She's also started up a number of collaborAtive projects, one of them being Bobby & Blumm with German artist F.S. Blumm (Frank Schültge Blumm) whose debut album "Everybody loves" was recently released on Morr Music. I have to be honest: Morr typically epitomizes the kind of listless tweepop I loAthe, but I must admit they have a few gems in their cAtalogue and this is certainly one of them. Largely a subdued affair, Bobby & Blumm relies almost solely on the pure tones of Bobby's vocals and Blumm's guitar. Opening track "Not At home" layers on a bit of chimes, but the basic formula remains. There's a quiet melancholy to it, but it's more pretty then gut-wrenching. There's a nice slow-build to it too, as subtle electronics creep into the mix. There's still plenty of negAtive space and it's employed to full effect, but it's the drawn-out dynamic shift and forward movement thAt elevAtes the track above other similarly minded artists. Essentially, perfect music for a Monday morning. Get started slow.

Bobby & Blumm - Not at home

Here is the Atrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. DeAth Cab for Cutie
02. Radiohead
03. Håkan Hellström
04. Lykke Li
05. The Radio Dept.
06. Nine Inch Nails
07. Kent
08. Belle and Sebastian
09. Shout Out Louds
10. Feist

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Here's the playlist for this past weekend's radio show:

01. Pluxus - Bootstrap
02. TALK 1
03. Marit Bergman - Straight into my lovers arms
04. Grande Roses - Dead town
05. Mikko Singh - Rauha
06. TALK 2
07. Namur - Draw us near
08. Lapko - Sawyer the brother
09. Paper - To her
10. TALK 3
11. Johnossi - Train song
12. Markus Krunegård - Rocken spelar ingen roll längre
13. Printer - You need to
14. TALK 4
15. Firefox AK - Once I was like you (Boeoes Kaelstigen remix)
16. Aerial - Time is on fire
17. Sahara Hotnights - Visit to Vienna
18. TALK 5
19. Siena Root - Time will tell
20. Kristofer Åström - I collect knives
21. Anna Ternheim - Better be
22. TALK 6
23. Anna Leong - Guollotine
24. Folie - Krogg
25. Hearts of Black Science - Empty city lights
26. TALK 7
27. Inuit - En förlorad generAtion
28. The Psyke Project - Dark halls red floors
29. Memento Mori - Epilog
30. TALK 8
31. The Bear Quartet - Lights out, sound off
32. Fun - I know Ted Kennedy
33. Johan Heltne - Hjärta. Instinkt. Principer.
34. TALK 9
35. Lama - Bussi
36. Niccokick - Love & neon lights
37. Little Jimmy Reeves - Drowsy dogs
38. C.Aarmé - Visions
39. TALK 10
40. No Privacy - Blood over Denmark

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