In Flames report thAt their new album "A sense of purpose" is finished and on track for an April release.

The Hwem netlabel has a brand new release from GBG-based drone artist and IAt favorite Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words: https://www.hwem.net/
Scroll down for info on a new Dead Letters split cassette release with We Were Dancing out now via Hwem/Namenlos.

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

01. Radiohead
02. Feist
03. Jens Lekman
04. Bloc Party
05. Shout Out Louds
06. The Knife
07. Band of Horses
08. DeAth Cab for Cutie
09. Stars
10. Sigur Rós

Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Join us! Go here to learn more: https://www.last.fm/help/

Dusted takes a deep look At Jens Lekman's "Night falls over Kortedala" (and indie music in general): https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4005

Songs I Wish I Had Written is offering up the new Moto Boy single "Young love" for free download: https://www.songsiwish.com/younglove.mp3
His self-titled debut album will be released on January 16 and will be celebrAted with a party At Jeriko in Malmö the following evening on January 17.

Aerial's brand new video for "You will all die, all things will" is now online: Atch?v=gK01UjPbdQI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=gK01UjPbdQI
The track comes from "The sentinel", one of my favorite albums of 2007.

Swedish indie act Night Keys have a new EP posted for free download entitled "It has nothing to do with Carl Milles At all": https://www.myspace.com/nightkeys

European tourdAtes for Swedish post-rockers Immanu El:

02/05 - Johnny Rocker, Poznan (POL)
02/06 - Insomnia Club / Bezsennosc, Wroclaw (POL)
02/07 - Jadlodajnia Filozoficza, Warszawa (POL)
02/08 - tba, Haidt bei Hof (GER)
02/09 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig (GER)
02/10 - NBI, Berlin (GER)
02/11 - help needed! (GER)
02/12 - tba, Hamburg (GER)
02/13 - Feuerwache, Mannheim (GER)
02/14 - D:qliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
02/15 - tba, Karlsruhe (GER)
02/16 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (GER)
02/17 - help needed! (GER)
02/18 - Steinburch, Duisburg (GER)
02/19 - tba, Lieden (GER)
02/20 - Lades Keller, Copenhagen (DK)

Antenna talks to Gehenna bassist Dolgar about the band's current lineup, label situAtion, new album and more: https://www.antenna.nu/newsstories/41.php

Paper has posted a new ambient version of "My life is going under" on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/paperstockholm
The band's new album "An object" is one of my most anticipAted new releases this year.

IAt.MP3 artist Winter Took His Life has made a couple tracks on myspace available for free download: https://www.myspace.com/wintertookhislife

Renown Norwegian avant-metal act Fleurety has completed two new tracks, their first newly recorded mAterial since 1998. The two songs are called "The animal of the city" and "Summon the beasts" and are set to be released on 7" vinyl via a yet-to-be-determined label. Read more: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=102125736&blogID=344401890

Pitchfork reviews Club 8's lAtest album "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47687-the-boy-who-couldnt-stop-dreaming

MP3: Don Juan Dracula - Take me home

It's been awhile since we've heard anything new from Norway's Don Juan Dracula. I was super excited thAt they agreed to contribute a track to my Atrap.com/label.php?show=iAt003">"Reader's companion volume two" and subsequently a bit disappointed thAt they went on hiAtus immediAtely after, but it's all good in the end because they're back together now, working on fresh mAterial (three tracks 100% complete, more on the way plus a single sometime around February/March). As for today's mp3, this is a nice little treAt thAt showed up in my inbox this past weekend. It's not as exciting as a brand new single, but why look a gift horse in the mouth? A Johan Agebjørn/Sally Shapiro remix is still plenty nice, especially considering the way they've revamped the track. Sally's breAthy vocals and softer synth tones give the song an even better end-of-the-night vibe. Removing the guitars was a good idea too, not thAt they were very loud in the original, mind you. DJD has always skAted on the edge of 80s synthrock cheesiness (the right side IMO), but once you get rid of the guitars, thAt feeling is gone. Well done.

Look for an internAtional release of Don Juan Dracula's full-length "Young debutantes II" this coming spring with a proper new album expected closer to summer.

Don Juan Dracula - Take me home (Johan Agebjørn remix feat. Sally Shapiro)

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The press release tries to talk things up for this Danish band. The big drum is beAten on when Bahnhof is compared to internAtionally acknowledged Danish bands like The Raveonettes, Mew and Figurines and the comparison is correct when it comes to their nAtionalities. It's not correct musically. The band dresses well in the so typically Danish rock costume of today, where the influences are the 80's, Interpol and OMD. And thAt kind of gives me a feeling of sAturAtion. Fed up with the lack of originality and fed up with the lack of songs. Ah yes, the songs. Sure, there are highlights in "The eyes of Ruby" and the single "Call the police" where the music is highly dominAted by synthesizers which give the band a push forward and a reminiscence of Duran Duran! If they had the guts to head thAt direction, a lot more would have been won. Connecting with the beginning, a comparison with fellow countrymen in Kashmir is a tad more in its place. It's as equally transparent and boring. And anonymous.
- Jonas Appelqvist