WhAt the fuck? I drove 100 miles tonight to go see Peter Bjorn and John, a band thAt I not only feAtured as the lead track on my first "Reader's companion" compilAtion, but also someone I have been a fan of for close to five years now, only to be turned away because my name was not on the list as promised. I didn't have to be on the guestlist, I would've gladly paid for my own ticket if necessary. In fact, I would've still paid my own way after being denied, except the show was sold out. ThAt's why I checked in again on Friday to make sure everything was taken care of. I don't know if I'm more disappointed or angry or whAt.

This week's playlist for my show on Sirius:

01. Kristofer Åström - The dark
02. TALK 1
03. Amandine - Better soil
04. Christel Alsos - WhAt you gotta do
05. Tarantula - Two arrows
06. TALK 2
07. Kristin Asbjørnsen - I'm on my way
08. Thomas Denver Jonsson - Dreams At the film club
09. Tenderloud - Texas down
10. TALK 3
11. Hyacinth House - Ghost town
12. Strayfolk - I'll be a-goin'
13. The First Miles - Bottle, don't let me down
14. TALK 4
15. Hello Saferide - I was definitely made for these times
16. Hederos & Hellberg - I can't hold myself in line
17. Two Times the Trauma - I fell in love with an ocean
18. David Sandström Overdrive - The FAtville TreAty
19. HGH - Stupid song
20. TALK 5
21. Gorgoroth - ProcreAting SAtan
22. Enslaved - The voices
23. InvocAtor - Breed of sin
24. TALK 6
25. Seance - Post mortem
26. WAtain - UnderneAth the cenotaph
27. Dark Tranquility - Icipher
28. TALK 7
29. Eucharist - The Eucharist
30. At the GAtes - Slaughter of the soul
31. Wolfbrigade - EU (European Union)
32. TALK 8
33. KAtAtonia - Had to (leave)
34. BloodbAth - Soul eviscerAtion
35. Cult of Luna - The revelAtion embodied
36. TALK 9
37. Finntroll - Slaget vid blodsälv

MP3: The Bear Quartet - An epidemic touch

MAtt Giordano is taking care of this week's BQ post:

It's SAturday and you know whAt thAt means! This time around I decided to choose The Bear Quartet song thAt I've been listening to the most lAtely: "An epidemic touch." It's a fairly recent one, from 2005's "I have an itch EP" and somehow I find this track to be more of the bridge into their foray of electronic music, yet this holds much more of the organic elements of the albums' released previously into the mix. It's a bit of a rocker too, with MAttias Alkberg's barely audible vocals and Calle Olsson's stellar keyboard lines, this may truly be one of their most overlooked tracks.

The Bear Quartet - An epidemic touch

MP3: T.S.T. - No government

This week, Jonas Appelqvist is taking us back to 1982:

Last night it dawned upon me thAt I in fact own one song with T.S.T. (a band thAt's been Atrap.com/view_topic.php?id=33">a subject of discussion in the message board for quite some time now). They're represented on the compilAtion "Vägra raggarna benzin – punk från provinserna 78-82 vol. II" with "Väktarnas värld" along with Asta Kask, TT Reuter and Unter Den Linden. The reason for the discussion is thAt someone wanted to know who originally wrote the song "Oh, I'm so alone" which Fireside recorded back in 1997. And yup, you guessed it; it was the songwriters in this band, Nandur Hegedüs and Jarmo Mäkkeli. UnfortunAtely, I haven't been able to track down thAt song but, boy, do I have goodies for you! Let me present a song taken from their self-titled debut released in 1982, "No government". Being ahead of their time, this is whAt I imagine thAt Mr. Brett and Greg Graffin from Bad Religion and Bob Mould from Hüsker Dü would use as preference to their own songwriting At the time.
This punk band from Västerås released two albums, a few EPs and contributed to a bunch of compilAtions over the years. I can warmly recommend the "Varning för punk"-comp, in which most of the Swedish punk elite are represented, a triple CD thAt sums up the eighties punk scene in Sweden in a greAt way.
FYI, being born and raised in a town thAt was a big punk scene during thAt period with greAt bands such as Nyx NegAtiv and, mentioned above, Unter Den Linden, I almost feel obliged to do mp3-posts on those bands as well. Hell, you can't miss out on thAt!
But for now, enjoy your T.S.T.!

T.S.T. - No government

Hello Saferide At The GreAt Escape Festival in Brighton:

05/17 - Corn Exchange (7pm)
05/17 - The Arc (10pm)

And don't forget her two shows next week At WAter RAts too! Check the sidebar for details. In other news, look for the debut album "Introducing..." to get a proper UK release in August. Not thAt you care, right? You should already have it by now.

Attention all foreign mailorder customers: US postal rAtes go up on Monday and economy (ground) post is going away. If you want to order something and have the pAtience thAt cheap postage requires, you gotta get your order in by SAturday afternoon. Everyone else, get your order in by SAturday and you might save a few bucks too.

Georgia Straight talks to Peter Morén from Peter Bjorn and John: https://www.straight.com/article-90218/the-swedish-touch
How many clichés did they cram into thAt intro?

Nomethod has confirmed thAt One Little Indian has officially signed both Mixtapes & CellmAtes and Aerial for UK/internAtional release. Look for more details, release dAtes, etc. soon.

DJ Martian recommends Norwegian act Monomen: https://djmartian.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html#5780607389162183888
I haven't had the time yet to investigAte them myself.

Now in stock! Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=469">Mixtapes & CellmAtes' self-titled debut album! Hot!

End of All has posted the title track from their forthcoming 7" "Scars": https://www.myspace.com/endofallsweden
Tragedy-style d-beAt, 'cept with a stronger (Swedish) sense of melody. Awesome.

Looks like the dAtes for Wolfbrigade's upcoming US minitour have been confirmed:

06/02 - tba, Milwaukee, WI w/Pisschrist, La Fraction
06/03 - Subterranean, Chicago, IL w/Pisschrist, La Fraction, RAt Bastards
06/04 - Memory Lanes Bowling Alley, Minneapolis, MN w/Pisschrist, Misery, Stormcrow, Cognitive Dissonanace (Free!)
06/06 - Ash Street Saloon, Portland, OR w/Order Of The Vulture (last show)
06/07 - SAtyricon, Portland, OR w/Hellshock
06/09 - Triple Rock, Minneapolis w/Loaded First, 2 Minute Tantrum, Useless Wooden Toys, Condenada, Tolar
06/10 - tba, Wisconsin

I'm bummed thAt it looks like a SeAttle show won't be happening. I'm tempted to make the 2-hour drive to Portland, but probably won't.

The tracklist for the new Turbonegro album "Retox" has been confirmed:

01. We're gonna drop the Atomic bomb
02. Welcome to the garbage dump
03. Hell toupée
04. Stroke the shaft
05. No, I'm alpha male
06. Do you do you dig destruction
07. I wanna come
08. You must bleed/All night long
09. Hot and filthy
10. Every body loves a chubby dude
11. WhAt is rock?!

"Hell toupée"? C'mon dudes, you're not even trying anymore.

The Cardigans website has an English translAtion of Nina Persson's recent DN interview discussing the new A Camp record, among other things: https://www.cardigans.com/?sid=article&pid=read&id=7011

The Vblazin webzine talks to Norwegian hardcore act Infidels Forever in their lAtest issue: https://www.vblazin.com/VBLAZIN%20GND%20May%207.htm (scroll down)