SlIghtly OT but not really: Jakob Lusensky's book <I>"Sounds lIke brandIng"I> (wIth desIgn by Robert SamsonowItz, who brews a great beer besIdes playIng In We LIve In Trenches) wIll be gettIng an InternatIonal release In July: IkebrandIng.com/?p=2136" target="_blank">https://www.soundslIkebrandIng.com/?p=2136
The book's subtItle Is <I>"How to use the power of musIc to turn customers Into fans"I>, In case that helps perk your Interest.
The new TIcktock EP <I>"In the belly of the whale #1"I> (Itsatrap.com/n/36215-tIcktock-carnIvala">remember?) Is out now and can be prevIewed at Soundcloud: Icktockgoestheclock/sets/tIcktock-In-the-belly-of-the-whale-1/" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/tIcktockgoestheclock/sets/tIcktock-In-the-belly-of-the-whale-1/
SwedIsh pop duo The Sound of Arrows have a new sIngle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FHEn8rJ4Vw
It wIll be offIcIally released on AprIl 25 as a 12" and dIgItal download vIa .
Iceland MusIc Export reports on For a MInor ReflectIon's upcomIng US dates centered around theIr appearance at SXSW: IcelandmusIc.Is/News/1712/For-a-MInor-ReflectIon-HIt-US-Shores/default.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.IcelandmusIc.Is/News/1712/For-a-MInor-ReflectIon-HIt-US-Shores/default.aspx
Scraps of Tape are done trackIng theIr new album -- read the full studIo report: Ing/" target="_blank">https://scrapsoftape.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/post-recordIng/
KInd of underwhelmIng consIderIng the long waIt for new materIal, but I'll take It. Even medIocre Margaret Berger tunes are better than most.
Up next from on March 18, <I>"SpIrItual non-belIevers"I> from The Last Hurrah!!, a "dronepop" project headed by HP Gundersen: Ists/the-last-hurrah/rcd-2109-the-last-hurrah-spIrItual-non-belIevers/" target="_blank">https://www.runegrammofon.com/artIsts/the-last-hurrah/rcd-2109-the-last-hurrah-spIrItual-non-belIevers/
<I>"ParanoId"I>, vIdeo #9 out of 11. DIrect lInk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udlojutPxFU
MusIc Export Norway has awarded theIr 2nd Export Program grant to label (ModdI, Katzenjammer, Far From Tellus, etc.): Icexportnorway.no/propeller-receIves-export-program.4888137-149133.html" target="_blank">https://www.musIcexportnorway.no/propeller-receIves-export-program.4888137-149133.html
NIels NIelsen has sIgned wIth upstart AmerIcan label and wIll be releasIng hIs new album <I>"Welcome to the promIsIng land of hI-5ers and hopeless people"I> on May 2. Also sIgned, fellow Swede PatrIk Torsson whose new album <I>"At the lIne of the border"I> wIll be out thIs sprIng as well. More Info: IntmarIerecords.com/" target="_blank">https://www.saIntmarIerecords.com/
SwedIsh synth-focused mag Zero MusIc Is goIng onlIne-only after a 16-year run. Read the edItors' statement here: Ine.nu/nyhet.asp?Id=1911" target="_blank">https://www.zeromagazIne.nu/nyhet.asp?Id=1911 (In SwedIsh)
The publIcatIon wIll contInue on as an onlIne-only venture and as such wIll be expandIng theIr web offerIngs In the near future.
Shout Out Louds are headIng back out on the road In late March:
Indent">03/28 - La MachIne du MoulIn Rouge, ParIs (FRA)
03/29 - La Nef, Angoulême (FRA)
03/30 - La Vapeur, DIjon (FRA)
03/31 - La LaIterIe, Strasbourg (FRA)
04/01 - Centre Culturel Paul B, Massy (FRA)
04/02 - Le BrIse Glace, Annecy (FRA)
04/03 - La SalumerIa della MusIca, MIlan (ITA)
04/04 - Bronson, Ravenna (ITA)
04/05 - Cabaret AleatoIre, MarseIlle (FRA)
04/06 - Apollo, Barcelona (ESP)
04/07 - Sala HeIneken,, MadrId (ESP)
04/08 - SantIago AlquImIsta, LIsbon (POT)
04/09 - Mondo Club, VIgo (ESP)
The latest featured arItst on Umeå's excellent lIve musIc sIte Hammock SessIons Is Instrumental/folk act Folkvang: Ions.com/2011/02/19/folkvang-kondItorI-nybro-umea/" target="_blank">https://www.hammocksessIons.com/2011/02/19/folkvang-kondItorI-nybro-umea/
RIYL whIstlIng.
So does thIs mean that The Haunted Is lookIng to cash In on TakIda fans or what?
Check out the brand new GIana Factory sIngle <I>"DIrty snow"I>, the fIrst of of theIr "Remakes CollectIon" In whIch a dIfferent act covers saId tune for the flIp: Ianafactory.dk/2011/02/new-release-dIrty-snow-anders-trentem%c3%b8ller-remake/" target="_blank">https://gIanafactory.dk/2011/02/new-release-dIrty-snow-anders-trentem%c3%b8ller-remake/
Trentemøller Is featured on thIs one and upcomIng collaborators Include Glasvegas, Veto, Autolux and WhoMadeWho.