Aftonbladet has the new vIdeo for <I>"The assassInatIon of myself"I> from The (InternatIonal) NoIse ConspIracy: IkvIdeor/artIcle4427701.ab" target="_blank">https://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/musIkvIdeor/artIcle4427701.ab
Tar... Feathers wIll be back In the studIo next weekend workIng on theIr 2nd album, <I>"TIme of death: Always o' clock"I>.
Gaffa Is sayIng that Mew's new album wIll be out In June: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/31153
Texas-based websIte The Llano Idea IntervIews the excellent DanIsh country/folk artIst CS NIelsen: Idea.com/?p=455" target="_blank">https://www.thellanoIdea.com/?p=455
The next two It's a Trap! ClubnIghts are now confIrmed! We'll be hostIng The FIne Arts Showcase on March 21 for what mIght just be theIr record release party for <I>"DolophIne smIle"I>. Who knows? The album Is due out about that tIme (not In February as Itsatrap.com/Index.php?n=29137">I mIstakenly reported before) so It could happen! And then on AprIl 18 we've got Convoj! Awesome! If you happen to fInd yourself In Malmö on those dates, you know where to be!
Hey, look! The FIrst MIles are back! Frontman/maIn songwrIter Jeppe Foldager Informs me that the band group Is workIng on fInIshIng up theIr 2nd album <I>"RIde agaInst the wInd"I> wIth a new guItarIst and drummer and he was kInd enough to pass along thIs track as a prevIew untIl the fInIshed product Is ready In May. It's no screamIng barnburner, but I don't thInk that's theIr IntentIon. Anyhow, better that they return wIth somethIng lIke thIs: a solId slIce of DanIsh AmerIcana, pure meat and potatoes country twang. I don't thInk I'll ever get enough of that, as oxymoronIc as that sounds. They do what they do and they do It well I can't waIt to hear more.
The First Miles - Black heart
Here Is the Itsatrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! lIstenIng group top 10 artIsts of the week, unIque to our group:
Indent">01. A Camp
02. Hello SaferIde
03. FrIda Hyvönen
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Fever Ray
06. MorrIssey
07. Anna TernheIm
08. Jens Lekman
09. Kleerup
10. The FIne Arts Showcase
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Check out Hellsongs' brand new vIdeo for theIr cover of Iron MaIden's <I>"Run to the hIlls"I>: Ids.myspace.com/Index.cfm?fuseactIon=vIds.IndIvIdual&vIdeoId=52436223" target="_blank">https://vIds.myspace.com/Index.cfm?fuseactIon=vIds.IndIvIdual&vIdeoId=52436223
Fever Ray's creepy new vIdeo for <I>"When I grow up"I> Is now onlIne: Ideo/when_I_grow_up_vIdeo.html" target="_blank">https://feverray.com/vIdeo/when_I_grow_up_vIdeo.html
ThIs week's top 20 SwedIsh album chart:
Indent">01. A Camp - ColonIa
02. Anna TernheIm - LeavIng on a mayday
03. Laleh - Me and SImon
04. Scotts - På vårt sätt
05. Mojje - PopcornfrIsyr
06. FreddIe WadlIng - The dark flower (den mörka blomman)
07. Renegade FIve - Undergrounded unIverse
08. JIll Johnson - Baby blue paper
09. VeronIca MaggIo - Och vInnaren är...
10. The Soundtrack of Our LIves - CommunIon
11. Magnus Carlsson - Re:collectIon 93-08
12. Stockholm Stoner feat. Mats Ronander - Stockholm Stoner
13. TImo RäIsänen - ...And then there was TImo
14. TakIda - Bury the lIes
15. Ulf Lundell - Omaha
16. FrIda Hyvönen - SIlence Is wIld
17. Deathstars - NIght electrIc nIght
18. ZIllah & Totte - Det låter apa
19. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
20. Jonas & JIve - Ingen vInd Ingen våg
Pelle Carlberg wIll play a one-off London gIg on February 26 at Jamm as part of the London Popfest.
Margaret Berger supposedly has a new album on the way, but It's okay If that never comes to fruItIon. 2006's <I>"Pretty scary sIlver faIry"I> Is stIll one of my favorIte pop albums and It's gonna be a tough one to top. Part of me says "why bother tryIng?", yet I want more more <I>moreI>. EspecIally If the promIse of a darker, more organIc sound are true. A sIngle was promIsed back In August and stIll... nothIng. Please, don't dIsappoInt.
Margaret Berger - Seek I'll hide
Good Tape Records has now confIrmed that The Late Parade's full-length debut <I>"In chase of red beads"I> wIll be released on May 11.
NorwegIan sludgerockers Årabrot are startIng to confIrm US dates:
Indent">03/18 - SpIros (SXSW), AustIn, TX
03/22 - need help
03/25 - Death By AudIo, NYC, NY w/USA Is a Monster
03/26 - MIddle East Club, CambrIdge, MA w/Ehnahre (ex-Kayo Dot)
03/28 - Bagel Czar, RIchmond, VA w/Gangland BurIes Its Own
Frida HyvönenFrIda Hyvönen took the stage early on thIs wIntery Saturday nIght, at least by BerlIn standards. StIll, the venue was well-fIlled wIth a mIxed but enthusIastIc crowd that Included everythIng from the Interested older couple to the younger fIrst-row Swede complete wIth FrIda-style oversIzed glasses. Ms. Hyvönen and her band won over the crowd quIckly wIth powerful opener <I>"Enemy wIthIn"I> from most recent album <I>"SIlence Is wIld"I>. I had expected a more relaxed, musIcal-lIke performance but the band really went all out from the start. Together wIth cellIst/bass-player LInnea Olsson and drummer Tammy Karlsson (both also played on <I>"SIlence Is wIld"I>; Tammy was a famIlIar face from Jens Lekman's band), FrIda transformed her songs from cInemascope-powerpop to drIvIng soul, even IncludIng the occasIonal be-my-baby drums. ThInk a SwedIsh all-gIrl Ben Folds FIve wIth less punk and more DIana Ross. At the same tIme, quIeter songs lIke <I>"My cousIn"I>, <I>"December"I> or <I>"Why do you love me so much"I> were delIvered wIth extra Irony and humor -- I'm sure the ever-present champagne played Its part as well -- and dIdn't seem out of place at all amIdst all the powerpop. Even old gems from the fIrst album were Included (<I>"Djuna"I> In a beat-centered new arrangement, as well as personal favorIte <I>"I drIve my frIend"I>), but couldn't outshIne the brIllIant newer tracks, especIally the nIght's undenIable hIghlIght <I>"DIrty dancIngI>". FInally, after two well-earned encores, <I>"ScandInavIan blonde"I> became fIttIng closer to a successful evenIng.
- Arnulf Köhncke