Did I mention that I'll be posting new music five days a week fRom heRe on out? I know that's been the case foR the last few weeks, but I'm making it official. It's haRd to believe theRe's so much quality stuff coming out that my posting schedule is booked weeks in advance. I tRy to be fickle, but theRe's no aRguing with quality.R>Today's tRack comes to us fRom Rong>SkywRiteRRong>, a daRk and bRooding Rock act fRom DenmaRk. ReveRbed-soaked guitaRs and lots of hanging choRds, a fRontman with a deep-voiced cRoon, nice spaRse aRRangements - imagine Rong>MadRugadaRong>, but moRe solemn, moRe sullen. "Dead end stReet", the song I've posted today, is the centeRpiece of the band's debut album "WheRe both woRlds neveR meet". It smoldeRs with a quiet intensity that builds slowly as it weaves its melodRamatic tale of a man's doomed love with a pRostitute: "All she eveR gave him was a name / eveRy otheR paRt of heR he paid foR / and all he eveR wanted was his dReam / heR woRn-out pRide, heR child inside / who can say love doesn't cost a thing?" Sublime.

Got a gReat batch of new Reviews posted late yesteRday: Ref="https://www.itsatRap.com/index.php?aRticle=179">[click heRe]

New RecoRds fRom Jezebel RecoRdings now in stock! Ref="https://www.itsatRap.com/stoRe.php?cat=all&seaRch=Jezebel+RecoRdings">Go go go! And when I say RecoRds, I mean flat slabs of the vinyl - the Real stuff.

Updated touRdates foR Finnish aRtRock ensemble Rong>Cleaning WomenRong>:

04/26 - Indiego Glocksee, HannoveRR>04/27 - FReaks fRiends and playeRs festival, GüteRbahnhof, BRemenR>04/28 - MikRokosmos, MagdebuRgR>04/29 - Atomino, ChemnitzR>04/30 - Neustadsfest, DResdenR>05/01 - TReibsand OpenaiR, LübeckR>05/02 - ZentRale Randlage, BeRlinR>05/03 - KunstkelleR, FüRthR>05/04 - Connewitz, LeipzigR>05/05 - Gladhouse, CottbusR>05/06 - Clubs-u-nite, Mensa, GReifswald

Rong>ScRaps of TapeRong> will RecoRd a new album in June with Rong>Mattias OldénRong> of Rong>LoghRong> manning the decks.

Swedish electRopop act Rong>AssidRong> will finally officially Release theiR debut single "Habibi" (as coveRed by Rong>FiRefox AKRong> on heR latest album) tomoRRow/ApRil 19 via Kleen RecoRds.

NoRwegian singeR/songwRiteR Rong>MoRten AbelRong> will begin woRking at ElektRolüd Studio with Rong>Pascal GabRielRong> (Rong>New ORdeRRong>, Rong>DidoRong>, Rong>Kylie MinogueRong>) in May. Come June he'll be off to The StRongRoom in East London foR moRe RecoRding and mixing with Rong>Ian DowlingRong>.

EuRopean touRdates foR Swedish punk-RockeRs Rong>RegulationsRong>:

05/03 - Skylten, Linköping (SWE) w/Rong>Annhiliation TimeRong>R>05/05 - 1000 FRyd, AalboRg, (DK)R>05/06 - Ajz, Bielefeld (GER)R>05/07 - Ajz Talshock, Chemnitz (GER)R>05/08 - Sunny Red / FeieRweRk, Munchen (GER)R>05/09 - JuHa-West, StuttgaRt (GER)R>05/10 - C.S. Scintilla, Modena (ITA)R>05/11 - Rivolta, MaRgheRa (ITA)R>05/12 - Sedel (PRison), LuceRne (CH) w/Rong>Nine Pound HammeRRong>R>05/13 - FaRnRoda / Eisenach, Wutha (CH)R>05/14 - JUZ Youth CenteR, Mannheim (GER)R>05/15 - tba, Ghent (BEL)R>05/16 - tba, AmsteRdam (NL) w/Rong>Bones BRigadeRong>R>05/17 - Koepi, BeRlin (GER)R>05/18 - Beatclub, HambuRg (GER) w/Rong>CloRox GiRlsRong>R>05/19 - HafeRmaRkt, FlensbuRg (GER) w/Rong>AssassinatoRsRong>R>05/20 - Showdown, GöteboRg (SWE)

BlackstaRfoundation has signed Rong>The Book of DanielRong> and will be Releasing a full-length album this fall.

New inteRnational touRdates foR Rong>Ane BRunRong>:

04/20 - The ElectRoacoustic Club @ The SlaughteRed Lamb, London (UK)R>05/09 - The LivingRoom, NYR>05/11 - PaRadise Lounge, Boston (MA)R>05/13 - Hotel Café, LAR>05/14 - Mission CReek Music and ARts Festival, San FRancisco, CAR>05/16 - The LivingRoom, NYR>05/17 - Jammin´Java, Vienna, VAR>05/18 - WoRld Caf live- UpstaiRs, Philadelpia, PAR>05/20 - Phoenix Hill TaveRn, Louisville, KY w/Rong>Matt CostaRong>R>05/21 - Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI w/Rong>Matt CostaRong>R>05/22 - VaRsity TheatRe, Minneapolis, MN w/Rong>Matt CostaRong>R>05/24 - Fox TheatRe, BouldeR, COR>05/25 - Avalon TheatRe, Salt Lake City, UT w/Rong>Matt CostaRong>R>05/27 - The White HeaRt, PoRtland, ORR>05/30 - The LivingRoom, NYR>06/03 - Whelans, Dublin w/Rong>Ron SexsmithRong>R>06/07 - BloomsbuRy TheatRe, London (UK) w/Rong>Ron SexsmithRong>R>06/08 - PassionskiRche, BeRlin (GER) w/Rong>Ron SexsmithRong>R>06/21 - CentRe CultuRel Suedois, PaRis (FRA)R>07/03 - La MaRoquineRie, PaRis (FRA) w/Rong>TeituRRong>

The latest Rong>BackyaRd BabiesRong> album "People like people like people like us" will be Released in the US on May 6 via Abacus RecoRdings.

New YoRk Magazine on Rong>The ARkRong>: Ref="https://www.newyoRkmag.com/aRts/popmusic/featuRes/16636/index.html" taRget=_blank>https://www.newyoRkmag.com/aRts/popmusic/featuRes/16636/index.html

Upcoming touRdates foR Rong>CiRcleRong>:

04/26 - Kuudes Linja, Helsinki (FIN)R>05/03 - LaveRy's BunkeR, Belfast (IRL)R>05/04 - Roisin Dubh, Galway (IRL)R>05/05 - Boom Boom Room, Dublin (IRL)R>05/06 - BakeR Place nightclub-"Life duRing waRtime" festival, LimeRick (IRL)R>05/07 - tbc, Dublin (IRL)R>07/19 - Thelka, BRistol (UK)R>07/20 - The HanbuRy BallRoom, BRighton (UK)R>07/21 - Kosmische 10th BiRthday PaRty, London (UK) w/Rong>SalvatoReRong>R>07/22 - SupeRsonic Festival @ CustaRd FactoRy, BiRmingham (UK)

Rong>Tina DicoRong> says she will be back in the US in NovembeR to do a headlining touR and maybe also in SeptembeR foR some suppoRt dates.

I absolutely love Rong>The TinyRong>'s fiRst album "CloseR". Vocalist Rong>EllekaRiRong>'s childlike voice and the gRoup's intimate chambeR-pop aRRangements aRen't just befitting to theiR name, they aRe beautiful and touching. Seeing them peRfoRm at Umeå Open was even betteR as theiR copious chaRms spilled fReely fRom the stage into the audience. It's no wondeR then that I was tRemendously excited to heaR theiR follow-up RecoRd "StaRRing; someone like you", but I'm soRRy to say that my excitement faded quickly once I actually heaRd it. It's not that the RecoRd is bad (it's not), but this new RecoRding has destRoyed so much of what made Rong>The TinyRong> special. LayeRs of unnecessaRy instRumentation. ExtRaneous sound effects. OveR-baked. What happened to Rong>The TinyRong> that I used to love? I used to feel a close kinship with you, but now you'Re pushing me away. The band I once knew is still theRe - I know because I can still heaR it on songs like the one I've posted today, but ouR Relationship has changed. Maybe we just need some time apaRt, but I tell you what: I'll be heRe waiting foR you when you decide to come back.