Check out Fare You Well's Japanese tour video: m/watch?v=PltjCuClzDo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PltjCuClzDo

Imperial Recordings artists Eskju Divine will start work on their third album in November.

Legendary Swedish rockers The Hellacopters will be breaking up after the release of their next album and subsequent tour. Read the full statement: m/site/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.hellacopters.com/site/default.asp
Unfortunately, it appears there will be no US dates so American fans may have to travel to catch 'em one last time.

Sirius Stuff is the new label and artist alias of Finland's Jani Jokinen. His first release, a comp entitled "moody electronic stuff" featuring himself plus 11 other Finnish electronic acts. Read/hear more at myspace: myspace.com/siriusstuffrecords" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/siriusstuffrecords

MP3: Lars Winnerbäck - Farväl Jupiter

maybe I'm not familiar enough with his oeuvre, but I don't remember Lars Winnerbäck ever sounding this much like The Pogues. Perhaps I'm underestimated him 'cuz this is some rousing, fiery folk-rock, Celtic instruments n' all. And unlike most of Lars' other material, it requires no translation for full enjoyment. The fiddle/accordion refrain says everything I need to hear, with the mandolin providing adequate punctuation. A great way to start an album and a great way to start the week.

Lars Winnerbäck - Farväl Jupiter

This week's m/group/itsatrap">It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 albums of the week:

01. Radiohead – In Rainbows
02. José González – In Our Nature
03. Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
04. Shout Out Louds – Our Ill Wills
05. The Postal Service – Give Up
06. The Knife – Deep Cuts
07. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
08. Stars – In Our Bedroom After the War
09. Band of Horses – Everything All the Time
10. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away

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In case you missed the announcement on Friday, I've got a brand new netrelease from Björn Kleinhenz and Winter Took His Life posted for free download. m/label.php?show=iatmp3009">Check it out!
Side note: Check out Björn's website for a TON of pics from their recent tour: https://www.kleinhenz.se/

Datarock
See what I care
Young Aspiring Professionals

Datarock has been on the hype radar prior to releasing their rather mediocre full-length album last year. Here, they've returned with a five song EP that contains three tracks that are better than anything on the album, and two throwaways. "Not me", "Do it your way" and "Stay" are the best songs I've heard by this band, and it made me wonder why they just didn't put them out as a three-song EP, which would have been stellar, as all songs could be potential hit singles. However, the other two tracks just bring the consistency of the album down so that you might not even bother hearing "Stay" because the title track is that bland. The point of an EP is showcase some newer or non-album worthy material, but with a 60% success rate, I'd say they still have some work to do on their kinks.
- Matt Giordano

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Lars Winnerbäck - Innan mörkret faller
02. TALK 1
03. TIAC - Boredom
04. Brainbombs - Who can you trust
05. Ted Gärdestad - Helena
06. TALK 2
07. Björn Kleinhenz - China Blue
08. Viktor Sjöberg - The sensation of your head on my chest
09. marvins Revolt - Deliberate deeds
10. TALK 3
11. Abalone Dots - Under the rain
12. The Bear Quartet - The lost kid office
13. Lo-Fi-Fnk - Wake up
14. Watain - Underneath the cenotaph
15. TALK 4
16. The Tiny - Closer
17. Supersilent - 8.4
18. Anna Ternheim - Today is a good day
19. TALK 5
20. The Skull Defekts - The secret
21. Lukestar - White shade
22. Pay TV - Fashion report
23. Wolfpack - Enter the gates
24. TALK 6
25. Tigerbombs - Shaking the tree
26. Familjen - Ivanhoe & Rebecca
27. Giant Robot - Public = shopping
28. Eskju Divine - Hold on
29. TALK 7
30. The Bell - On and on
31. DHG - The snuff dreams are made of
32. Trio mediaeval - Det lisle bånet
33. TALK 8
34. Peter Bjorn and John - It beats me every time
35. margaret Berger - Seek I'll hide
36. Kaizers Orchestra - Kontroll på kontinentet
37. TALK 9
38. Darkthrone - F.O.A.D.

Plan Three
Live @ Valhall, Skövde 10/06/2007

The Swedish "emo" rock band Plan Three, with origins from our grand capitol, couldn't have picked at better act to open up for than Takida. And the audience couldn't have picked a better-suited band than Plan Three to warm them up either. I had a discussion with at friend about what "emo" really stand for today. What does an "emo" band look like, what do they sound like? my friend said, "They wear makeup around their eyes, they use keyboards and they sound really mad and depressed." Well, I don't know about the "sounding really mad and depressed"-thing, but Plan Three do wear make up and make use of keyboards. Think Panic! At the Disco, Fall Out Boy and Bullet for my Valentine and I think you have a more or less correct image of Plan Three. "Emo" or not, these guys knows how to put on a good show, the set is explosive and tight, for that they are treated like kings from the audience. As I said, a perfect warm-up.
- Christian Stenbacke

Takida
Live @ Valhall, Skövde 10/06/2007

I know I might sound like an annoying old hag, but I just can't stand bands that don't look like they enjoy their time on stage. Going to a concert should be something special, I know most of you people sometimes have gone to concerts that were close to magical; truly a place where performer and audience meet and form another kind of reality together, a place where the laws of physics and metaphysics simply don't apply anymore. The guys in Takida knows what this is all about. Having built their fan base from scratch since the forming of the band in 1999, they now, nine years later, finally get all the attention they deserve. The new album, "Bury the lies", is filled with the same catchy sing-along-tunes as the previous records, and the sing-along is what makes this evening, you guessed it, magical. Takida puts on a good show, but the crowd alone makes it tenfold more impressing. I actually get goosebumps, more than once. Singer Robert Petterson merely smiles and shakes his head in astonishment. You can say what you want about the, in my ears, standardized, Americanized, radio rock of Takida, but seeing them live is definitely worth the while.
- Christian Stenbacke

MP3: The Bear Quartet - Walking out

The way mattias Alkberg finishes each line of the verse makes "Walking out" sound like a song of resignation. He drops the pitch like an exasperated sigh while Jari Haapalainen plays the blues. However, the chorus gives a feeling of hope. The steadfast declaration of "I'm walking out" coupled with the airy keyboards gives the song a different atmosphere. It's like music that plays over closing credits to signify an untold new beginning, not closure. Because this is definitely not the end of the story, it's the start of something new, "a life that I have not entered yet."

The Bear Quartet - Walking out

A Perfect Friend on tour in Belgium:

11/24 - Cimatic/AV07/Festival, Brussels
11/23 - Le Bonheur, Brussels

Swedish postpunk act Pen Expers is blogging while recording their sophomore album at Svenska Grammofonstudion in Göteborg: m/" target="_blank">https://blog.penexpers.com/

millencolin will be going into Sound Lab Studios in Örebro on October 26 to begin work on their next album. Lou Giordano, the same guy who produced "Home from home" is once again on-board to help with the proceedings. In other millencolin news, the band is now managed by Kimmo Kirvesmäki at Big mouth Productions.