Here's the video for the new BWO single "Let it rain": m/watch?v=CpX_ZVDN7QQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpX_ZVDN7QQ
I can't help it, but I really have a soft spot for this kind of over-the-top perfect pop.

Hyped singer/songwriter Lykke Li has been picked up by Dolores Recordings and her debut EP will be out very soon. Listen to demo tracks at myspace: myspace.com/lykkeli" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/lykkeli

Check out Pacific's new video for "Hot lips": m/watch?v=TYNY1R-ZW9g" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYNY1R-ZW9g

The new Sambassadeur single "Subtle changes" will be officially released on August 29.

Updated José González tourdates:

08/21 - Spiegeltent, New York, NY
08/26 - Festival for Dreams, Copenhagen (DK)
09/27 - Gramercy Theater, New York, NY
09/28 - Gramercy Theater, New York, NY
09/29 - music Hall of Williamsburg, New York, NY
09/30 - Paradise, Boston, mA
10/01 - World Café, Philadelphia, PA
10/02 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
10/04 - Park West, Chicago, IL
10/05 - Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR
10/07 - Showbox, Seattle, WA
10/08 - Great American music Hall, San Francisco, CA
10/09 - Great American music Hall, San Francisco, CA
10/10 - El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
10/12 - Bluebird Theatre, Denver, CO
10/13 - Fine Line music Café, minneapolis, mN
10/17 - Cambridge Junction, Cambridge (UK)
10/18 - Anson Rooms, Bristol (UK)
10/19 - Arts Centre, Warwick (UK)
10/20 - Concorde 2, Brighton (UK)
10/21 - Rock City, Nottingham (UK)
10/22 - Leeds City Varieties, Leeds (UK)
10/23 - Union Chapel, London (UK)
10/24 - Union Chapel, London (UK)
10/25 - Royal Northern College of music, manchester (UK)
10/26 - Irish museum of modern Art, Dublin (IRL)
10/27 - mandela Hall, Belfast (IRL)
10/28 - ABC, Glasgow (SCO)
11/24 - Richard's on Richards, Vancouver BC
11/29 - The Parish, Austin, TX
12/01 - 930 Listening Room, Louisville, KY
12/03 - Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, Bloomington, IN
12/06 - Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa, Ontario
12/07 - mod Club, Toronto, Ontario

Recent Razzia signee Jonna Lee reports that her forthcoming album "10 pieces, 10 bruises" is now 100% complete and she's added a couple new tracks to myspace: myspace.com/jonnaleemusic" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/jonnaleemusic
Also check out this clip of Jonna backing her producer Ed Harcourt (himself also a respected artist) at a recent Elvis tribute show: m/watch?v=fXDQPgLQbOE" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXDQPgLQbOE

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

01. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans
02. Shout Out Louds – Our Ill Wills
03. The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
04. Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism
05. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
06. The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs
07. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
08. Shout Out Louds – Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
09. Jens Lekman – Oh You're So Silent Jens
10. Familjen – Det snurrar i min skalle

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MP3: Moneybrother - Just another summer

moneybrother's third album "mount pleasure" is the last in his contract for Burning Heart and it sure feels like it. Not in the sense that it feels like a conclusive kiss-off, rather that it's a ragtag collection of mediocre, b-side quality tracks. Nothing says "contractual obligation" quite like that except maybe a live album or a "greatest hits" comp. Unlike a lot of people I know, I fully admit to being a fan of moneybrother's last proper full-length "To die alone" and was looking forward to this one. I didn't have sky-high expectations, but I really thought it would be better. Today's mp3, the lead track "Just another summer" is one of the few standouts. As usual, it's got Anders Wendin doing his best Springsteen impression with a bit of a Clash-style breakdown thrown in for good measure. It's fine, but it's nothing we haven't heard from him many times before. It's certainly not enough to convert the skeptical, much less a proper big summer single as I'm sure was intended. maybe next time?

Moneybrother - Just another summer

MP3: The Bear Quartet - Where do you put your hate?

"Where do you put your hate?" Do you bury it deep inside? Or do you channel it into something else more useful? I know I used to put it into music. Still do sometimes, though now it's often not much more than the physical act of beating the drums. Whatever works, right? As long as I'm not taking it out on the undeserving. "The guilt and anger the boredom that's hard to shake?" How do you not let it consume you? I'm amazed that anyone makes it through highschool (relatively) unscathed. Not that it becomes any easier as you get older, especially since the stakes are often far, far higher. Somehow, we get by.

The Bear Quartet - Where do you put your hate?

Pictures are now added to our Way Out West report: m/index.php?a=316">[click here]

This week's radio show is all women:

01. Hello Saferide - I was definitely made for these times
02. TALK 1
03. Susanne Sundfør - I resign
04. Sahara Hotnights - Drive dead slow
05. margaret Berger - Seek I'll hide
06. TALK 2
07. marit Bergman - I will always be your soldier
08. El Perro Del mar - Party
09. Octavia Sperati - As fire swept clean the earth
10. TALK 3
11. Robyn - Cobrastyle
12. montys Loco - man overboard
13. Honey Is Cool - Summer of men
14. TALK 4
15. Those Dancing Days - Hitten (demo version)
16. Christel Alsos - Come on
17. Red moon - Landslide
18. TALK 5
19. Sophie Zelmani - To know you
20. Sanna Kurki-Suonio - minne
21. Susanna and the magical Orchestra - Enjoy the silence
22. TALK 6
23. Otur - Overture
24. midaircondo - Perfect spot
25. Doughnuts - Drowning
26. TALK 7
27. Fe-mail - Jacob's leketøy
28. September - Satellites
29. Gåte - Sjå attende
30. TALK 8
31. maia Hirasawa - mattis & maia (ft. miss Li)
32. Stina Nordenstam - Parliament square (The Knife remix)
33. munck//Johnson - Slavesong
34. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
35. TALK 9
36. Säkert! - Sanningsdan
37. Asha Ali - A promise broken
38. The Cardigans - I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
39. TALK 10
40. Anja Garbarek - The last trick

In case you missed it, the music summer camp for girls that marit Bergman helped found is called Popkollo and you can find out more information here: https://www.popkollo.se/
Non-Swedish speakers, check the 'English' link on the bottom left for more details.

FINALLY! The It's a Trap! coverage of Way Out West is now posted: m/index.php?a=316">[click here]
Hopefully I'll be able to get pics and a few other finishing touches added by the end of the day.

That's not all! I've even managed to get a new batch of reviews up as well: m/index.php?a=317">[click here]

The Creeps will perform a one-time reunion gig in their hometown of Ålmhult, Sweden on September 15, their very first show since breaking up in 1997. more info: https://www.hotstuff.se/speakeasy

Check out an article on the Swedish DIY/indie in the new issue of Canadian mag Fazer, including some quotes from yours truly: https://www.fazer.ca/pdf/FAZERfive.pdf (page 34-35 in the physical mag, 17 in the pdf)