Via m/2005/10/motorpsycho-p-nynorsk.html" target=_blank>Bates motel, here's some live tracks from the Norwegian all-female motorpsycho cover act Trio Søt: motorpsycho.fix.no/musicbox/audioclips/triosoet/triosoet.html" target=_blank>https://motorpsycho.fix.no/musicbox/audioclips/triosoet/triosoet.html

"Fall at your feet" will be the first proper single from the new magnet album "The tourniquet" and will include the exclusive b-side "This bird can never fly". A video was filmed on Devil's Island, outside Bergen recently and should be out sometime around mid-November, the same time the proper single is released.

The Aversionline mp3 blog posts some tracks from Swedish black-metal act Naglfar: m/blahg/2005/10/embracing-apocalypse.html" target=_blank>https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2005/10/embracing-apocalypse.html

This week's top artists for the m/group/itsatrap/" target=_blank>It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:

01. Death Cab for Cutie
02. The Decemberists
03. The Strokes
04. Hello Saferide
05. The Arcade Fire
06. mew
07. The Libertines
08. Broken Social Scene
09. Sufjan Stevens

Top songs:

01. Laakso - In my blood
02. mew - Special
03. The Strokes - You Only Live Once
04. The Decemberists - We Both Go Down Together
05. I'm from Barcelona - The Painter
06. Broken Social Scene - Stars and Sons
07. Hello Saferide - If I Don't Write This Song, Someone I Love Will Die
08. Hello Saferide - Get Sick Soon
09. Death Cab for Cutie - Lightness

Again, I'd like to encourage all regular readers to join up so we can get a better idea of what we're all listening to. It's fun! Go here: m/group/itsatrap/" target=_blank>https://www.last.fm/group/itsatrap/

Danish hardcore thrash act Blindfault will tour Europe next spring. Here's the tentative schedule:

04/06 - Germany
04/07 - Germany
04/08 - Germany
04/09 - Germany
04/10 - Germany
04/11 - Germany
04/12 - Germany
04/13 - Germany
04/14 - Benelux
04/15 - Luxemburg
04/16 - Benelux
04/17 - UK
04/18 - Carringtons Nightclub, Harrogate (UK)
04/19 - UK
04/20 - UK
04/21 - UK
04/22 - Scotland
04/23 - Scotland
04/24 - Scotland
04/25 - UK
04/26 - UK
04/27 - UK
04/28 - Germany / Benelux
04/29 - Germany
04/30 - Denmark

MP3: Hyacinth House - New day arising

Once again I'm posting a track from Hyacinth House. I was mightily impressed by the three-song sampler the band sent me awhile back, but now I've got the full album and can confirm that it's a stunner. I had it solid repeat for a week after I got it before I realized I needed to lay off before I got burnt out. The music is classic Americana with a touch of darkness ala 16 Horsepower/Will Oldham and I think I also hear a touch of 70s rock in the mix. There's a number of parts that remind of (gasp!) Led Zeppelin, but not the heavy-rock parts - no no no, I'm talking about the acoustic/bluesy stuff. But there's another reason why I'm posting about Hyacinth House again today. It seems I got sent two copies of the new CD, so I've got one to give away. You want it? Email contest at itsatrap dot com with the subject line "Hyacinth House". Enter now because I'll be announcing the winner tomorrow morning (that's Tuesday Am Pacific Time, in case you were wondering).

Hyacinth House - New day arising

MP3: Marit Bergman - I take my wings off you

It's a small, small world that we live in. About a week ago my wife went to a meeting of the local weavers guild where a woman was talking about her upcoming trip to the Swedish speaking region of Finland so of course my wife mentioned something about this site and my interest in such things and so forth. So then this other lady relates a tale from one of her ealier trips to Sweden years ago where she stayed with some friends who had a surly punk-rocker daughter who later became a pop star. And who would that daughter be? Why, marit Bergman of course. I can only imagine that this must've been during the Candysuck days, but I don't know for sure as it's all second-hand. As for my own marit Bergman story: we met very briefly at SXSW in Austin when I was on tour with KVLR. I was totally out of my head from driving all night and probably made no sense, but whatever - it was years ago. I'm over it. So marit, should you ever read this, I hope you're enjoying your stay in NYC. Hopefully we'll get some new music from you in the not-too-distant future. In the meantime, here's a live track from Popstad 2003.

Marit Bergman - I take my wings off you (live)

It's a small, small world that we live in. About a week ago my wife went to a meeting of the local weavers guild where a woman was talking about her upcoming trip to the Swedish speaking region of Finland so of course my wife mentioned something about this site and my interest in such things and so forth. So then this other lady relates a tale from one of her ealier trips to Sweden years ago where she stayed with some friends who had a surly punk-rocker daughter who later became a pop star. And who would that daughter be? Why, marit Bergman of course. I can only imagine that this must've been during the Candysuck days, but I don't know for sure as it's all second-hand. As for my own marit Bergman story: we met very briefly at SXSW in Austin when I was on tour with KVLR. I was totally out of my head from driving all night and probably made no sense, but whatever - it was years ago. I'm over it. So marit, should you ever read this, I hope you're enjoying your stay in NYC. Hopefully we'll get some new music from you in the not-too-distant future. In the meantime, here's a live track from Popstad 2003.

Hardcore Superstar will finally release their new self-titled album on November 2.

Kent will release "The Hjärta & Smärta EP" on November 2. Here's the tracklist:

01. Vi mot världen
02. Ansgar & Evelyne
03. Flen/Paris
04. månadens erbjudande
05. Dom som försvann

I hear that The Raveonettes had their van and gear stolen in Brooklyn last night. When will bands learn to either a) lock their shit up in a protected lot b) make one person sleep in the van or c) load their gear inside. How many times does this have to happen?

Strange Reaction posts some tracks from Briard, the band of Andy mcCoy pre-Hanoi Rocks: m/archives/2005/10/07/briard/" target=_blank>https://www.strangereaction.com/archives/2005/10/07/briard/

Gustav Ejstes of Dungen talks to the Chicago-Sun Times: mes.com/output/derogatis/wkp-news-live07.html" target=_blank>https://www.suntimes.com/output/derogatis/wkp-news-live07.html

Bear Quartet's upcoming show at Nalen in Stockholm on November 25 will be filmed by SVT.

Aversionline reviews Henrik Nordvargr Björkk: m/reviews/2749/" target=_blank>https://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2749/