Danish act Slaraffenland will be coming over to the US for a batch of dates supporting Akron Family and will also be joining them on stage as part of The Akron/Family Big Band. Dates:
09/14 - Jason's Upstairs, Hudson, NY
09/15 - Site: B, Williamsport, PA
09/16 - Castaways, Ithaca, NY
09/17 - mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY
09/18 - LOLA Fest 09, London, ON (Canada)
09/19 - magic Stick, Detroit, michigan
09/20 - 21C museum Atrium Gal., Louisville, KY
09/21 - Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA*
09/22 - Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY*
*Slaraffenland only
mew's new album with the impossibly long title is currently streaming at myspace: myspace.com/mew" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/mew
Logh's upcoming show at the Knitting Factory in LA on September 10 (previously mentioned m/?n=31254">here) will actually just be mattias Friberg solo + backing tracks. my understanding is that mattias is coming over on tour with Fever Ray (he is doing backline) and will be taking the opportunity to do his own thing on the side.
We Live in Trenches have posted the tracklist for their forthcoming full-length debut "modern hex": m/news.asp#node-11" target="_blank">https://weliveintrenches.com/news.asp#node-11
The album has been sent off to the presses and will be released by P.Trash Records very very soon.
The latest Looptroop Rockers album "Good things" will receive a proper US release on August 25 via Bad Taste Records.
Here is the m/group/itsatrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. The Bear Quartet
02. Frida Hyvönen
03. Detektivbyrån
04. Sally Shapiro
05. El Perro del mar
06. Hello Saferide
07. Jenny Wilson
08. Fever Ray
09. The Big Pink
10. Timo Räisänen
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Cult Swedish death metal act Bastard Priest are currently mixing their debut full-length for release via Blood Harvest later this year. No date yet, but I'll keep you posted.