A West Side Fabrication has signed up-and-coming Skellefteå-based indie act Amber Oak and is releasing their debut 6-track EP "Your missing piece" this week. Preview at myspace: myspace.com/amberoak" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/amberoak
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XmU:
01. TALK 1
02. Entombed - Kick out the jams
03. Ironville - The wild
04. Florence Valentin - 8 & 5
05. TALK 2
06. Sweatmaster - Calling Satan, let me in
07. Viola - Shimmery summery (sha-la-la love)
08. marit Bergman - Thoughts grow darker in the night
09. Nutid - Bodensia
10. TALK 3
11. The Bear Quartet - millions
12. Enter the Hunt - Fighters
13. The Sods - Irene the doorbell
14. Lacrosse - It's always Sunday around here
15. TALK 4
16. mattias Alkberg - Jag är en antenn
17. Pintandwefall - Angus
18. Anna maria Espinosa - Glowing with you
19. Arvid - Kan inte hålla dig kvar
20. Kristofer Åström - Come out
21. TALK 5
22. Björn Kleinhenz - Krokås
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XmU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on Xm and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
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. Håkan Hellström
02. The Legends
03. mew
04. Kristofer Åström
05. Fanfarlo
06. Anna Ternheim
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Phoenix
09. Jonathan Johansson
10. Red House Painters
Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Please join us and make your playlist count! Go here to learn more: m/help/" target="_blank">https://www.last.fm/help/
Swedish noisepop act Culkin has a new track on myspace along with a fancy new heavy metal logo: myspace.com/culkin" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/culkin
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes og Askil Holm - Halleluja Live Vol. 2
02. Alexander Rybak - Fairytales
03. A-ha - Foot Of The mountain
04. Postgirobygget - Øyeblikk
05. Henning Kvitnes - Tid for latskap
06. D.D.E. - Ut av kontroll
07. Too Far Gone - Sola i ryggen
08. Röyksopp - Junior
09. Eriksen - De aller beste
10. Smurfene - Smurfeparty 2
11. Erik og Kriss - Tabu
12. Vømmøl Spellmannslag - Vømmøl'n
13. Reidar Larsen - Kom in te oss
14. Tone Damli Aaberge - I Know
15. BigBang - Edendale
16. Datarock - Red
17. CC Cowboys - morgen & kveld
18. Aasmund Nordstoga - Ein visefugg
19. Eva & The Heartmaker - Let's Keep This Up Forever
20. Skambankt - Hardt regn
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Tomas Ledin - 500 dagar om året
02. Lasse Stefanz - Truck stop
03. Benny Andersson Band - Story of a heart
04. Rolandz - Efter regn kommer solsken
05. The Refreshments - A band's gotta do what a band's gotta do
06. Sten & Stanley - Allsånger på vårt sätt
07. The Poodles - Clash of the elements
08. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
09. Dead By April - Dead By April
10. Style - Vill ha dej igen
11. Thorleifs - Sweet kissin' in the moonlight
12. Smurfarna - Smurfparty 2
13. Veronica maggio - Och vinnaren är...
14. Hans Edler with String Orchestra - Remember the sixties
15. Blackjack - Summertime blues
16. Cajsastina Åkerström - Sånger om dej och mej
17. E.m.D. - A state of mind - deluxe
18. Tingeling/Kapten Krok - Grotescos tingeling
19. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
20. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
The Silent Ballet reviews the new Alamaailman Vasarat album "Huuro kolkko": m/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2494/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2494/Default.aspx
The Lemur Blog has assembled a summery Swedish music mixtape for free download: murblog.com/2009/07/02/a-swedish-summer-day-with-you/" target="_blank">https://thelemurblog.com/2009/07/02/a-swedish-summer-day-with-you/
Swedish goth/indie act Hearts of Black Science have been picked up by Wonderland Records, a very appropriate label for their sound. Expect a new single to be released very soon with a new album to follow in September, but for now, hear a couple new tracks at myspace: myspace.com/heartsofblackscience" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/heartsofblackscience
Absolut Noise talks to Swedish noisepop act Pascal about their upcoming third album: m/2009/07/interview-about-their-next-record.html" target="_blank">https://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2009/07/interview-about-their-next-record.html
Here's the tracklist for the upcoming Children of Bodom all-covers album "Skeletons in the closet", due out September 23:
01. Looking at my back door (CCR)
02. Hell is for children (Pat Benatar)
03. Somebody put something in my drink (Ramones)
04. mass hypnosis (Sepultura)
05. Don't stop at the top (Scorpions)
06. Silent scream (Slayer)
07. She is beautiful (Andrew W.K.)
08. Just dropped in (Kenny Rogers)
09. Bed of nails (Alice Cooper)
10. Hellion (WASP)
11. Aces high (Iron maiden)
12. Rebel yell (Billy Idol)
13. No commands (Stone)
14. Antisocial (Trust/Anthrax)
15. Talk dirty to me (Poison)
16. War inside my head (Suicidal Tendencies)
17. Ooops!....I did it again (Britney Spears)
I'm not crazy about this band, but that collection does look like a lot of fun.
Two new [ingenting] tracks are now streaming at the band's website: https://www.nadazipp.se/
They've also posted a few details concerning their upcoming album "Tomhet, idel tomhet" for those of you who can read Swedish.
The new Taken By Trees album "East of Eden" will be released on September 8 via Rough Trade.
Here's a little something I picked up last weekend while vacationing in Astoria, OR, a seaside town with a strong Finnish heritage. I can't say I know much about Pekka Himanka, but I stumbled across his album "Jäi Lappiin sydämein" (Lappland remains in my heart? Online translators can only do so much for me here) in a local record store, previewed a few seconds for quality control at the listening station and figured, "why not?" Who couldn't use a bit of Finnish tango in their life? Besides being relevant to my interests (obviously), the chance of me stumbling across anything like this in the foreseeable future is nil. Old Suomi crooners don't just show up in bargain bins around here and it's not like I know enough to rate them, even if they did. One curious note to add: I don't remember if I've ever heard Pekka on an Aki Kaurismäki soundtrack, but he does m/tag/kaurismaki" target="_blank">carry the tag on Last.fm. Perhaps someone with more free time (and perhaps, Finnish comprehension skills) can track down which movie(s) his music appears in? It would be good to know.
Pekka Himanka - Jäi Lappiin sydämein
Hoob Records (The Splendor) will be releasing the new album "Vesper" from Swedish jazz/folk act New Tango Orchestra on September 23. Expect Swedish and German tourdates to follow in the fall, in the meantime, head to their website to hear samples of old material: https://www.nto.nu/
Well worth checking out I'd say.