A Smile and a Ribbon to tour Europe in July

Swedish act A Smile and a Ribbon is teaming up with the fairly self-explanatory San Francisco-based artist Uni & Her Ukelele for a European tour this summer. Dates soon.

Den Mänskliga Motsvarigheten giving away new single from The Paper Merchants

The new Swedish label Den mänskliga motsvarigheten ("The Human Equivalence") is giving away a new single from shoegaze act The Paper merchants called "I don't care": motsvarigheten.se/" target="_blank">https://motsvarigheten.se/
The band's album "A friend of mine" will be released in march.

Yet another Jasper TX release

The ever-prolific Göteborg-based ambient/experimental artist Jasper TX has a new 3" CDR release on UK label Dead Pilot Records entitled "Untitled nr.7". more here: m/2009/02/28/jasper-tx-3-inch-disc-out-now/" target="_blank">https://deadpilotrecords.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/jasper-tx-3-inch-disc-out-now/

Form One - Crash & burn (video)

Check out the new Form One video for "Crash & burn": meo.com/3433702" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/3433702

This week's Last.fm chart

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. A Camp
02. Jenny Wilson
03. Frida Hyvönen
04. The Bear Quartet
05. Fever Ray
06. Shout Out Louds
07. The Concretes
08. Jonathan Johansson
09. Phoenix
10. Sahara Hotnights

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/

Sirius playlist week #9

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

01. TALK 1
02. Culkin - Breathholders
03. max Peezay - Boven i droven
04. Detektivbyrån - En annan typ av disco
05. Billie the Vision & the Dancers - You'd better watch out, 'cause I like you
06. TALK 2
07. Sad Day for Puppets - marble gods
08. Viola - The hardest hit
09. Samuraj Cities - Spoonful of talk
10. Kalle J - I skydd av mörkret
11. TALK 3
12. murmansk - Vague language
13. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Radius (Dmitry Fyodorov Radius Relaxation Remix)
14. The Low Frequency in Stereo - Texas fox
15. David Åhlén - We sprout in thy soil
16. TALK 4
17. Paper - Out of it into it
18. Andreas Tilliander - Caught in a riot
19. On Volcano - Out of sight
20. Entombed - Seeing red
21. TALK 5
22. Säkert! - Någon gång måste du bli själv

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.

Lily Electric to tour Germany again in May

New German dates for Danish act Lily Electric:

05/23 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin
05/25 - Ost Pol, Dresden
05/26 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg
05/28 - Druckluft, Oberhausen
05/29 - Swamp, Freiburg
05/30 - Schoken, Stuttgart

MP3: Livaventura - Keep on driving

Said before, but bears repeating: I don't care much for Sonic Youth. Great ideas, even brilliant at times, but all too often sidetracked by self-indulgent tendencies. Composition? Out the window. Take those ideas and apply them effectively, I'm all about it. Denmark's Livaventura is a casebook example. Tons of discordant guitars, male/female vocals, always walking the thin line between noise and rock. "Keep on driving" indeed, but I really do hope they get far. As stated before, this comes off of one of the best records of 2009; too bad the release got pushed back to August 28. Until then, enjoy the single and keep on waiting.

Livaventura - Keep on driving

Cilihili - Happy without the boy (video)

Cilihili's brand new video for "Happy without the boy" is online: m/watch?v=90J0fvF9zaQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90J0fvF9zaQ

New super-limited single from The Embassy

Service is releasing the new single "You tend to forget" from The Embassy in a limited edition of 3: https://www.srvc.se/
Buy it on m/You-Tend-To-Forget-The-Embassy-Carl-Hammoud_W0QQitemZ280317405329QQihZ018QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">eBay.

TSB reviews Svarte Greiner

The Silent Ballet reviews Norwegian ambient artist Svarte Greiner's latest work "Kappe": m/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2190/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2190/Default.aspx

Britta Persson on tour in Germany, Austria

Britta Persson will be supporting Eleni mandell on tour in Germany + Austria come may:

05/08 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
05/10 - Quasimodo, Berlin (GER)
05/11 - Objekt 5, Halle (GER)
05/12 - B 72, Wien (AUS)
05/13 - Registratur, münchen (GER)
05/15 - Kino, Ebensee (AUS)
05/16 - Schlachthof, Wels (AUS)
05/17 - E-Werk, Erlangen (GER)

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Silje Nergaard - A Thousand True Stories
02. Elisabeth Andreassen - Spellemann
03. Frøya - Jenta fra landet
04. Kari Bremnes - Ly
05. Sie Gubba - Hemafrå
06. deLillos - Huskeglemme
07. marit Larsen - The Chase
08. Kristin Asbjørnsen - The Night Shines Like the Day
09. maria mena - Cause & Effect
11. Tommy Tokyo feat Starving for my Gravy - Smear Your Smiles Back On
12. Vestlandsfanden - Tipping & Trygd
13. Zeromancer - Sinners International
14. Åge Sten Nilsen - Glamunition
15. Black Debbath - Black Debbaths beste. 10 år
16. Skambankt - Hardt regn
17. DDR - Das War Das
18. El Caco - Heat
19. Bugge Wesseltoft - Playing
20. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
21. AF1 - Alle For En

Kristofer Åström to support A Camp

Kristofer Åström will be supporting A Camp on tour across Europe:

03/27 - John Dee, Olso (NOR)
03/30 - Train, Århus (DK)
03/31 - Lille Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
04/02 - Konserthuset, Jönköping (SWE)
04/03 - Konserthuset, Göteborg (SWE)
04/04 - Konserthuset, malmö (SWE)
04/06 - Cirkus, Stockholm (SWE)
04/07 - Konsert & Kongress, Uppsala (SWE)
04/09 - Louise de geer, Norrköping (SWE)
04/12 - Trix, Antwerp (BEL)
04/13 - Luxor, Cologne (GER)
04/15 - Ubel & Gefahrlich, Hamburg (GER)
04/16 - Lido, Berlin (GER)
04/17 - Fabryka Trzciny, Warsaw (POL)
04/19 - Flex, Vienna (AUS)
04/20 - magnolia, milan (ITA)
04/21 - Backstage, münich (GER)
04/23 - Abart, Zurich (CH)
04/24 - Docks, Lausanne (CH)
04/26 - maroquinerie, Paris (FRA)
04/28 - Glee Club, Birmingham (UK)
04/29 - Academy, Dublin (UK)
04/30 - Spring & Airbrake, Belfast (UK)
05/03 - Cockpit, Leeds (UK)
05/04 - Academy 3, manchester (UK)
05/06 - Kings College, London (UK)

The Rainaways will back him on the Swedish dates otherwise he'll be performing solo.

If Society to release posthumous LP from Varjo

If Society reports that they just sent off the posthumous album "Ensinäytös 1997" from Finnish goth-punks Varjo out to be pressed. Guitarist Henry Waldén passed away last September and the band has assembled this collection of old demos and a promo EP as a tribute to him, especially since he was heavy into vinyl. Sample the band here: myspace.com/varjoyhtye" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/varjoyhtye
Otherwise, read more about Henry here: m/blog.php?id=36" target="_blank">https://www.ifsociety.com/blog.php?id=36