Here's a video trailer for the new Niko Skorpio album "Half born in half light", due out soon via Some Place Else: m/watch?v=jo3k8_6hTUo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo3k8_6hTUo

Check out the excellent cello-remix version of the new Zeigeist single "Wrecked metal" at myspace: myspace.com/thezeigeist" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/thezeigeist
I do believe the mp3 was sent out to the blogosphere recently, so finding an mp3 should be a piece of cake.

Pop 'n Cherries reviews the new album "madeleine Street" from Cocoanut Groove: madeleine-street" target="_blank">https://popncherries.skynetblogs.be/post/5994858/cocoanut-groove--madeleine-street

Listen to BBC Jazz on 3 pay tribute to Esbjörn Svensson: https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazzon3/pip/sprrn/
The man was a titan of modern jazz and he will be sorely missed.

The Silent Ballet reviews the new Pg.Lost album "It's not you, it's me": m/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/1562/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/1562/Default.aspx

IAT favorite Tobias Hellkvist has a new website: m/" target="_blank">https://www.tobiashellkvist.com/
He personally handed me copies of his brand new album "Sides" while in malmö last week, so expect copies to be posted for sale really really soon.

Kira (ex-Kira and the Kindred Spirits) will release her debut solo album on September 1. Expect the first single "Riders of the freeway" to begin airing soon.

Here is the m/group/itsatrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. Sigur Rós
02. Coldplay
03. Radiohead
04. Death Cab for Cutie
05. mGmT
06. Belle and Sebastian
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Kent
09. Håkan Hellström
10. The Cure

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/

Buffetlibre are offering up the Cloetta Paris cover of "Cry just a little bit" by Shakin' Stevens as a free download from their new 80s cover project "Rewind": mp3" target="_blank">https://www.proyectobatidora.net/cryjustalittlebit.mp3

Swedish pre-fab pop/techno trioPay TV (produced by Håkan Lidbo) has now posted their new video for "Fashion report" at YouTube: m/watch?v=FQl1OfB1nqc" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=FQl1OfB1nqc
Download a hi-rez version of the clip along with mp3s and remixes at their website: https://www.paytv.se/

Danish rockers The Breakers have signed with US-based Wicked Cool Records, the label of Steven Van Zandt (Bruce Springsteen E-Street Band, also "Little Steven's Underground Garage"). Expect a release in early 2009, but hear some tracks at their website in the meantime: https://www.thebreakers.dk/

IAT.mP3 artists The Giant's Dream have a couple new, previously unreleased tracks on myspace: myspace.com/thegiantsdream" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/thegiantsdream

Finnish bitpoppers and "Reader's companion" alums Desert Planet have now added the song "Three apples high" to the promo site for their new record "moonrocks": m.virtual27.nebula.fi/moonrocks_promosite/kuuntelu.htm" target="_blank">https://desertplanetcom.virtual27.nebula.fi/moonrocks_promosite/kuuntelu.htm

MP3: I Are Droid - Blood & ether

Back home safe and (relatively) sound. Huge thanks to Kristofer Kebbon at m.se/" target="_blank">STIm for making the trip a reality, Craig Bonnell of Swedesplease for being a great festival companion, Jonas and Sofia for putting me up in malmö, Johan, Ludwig, Stina, Elin and Linda for being great hosts in Umeå, and of course, everyone else I met along the way for being kind and generous and tolerant of my awful Swedish skills. Also: huge congrats once again to magnus and Karin (and Ossian)! We'll have to do it again sometime, okay?

This week's mp3 posts will cover a small selection of the various records I picked up on my trip, but no, I won't be posting anything from the new Division of Laura Lee yet. The time for that will come soon enough, so be patient! Instead first up I bring you I Am Droid, one of Razzia Records' most recent signing. Their take on the whole dark, urban rock thing ala Interpol isn't the most original thing in the world, but they do it really well, especially on a few songs such as "Blood & ether". I love the droning tap-tap-tap of the piano that persists throughout the entire track, that old rock'n'roll trick that never gets old. It's about creating a mood, something I realized when I heard it playing in a record store in malmö -- I thought yes, this sounds good right now.

I Are Droid - Blood & ether

Kleerup's next single will be "3am" which features marit Bergman. Stream it at myspace: myspace.com/maritbergman" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/maritbergman