OT, but important: RIP Lance Hahn (J-Church, Cringer): https://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/entries/2007/10/21/rip_lance_hahn_1.html
I never had anything more than fleeting conversations with Lance, but he was a huge presence in the Bay Area punk scene that I grew up in. He will be missed.

Swedish indierock act The Tourist has a new two-track single posted for free download: https://www.thetourist.se/musik.html
Good, straightforward stuff. RIYL Isolation Years, Anna Leong.

Simon Says No has a new super-limited, cassette-only release on Norwegian DIY label Redux Records. Head to myspace for details: https://www.myspace.com/reduxrecords

Anekdoten will head to Japan in January:

01/12 - The Doors Club, Tokyo
01/13 - The Doors Club, Tokyo
01/14 - Club Unit, Tokyo

Swedish indietronic duo A Perfect Friend has started work on a new album and have a demo track posted online: https://www.myspace.com/aperfectfriend
If this is any indication of where they're heading, I'm excited. I thought the debut album was okay, but this is far better.

Cake On Cake has a brand new track posted on myspace called "Friends like seasons": https://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake

This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. Radiohead
02. Kent
03. Jens Lekman
04. The Knife
05. Beirut
06. Iron & Wine
07. Bob Dylan
08. The Hives
09. Feist
10. José González

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Better late than never, Jonas Appelqvist's report from last week's IAT! Club Night is now posted: [click here]

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The playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Boys of Scandinavia - Beautiful as a person
02. TALK 1
03. Don't Be A Stranger - Perfect problem
04. Timo Räisänen - Sixteen
05. Promise and the Monster - Sheets
06. TALK 2
07. Deathbed - When hope leaves a body
08. Closer - Sensing the wake
09. TALK 3
10. The Tarantula Waltz - Two arrows
11. Sambassadeur - Subtle changes
12. Anna Järvinen - Götgatan
13. TALK 4
14. Eric Malmberg - Slutet på en epok
15. Mustasch - Bring me everyone
16. September - Until I die
17. TALK 5
18. Leütenhaven - Still life (trompe l'oeil)
19. Frode Haltli - The latter
20. Lykke Li - Little bit
21. TALK 6
22. Downstairs - Peephole city
23. The Cardigans - Don't blame your daughter (Diamonds)
24. Paris - When I laid my eyes on you
25. TST - We are the kids
26. TALK 7
27. Ghost Brigade - Based on you
28. Mikko Singh - Palmun juurella
29. Audionom - Dc2
30. TALK 8
31. Ulver - Solitude
32. The Psyke Project - I get paralyzed
33. Silverbullit - Winter coat
34. TALK 9
35. Bodies Without Organs (BWO) - Let it rain
36. Icos - On my own
37. Torpedo - Hang me high
38. TALK 10
39. Graveyard - Satan's finest

FYI, in case you missed my announcement: next week will be a spooky Halloween-themed program.

Swedish metal act In Flames will play Russia in January:

01/26 - PORT Club, St.Petersburg
01/27 - B1Maximum, Moscow

US label Vendlus will be putting out new releases from Scandinavian experimental artists Atomine Elektrine (Raison D'etre) and Sten Ove Toft (Ryfylke) in the near future. Details when I get them.

Hästpojken, the new band of ex-Bad Cash Quartet frontman Martin Elisson and PopLars from Broder Daniel, now has an official website: https://www.hastpojken.com/

Husky Rescue is offering a bunch of free downloads to promote their upcoming remix album "Other world - Remixes and rarities" (due out 10/22) in exchange for an email address: https://www.husky-rescue.com/aol/otherworld.html

Glass uploaded a new Jack Mörner house remix of the track "Walk slowly" to their myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/musicofglass

Swedish stonerrockers Truckfighters will support Fu Manchu for a run of dates in November:

11/14 - Pumpehuset, Copenhagen (DK)
11/15 - KB, Malmo (SWE)
11/16 - Sticky Fingers, Gothenberg (SWE)
11/18 - Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway 11/19 - Debaser Medis, Stockholm (SWE)
11/20 - Tavastia, Helsinki (FIN)
11/21 - Rock Café, Tallin (EST)
11/23 - Easy Schorre, Halle (GER)
11/24 - VK, Brussels (BEL)
11/26 - Academy 2, Birmingham (UK)
11/27 - Academy 2, Newcastle (UK)
11/28 - Cathouse, Glasgow (UK)
11/29 - Academy 3, Manchester (UK)
11/30 - Islington Academy, London (UK)