International music blog Fat Planet on Taken By Trees: https://www.fatplanet.com.au/blog/2007/09/01/taken-by-trees-sweden/

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

01. Jens Lekman
02. Interpol
03. Belle and Sebastian
04. Feist
05. Shout Out Louds
06. Death Cab for Cutie
07. José González
08. Modest Mouse
09. Rilo Kiley
10. The Shins

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Updated tourdates for Norway's Ida Maria:

09/11 - Dublin Castle, London (UK)
09/12 - Roadhouse, Manchester (UK)
09/13 - The Fly, London (UK)
09/15 - Melting Pot @ The Jericho Tavern, Oxford (UK)
09/16 - Barfly, Brighton (UK)
09/20 - Old Blue Last, London (UK)
09/21 - Popkomm Berlin, Berlin (GER)
09/26 - University of West England, Bristol (UK)
09/27 - YoYo @ Notting Hill Arts Club, London (UK)
09/28 - Sheffield University, Sheffield (UK)

Also read about her exploits at Pop Dakar: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=62152007&blogID=306007051

Check out an ASAP studio session with José González: https://asap.ap.org/stories/724327.s

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Happy birthday to me! September is the fifth anniversary of this here website, so on account of this grand occasion, I've decided to run my first-ever official reader's poll! Hopefully I can figure out, not only a little bit more about who my reader's are and what they're interested in, but also what areas need improvement. It's 100% anonymous, so please - be as harsh a critic as you would like. Oh, and only answer the questions you want - none of them are required. Lastly, I'm including a link at the end for a contest to win a copy of the entire IAT discography. Don't worry - your survey responses are kept totally separate so I have no idea who said what, even if you do enter the contest. So what are you waiting for? Get to it!
For further discussion, go here: [click here]

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

01. Sahara Hotnights - Visit to Vienna
02. TALK 1
03. José González - Down the line
04. Anna Ternheim - Girl laying down
05. The Bear Quartet - The supremes
06. TALK 2
07. New Decade - I guess you ran from something
08. Commando M Pigg - Allt genast
09. Mikkel Metal - Bano
10. TALK 3
11. Johan Hedberg - Nygubbe4
12. Mikko Singh - Toisella puolella
13. Mimas - Thought discuss
14. Fattaru - 100:-
15. TALK 4
16. Sista Sekunden - Jag är aldrig nöjd
17. E.S.T. - Tuesday wonderland
18. Syster Lycklig - Drömgränd
19. TALK 5
20. The End Will Be Kicks - Ass of a friend
21. The Grizzly Twister - Tigers made of paper
22. Samuel Jackson Five - Easily misunderstood
23. Grande Roses - Dead town
24. TALK 6
25. Thomas Dybdahl - B A part
26. Njurmännen - Cold meat industry
27. Tobias Hellkvist - Moment at ven
28. TALK 7
29. David Sandström Overdrive - Here's for summer
30. Randy - Freedom song
31. Kalle J - Vart stack du?
32. The Flaming Sideburns - Bad trip
33. TALK 8
34. The Bell - I am history
35. Lack - Pessimist poetry
36. The State of Floral Beings - Andy
37. Fireside - Problem (to you)
38. TALK 9
39. Firefox AK - Love to run
40. Manes - Cinder alley
41. Lukestar - Untitled
42. TALK 10
43. Oskar Schönning - S

Another thing about September is that it marks the fifth anniversary of this here website. Five long years! That's positively ancient in Internet time. So on account of this grand occasion, I've decided to run my first-ever official reader's poll so I can hopefully figure out not only a little bit more about who my reader's are and what they're interested in, but also what areas need improvement. It's 100% anonymous, so please - be as harsh a critic as you would like. Oh, and only answer the questions you want - none of them are required. Lastly, I'm including a link at the end for a contest to win a copy of the entire IAT discography. Don't worry - your survey responses are still kept totally separate so I have no idea who said what, even if you do enter the contest. So what are you waiting for? Get to it!
For further discussion, go here: [click here]

Norwegian singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche will do some solo dates in September supporting Air in California.

Pelle Carlberg will tour Spain in late October/early November.

Fred Norrman of Katatonia just scored a new endorsement deal with Finnish guitar maker Amfisound. Read more and check out the details on his new custom model: https://katatonia.com/knews/?p=112

Molotov Jive's album will be released in GAS on October 26 in a new special edition with two exclusive bonus tracks as well as the video for "Luck you got" and a new cover design.

Jens Lekman will support Josh Rouse for some UK gigs beginning in late November:

11/29 - Plug, Sheffield
11/30 - Academy 2, Manchester
12/01 - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow
12/03 - The Sage, Gateshead
12/04 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
12/05 - Academy, Bristol
12/07 - Academy, Oxford
12/08 - Concorde 2, Brighton
12/09 - Shepherd Bush Empire, London

Look for more headlining gigs as well as European dates to be announced shortly.

Annika Norlin is looking for locals to help guide her when Hello Saferide comes to Brazil: https://www.hellosaferide.com/?p=253

Headstomp Productions has added Swedish post-rock act Tender Souvenirs (ex-Ever the Statesman) to their family. Look for their debut album "Scars & souvenirs" on September 25 via Airwaves Music and check out video samples on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/tendersouvenirs