The new Sambassadeur single "Subtle changes" will be officially released on August 29.
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Updated José González tourdates:
08/21 - Spiegeltent, New York, NY
08/26 - Festival for Dreams, Copenhagen (DK)
09/27 - Gramercy Theater, New York, NY
09/28 - Gramercy Theater, New York, NY
09/29 - Music Hall of Williamsburg, New York, NY
09/30 - Paradise, Boston, MA
10/01 - World Café, Philadelphia, PA
10/02 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
10/04 - Park West, Chicago, IL
10/05 - Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR
10/07 - Showbox, Seattle, WA
10/08 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
10/09 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
10/10 - El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
10/12 - Bluebird Theatre, Denver, CO
10/13 - Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis, MN
10/17 - Cambridge Junction, Cambridge (UK)
10/18 - Anson Rooms, Bristol (UK)
10/19 - Arts Centre, Warwick (UK)
10/20 - Concorde 2, Brighton (UK)
10/21 - Rock City, Nottingham (UK)
10/22 - Leeds City Varieties, Leeds (UK)
10/23 - Union Chapel, London (UK)
10/24 - Union Chapel, London (UK)
10/25 - Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (UK)
10/26 - Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (IRL)
10/27 - Mandela Hall, Belfast (IRL)
10/28 - ABC, Glasgow (SCO)
11/24 - Richard's on Richards, Vancouver BC
11/29 - The Parish, Austin, TX
12/01 - 930 Listening Room, Louisville, KY
12/03 - Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, Bloomington, IN
12/06 - Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa, Ontario
12/07 - Mod Club, Toronto, Ontario
Recent Razzia signee Jonna Lee reports that her forthcoming album "10 pieces, 10 bruises" is now 100% complete and she's added a couple new tracks to myspace: https://www.myspace.com/jonnaleemusic
Also check out this clip of Jonna backing her producer Ed Harcourt (himself also a respected artist) at a recent Elvis tribute show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXDQPgLQbOE
This week's It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 albums of the week:
01. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans
02. Shout Out Louds – Our Ill Wills
03. The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
04. Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism
05. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
06. The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs
07. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
08. Shout Out Louds – Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
09. Jens Lekman – Oh You're So Silent Jens
10. Familjen – Det snurrar i min skalle
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Pictures are now added to our Way Out West report: [click here]
This week's radio show is all women:
01. Hello Saferide - I was definitely made for these times
02. TALK 1
03. Susanne Sundfør - I resign
04. Sahara Hotnights - Drive dead slow
05. Margaret Berger - Seek I'll hide
06. TALK 2
07. Marit Bergman - I will always be your soldier
08. El Perro Del Mar - Party
09. Octavia Sperati - As fire swept clean the earth
10. TALK 3
11. Robyn - Cobrastyle
12. Montys Loco - Man overboard
13. Honey Is Cool - Summer of men
14. TALK 4
15. Those Dancing Days - Hitten (demo version)
16. Christel Alsos - Come on
17. Red Moon - Landslide
18. TALK 5
19. Sophie Zelmani - To know you
20. Sanna Kurki-Suonio - Minne
21. Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - Enjoy the silence
22. TALK 6
23. Otur - Overture
24. Midaircondo - Perfect spot
25. Doughnuts - Drowning
26. TALK 7
27. Fe-mail - Jacob's leketøy
28. September - Satellites
29. Gåte - Sjå attende
30. TALK 8
31. Maia Hirasawa - Mattis & Maia (ft. Miss Li)
32. Stina Nordenstam - Parliament square (The Knife remix)
33. Munck//Johnson - Slavesong
34. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
35. TALK 9
36. Säkert! - Sanningsdan
37. Asha Ali - A promise broken
38. The Cardigans - I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
39. TALK 10
40. Anja Garbarek - The last trick
In case you missed it, the music summer camp for girls that Marit Bergman helped found is called Popkollo and you can find out more information here: https://www.popkollo.se/
Non-Swedish speakers, check the 'English' link on the bottom left for more details.
FINALLY! The It's a Trap! coverage of Way Out West is now posted: [click here]
Hopefully I'll be able to get pics and a few other finishing touches added by the end of the day.
That's not all! I've even managed to get a new batch of reviews up as well: [click here]
The Creeps will perform a one-time reunion gig in their hometown of Ålmhult, Sweden on September 15, their very first show since breaking up in 1997. More info: https://www.hotstuff.se/speakeasy
Check out an article on the Swedish DIY/indie in the new issue of Canadian mag Fazer, including some quotes from yours truly: https://www.fazer.ca/pdf/FAZERfive.pdf (page 34-35 in the physical mag, 17 in the pdf)
US label Cheap Lullaby has licensed the album "Beneath & beyond" from Swedish duo Standfast for release on August 28. Stream tracks at the label's annoying all-flash website: https://www.cheaplullaby.com/
The first single from the sophomore album of Norwegian all-stars The National Bank is called "Let go" and is released today. In addition to the forthcoming record, the track also appears on the soundtrack to the upcoming Varg Veum movie "Bitre blomster", to be released on September 28 in Norway. Look for a video from director Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen to deubt on VG's website next week as well. As far as the album goes, that won't be out until spring 2008.
Foxy Digitalis reviews A Perfect Friend: https://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=2626
The latest Music Export Finland newsletter is now online: https://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=140