Pitchfork does the track review thing with Pelle Carlberg and the song "Clever girls like clever boys more than clever boys like clever girls": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/44206-pelle-carlberg-clever-girls-like-clever-boys-more-than-clever-boys-like-clever-girls-mp3stream

Want to contribute to our weekly Bear Quartet posts? I could always use more people willing to share their thoughts. Let me know!

The playlist for my radio show this week:

01. Säkert! - Allt som är ditt
02. TALK 1
03. Madrugada - Shine
04. My Midnight Creeps - Don't let 'em bring you down
05. TALK 2
06. Asha Ali - A promise broken
07. Detektivbyrån - Hemvägen
08. Pelle Carlberg - Clever girls like clever boys much more than clever boys like clever girls
09. TALK 3
10. Enslaved - 793 (Slaget om Lindisfarne)
11. TALK 4
12. Fare You Well - Take me away
13. The Kissaway Trail - Smother + Evil = Hurt
14. Emmon - Wake up time (Thermostatic remix)
15. TALK 5
16. KVLR - Traitors and thieves
17. Magnus Carlsson - Va med mig
18. Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - Bebopalulia
19. TALK 6
20. De Må Være Belgiere - Cirkler
21. Johndoe - Kjøtere
22. Manes - Deeprooted
23. TALK 7
24. Khoma - Stop making speeches
25. The Giant's Dream - Significant dawn
26. Las Puertas - The water
27. TALK 8
28. Lordi - The chainsaw buffet
29. Logh - A sunset knife fight
30. Lack - 5 o'clock in the evening
31. TALK 9
32. The Bear Quartet - Before the trenches
33. Jan Johansson - Visa från Utanmyra
34. TALK 10
35. Kashmir - The aftermath

More fresh content for you today in the form of an interview with Magnus Lindberg of Cult of Luna: [click here]
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Slow news day = me finding random interesting things to post. Check out Lovisa Nyström (sister of Jakob from Isolation Years) covering a Wilco song på Svenska with help from David Sandström: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyFfXyY0xdU

The new Bombhappies album "Ok ok ok ok ok ok ok" is done and will be ready for release in September/October. As mentioned before, it was recorded by Konie at Studio Cobra.

New Moneybrother tourdates:

09/25 - Vega (small hall), Copenhagen (DK)
09/26 - Kamp, Biefeld (GER)
09/27 - Kleine Elserhalle, Munich (GER)
09/28 - WUK, Vienna (AUS)
09/29 - Abart, Zürich (CH)
10/01 - Prime Club, Köln (GER)
10/02 - Starclub, Dresden (GER)
10/03 - Postbahnhof, Berlin (GER)
10/04 - Grünspan, Hamburg (GER)

Look for Norwegian noiseniks Jazkammer to tour the UK in September with Mark Durgan, their first jaunt over there in some 10 years. Dates here: https://www.lassemarhaug.no/

There's a new video from Finnish indie/psych act Kytäjä up on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_hNwbSOeIw

Head to MetalKult for a video interview with Emperor frontman Ihsahn as well as live footage from their recent NYC performance: https://blogs.guitarworld.com/metalkult/

Quit Your Dayjob has officially wrapped up production on their new album "Tools for fools", due out for release in September via Bad Taste Records. The record featured collaborations with fellow Swedes The Sounds as well as NY-based rapper R.A. The Rugged Man.

Swedish pop-punk act Loving Chokes on tour in Germany:

10/19 - Alte Pauline, Detmold
10/20 - Amp, Münster
10/24 - Gladhouse, Cottbus
10/25 - tba, Oschatz
10/26 - Riesa Efau, Dresden
10/27 - tba, Berlin

Listen to samples here: https://www.myspace.com/lovingchokes

Taken By Trees, the solo project of ex-Concrete Victoria Bergsman, will see her album "Open field" released in the US on September 11 via Beggars Group.

Killing the Legacy on brutal Finnish hardcore act Cutdown: https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2007/07/always-intact.html

Eardrums profiles up-and-coming Norwegian artist Silje Nes: https://eardrumsmusic.com/2007/07/19/silje-nes/