Friday's Sirius Blog Radio playlist:

01. The Alpine - Mondays look the same
02. TALK 1
03. Gravy - Back with the nerds
04. Giant Robot - Best match
05. Jomi Massage - A detail
06. TALK 2
07. Broder Daniel - Shoreline
08. The Grand Opening - Don't drop off
09. Moonbabies - Take me to the ballroom
10. Britta Persson - Oh how wrong
11. TALK 3
12. Lemonator - Would you die for me?
13. Trapdoor Fucking Exit - Short ends
14. Billie the Vision and the Dancers - Overdosing with you
15. TALK 4
16. Folie - Rocin
17. Robyn - Handle me
18. Laakso - Norrköping
19. TALK 5
20. Magnet - I walk the line
21. Isolation Years - Albino child
22. KVLR - Construction work
23. TALK 6
24. Anna Leong - 61
25. Tigerbombs - One giant leap
26. Motorpsycho - Hyena
27. TALK 7
28. Oskar Schönning - Other birds
29. Pan Sonic - Rähinä II / Mayhem II
30. Mercyful Fate - Evil
31. TALK 8
32. Ricochets - Come around over
33. Ghost Brigade - Based on you
34. Smalltown - The music
35. Popface - In the night
36. TALK 9
37. Circle Six - 1

Tonight! Don't forget to check out my show on Sirius Satellite Radio at 10pm ET on Channel 26/Left of Center! I'll be playing new stuff from Gravy, Billie the Vision and the Dancers, Laakso and Isolation Years as well as a bunch of other favorites. Got a Stiletto? Set it to record!

Swedish indiepop act Peggy Lejonhjärta recently recorded five new tracks and will be posting samples on myspace soon: https://www.myspace.com/peggylejonhjarta

Gravitation has confirmed that Elope's new album "9 distilled dreams" will be released on May 16. Tracklist and cover art: https://www.gravitation.nu/discoframe.asp?id=24&action=disco3

Celebrity Lifestyle Records has now confirmed that both Kompjotr Eplektrika's new record "Darrk cirsuits fadead waves" and Pistol Disco's "Radiation" will be released on May 30. More details here: https://celebritylifestylerecords.com/

A-ha and The Raveonettes are the two lone Scandinavians acts contributing to the upcoming "Make some noise" John Lennon tribute compilation being put out by Amnesty International to benefit Darfur. Read more: https://www.a-ha.com/cparticle7836-417.html

Swedish pop act BWO (Bodies Without Organs) will release their third album "Fabricator" in September. The first single "Save my pride" hits radio next week.

Ink19 on the US release of The Chrysler's "Cold War classic": https://www.ink19.com/issues/may2007/musicReviews/musicC/chrysler.html

The Great Deciever, the band of ex-Grotesque bandmates Tomas Lindberg (At the Gates, Skitsystem, Disfear, etc.) and Kristian "Necrolord" Wahlin (Liers in Wait, Diabolique), has signed with US label Deathwish Inc. for the release of their new album "Life is wasted on the living" later this year. Previously, the band had worked with both Trustkill and Peaceville and it's been quite a few years since I've heard anything about 'em. Listen to an unmastered cut at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/deathwishinc

Dusted reviews the new Efterklang EP "Under giant trees": https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3549

Blodårstid on yet another Marduk reissue: https://www.holyterror.com/blod/2007/05/04/marduk-heaven-shall-burn-when-we-are-gathered-cd/

Norwegian act and IAT faves Johndoe will be posting a whole bunch of unreleased tracks and b-sides on myspace in the near future: https://www.myspace.com/jhnd

I'm From Barcelona will finally make to the US this summer for a few festival dates:

08/04 - Grant Park (Lollapalooza), Chicago, IL
08/05 - McCarren Park Pool, Brooklyn, NY

New North American dates for Under Byen:

06/28 - El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, CA w/The Album Leaf
06/29 - Glasshouse, Pomona, CA w/The Album Leaf
06/30 - Slim's, San Francisco, CA w/The Album Leaf
07/02 - WOW Hall, Eugene, OR w/The Album Leaf
07/03 - Neumo's, Seattle, WA w/The Album Leaf
07/04 - The Plaza, Vancouver, BC w/The Album Leaf
07/06 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR w/The Album Leaf
07/07 - The Venue, Boise, ID w/The Album Leaf
07/08 - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
07/09 - Bluebird, Denver, CO
07/11 - Abbey Theater, Chicago, IL
07/12 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON
07/13 - La Sala Rosa, Montreal, QC
07/14 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
07/15 - Middle East, Boston, MA

I thought they were fantastic live when I saw them, so I'd definitely recommend going.

All the tracks from the new Thermostatic single "The box" are up for streaming on Last.fm: https://www.last.fm/music/Thermostatic/The+Box+-+release%3A+May+9%2C+2007