Look to the right! It's a new EP for free download on the IAT.MP3 netlabel! I am extremely pleased to bring you this three-song EP from Sonores, a Göteborg-based trio who make dark and dreamy pop music. Read more details here and please, by all means, spread the word! This is some amazing stuff that needs to be heard.

Now available in the webstore as a paid download: Aerial - Black rain from the bombing
Four songs, thirty-six minutes of Swedish post-rock excellence. The band will be playing a special record release party at the premiere of Klubb Goo in Västerås on February 3.

Kristofer Åström has been confirmed for SXSW.

Smalltown Supersound artist Lars Horntveth will be playing one exclusive NYC date on February 9 at Tonic with fellow Norwegians In the Country.

The always-fab Marit Bergman has posted a homemade mash-up of her singing the lyrics to "Rent" by Pet Shop Boys over the music of "Timecode" by techno artist Justus Konhcke: https://www.myspace.com/maritbergman

The Bone Voyage Recording Company website is now open: https://www.bonevoyagerecordings.com/
Their next release will be the self-titled debut from Finnish instrumental act Kytäjä. It comes out February 24.

JuJu has posted a brand new track from Swedish hip-hop artist Helt Off for download: https://www.jujurecords.com/news.php?id=65

Swedish indiepop act Mixtapes & Cellmates has posted a new EP for download to serve as a teaser for the upcoming album, due out in March: https://www.mixtapesandcellmates.com/ (choose the non-Flash version)

Finnish electronic artist Niko Skorpio has announced that he will release his "magnum opus" "Escape from heaven" on March 20 via Some Place Else. This record has been in production since 2000, so you can say it's been a long time coming. Preview a track at myspace: https://myspace.com/nikoskorpio

Also coming up this spring from Some Place Else will be a new album or double-EP from Ovro. Details to come.

André from Stars in Coma has started a new netlabel with his girlfriend Linda called Molokini Records: https://www.molokinirecords.com/
Go there to download an EP of lo-fi recordings from SiC as well as a single from Linda's band Elfi.

In other Stars in Coma news, look for the album "My sunshine years" to be released this Friday.

Fullhouse Records has announced the signing of Finnish punks Anal Thunder and will be releasing their new album "Table for one" this coming spring. Samples from older records here: https://www.lprhardcore.net/at/stuff.html

This week's top artists for the It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:

01. The Knife
02. Arctic Monkeys
03. Belle and Sebastian
04. Cat Power
05. David & the Citizens
06. Coldplay
07. Bloc Party
08. José González
09. The Arcade Fire
10. Franz Ferdinand

And the top 10 tracks for the week:

01. The Knife - We share our mother's health
02. Arctic Monkeys - I bet you look good on the dancefloor
03. Cat Power - Could We
04. The Knife - Silent shout
05. Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
06. Cat Power - The Greatest
07. Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco
08. The Knife - The captain
09. Arctic Monkeys - You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Looking Straight At Me
10. The Knife - Neverland

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Apparently The Tough Alliance has declared a Fatwa on The Sounds: https://www.thetoughalliance.com/
I guess The Sounds and The Embassy got in a fistfight at the Göteborg Filmfestival and one of the Embassy guys ended up in the hospital.