Soundvenue reports that Oh No Ono will be doing a live collaboration with Americans Bear In Heaven on August 10 at Lille Vega in Copenhagen where they will take turns playing their own songs and before collaborating as one huge band together on stage. No idea if they plan to record anything in this configuration, but there's more info on the concert here: https://www.soundvenue.com/nyheder/2010/06/09/bear-in-heaven-fusionerer-med-oh-no-ono
Danish art-metal act Kellermensch will see their self-titled debut album released in the UK on July 5. They are also putting out a new EP at home on June 21 called "Narcissus" which features their new single "Army ants" (as posted about here).
Pitchfork reviews the expanded reissue of Refused's seminal "The shape of punk to come": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14330-the-shape-of-punk-to-come-a-chimerical-bombation-in-12-bursts-deluxe-edition/
Also reviewed, the Casiokids album "Topp stemning på lokal bar": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14303-topp-stemning-pa-lokal-bar/
is giving away a plethora of Andreas Tilliander remixes as free downloads: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=274
Contributing artists include labelmates Familjen and Boeoes Kaelstigen as well as Minilogue, Pellarin, Vapnet and many others.
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Rasmus Kellerman
02. The Bear Quartet
03. Familjen
04. Robyn
05. The Radio Dept.
06. Beach House
07. Shout Out Louds
08. Teenage Fanclub
09. The National
10. Jens Lekman
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Absolut Noise interviews Rasmus Kellerman about his new solo, his first under his own name after many releases as Tiger Lou: https://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2010/06/24th-interview.html
PSL reports that Jacob Frössén (one half of the duo Skriet) is working on a documentary about Henric de la Cour from Yvonne/Strip Music: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/06/08/extra-extra-jacob-frossen-gor-dokumentarfilm-om-henric-de-la-cour/
Shout Out Louds have a new video for the song "Show me something new": https://vimeo.com/11844954
Swedish indie act Sailor & I are streaming their new 6-song EP "John Franklin" at SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/sailorandi/sets/john-franklin
The new Sambassadeur single "I can try", officially due out July 7 via , is being given away as a free download: https://www.labrador.se/icantry
Rising will be releasing a new 2-track 7" via Danish DIY collective featuring "Legacy of wolves" b/w "Daughter of the sun", their first recordings with new drummer Jacob Johansen (Lack, The Fashion).
Bummer: Montys Loco have officially called it quits after 10 years as a band: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=47883753&blogId=535527587
Swedish garage-rockers The Hives will be releasing a new EP on July 2 as a precursor to their upcoming album, due out later this year. The band has also revamped their matching outfits and has decided to go with a nautical/sailor theme.
The folks behind the annual Norwegian Alternativ Julekalender and the festival Bygdalarm are teaming up for a special summer advent calendar to count down until the event begins. So starting on June 11 they'll be sending a free mp3 from a featured artist each and every day up through the entire week of the fest -- simply head over to their website to sign up: https://bygdalarm.no/
Pitchfork reviews the new Trentemøller record "Into the great wide yonder": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14306-into-the-great-wide-yonder/