New music from Lissvik
Daniel Lissvik (Studio) is streaming a few new tracks on his myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/danlissvik
Tag: News
Presenting: Hexvessel (feat. members from Code)
Check out Hexvessel, the darkwave/neofolk sideproject of Aort and Kvohst from Code: https://www.myspace.com/hexvessel
Sasu Ripatti to bring back Sistol for two new albums
Resident Advisor reports that Sasu Ripatti (Luomo, Vladislav Delay) will be releasing two new albums this summer under his newly revived moniker Sistol: https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=12080
MIC Norway profiles Valkyrien Allstars
MIC Norway profiles the excellent fiddle trio Valkyrien Allstars: https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010012214084435003891
Ingrid Olava live in London
Norwegian artist Ingrid Olava is doing a number of UK dates around The Great Escape Festival:
05/13 - The Prince Albert, Brighton
05/14 - Audio Above, Brighton
05/18 - The Luminaire, Kilburn, London
05/19 - The Bedford Arms, Balham, London (free)
New music from Marit Bergman
Three new songs from Marit Bergman, including a cover of Tom Petty's "Free falling": https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=32829527&blogId=533958552
Club 8 - Western hospitality (video)
Club 8's video for their new single "Western hospitality" is now online: https://www.vimeo.com/11159314
Not sure why they password-protected it, but it's the name of the band, all lowercase with no spaces.
The Swede Beat #15
The latest issue of The Swede Beat is now online: https://www.theswedebeat.com/magazine/varkanslor/
The featured band this time out is This Is Head.
Subliminal Sounds to release Pärson Sound 3xLP box
is putting out a limited 3xLP boxset for legendary Swedish psych act Pärson Sound, the band that later morphed into similarly legendary acts International Harvester and Träd, Gräs och Stenar. Said collection will include various recordings from 1967/68 (both live and studio) as well extensive liner notes (in English) and plenty of photos. Limited to 1000 copies and officially out on May 28 -- preorder/more info here: https://www.subliminalsounds.se/DOK/news.html
Kråkesølv back in the studio
Kråkesølv are currently at Grand Sport Studio in Oslo working on a new album for release this fall. If you can read Norwegian, follow their studio blog at myspace: https://blogs.myspace.com/krakesolv
The Bombettes album due out late May
has announced that they'll be putting out The Bombettes' debut full-length "Get out of my trailer, sailor!" at the end of May on both LP and CD.
New music from Tystad
Tystad, the solo alias of musician/soundtrack composer Andreas Alfredsson Grube (Waver, Prins John), has posted a couple new tracks streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/tystnadmusik
This week's Last.fm chart
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. The Radio Dept.
02. The National
03. The xx
04. LCD Soundsystem
05. MGMT
06. Beach House
07. Robyn
08. Caribou
09. Shout Out Louds
10. Yeasayer
Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Please join us and make your playlist count! Go here to learn more: https://www.last.fm/help/
Alf - Hälften kvar
Alf's new single "Hälften kvar" is now streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/alfofsweden
Under the Radar reviews Valgeir Sigurðsson
Under the Radar reviews the new album "Draumalandið" from Icelandic artist Valgeir Sigurðsson: https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/draumalandi/