BWO on hiatus

Aftonbladet reports that the folks from Swedish pop act BWO are going their separate ways and will all be concentrating on individual projects for awhile: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article6990636.ab

New music from TOW (ex-Breach)

TOW, the new band from Ex-Breach vocalist Tomas Liljedahl, is streaming three new demo tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/theoldwind

Alice in Videoland - Spaceship

Wonderland Records are streaming the new Alice in Videoland single "Spaceship": https://www.wonderlandrecords.com/aivspaceship/

Movits! to the UK, elsewhere

Swedish hip-hop group Movits! will be touring Europe this summer:

06/05 - Wilvarin Festival (GER)
06/17 - tbc, Brighton (UK)
06/18 - Bangers & Mash @ McQueen, Hoxton, London (UK)
06/19 - Paradise Gardens Festival, Victoria Park, London (UK)
06/19 - Electro Swing @ The Book Club, Shoreditch, London (UK)
06/20 - Tooting Tram & Social, London (UK)
06/21 - Sixty Million Postcards, Bournemouth (UK)
06/22 - tbc, Bristol (UK)
06/23-27 - Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury (UK)
07/14 - Veszprem Street Music Festival, Veszprem (HUN)

Eardrums presents "Between two waves"

Music blog Eardrums Music netlabel EardrumsPop is now, at long last, done with their new compilation and have posted it for free download: https://www.eardrumspop.com/releases-2/
The title of the collection is "Between two waves", an allusion to the theme: every single track, every illustration is a collaboration between two artists. Many many Scandinavian artists took part, including Boy Omega, My Little Pony, The Honeydrips, Dylan Mondegreen, Solander, We Are Soldiers We Have Guns and lots more.

Robyn - Dancing on my own

There's yet another new Robyn track out on the web and now streaming at Pitchfork: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11884-dancing-on-my-own/

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 Mary Onettes
02. The Radio Dept.
03. Familjen
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Jens Lekman
06. Hello Saferide
07. Bob Hund
08. Jonathan Johansson
09. Kent
10. Jónsi

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/

Mew - Beach (video)

Mew's new video for the song "Beach" is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzzk3cuF9Ec

PopMatters reviews "Clinging to a scheme"

PopMatters praises the new album from The Radio Dept.: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/122806-the-radio-dept.-clinging-to-a-scheme/

Deathbed confirm new album, offer preview

Finnish hardcore act Deathbed has confirmed that their new album "Birds of a coming storm" will be out in late May via Combat Rock Industry. Hear a couple samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/killedbybed

Gangrenator album preview

Stream a few new tracks from "Tales from a thousand graves", the new album from international grind/death act Gangrenator (feat. members from Dødheimsgard/DHG, Endwarfment, Thorns, etc.): https://www.myspace.com/gangrenator

Volcano defeats The Mary Onettes

The Mary Onettes have been forced to cancel their US tour due to the Icelandic volcano disrupting all European air traffic.

Newkid to officially release single in May

Swedish rapper Newkid will release his new single "Gör det för" on May 10 via Baseline/Family Tree Music with an album to follow in August. Listen at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/meetthekid

Adrian signs Edda Magnason

Adrian Recordings has announced the signing of Edda Magnason, an artist whose self-titled debut album was released in January via jazz label Caprice Records. She will be recording a new album with producer Christoffer Lundqvist at AGM Studio in November. Read more here: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/artist.asp?artist=20

Sincerely Yours presents CEO

There's a new artist on Sincerely Yours called CEO: https://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0139.php