Katatonia, Swallow the Sun to tour US

Scandinavian doom acts Katatonia and Swallow the Sun will be doing a US tour together in September: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=14323

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. This is Head
02. jj
03. Anna Ternheim
04. The Bear Quartet
05. Beach House
06. Håkan Hellström
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Kent
09. Love Is All
10. Jonathan Johansson

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/

Ef - Longing for colors (Araki remix)

Check out a remix Ramus Kellerman did for Swedish postrockers Ef under his alias Araki: https://rasmuskellerman.com/?p=969

New EP from The Goner

Sideways Through Sound has released a new digital EP from IAT favorites The Goner: https://www.sidewaysthroughsound.com.au/index.php?cPath=6_565

Johnossi perform new album (video)

Johnossi performed their new album "Mavericks" in its entirety last night at Kägelbanan in Stockholm and you can watch a stream of it here: https://bambuser.com/channel/universalmusicsweden/broadcast/685722

Melody Club in the studio

Melody Club report that they are back in the studio working on new material for their 5th album.

Bastard Priest cover art + tracklist

Bastard Priest has unveiled the cover art and tracklist for their forthcoming album "Under the hammer of destruction": https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=306457541&blogId=532703367

Scandinavian House to host lecture on Norwegian black metal

Scandinavia House in NYC is hosting "A Blaze in the Northern Sky: Norwegian Black Metal & the Culture that Spawned it" on April 29, a lecture on the genre and its (modern) culture of origin. Read more: https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/events_lectures.html#blaze

Bombus confirm album, offer sample

Swedish heavy rockers Bombus has confirmed that their self-titled debut album will be released on May 26, on both CD and 180g vinyl. Hear a new track at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/bombusmusic

Dag för Dag - Animal (video)

Dag för Dag have a new video for their song "Animal": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKM9uN4z_4A

New Traktor single, tour

Swedish noiserockers Traktor will be releasing the new 7" single "Where water goes" on May 5, just before they hit the road for a 2-week tour. Dates at myspace, hopefully the a-side soon too: https://www.myspace.com/traktorbiz

Robyn - None of dem (feat. Röyksopp)

Robyn is streaming another new track at her website: https://robyn.com/

Radiopuhelimet - Globaali anaali (video)

Finnish act Radiopuhelimet have a new video: https://vimeo.com/10789793

Faster Katt has new lineup, new music

Swedish noisepunks Faster Katt have finally secured themselves a steady lineup by enlisting Jonas Rydberg (ex-Burst) and Mattias Engström (Memfis), both of whom are manning the bass. Hear some killer new recordings at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/fasterkatt

Music Doc Film Festival in NYC

The folks at The Swede Beat are presenting event at the Music Doc Film Festival in NYC on April 15 featuring a screening of the Broder Daniel documentary "Broder Daniel forever" plus "Fuck you very very much - A film about Leila K", "Electronica Reykjavik" and more. Full details, including the rest of the Music Doc events: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=347005224972&ref=ts