Okkultokrati have revealed the cover art and full tracklist for their forthcoming album "No light for mass", due out May 17: https://okkultokrati.blogspot.com/2010/03/no-light-for-mass-artwork-finished.html
The always-reliable will handle the CD version while details are still being worked out for the LP.
Norwegian act Gerilja, the winners of the 2007 Zoom Urørt unsigned band competition, are back with a new 6-song EP called "Pink slush twilight" produced by John Fryer, the same dude who worked on Nine Inch Nail's debut "Pretty hate machine". Vinyl and digital only, samples and ordering info at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/gerilja
Finnish postrock act Magyar Posse will be supporting My Own Private Alaska on tour in France this coming May:
05/12 - Le Bikini, Toulouse (FRA)
05/13 - L'Ephémère, Vannes (FRA)
05/14 - La Grange à Musique, Creil (FRA)
05/15 - L'EMB, Sannois (FRA)
05/16 - Le Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
05/17 - Le Ferrailleur, Nantes (FRA)
05/19 - Les Trinitaires, Metz (FRA)
05/20 - Le Clacson, Lyon (FRA)
05/21 - La Cartonnerie, Reims (FRA)
05/22 - L'Aéronef, Lille (FRA)
The Silent Ballet reviews Danish electronic artist Bjørn Svin: https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/3189/Default.aspx
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Beach House
02. The Radio Dept.
03. Loney, Dear
04. Shout Out Louds
05. jj
06. Moto Boy
07. Håkan Hellström
08. Yeasayer
09. David & the Citizens
10. Efterklang
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Remember this? The Swedish old-school punk gala set for April 1-3? More details are now confirmed, including a schedule for who's playing what days: https://event.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&eventID=525296.18196
Danish duo Murder have announced that their forthcoming album "Gospel of man", their third overall, will be out in October.
will release the new IRM album "Order4" on March 31. Says the label: "Comprised by four tracks, each exactly 15 minutes in length we are thrown into a vortex of feedback, cymbaldrones, heavy bass-strumming, nightmarish pianotinkles and irreproachable synthwork." Sample at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thesoulcleaner
The excellent Swedish industrial act Agent Side Grinder will be playing a few European dates in May:
05/01 - OCCII, Amsterdam (NL)
05/03 - LiWi, Leipzig (GER)
05/06 - Pipeline Bar, London (UK)
05/07 - Le Klub, Paris (FRA)
05/08 - La Peniche, Lille (FRA)
05/18 - Debaser, Slussen (SWE)
More dates TBA.
Ane Brun's albums "Spending time with Morgan", "Duets" and "Live in Scandinavia" will be released digitally in North America on April 27 via Amazon and elsewhere on May 4. She's also lined up a couple solo dates to promote them:
05/08 - Largo, Los Angeles, CA
05/10 - Bowery Ballroom, NYC, NY
Darkthrone, black metal and class war as discussed by 138 aka Christoffer Jonsson in Aftonbladet: https://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/article6704030.ab (in Swedish)
Check out Peter Bjorn and John performing for Pitchfork.tv's "Daytripping" program: https://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/1821-peter-bjorn-and-john/1
Watch Swedish rockers Casablanca perform an acoustic version of their song "The juggler": https://www.press2play.tv/rekommenderat/15/exklusivt-casablanca-live-the-juggler
The Göteborg String Theory have posted a studio video of them performing the song "Rats and rifles" with Jaw Lesson (nee Hajen) taking lead vocals: https://www.tgst.org/
Check out The Je Ne Sais Quoi's brand new video for "Bye bye pianotie": https://www.tjnsq.net/pianotie/