Tag: News

Vanhelgd to record new album this month

Vanhelgd will be going into the studio on March 19 to record 10 songs for their sophomore album. Says the band, "Hopfully we will get a crappier sound than on our hifi nu-metal album Cult of Lazarus."

Musik med Holy Madre

Live music at PSL with an acoustic performance from Johan Borgert & Holy Madre: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/03/08/musik-med-johan-borgert-holy-madre/

New Lama 12" coming via Spoon Train Audio

will be releasing the new Lama 12" single "Curses and broken glass" on April 19.

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. Beach House
03. Sambassadeur
04. Moto Boy
05. Jens Lekman
06. Håkan Hellström
07. Shout Out Louds
08. Jonathan Johansson
09. Yeasayer
10. Club 8

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/

Norway at SXSW

MIC Norway lists the official showcases for all of the acts representing their country at SXSW: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010030914074657583886

Dusted reviews "jj nº 3"

Dusted reviews the new jj album "jj nº 3": https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5579

The fans decide: "Timothy's monster"

"Timothy's monster" has been selected as the one album Motorpsycho will perform in its entirety at this year's Øyafestivalen: https://www.oyafestivalen.com/pages/eng/593-motorpsychos_masterpiece_timothys_monster_to_be_played_at_oeya

PopMatters reviews Sambassadeur

PopMatters is so-so on the new Sambassadeur album "European": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/121511-sambassadeur-european/

We are the Storm - I woke up to the bells (video)

Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Frzt-be_nI

I saw a preview of this clip about a month ago and was eager to post it, but was told to hold off until they were ready. Now, We Are the Storm are ready. This is the first taste of the band's new material, recorded live in an old theater in Uppsala, Sweden and it is killer. Now I'm eager to hear more.

Jens Lekman + Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl)

Jens Lekman contributes guest vocals on the upcoming Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) solo album "Love and it's opposite", singing a duet on the Lee Hazelwood cover "Come on home to me".

Suffocate for Fuck Sake on vinyl

Swedish doom act Suffocate for Fuck Sake has finally released the 2LP version of their album "Blazing fires and helicopters on the front page of the newspaper. There's a march going on and I'm marching in heavyboots." via : https://bluegrassrecords.bigcartel.com/products
300 copies only, worldwide distro via and .

"Nekropsalms" preorder

Shipping vinyl from Norway is ridiculously cost-prohibitive, but I don't think I can pass up the LP release of Obliteration's superb "Nekropsalms", now available for preorder from : https://www.duplicate-records.com/

Sofia Talvik - As we catch on fire

Sofia Talvik is giving away her new single at SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/makakimusic/as-we-catch-on-fire
"As we catch on fire" is the first single from the forthcoming album "Florida", due out May 12.

Rigas - Helpless

Download a new track from Rigas off his forthcoming record "Let's get gone": https://www.brilliant.nu/helpless/08%20Helpless.mp3
The official release date is March 10 and there will be a release party at Lilla Ukraina in Årsta on the 13th with Conny Nimmersjö (Bob Hund) and Joxaren.

Peter Jöback - Hollow (video)

It's no "Italy vs Helsinki", but Peter Jöback's new video for the ballad "Hollow" isn't that bad: https://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/musikvideor/article6747054.ab