Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Kent
02. Mattias Alkberg
03. El Perro del Mar
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Jens Lekman
06. Jonathan Johansson
07. Local Natives
08. Loney, Dear
09. Markus Krunegård
10. Phoenix
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At the Gates have announced that they will be releasing a posthumous 3xDVD collection entitled "The flames of the end" on February 22, 2010. Disc 1 will feature a brand new 2+ hour documentary on the band called "Under A Serpent Sun - The Story of At The Gates" covering their entire career, filmed and directed by guitarist Anders Bjorler; Disc 2 is "Purgatory Unleashed - Live at Wacken", a 75-minute live set of the band's reunion performance at the legendary German metal fest; and Disc 3 is "Only the Dead Are Smiling", 26 live performances of the band from all over the world from throughout the entire band's history. For more details go here: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=113568664&blogId=519748420
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fa6PeVuSmI
Pitchfork has the premiere of the new Fever Ray video "Keep the streets empty": https://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/3915-fever-ray-keep-the-streets-empty-mute
The excellent Swedish label Kning Disk has assembled eight new releases for the end of the year, including two 8" lathe-cut + art packages featuring Kim Hiorthøy and Anla Courtis/Fredrik Söderberg, a Mats Gustafsson 3x7" box, a reissue of "Farväl Falkenberg" and more: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=124374902&blogId=519342477
Norwegian artist Håkon Kornstad is featured in the latest issue of Downbeat: https://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2009/Current/_art/DB0912.pdf#page=16
There's a new Club 8 album due in late December.
Tiger Lou has a brand new video for the track "Trails of spit": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1VuGYO01n4
The video for the new Ken Ring single "Änglabarn" is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd6gSFtLAOI
PSL talks to Peter Bjorn and John frontman Peter Morén about his upcoming Swedish-language solo album "I spåren av tåren", due out in February: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/11/23/extra-extra-peter-moren-gor-soul-pa-svenska-i-vinter-kommer-skivan-i-sparen-av-taren/ (in Swedish)
Nö Music has a great tour diary from The Cables recent trip to perform for the Norwegian troops in Afghanistan: https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2009/11/22/afghanistan/
Fact Magazine reviews the new Alog 12" on FatCat: https://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3939&Itemid=32
Fluxblog has a new post on Swedish indierock act Lacrosse: https://www.fluxblog.org/2009/11/the-silent-treatment-isnt-helping
Thee Gutted String, the pop/indie alias of Johan Gustavsson (Tsukimono, Scraps of Tape), has a bunch of new tracks at myspace including a Solander cover: https://www.myspace.com/theeguttedstring
The Silent Ballet really likes the new Pg.lost album "In never out": https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2905/Default.aspx
I gave it a run-through this past weekend and wasn't so impressed, but I will definitely be revisiting it.
The It's a Trap! End Tymes CD clearance sale has been so successful, I've decided to mark down even more titles! That's right -- look for new additions in the clearance section as well as lower prices everywhere else. Who knows? I may even throw up a few extra promo CDs if I get the chance. Keep checking back!