Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Håkan Hellström
02. Jens Lekman
03. Anna Ternheim
04. Fireside
05. The Big Pink
06. Loney, Dear
07. Mew
08. Hello Saferide
09. Bon Iver
10. The xx
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Asha Ali's great new single "The time is now" is being used in a Saab ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hc0buYIZXI
New Swedish music album reviews at PopMatters today include coverage of Little Dragon and The Sounds.
Another new month, another new track for free from Eric Ramsey: https://www.ericramsey.se/sonicblastmachine.html
Swedish act Mata de Leon have a new video for the song "He's alright": https://vimeo.com/6327561
Once again, updated dates for Björn Kleinhenz's extensive, not-to-be-missed upcoming European tour:
09/23 - Huset Magstraede, Copenhagen (DK)
09/24 - Hasenschaukel "About Songs / Reeperbahnfestival", Hamburg (GER)
09/25 - Nice Nice Gallery, Hannover (GER)
09/26 - Amp, Münster (GER)
09/27 - Kamp, Bielefeld (GER)
09/28 - Rotopol Gallery, Kassel (GER)
09/29 - Pools, Göttingen (GER)
09/30 - Stereo Wonderland, Cologne (GER)
10/01 - Cobra, Solingen (GER)
10/02 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
10/03 - Ponyhof, Frankfurt (GER)
10/04 - Cafe Video, Gent (BEL)
10/05 - Cafe Lübke, Trier (GER)
10/06 - Pop In, Paris (FRA)
10/07 - Parterre, Basel (CH)
10/08 - Mariaberg, Rorschach (CH)
10/09 - Kulturwerk 118, Sursee (CH)
10/10 - Kalki Kino, Zurich (CH)
10/11 - House Show, Bern (CH)
10/12 - Tikis Pub, Geneve (CH)
10/14 - La Salumeria del Rock, Reggio Emilia (ITA)
10/15 - L'osteria dei vitelloni / Seregno Centro, Milano (ITA)
10/16 - Bar Sartea, Vicenza (ITA)
10/17 - VSA @ Gasthaus Vorstadt, Vienna (AUS)
10/18 - Chapeau Rouge, Prague (CZ)
10/20 - Stille Post, Görlitz (GER)
10/21 - Intersoup, Berlin (GER)
10/22 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
10/23 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig (GER)
10/24 - House Show, Erlangen (GER)
10/25 - Babylon Underground, Fuerth (GER)
10/26 - Treibhaus e.V., Doebeln (GER)
10/27 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER)
Danish music collective Kala'oukei. featuring members from Oh No Ono, Lily Electric and Boom Clap Bachelors, have recorded a new EP called "The treason and the black soil" and are giving it away for free download: https://www.kalaoukei.dk/
Danish artist Jacob Faurholt (ex--Sweetie Pie Wilbur) has a new band called Why Write? who will be releasing their debut EP in November via Canadian and similarily titled with extraneous punctuation label What A Mess! Records. Hear a track at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/whywrite
Danish act January Jaunt is calling it quits. The band will play their final show on September 1 at Ridehuset in Aarhus and their forthcoming EP will come out later that month as planned. Read their full statement: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=64169468&blogId=507947625
Swedish label National has a bunch of debut albums coming out this fall:
09/30 - Val and the Bitches - s/t
09/30 - NEI - New agenda
10/07 - Gaby & The Guns - Rygg mot rygg
10/14 - Skilla - To our mums and dads, brothers and sisters, friends and lovers
Swedish indie act Shiloh has posted a new video preview for their forthcoming EP: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=62031359
Swedish gothic country act Isobel & November are currently in the studio working on their debut album to be released via Dither Music and Noise later on this coming fall.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Elmo - Blind heart
02. TALK 1
03. Moritz von Oswald Trio - Pattern 3
04. Carpet People - All that ails must pass
05. Fronda - Andas
06. TALK 2
07. Siena Root - Time will tell
08. Cortex - No connections
09. Kornstad - Oslo
10. TALK 3
11. The Silent Section - In snow forever
12. Familjen - Huvudet i sanden
13. Band in Box - B33
14. TALK 4
15. The Bear Quartet - Northern
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Imperial Leather's new record "Unconditional conditions" is out now on Japanese label MCR Records and they're streaming three of the tracks at myspace: https://profile.myspace.com/soapmeup
Look below the player for Japanese tourdates too.
Swedish all-stars Brothers of End (see here) have added a new track called "FC vs Dynasty" to myspace: https://profile.myspace.com/brothersofend
Recommended!