The Legends are doing a few East Coast shows this week:
06/23 - Bell House, Brooklyn, NY
06/24 - Santos Party House, New York, NY
06/25 - The Bowery, New York, NY
06/26 - The Studio at Webster Hall, New York, NY
06/27 - Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. The Radio Dept.
02. Jens Lekman
03. Håkan Hellström
04. El Perro del Mar
05. Phoenix
06. Deportees
07. The Concretes
08. Anna Järvinen
09. Loney, Dear
10. Jonathan Johansson
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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Samuraj Cities - 2 close 2 yr hrt
02. TALK 1
03. Pirate Love - Laughing gas
04. Fare You Well - Overload
05. Kap Kap - Steel wheels
06. TALK 2
07. Elmo - Two becomes one
08. Johndoe - Hardt som faen
09. The Black - On the descent to hell
10. The Amazing - Dragon
11. TALK 3
12. The Bear Quartet - I was a weapon
13. Aerial - All refrain
14. Mögel - Håll mig hårt
15. TALK 4
16. Je Suis Animal - Painted in my face
17. Katatonia - Deadhouse
18. Pixie Carnation - Little sister
19. Björn Kleinhenz - Show me love
20. TALK 5
21. New Decade - I guess you ran from something
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.
Tingsek doesn't have a title for his new album yet, but he does have a release date: September 30.
Repost! This song deserves top placement again, not just because I just received copies of their CDEP for resale, but simply because it needs to be heard. I think these dudes are one of the biggest potential breakthrough acts of this year, so listen up! Oh yeah, and glad midsommar!
Pixie Carnation - When did the lights go out
Check out a short video of Kashmir in the studio, recording their next album: https://www.kashmir.dk/movies/index.php?m=22
Via Pitchfork comes word that Air France have created a musical love-letter (and travel guide) to their home city of Göteborg: https://www.gbgbelongstous.se/
Twitter share links are now added in the post footers, something I probably should have done days/weeks/months ago. If you notice any weirdness or have other suggestions for added functionality, let me know!
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes og Askil Holm - Hallelujah - Live
02. Alexander Rybak - Fairytales
03. Henning Kvitnes - Tid for latskap
04. Too Far Gone - Sola i ryggen
05. Vømmøl Spellmannslag - Vømmøl'n
06. Eriksen - De aller beste
07. Datarock - Red
08. Erik og Kriss - Tabu
09. Terje Tysland - Lidderli gla
10. Reidar Larsen - Kom in te oss
11. Tone Damli Aaberge - I Know
12. Röyksopp - Junior
13. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
14. Aasmund Nordstoga - Ein visefugg
15. Eva & The Heartmaker - Let's Keep This Up Forever
16. BigBang - Edendale
17. Anita Skorgan - Hele veien - 47 utvalgte sanger
18. CC Cowboys - Morgen & kveld
19. Jorn - Spirit Black
20. Terje Formoe - Kaptein Sabeltann og den forheksede Øya
Indie MP3 interviews Swedish indiepop artist Juni Järvi: https://indiemp3couk.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/juni-jarvi/
Marduk says they have finally figured out their visa issues and will (finally) be making it over to the US for some shows:
8/12 - Sonar, Baltimore, MD
8/13 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
8/15 - Gramercy Threatre, New York, NY
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Tomas Ledin - 500 dagar om året
02. Lasse Stefanz - Truck stop
03. The Refreshments - A band's gotta do what a band's gotta do
04. Dead By April - Dead By April
05. Imperiet - Silver, guld och misär
06. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
07. The Poodles - Clash of the elements
08. Hardcore Superstar - Beg for it
09. Jannez - Guenerina
10. Hans Edler with String Orchestra - Remember the sixties
11. Style - Vill ha dej igen
12. Johan Palm - My antidote
13. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
14. Tingeling/Kapten Krok - Grotescos tingeling
15. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
16. Thorleifs - Sweet kissin' in the moonlight
17. Calaisa - Grafton Street
18. The Sounds - Crossing the rubicon
19. Lillasyster - Det här är inte musik, det här är kärlek
20. E.M.D. - A state of mind - deluxe
Crunchy Frog has announced the signing of Lars & The Hands Of Light, the solo act of Lars Vognstrup (ex-Money Your Love, Wolfkin, etc.). Hear a song at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/larsandthehandsoflight
Aftonbladet has the new Moneybrother video for "We only die once": https://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/musikvideor/article5402087.ab
The Legends' new album "Over and over" is currently streaming at Spinner: https://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/14