Swedish indiepop label Bonjour Recordings just announced four new singles from the artists Love & Happiness, Djuret, ONE and Portrait Painter(s). Follow the links for samples and more details, and for those savvy enough, view source and find yourself a Base64 decoder to get the mp3s.
Swedish jazz vocalist Carolina Wallin Pérez is releasing an album of Kent songs called "Pärlor" on June 3 via Family Tree Music, each rearranged and redone in her own style. Preview at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/carolinawallinperez
"Triangle walks" has been selected as the third single from Fever Ray's debut album. It will be available both on 12" and as a digital download and will include remixes from Tiga, Spektre, James Rutledge, Tora Vinter, Ben Hoo and Allez-Allez. Also, keep an eye out for a video made with director Mikel Cee Karlsson.
Swedish sister-folk/chamber-pop duo Piroth now have three more new tracks from their forthcoming album streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/sisterspiroth
Also, read a fresh interview with the band here: https://www.glue.fi/features/111-memories-of-finland
Check out a Ane Brun live session at Daytrotter: https://www.daytrotter.com/dt/ane-brun-cool-hearts-once-made-of-gold-concert/20030437-3737740.html
Finnish act Viola's new free single for the month of June is a special celebration of their 10 years as a band and is called, appropriately enough, "A decade". Check it: https://www.violamusicclub.com/
The band will throw their usual annual birthday party Viola's Day Fest at Semifinal in Helsinki on June 3.
The new Rumskib album "Better places to dive" will be released in September. Hear a preview track called "Sleepwalking" at mainman Keith Canisius' myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/keithcanisius
Fever Ray will be doing a number of UK dates in July:
07/11 - Loop Festival, Brighton
07/12 - Oxegen, Dublin
07/13 - Academy, Bristol
07/14 - Academy 2, Manchester
07/16 - Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
07/17 - Latitude Festival, Suffolk
Producer/engineer Stuart Sikes (Cat Power, White Stripes, Modest Mouse, etc.) has been hired to mix The Tarantula Waltz' new album.
Pitchfork reviews the Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas collaboration "II": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13064-ii/
Swedish pop-punk act The Aches have finished a new album and are currently seeking a new label. Preview tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/aches1
They're a solid band -- well worth checking out.
September Malevolence will be touring Europe again starting in late October, expect dates to be confirmed soon. Otherwise, the band is working on new material which they say is shorter and more vocal. Will they sell out and go pop? Wait and see...
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Anna Järvinen
02. The Radio Dept.
03. Phoenix
04. A Camp
05. Deportees
06. Passion Pit
07. Bob Hund
08. Grizzly Bear
09. The Bear Quartet
10. Kent
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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Zacke ft. Movits - Spela mig på radion
02. TALK 1
03. Florence Valentin - Såld är såld
04. Ikons - Guns (Pistol Disco remix)
05. Logh - Death to my hometown
06. TALK 2
07. Thåström - Långtbort
08. Le Corbeau - Night stroll
09. Skriet - Fåglarna
10. TALK 3
11. Kongh - Unholy water
12. C.Aarmé - Blodet
13. TALK 4
14. The Bell - On and on
15. Heroes & Zeroes - Cipramillion
16. Ison & Fille - Jag skratter idag
17. TALK 5
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.
Ninetown Records has announced the signing of Swedish corporate rock act Smash Into Pieces and will be releasing their debut single "Fading" on June 17. Listen at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/sm4shintopieces