Jens Lekman - The summer never ends

"The summer never ends", a new mixtape from Jens Lekman: https://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm

Dundertåget - Delad vårdnad (ska du ha spö) (video)

Check out Dundertåget's new video for "Delad vårdnad (ska du ha spö)": https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=57553750

The Bombettes plotting album, short tour

The Bombettes are working on writing material for their debut full-length which they hope to record in June. They also plan on doing a short tour in Sweden, Denmark and Germany come July, so keep an eye out for that as well.

Skambankt - Kom hell (video)

NRK has the premiere of the new Skambankt video "Kom hell": https://www.nrk.no/lydverket/videopremiere-skambankt-kom-hell/

Mixtune for Cully - Daggers and knives

Mixtune for Cully have a new video for the track "Daggers and knives": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN917c-bH74&fmt=18

Small streaming entire album

Danish fuzz-heavy synthpop act Small is now streaming their entire album "Teenage cover" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/smallatmyspace
Recommended!

Spirits of the Dead working on new album

Norwegian rockers Spirits of the Dead have started work on their second album with an eye towards a January release. Keep an eye out for their self-titled debut to get a wider release in Europe very soon.

Kamera - Dead man walking

Kamera is now streaming the new single "Dead man walking" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/kamerastyle
The group's new album "Blank expressions" is released on May 20.

Graveyard back in the US

Swedish hard-rockers Graveyard are coming back to the US this summer to do a bunch of dates with CKY:

07/21 - The Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ
07/22 - Gators Bar and Grill, Farmington, NM
07/24 - Granada Theatre, Dallas, TX
07/25 - White Rabbit, San Antonio, TX
07/26 - The Meridian, Houston, TX
07/28 - The Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale, FL
07/29 - The Social, Orlando, FL
07/31 - The Loft at Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
08/01 - Pop's, Sauget, IL
08/02 - The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
08/03 - Station 4, Saint Paul, MN
08/05 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL
08/06 - Peabody's, Cleveland, OH
08/07 - St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
08/08 - Mr. Smalls Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
08/09 - Xtreme Wheels, Buffalo, NY
08/10 - Recher Theatre, Towson, MD
08/11 - The Norva, Norfolk, VA
08/13 - Blender Theatre at Gramercy, New York, NY
08/14 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
08/15 - Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Look for earlier West Coast headliner dates to be announced shortly as well.

Fuck your scene, kid volume 2 confirmed

Kranium Records reports that volume two of their "Fuck your scene, kid" split 7" series has been sent off for pressing. This one features Swedish hardcore acts Fredag den 13:e and Dobermann Cult and will be issued in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies on red vinyl.

Pfork track review: Liechtenstein - All at once

Swedish tweepop act Liechtenstein in the Pitchfork track reviews: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11256-all-at-once/

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. Anna Järvinen
02. Bob Hund
03. Loney, Dear
04. Håkan Hellström
05. The Concretes
06. El Perro del Mar
07. The Legends
08. Kristofer Åström
09. Bon Iver
10. Kent

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/

Sirius playlist week #20

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Bruket - Stockholm kallar
02. TALK 1
03. The Skull Defekts - Knives, birds, stones & pyramids
04. Cilihili - Happy without the boy
05. Elenette - Kär (imaginär) pensionär
06. TALK 2
07. Existensminimum - Sound of music
08. Volcanic Places - Goo
09. Sonjagon - Aristocrat
10. TALK 3
11. Superfamily - Let's go dancing
12. The Scrags - TV messed up mind
13. Bastard Priest - Merciless insane death
14. Bacchus Tapes - Hold on Magnolia
15. TALK 4
16. Halph - Cheap points
17. Vadadi - 10 seconds before
18. Wired for Mono - The man behind the wall
19. TALK 5
20. Tomas Halberstad - Travel as I wait

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.

TV Off - Car is on fire

Finnish act TV Off is giving away their track "Car is on fire" as a free download since it was mentioned on UK site Record of the Day: https://tv-off.com/2009/05/15/tv-off-car-is-on-fire-free-mp3-download/

SeLest - Född den 4 Juli (video)

Watch the new video for "Född den 4 Juli" from Swedish pop act SeLest: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=57309379