New interviews at the Washington Post Express: Hello Saferide / Ane Brun
HS is at the House of Sweden tonight with Firefox AK and Ane Brun performs tomorrow (October 21) with Tobias Fröberg and Theresa Andersson.

The Washington Post is streaming a bunch of tracks from the various Swedish artists playing at the House of Sweden in Washington DC this week: https://voices.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/2008/10/from_sweden_with_love.html

There's now a video for the b-side ("Security by design") of the new Lichtenstein single "Apathy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwnFMB8PF4s

Labrador Records has announced the signing of new band Pallers and will be releasing their debut EP "Humdrum" on December 3. Download the title track right here: https://www.labrador.se/mp3/Pallers-humdrum.mp3
Nowhere near as exciting as that new Legends single I linked not too long ago, but still decent.

Obscure Sound on Norwegian artist Rockettothesky: https://obscuresound.com/?p=2256
The stuff I'm hearing about the new album sounds very promising.

Norwegian act The Alexandria Quartet have finished relocating to London and have lined up a 2-week UK tour for early November. Dates and details at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thealexandriaquartet

Stream The Soundtrack of Our Lives' new single "Thrill me" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/officialtsool
The new album "Communion" comes out on November 17.

Vocalist Daniel Änghede has rejoined Swedish goth/synth act Hearts of Black Science after a year-long furlough. Look for new material from the revamped band soon.

Norwegian act Pirate Love will have their album "Black vodoun space blues" released internationally on both CD and vinyl via Voodoo Rhythm Records/Get Hip with new artwork and an extra song from their now-OOP "Death surf negro spirituals" EP. The band will have a release party at the FunHouse in Oslo on October 30 and then will be heading to London for a few dates in early November. Samples and details at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thepiratelove

Watch First Floor Power play live on a balcony in Germany: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoqjQTgzkm0

Kid Down has a nice, new RBRT-designed website: https://www.kiddown.com/

Swedish crusties M:40 have started to line up 2009 tourdates:

01/20 - Tvo, Turku (FIN)
01/21 - Klubi, Tampere (FIN)
01/22 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN)
01/23 - tba, St. Petersburg (RUS)
01/24 - tba, Petrozavodsk (RUS)
04/08 - Köpi, Berlin (GER)
04/09 - Zoro, Leipzig (GER)
04/10 - Gerberstrasse, Weimar (GER)
04/11 - AJZ, Neubrandenburg (GER)

All Finnish and Russian dates are with Finnish act Büfo and the dates in Germany are with fellow Swedes End Of All.

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

01. Firefox AK - Techno tears
02. TALK 1
03. Hello Saferide - Anna
04. Sods - Copenhagen
05. Jonathan Johansson - En hand i himlen
06. TALK 2
07. Miss Li - I'm sorry, he's mine
08. Parker Lewis - Heart rate hill
09. Tiger Lou - Crushed by a crowd
10. Juvelen - Don't mess
11. TALK 3
12. Katzenjammer - Le pop
13. Passiv Dödshjälp - Exorcism i beslagtagen kropp
14. The Goner - Haven
15. The Social Services - Seven dwarfs
16. TALK 4
17. The Skull Defekts - Waving
18. Moto Boy - Ride my wild heart
19. Oskar Schönning - Faustine
20. David Sandström Overdrive - Songs that maybe won't be forgotten
21. TALK 5
22. Darkthrone - Hiking metal punks

Reminder: my show airs on Sirius Left of Center (channel 26) at 11pm ET with repeats on Monday at the same time.

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Hello Saferide
02. Tiger Lou
03. Anna Ternheim
04. Taken By Trees
05. Glasvegas
06. Frida Hyvönen
07. Shout Out Louds
08. Kent
09. Juvelen
10. Dungen

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More copies of the new Hello Saferide CD "More modern short stories..." are now on the way, so I've made pre-orders available: [click here]
Yes, the price is steep, but the dollar is weak and overseas shipping costs are ridiculous, so unfortunately that's the best I can do.