Danish act Munich will be spending some time at The Green House Studio in Reykjavic recording a new single while they are in Iceland for Iceland Airwaves.

Check out a microsite for the new Bloodbath album "The fathomless mastery": https://www.peaceville.com/bloodbath/thefathomlessmastery

Miss Li's showcase at CMJ is confirmed for October 22 at Drom (85 Avenue A). No idea what the set time is, but the show isn't set to start until 8pm and there are three other acts on the bill.

Norwegian electronic act Lama has confirmed that his debut album "Guidebook to Lamaland" will be released on November 24 via Spoon Train Audio and will be followed soon thereafter by a more rock-oriented record sometime around April.

Danish techno artist Kasper Bjørke has uploaded a new demo track to myspace from his current recording sessions in NYC: https://www.myspace.com/kasperbjorke

Pitchfork interviews Sigur Rós: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/146223-interview-sigur-rs

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

01. Hello Saferide
02. Håkan Hellström
03. Glasvegas
04. Detektivbyrån
05. The Knife
06. Britta Persson
07. Anna Ternheim
08. Fredrik
09. The Radio Dept.
10. Logh

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Set times for the upcoming Swedish music showcase that It's a Trap! is sponsoring:

6:20 - Firefox AK
7:00 - Juvelen
8:00 - Hello Saferide

Once again, that's October 22 at Bowery Electric in NYC and it's 100% free. Details for the Hello Saferide show on October 25 at The Bellhouse in Brooklyn will be confirmed shortly.

Fever Ray, the solo act of Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife, will release her debut album in early 2009.

José González's next single "Cycling trivialities", my favorite song off of "In our nature", will be released as digital-only download on November 29.

Swedish alt-rock act Kogo has a new track on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/kogomusic

You can now view the new Robyn video for "Cobrastyle" over at Spinner: https://www.spinner.com/2008/10/09/robyn-cobrastyle-video-premiere/

PopMatters on Icelandic artist Ólafur Arnalds: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/63205/lafur-arnalds-eulogy-for-evolution/

The Alarm Awards, Norway's alternative Grammy, are coming to an end: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008101013392923027237

Finnish artists Paavoharju contribute to this week's "Listed" feature at Dusted (along with Mi Ami, one of my friend's bands): https://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/770