NME is streaming Lukestar's excellent album "Lake Toba": https://www.nme.com/mediaPlayer&playlist_id=1817&on=media
If you have yet to hear it, here's your chance.

Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words will rendezvous with Jeff Surak of Violet for the first-ever Dead Violets gig on September 26 at Diapason Gallery in NYC. This show will also mark the live debut of new Dead Violets member, vocalist and lyricist Bethany Moore. Also, don't forget that DLSODW will be performing at the Sonic Circuits Festival in Washington DC on October 4. More gigs tba? Wait and see...

Factory45 has parted ways with Jakob Viskonti who has now relocated to new York and embarked on a solo career. The band has also severed relations with label Tigerspring. Read more: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=72644365&blogID=434880965 (in Danish)

Terrorizer Magazine is streaming the new Enslaved album "Vertebrae": https://www.terrorizer.com/radio.php

Swedish hardcore act Meleeh will be blogging their upcoming tour: https://meleeh.blogspot.com/

Discobelle has a track from the new Boeoes Kaelstigen 12" "Commuting colour" posted for free download: https://www.discobelle.net/2008/09/21/radius/
Pick up the vinyl right here: [click here]

Swedish electronic artist Otur has a new track on myspace called "A silent promise": https://www.myspace.com/otur

Swedish pop act Celestial has a new website: https://www.musicismygirlfriend.com/celestial
The band's new album "Crystal heights" will be released on October 8 via Lavender/Music Is My Girlfriend.

Danish act Sparkling is streaming a new track at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/sparklingworld
The band will have a record release show for their new EP at Stengade 30 in Cph on October 1.

Racingpaperplanes, aka singer/songwriter/sometime IAT! contributor Richard Wilson, is releasing his new album "Four" track-by-track as a free download: https://racingpaperplanes.blogspot.com/
Don't forget to check out the single "The oars", released just last month via the IAT.MP3 netlabel: https://www.itsatrap.com/label.php?show=iatmp3010

Timbuktu is offering up his new single "Tack för kaffet" for free via The Pirate Bay: https://thepiratebay.org/special/timtack.php

Swedish post/art-rockers Norma have posted the new video for "Waste", the first single off their upcoming album "Book of Norma" due out November 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc_-9IBiPZs

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

01. Hello Saferide
02. Anna Ternheim
03. Håkan Hellström
04. Detektivbyrån
05. Club 8
06. The Radio Dept.
07. Frida Hyvönen
08. Jens Lekman
09. The Tough Alliance
10. Shout Out Louds

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Interested in a copy of the new Pg.lost album "It's not me, it's you!"? Simply leave a comment on this thread and I'll pick a random winner on Wednesday morning. And don't forget to check out Lars' review today or my own take from a few weeks back.

The White Noise netlabel has a new release from Kuken posted for download: https://chambrenoire.rohr.nu/wn/catalogue.html