The tracklist for the upcoming Raison d'Être live album "The luminous experience" has been revealed:
01. The Invisible Gate of the Temple
02. Metal Stone Mental Heart
03. The Luminous Shield
04. Metamorphyses - Phase III
05. Metamorphyses - Phase IV
06. Wasteland
07. Mouldering the Forlorned - Part I
08. Pathfinder
09. The End of the Key
No word yet from Cold Meat Industry on a release date, but it should be out soon.
Swedish rockers Psychopunch are touring Germany in October:
10/08 - Headcrash, Hamburg (GER)
10/09 - White trash, Berlin (GER)
10/10 - LCB, Wuppertal (GER)
10/11 - Rock n roll Hell Festival, Osnabrück (GER)
10/12 - Klangstation, Bonn (GER)
10/14 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
10/16 - Substage, Karlsruhe (GER)
Danish singer/songwriter Lars Vestergaard's new band Route of the Belated will release their debut album on October 10 via the newly-established label Gutter Baby. Hear samples: https://www.myspace.com/routeofthebelated
The new solo album from Mixtapes & Cellmates frontman Robert Svensson "Young punks are on the never-never" is confirmed for release in Scandinavia on October 1 via Nomethod Records with Japan to follow on September 3 and Europe + North America to follow later on. Check out a short trailer: https://www.youngpunksareonthenevernever.se/
Nomethod is also giving away Robert's new single "Young enough", a duet with Markus Krunegård (Laakso). The official release isn't until September 20, but go ahead and grab it now: https://www.nomethod.se/rs_feat_krunegard_youngenough.mp3
Finnish acts Lapko and Disco Ensemble are touring together starting in late September:
09/25 - Debaser slussen, Stockholm (SWE)
09/26 - Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg (SWE)
09/27 - Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg (GER)
09/28 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
09/30 - tba, Prague (CZ)
10/01 - Szene, Vienna (AUS)
10/02 - PPC, Graz (AUS)
10/03 - Garage, Milano (ITA)
10/04 - Biomill, Laufen (CH)
10/05 - Schuur, Luzern (CH)
10/07 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
10/08 - Die Röhre, Stuttgart (GER)
10/09 - Underground, Cologne (GER)
10/10 - Matrix, Bochum (GER)
10/11 - Ekko, Utrech (NL)
10/15 - tba, Bryssels (BEL)
10/18 - Stengade, Copenhagen (DK)
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Håkan Hellström
02. Laakso
03. The Radio Dept.
04. Detektivbyrån
05. Kent
06. Sambassadeur
07. The Concretes
08. The Kid
09. Studio
10. Tiger Lou
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Antenna talks to Peter Dolving of The Haunted about the band's forthcoming album "Versus": https://www.antenna.nu/?p=463
Sofia Talvik's duet partner this week is Christian Kjellvander: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=40257145
New US dates for José González:
09/23 - Yoshi's (early), Oakland, CA
09/23 - Yoshi's (late), Oakland, CA
09/24 - Yoshi's (early), Oakland, CA
09/24 - Yoshi's (late), Oakland, CA
09/25 - Samueli Theater, Costa Mesa, CA
09/27 - Austin City Limits, Austin, TX
09/28 - The Yard (Backyard Campfire), Brooklyn, NY
12/04 - Howard Gilman Opera House (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Brooklyn, NY
12/05 - Howard Gilman Opera House (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Brooklyn, NY
12/06 - Howard Gilman Opera House (Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Yoshi's is a fantastic venue normally reserved for jazz shows - I'm sure that will be an amazing set of gigs.
Here's the video for the new I'm From Barcelona single "Paper planes": https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=40165523
Singer/songwriter-focuses label Songcrafter Music has signed ex-Salley Gardens frontwoman Karoline Hausted and will be releasing her Kent Olsen-produced debut album on November 17. Hear samples: https://www.myspace.com/karolinehausted
MSN is streaming the video for the new Agnes single "On and on": https://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=sv-SE&vid=c2ae8789-2c66-4161-8b78-3ebe234bf3d2
Danish post-rockers Lis Er Stille have a new website: https://www.liserstille.dk/
Friendly Noise is offering an old, previously unreleased Differnet track called "Lady Macbeth" for free download: https://www.friendlynoise.se/lady-macbeth/