Watch live footage of El Perro Del Mar from the Bowery Ballroom in NYC: https://www.baeblemusic.com/Concerts/TheBoweryBallroom/ElPerroDelMar.aspx

Check out Desert Planet's brand new video for "Riot sector 68": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz-ejmkw7fc
As with everything these dudes do, it is highly recommended.

Swedish artist The Tallest Man on Earth has written an exclusive theme song for Yellow Bird Project, a non-profit that raises money for charities by selling musician-designed t-shirts. Go here to download said song and to learn more: https://www.yellowbirdproject.com/themesong/

Check out a 10-minute megamix of the new Mental Overdrive album "You are being manipulated": https://fairtilizer.com/track/yabm_megamix

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

01. Broder Daniel
02. Laakso
03. Kristofer Åström
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Pelle Carlberg
06. Hello Saferide
07. The Bear Quartet
08. Juvelen
09. Jens Lekman
10. Club 8

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/

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
02. Espen Lind - Army of one
03. Åge Aleksandersen - Katalysator
04. Return - Best Of Both Worlds
05. Kathrine Moholt - Sweethearts
06. Vassendgutane - Xo
07. Too Far Gone - Livåt
08. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og deilig -beste
09. Madrugada - Madrugada
10. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
11. Harald Heide Steen jr. - Musikalske Minner
12. Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong
13. Malin - Pang
14. Sogns - Det koster å vara kar
15. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
16. Svein Østvik - Kongen Av Mallorca
17. Morten Harket - Letter From Egypt
18. Åsmund Åmli Band - Panorama
19. Hovedøen Social Club - Que Viva Noruega
20. Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lasse Stefanz - Rallarsväng
02. Patrik Isaksson - 10 år en snäll mans bekännelser
03. Takida - Bury the lies
04. The Refreshments - Jukebox - Refreshing classics
05. Sten & Stanley - Det känns när det svänger
06. Nordman - Djävul eller gud
07. Rongedal - Rongedal
08. Brolle - Ett hjärta som glöder som en gång brann
09. Lisa Miskovsky - Last year's songs - Greatest hits
10. Amanda Jenssen - Killing my darlings
11. E.M.D. - A state of mind
12. Robert Wells - The best of Rhapsody 1998-2008
13. Evert Taube - Mästerverk!
14. Miss Li - Best of 061122-071122
15. Caroline Larsson - In the moment
16. Sanna Nielsen - Stronger
17. Maia Hirasawa - Though, I'm just me - New edition
18. The Real Group - Håll musiken igång! The Real Group sjunger Povel
19. Kleerup - Kleerup
20. Hammerfall - Rebels with a cause

Ambolthue is offering up a free download an old Origami Republika EP that was originally slated for release as a 10": https://www.ambolthue.com/trassmp3_releases/ambtrass7.html
If you're into weirdo Norwegian noise/experimental/electronica, you should check this out.

It's taken them a long while, but Tiger Tunes has finally gotten around to posting all of their various demos for free download: https://www.tigertunes.dk/rooock.htm

Hits in the Car has new music from Green Concorde: https://stytzer.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-green-concorde.html

Dreaded black-metal warrior Gaahl from the band Gorgoroth is starting a decidedly un-metal fashion line: https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=101511

Gaffa reports that Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes is working on a solo album: https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=22675 (in Danish)
Hear samples of demo tracks: https://www.myspace.com/sunerosewagner

Aftonbladet is streaming the new Backyard Babies single "Fuck off and die", which unfortunately is nowhere near as good as the Darkthrone or Black Uniforms tracks of the same name: https://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/musikvideor/article2969526.ab

The Fader has live footage of Dungen performing songs from the new album "4" in a stripped-down "jazz" setting: https://www.thefader.com/articles/2008/7/21/fader-tv-dungen-performs-their-new-album-jazz-style

The video for the new Vapnet single "Inga fåglar" is now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0BZ7RC8oX0