Familjen is heading to Australia for a few (Modular sponsored?) dates in September:

09/27 - Parklife Festival, Adelaide
09/28 - Parklife Festival, Melbourne
09/29 - Metro, Sydney w/Ladytron
09/30 - Metro, Sydney w/Ladytron

Bootleg Booze has announced that they'll be putting out a new EP from all-star punk-rock tribute act Midlife Crisis. The band features Urrke T (Maryslim), Dregen (Backyard Babies), Måns M (The Maggots), and Robban (The Hellacopters) and their repertoire consists of classic punk covers and on this record, their second EP, they cover the tracks "Cranked up really high", "Raggare", "Vital hours" and "I need nothing". I'd tell you the original artists for those songs, but honestly, I'm not 100% sure on the lot. Anyhow, the record comes out August 15 and will be issued in a pressing of 1190 copies; 580 on yellow, 380 on black and 230 club member-only black/yellow swirled.

Utilizing new Last.fm technology, here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Juvelen
02. Laakso
03. Kleerup
04. Pelle Carlberg
05. Håkan Hellström
06. Audrey
07. Fleet Foxes
08. Jens Lekman
09. Detektivbyrån
10. Christian Kjellvander

See, now that's more like what I would expect! 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/

Superfamily is now blogging: https://superfamilypop.blogspot.com/

Download The Second Band's new single "No song": https://www.orangegrammofon.se/no_song.zip

Danish rockers D.A.D. will release their 10th album "Monster philosophy" on November 10. Hear a rough mix of a new track at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thebanddad

Swedish punks Fy Fan are working on setting up a Japanese tour for September 2009.

Homeland, aka Mikael Carlsson (ex-David & the Citizens), has a brand new EP on the 23 Seconds netlabel now available for free download: https://www.23seconds.org/

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

Keyboardist Jonas Wridt has left The Late Parade and Troelz Schmidt has been announced as his replacement. Fans of the band might know him as the director of the "Foul cheer" video.

Check out a Bandspotter special feature on multifaceted Danish act A Kid Hereafter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKZlawqM-8k

Finnish thrash act Where Victims Lie have created themselves a curious new website: https://www.wherevictimslie.com/
Not quite as inventive as Cadaver Inc's infamous site I'd say, but certainly with potential.

Swedish chamberpop act The Tiny will be recording a new album in August with producer Paul Webb (Talk Talk) behind the board.

Aftonbladet reports that Thorsten Flinck is releasing a duet with Lisa Ekdahl of "Where the wild roses go" ("Vildvuxna rosor" på Svenska), a song originally done by Kylie Minouge and Nick Cave. Lars Winnerbäck is producing.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

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