Swedish indiepop act Nom de Guerre has another new rough-mix track up on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/mynomdeguerrespace

Sofia Talvik's guest artist in this week's video clip counting down to the release of her new album "Jonestown" is IAT favorite Karin Ström: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36290000

Swedish slowcore act Talking to Drake have a new demo track posted on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/talkingtodrake

Danish act Carpark North has confirmed that their new album "Grateful" will be released on September 1. Hear the first single "Shall we be grateful" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/carparknorth

Detektivbyrån's long-awaited and much-anticipated full-length album "Wermland" is now complete and available for preorder, so the band is giving away two tracks as free downloads: "Om du möter varg" / "Neonland"
Very highly recommended! Preorder the album here: https://www.detektivbyran.net/

Signature Tune is giving away a free mp3 single from Kenneth Ishak (Beezewax) in exchange for signing up for his mailing list: https://kennethishak.fanbridge.com/
Said single includes the song "New rising sun" along with two exclusive b-sides.

Here is the It's a Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. Sigur Rós
02. Radiohead
03. Death Cab for Cutie
04. Coldplay
05. Fleet Foxes
06. Interpol
07. Bloc Party
08. Belle and Sebastian
09. MGMT
10. Jens Lekman

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The international rerelease of The Tough Alliance's most recent album "A new chance" will happen on August 25 in the UK, September 9 in North America via Modular Records. I also hear that the label will be doing the same with Familjen in the near future, but I don't have details on that yet.

Swedish postrockers Aerial will enter the studio on September 15 to begin recording their third full-length album.

Everyone's favorite Swedish indiepop bigband I'm From Barcelona will release the new album "Who Killed Harry Houdini?" on September 24 with the first single "Paper planes" preceding it on August 18. Look for a video from director Jonas Odell soon, but in the meantime, watch them perform the song live from Coachella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUhANLpqtYI

Swedish noiserock act Traktor report that their album "Sequence the sequence" will get a vinyl release via Apocaplexy Records in the near future. The new edition will feature slightly revised artwork and will be pressed on green and red transparent vinyl.

Look for Christian Kjellvander to do some intimate living room-style gigs in the US this fall. Dates soon!

Sally Shaprio and Johan Agebjörn talk up their favorite local Stockholm artists for Paper Thin Walls: https://www.paperthinwalls.com/featuredarticle/index?id=217

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

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

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lasse Stefanz - Rallarsväng
02. The Real Group - Håll musiken igång! The Real Group sjunger Povel
03. Patrik Isaksson - 10 år en snäll mans bekännelser
04. Evert Taube - Mästerverk!
05. E.M.D. - A state of mind
06. Sten & Stanley - Det känns när det svänger
07. Takida - Bury the lies
08. The Refreshments - Jukebox - Refreshing classics
09. Hammerfall - Rebels with a cause
10. Amanda Jenssen - Killing my darlings
11. Nordman - Djävul eller gud
12. Sanna Nielsen - Stronger
13. Miss Li - Best of 061122-071122
14. Kleerup - Kleerup
15. Rongedal - Rongedal
16. Håkan Hellström - För sent för Edelweiss
17. Brolle - Ett hjärta som glöder som en gång brann
18. Stefan Andersson - No. 90 kleist
19. Eric Gadd - Stockholm står kvar men jag ligger
20. Christer Sjögren - Jubileum 40 år med Christer Sjögren