Sofia Talvik's duet partner this week: William Crafoord. Watch them perform the song "Clown" together: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36282817

Mstation interviews Zweizz: https://mstation.org/zweizz.php
As is often the case, the conversation centers mostly on the old black-metal scene, but there is also some discussion of his current work in the noise/experimental world of music.

Swedish crustpunk act End of All has announced the addition of Rikard Häll as their new guitarist. Listen to a new track off "The art of decadence" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/endofallsweden

Swedish indie artist Pinto has two new songs posted for (as always) free download: https://www.pinto.se/

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

01. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
02. Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
03. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
04. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
05. Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs
06. Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala
07. Band of Horses – Cease to Begin
08. Håkan Hellström – För Sent För Edelweiss
09. Radiohead – In Rainbows
10. Interpol – Our Love to Admire

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Upcoming tourdates for Icelandic artist Ólafur Arnalds:

07/08 - Cafe 939, Boston, MA
07/09 - Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
07/10 - The Deal With Pine Trees Festival, Westminster, MD
07/11 - Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD
07/12 - The Shelf, Columbus, OH
07/13 - The House Café (GER)Kalb, IL
07/14 - Secret Show (RSVP only), Chicago, IL
07/15 - Drake Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
07/16 - La Sala Rossa, Montréal, Quebec
07/18 - Joe’s Pub, New York, NY
07/19 - Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
07/20 - DC9, Washington, Washington DC
07/21 - Pirate Cove, North Myrtle Beach, SC
07/22 - Night Light, Chapel Hill, NC
07/23 - 1st Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
07/27 - Secret Garden Party, East Anglian Countryside (UK)
07/30 - Holy Trinity Church, Leeds (UK)
08/02 - A Day at the Races Festival, Manchester (UK)
08/03 - Klangbad Festival, Scheer (GER)
08/09 - Haldern Pop Festival, Rees-Haldern (GER)
08/10 - E-Werk, Erlangen (GER)
08/11 - Palladium, Köln (GER) w/Sigur Rós
08/12 - Schlachthof, Weisbaden (GER) w/Sigur Rós
08/13 - Tempodrom, Berlin (GER) w/Sigur Rós
08/20 - Stodola Klub, Warsaw, PL w/Sigur Rós
08/24 - Kulturbunker Mülheim, Köln (GER)
08/25 - Feerieen Festival (Warandepark), Brussels (BEL)

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. Morten Harket - Letter From Egypt
07. Malin - Pang
08. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og deilig -beste
09. Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong
10. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
11. Songns - Det koster å vara kar
12. Madrugada - Madrugada
13. Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons
14. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
15. Åsmund Åmli Band - Panorama
16. Harald Heide Steen jr. - Musikalske Minner
17. Hellbillies - Spissrotgang
18. Sie Gubba - Sånn e livet
19. Real Ones - All For The Neighbourhood
20. Paal Flaata - Old Angel Midnight

Check out the new video for "Hop-up-pop" from The Norwegian Fords: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ntX11fIYPI

Pistol Disco's upcoming album "Evergreen" will be released later this year via Celebrity Lifestyle Records and will be available either on 12" vinyl or as a free digital download. Look for new remixes from them for artists such as Ikons and Maria in the near future as well.

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. Sten & Stanley - Det känns när det svänger
04. Takida - Bury the lies
05. Amanda Jenssen - Killing my darlings
06. Hammerfall - Rebels with a cause
07. Evert Taube - Mästerverk!
08. Kleerup - Kleerup
09. E.M.D. - A state of mind
10. The Refreshments - Jukebox - Refreshing classics
11. Miss Li - Best of 061122-071122
12. Sanna Nielsen - Stronger
13. Nordman - Djävul eller gud
14. Eric Gadd - Stockholm står kvar men jag ligger
15. Håkan Hellström - För sent för Edelweiss
16. Rongedal - Rongedal
17. Roxette - A collection of Roxette hits! Their 20 greatest
18. Christer Sjögren - Jubileum 40 år med Christer Sjögren
19. Trazan & Banarne - Swingtajm! Trazan & Banarnes 30-årsskiva!
20. Maia Hirasawa - Though, I'm just me (new edition)

July 4th is Independence Day here in the US, so I'm taking most of the day off. The weekly newsletter will go out as usual, but full news updates won't be back until Monday. Thanks!

The new Universal Poplab single "Summer struck" is now available for free download: https://www.universalpoplab.com/

Swedish new-wave/postpunk act The Bell is back in the studio working on material for their 2nd album. Otherwise, look out for a new remix 12" EP featuring cuts by Mixhell, Arne Blackman, Diskjokke, Whitnoise, Joe & Will and more to surface later on this summer.

Look for Rune Grammofon to release the new album "A killer for that ache" from singer/songwriter Hilde Marie Kjersem in mid-August. Also on the way later this year are new records from MoHa!, Huntsville (+ special guests), Susanna (of Susanna and the Magical Orchestra) and Humcrush (live) as well as the sequel to the "Money will ruin everything" art-book/2CD compilation.

Gbg-based hardcore act The Eight Arms Around You has a ripping new track up on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/theviiiarmsaroundyou