Country: Sweden

New Franky Lee album in November

Franky Lee, the indierock-ish sideproject of Mathias Färm (Millencolin) and Magnus Hägerås (The Peepshows), will release their sophomore album "There is no hell like other people's happiness" on November 4.

Fri, Sep 30th, 2011 12:54:45

Rock N Roll Allstars - Rock bottom (video)

A new video from Swedish dirtball glam rockers Rock N Roll Allstars. I'm pretty sure I lost few IQ points watching this.

Fri, Sep 30th, 2011 12:20:01

Under the Radar goes to see Jens Lekman

Under the Radar went to see Jens Lekman at the Hollywood Forever Masonic Lodge and filed this report: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/jens_lekman_at_the_hollywood_forever_masonic_lodge_hollywood_ca/

Fri, Sep 30th, 2011 12:06:26

MP3: Nine - Time has come

Holy Moly, It's a Trap! is nine years old today! It's always weird to think back to when I first started this thing, back when there were no other websites devoted entirely to Scandinavian music (and certainly not in English!), back before Myspace and social networking, back in the time of Napster and a seemingly endless supply of free music. Naturally, times have changed quite a bit since then and while I'm thankfully no longer the sole representative of this particular niche, there's still no one else covering all the music I want to hear all in one place so I'm compelled to soldier on. So thanks to all my contributors past and present, tack till Jonas for managing the Clubnight, thanks to all the artists who keep me inspired and thanks to YOU for reading! Stubbornly I will persist for yet another year!

As for today's tune, the obvious choice would be "Nine years later" by Born Against (just as relevant today as when it was released 20 years ago), but since New York isn't in Sweden last I checked, I've got to go with Plan B and a quick perusal of my mp3 library leads me directly to Nine. Their combination of Entombed-style death'n'roll swagger and metallic hardcore was way ahead of its time, so while bands of that ilk seem to propagate nowadays in stupid amounts, let us remember back to an era when it was still sounding fresh. Did Nine ever properly get their due? Or were they forever doomed to obscurity thanks to their eminently un-Googleable name? What are those dudes up to now anyway? Bueller?

Nine - Time has come

Fri, Sep 30th, 2011 11:52:43

Saturday, October 1st: Kriget + Tennis Bafra

Saturday night! Kriget and Tennis Bafra at Debaser Malmö! Instrumental weirdness and classic noisy indierock -- can't go wrong! See you there, right?

Thu, Sep 29th, 2011 19:40:25

Gimme some 7" boxset

Excessive packaging balanced out by cool artwork: the "Gimme some" 7" boxset from Peter Bjorn and John, available only at the "Gimme Some Art" exhibitions which is currently showing in Chicago.

Thu, Sep 29th, 2011 19:20:47

PopMatters reviews Opeth

PopMatters has posted their extensive review of the new Opeth record "Heritage": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/148449-opeth-heritage/

Thu, Sep 29th, 2011 18:39:36

The Field on tour

The Field will be coming over for a few North American dates next month:

10/20 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
10/21 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
10/22 - Wrong Bar, Toronto, Ontario
10/24 - Le Belmont, Montreal, Quebec
10/25 - Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
10/28 - Moogfest, Asheville, NC
10/29 - U Street Music Hall, Washington DC
10/30 - Great Scott, Boston, MA
10/31 - Los Globos, Los Angelas, CA
11/01 - Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
11/02 - Holocene, Portland, OR
11/03 - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
11/05 - Electric Owl, Vancouver, BC

Thu, Sep 29th, 2011 13:41:05

You Say France & Whistle in the US

You Say France & Whistle will be doing a whole bunch of gigs in the US when they come over for Culture Collide and CMJ:

10/07 - Taix (Culture Collide), Los Angeles, CA (12pm)
10/08 - Taix (Culture Collide), Los Angeles, CA (acoustic, 6:30pm)
10/08 - 826 LA, Los Angeles, CA (10pm)
10/10 - Silverlake Lounge, LA, CA
10/16 - House of Sweden, Washington DC (7pm)
10/19 - NYU Kimmel Center (CMJ), NYC, NY (acoustic, 11:30am)
10/20 - Domionion Theatre (CMJ), NYC, NY (9pm)

Thu, Sep 29th, 2011 13:33:47