Dennis Lyxzén to write Refused autobio (video interview)
Per-Sinding Larsen of PSL interviewing Dennis Lyxzén about his plans to write an autobiography on his years with Refused, complete with English subtitles. Tack SVT!
Country: Sweden
Säkert! - Heaven's on fire (video)
Watch Säkert! cover The Radio Dept.'s "Heaven's on fire" for Klubbland: http://klubbland.se/2011/04/13/sakert-tolkar-radio-dept/
The full Säkert! episode goes up on Friday.
Making the album: Gimme some + Forever today
Peter Bjorn and John are posting a multi-part documentary on the making of "Gimme some": http://peterbjornandjohn.com/blog/gimme-some-movie-part-1-of-7/
And I'm From Barcelona are doing the same for their latest record "Forever today": http://www.imfrombarcelona.com/?p=1928
Atlas Losing Grip - All in a days work (video)
A new tune from Swedish melodic punk act Atlas Losing Grip off their forthcoming record "State of unrest". Into it. Dig the Freddy Mercury mustache on the singer too.
Absolut Noise vs Allt det här
Absolut Noise talks about the new Pascal/Mattias Alkberg split and also interviews members of both bands: http://www.absolutnoise.com/2011/04/pascal-mattias-alkberg-split-album-allt-det-h%C3%A4r.html
Timbuktu - Dödsdansen (video)
Something new from Timbuktu, direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR1sjMWLZa0
NORCD to release Blink
will be releasing the debut album from international folk quartet Blink, four female multi-instrumentalists from five different countries in Scandinavia and the Baltics: http://www.norcd.no/DisplayArticle.php?id=417
Hear some sample tunes at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/musicblink
Les Big Byrd - Zig-Smile
Les Big Byrds's Vimeo clips got yanked, but now there's a clip up on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK1Bbr0hVl4
Shame that the Paper cover is still gone though.
MP3: Miasmal - Toxic breed
I've heard a bunch of Miasmal stuff over the years and even shelled out for the ultra-limited/sought-after 12" version of the demo on , but I never felt like they lived up to the hype. Solid Swedish death, sure, but we're pretty much drowning in B-grade versions of the stuff right now. This new tune, however, totally changed my mind. If the rest of the album is as good as this, it's gonna be sick. The US tour can't happen soon enough, I just hope the boneheads in Bone Sickness don't screw things up.
Miasmal - Toxic breed
Veronica Maggio - Jag kommer (video)
Aftonbladet has the video for the great new Veronica Maggio single "Jag kommer" along with her comment that Tommy Nilsson's "Vill du ha sex med mig" is the template for how not to write a sex song in Swedish: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article12872666.ab
Year of the Goat - Of darkness
Fenriz' latest band of the week and also apparently a new signing to German label . More info at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/yearofthegoat?sk=wall
Blood Mortized signs with Chaos
The new Blood Mortized EP "Bestial" will be getting a CD/LP release in June/July via .
This week's Last.fm chart
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week unique to our group:
01. Bob Hund
02. Anna Järvinen
03. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
04. The Concretes
05. Jenny Wilson
06. Kent
07. Peter Bjorn and John
08. The Radio Dept.
09. Glasvegas
10. Lykke Li
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PopMatters reviews The Bell
I was just listening to The Bell's debut "Make some quiet" this past weekend and was wondering what had happened to them and now, lo and behold, it appears that they have a new album out: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/138459-the-bell-great-heat/
Why was I not informed?
New Tonbruket in May
Tonbruket, the current band of ex-Esbjörn Svensson Trio bassist Dan Berglund, will be releasing a new album called "Dig it to the end" at the end of May. It also appears that the group will be coming to the US for a few dates in June: http://www.tonbruket.com/dates.html
I'm due for a trip to the Bay Area, so that Oakland date in June is awfully tempting.