PB&J tour the world

Peter Bjorn and John will be doing a lot of work on the road ahead of the release of their new album:

02/03 - The Old Blue Last, London (UK)
02/16 - Comet Club, Berlin (GER)
02/17 - Train, Aarhus (DK)
02/18 - Lille Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
02/19 - Sentrum Scene, Oslo (NOR)
02/23 - Lexington, London (UK)
02/28 - Bitterzoet, Amsterdam (NL)
03/02 - International, Paris (FRA)
03/30 - Dingwalls, London (UK)
03/31 - Academy 3, Manchester (UK)
04/01 - Stereo, Glasgow (SCO)
04/06 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
04/07 - Tivoli 400, Utrecht (NL)
04/08 - Botanique Orangerie, Brussels (BEL)
04/09 - Point FMR, Paris (FRA)
04/28 - Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
04/29 - Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
04/30 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
05/01 - Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
05/02 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
05/03 - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
05/05 - Paradise, Boston, MA
05/06 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, Ontario
05/07 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL
05/10 - Neumos, Seattle, WA
05/11 - Venue, Vancouver, BC
05/12 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
05/13 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
05/14 - El Ray Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

New German dates for Björn Kleinhenz

Björn Kleinhenz will be doing a number of shows in Germany over the next few months:

03/05 - Klanggut Festival @ UT Connewitz (solo show), Leipzig (GER)
04/30 - Hasenschaukel, Hamburg (GER)
05/02 - King Georg, Cologne (GER)
05/03 - tba, Wiesbaden (GER)
05/04 - Kino Maxim, Munich (GER)
05/05 - Thalia Kino, Dresden (GER)

jj - Money on my mind (video)

Here's a new video clip from jj: http://vimeo.com/19430055

New Alf in April

The new Alf album "Vi ville förändra vår tid men den förändrade oss", his fourth overall, will be released this coming April via toomanynotes.

Magnus Ekelund - Jokkmokks Vintermarknad (landet utan gränser)

Magnus Ekelund (ex-Elmo) has written an unofficial anthem for his hometown of Jokkmokk and their winter market, a Sami tradition. Check out the clip directly on YouTube for full lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LJxMcpWvlo
More here: http://www.nsd.se/noje/artikel.aspx?ArticleId=5936583 (in Swedish)

STIM live jazz sampler

The Swedish Music Information Centre is giving away copies of a CD sampler featuring a selection of tunes recorded at Swedish Jazz Celebration 2010: [click here]
Featured artists include some of Sweden's finest, such as Mats Öberg & Jonas Knutsson, Karin Hammar Quartet, Jacob Karlzon Trio and more.

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. Säkert!
02. The Radio Dept.
03. Familjen
04. The Bear Quartet
05. Loney, dear
06. Håkan Hellström
07. Johnossi
08. Logh
09. The Concretes
10. Jens Lekman

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: http://www.last.fm/help/

Boeoes Kaelstigen - Kantillo

Adrian Recordings is giving away the new Boeoes Kaelstigen single "Kantillo" as a free download, as both a mp3 and a wav file: http://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=308

Firefox AK - Boom boom boom (video + remixes)

Firefox AK's brand new single "Boom boom boom", produced/co-written by Björn Yttling and Lasse Mårtén. Look for the new album "Color the trees" to be released on April 15, otherwise check out a whole bunch of b-side remixes by the likes of Martin Vogel and Boeoes Kaelstigen right here: http://soundcloud.com/razziarecords

Mire Kay is done

Done with their new EP that is, and it sounds great! The name of the new 5-track EP is "Fortress" and it will be released on April 1 via A Tenderversion Recording on CD, 10" vinyl and as a digital download. Expect public samples to go online soon.

Erik Hassle + Kent

PSL reports on Erik Hassle's new album that he recorded with Jocke Berg and Martin Sköld of Kent: http://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/01/29/erik-hassle-larde-jocke-berg-att-sjunga-gomsang/

Sonic Abuse interviews Ghamorean

Sonic Abuse interviews Swedish black metal act Ghamorean about their new album "Terra ruina", just released via Discouraged Records: http://www.sonicabuse.com/2011/01/ghamorean-speak-to-sonicabuse/

This Is Head to tour in April

This Is Head will be touring Europe in April; dates confirmed so far:

04/15 - Sublime, Aflenz (AUS)
04/17 - Rhiz, Vienna (AUS)
04/20 - Galao, Stuttgart (GER)
04/21 - Hafen 2, Offenbach (GER)
04/22 - Ostpol, Dresden (GER)

New Headspin website

Headspin Recordings (Goran Kajfeš, Linus Larsson and John Roger Olsson, Ass) have a nice new website: http://www.headspinrecordings.com/

Bootleg Booze to release Tramp

Bootleg Booze has announced that they'll be releasing vinyl edition of Tramp's debut full-length "Indigo" this coming April as a 4x7" set with Killer Cobra handling the CD and digital. Tramp features Markus Karlsson (ex-The Turpentines), Stefan Brändström (Henry Fiat's Open Sore), Johannes Borgström (ex-Captain Murphy) and Robert Eriksson (ex-The Hellacopters) and can be previewed at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tramptramp