Inspired by the British Mercury Music Prize, the folks behind Norway's By:Larm Festival have started the Nordic Music Prize which will feature 12 international nominees competing for a €20,000 prize, with the winner to be announced at the fest on February 19. For full details, including a who's who of the jury, see here: http://nordicmusicprize.com/
Under the Radar reviews the latest Robyn record "Body talk pt. 2": http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/body_talk_pt._2/
The Warmer Climes blog is releasing a new single from Romanian pop artist Loredana Groza in November which of course wouldn't be newsworthy for IAT except for the fact that a bazillion remixers have been attached to the project including many Swedes such as Henning Fürst (The Tough Alliance), Nicolas Makelberge, Kalle J and possibly many, many more. Full details: http://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2010/10/loredana-rain-rain-remixed-by-vlad.html
Pitchfork reviews the new Säkert! album "Facit": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14783-facit/
Tram7 has the new Acid House Kings single "Are we lovers or are we friends?": http://www.tram7.se/2010/10/25/acid-house-kings-are-we-lovers-or-are-we-friends/
is doing a 5x7" boxset featuring instrumental mixes of Dungen's new album "Skit i allt", some of which will be in glorious mono. 400 copies, officially released sometime around November 17.
Robert Svensson has done a 2nd live session for PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/10/25/musik-med-robert-svensson-2/
Look for the new Säkert! single "Dansa, fastän" to be released on November 8.
Solid reggae-rap på Svenska straight outta Uppsala. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGBveH0uLoM
has signed LCTRISC and will be releasing their debut 12" single "Last kiss" in November. Listen at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lctrisc
Listen to some new tunes from Danish indiepoppers Champagne Riot: http://soundcloud.com/crchampagneriotcom/sets/moonstruck-ep
The Danish/Swedish duo is also one of three acts confirmed for the November edition of Ja Ja Ja taking place on the 18th at The Lexington in London along with Niki And The Dove and Lára Rúnars.
Behold! The latest underground metal hype! Shame that the vocals are so feeble because the music is pure Mercyful Fate-worship awesomeness. And I'm sorry, but the Satanic Grimace-priest outfit pales in comparison to the horror conjured by The Curator. I mean, they're still a decent band and I really do love the tracks that feature prominent organ playing, but that singer is pathetic. No balls whatsoever. At least they smarty eschew all band member names and faces so they could quietly replace him very, very easily.
Ghost - Ritual
Swedish power-pop act The Geniune Fakes are offering up their cover of Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable" as a free download: http://music.thegenuinefakes.com/album/irreplaceable
Look for their new album "The striped album" to be replaced on December 1 as a digital download with a limited CD run of 500 copies.
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Håkan Hellström
02. The Concretes
03. The Bear Quartet
04. Kent
05. Säkert!
06. Familjen
07. Junip
08. MF/MB/
09. Efterklang
10. Robyn
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