Massgrav back with a new drummer

Massgrav have enlisted Fenok from Bombstrike/Flyblown as their new drummer and are back in business after a half-year of downtime.

Bonnier Amigo now Cosmos Music

I imagine that most industry heads are already aware, but anyhow: Bonnier Amigo Music Group is changing their name to Cosmos Music Group. Read the press release at ExMS: http://www.exms.com/?p=2192
See the new Cosmos website here: http://cosmosmusicgroup.com/

I'm on TV - Efforts made (video)

Gaffa has the premiere for I'm on TV's new video "Efforts made": http://gaffa.se/tv/clip/407

New album, single from Bo Kaspers Orkester on the way

Bo Kaspers Orkester's new album "New Orleans", recorded in the city of the title, will be released on October 20 with the lead single "Låt mig komma in" preceding it on September 6.

Entombed back to 5

Victor Brandt (Totalt Jävla Mörker, Djerv, Satyricon) has been enlisted as Entombed's new bassist with current member Nico Elgstrand switching permanently to 2nd guitar, making the band a 5-piece once more: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=49775189&blogId=538732071

Stream it 'til it goes platinum

MI reports that the Swedish arm of the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) has decided to allow streams to count in their tabulation towards gold and platinum certification: http://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/1901/IFPI_Aven_strommad_musik_i_certifieringen.html (in Swedish)

Ed Greene back with new music, no label

Stockholm-based twang/indie act Ed Greene is back with a new album, but no label to release. Check out three brand new tracks over at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/edgreene

MP3: Kite - Jonny Boy

A drumbeat and a whistling melody cribbed straight from Adam and the Ants, the perfect setting for a song so seeped in nostalgia such as this. Sure, the past tense in this case is only "last night," but the wistful feeling remains all the same. "Jonny boy" is the first single single from Kite's forthcoming EP "III", due out September 22 via Progress Productions, and it is a fantastic continuation of their winning streak thus far.

Kite - Jonny Boy

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. Familjen
02. Robyn
03. Säkert!
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Moneybrother
06. First Aid Kit
07. Kent
08. The Tough Alliance
09. Efterklang
10. Broder Daniel

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/

Let's Say We Did - Straight back to you (video)

Swedish act Let's Say We Did have a video for their new single "Straight back to you" featuring an ugly transvestite on a moped: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WL2BtJ0h2c

Pennybridge Pioneers anniversary tour

Millencolin will be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their breakthrough album "Pennybridge pioneers" with a world tour on which they will be performing said album in full, alongside plenty of other old songs. Dates:

09/09 - Envol Macadam Festival, Quebec City, Quebec (CAN)
09/10 - Ritual, Ottawa, Ontario (CAN)
09/11 - Club Soda, Montreal, Quebec (CAN)
09/12 - Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, Ontario (CAN)
11/06 - Teatro Teleton, Santiago (CHL)
11/07 - Teatro Colegiales, Buenos Aires (ARG)
11/11 - Bar Opinao, Porto Alegre (BRA)
11/12 - Master Hall, Curitiba (BRA)
11/13 - Capital Disco, Santos (BRA)
11/14 - Carioca Club, Sao Paulo (BRA)
12/09 - tba, Mexico City (MEX)
12/11 - tba, Panama City (PAN)
12/12 - tba, San José (CRI)

Interment
Into the crypts of blasphemy
Pulverised Records

Ah, the good old days of Swedish death metal. They’ve never really gone away, with the early recordings of likes of Entombed, Dismember, Carnage and Grave still cited as the best, most influential death metal ever to disgust the planet. One band that was around back then -- having formed at the same time as all the aforementioned legends -- was fellow countrymen Interment. Having disbanded after the release of a few demos back in the day, they tested the water back in 2007 with a split with US death crew Funebrarum before going on to record this, their first ever full-length album. I could go on and on describing the sound and the songwriting in great detail but, to keep it short and to the point -- and to let you know exactly what this album sounds like -- one sentence will do the trick: it's the oldschool Stockholm sound and style, done with great authenticity and the aspiration to be the "Left hand path" of the 21st Century. Obviously, nothing can ever top "LHP" but, for those looking for something new in this particular style "Into the crypts of blasphemy" isn't too far away.
- John Norby

A Swarm of the Sun e-card

Check out an e-card for A Swarm of the Sun's new album "Zenith": http://formton.se/aswarmofthesun/
If you dig Logh and Cult of Luna, these dudes are about halfway between.

The Take-Away Show: Wildbirds & Peacedrums

Watch Wildbirds & Peacedrums do the "Take-Away Show" thing for La Blogoteque: http://blogotheque.net/Wildbirds-and-Peacedrums,5598

Easy - It's ok to cry

Classic Swindie act Easy is back with a brand new track, their first in nearly 10 years: http://blogs.playgroundmusic.com/intlpub/easy-is-back-with-a-brand-new-track