It's a Trap! Clubnights at Debaser Malmö are coming back this fall and our first one on Friday, October 8 is gonna be a big one! Three great Swedish acts (Bad Hands + Alarma Man + Traktor) plus special guest DJs (tba) equals good times. Keep an eye out for more details to be announced soon!
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Johan Heltne - Krieg ist krieg und schnaps ist schnaps
02. TALK 1
03. Tiger Tape - She is fiction
04. Terrible Feelings - Blank heads
05. Pistol Disco - Organ and drum
06. TALK 2
07. Ludwig Bell - Kärlek slutar alltid med bråk
08. Bonghit - Maratondröm
09. Murmansk - Silver heel
10. TALK 3
11. Robyn - Criminal intent
12. Pettersson & Fredriksson - Langas
13. Lapko - A new bohemia
14. TALK 4
15. The Megaphonic Thrift - Candy sin
16. Park Hotell - Trouble kid
17. Champagne Riot - Heart stab
18. TALK 5
19. Britta Persson - Meet a bear
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU (except this week -- there's no repeat tonight). That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
has reposted a great interview with label founder Jonas Sjöström from Track & Fields about the label + distro's history and philosophy: http://blogs.playgroundmusic.com/intlpub/interview-with-label-founder-jonas-sjostrom-taken-from-tracksandfields
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Kent - En plats i solen
02. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
03. Eric Saade - Masquerade
04. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
05. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
06. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
07. Brolle - Best of
08. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
09. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
10. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
11. Kalle Moraeus - Underbart
12. Håkan Hellström - Samlade singlar 2000-2010
13. Timoteij - Längtan
14. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
15. Eric Gadd - Rise up!
16. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland - International version
17. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
18. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
19. Eddie Meduza - Rockabilly rebel
20. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
Joachim Dahlberg (ex-Closer) is working on establishing himself as a proper Swedish singer/songwriter and has posted a bunch of demo tunes at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/joachimdahlberg
New tourdates for Elias & the Wizzkids:
09/13 - Weekender, Innsbruck (AUS)
09/15 - Gaswerk, Winterthur (CH)
09/16 - La Catrina, Zürich (CH)
09/17 - KiFF, Aarau (CH)
09/18 - Kornhauskeller, Waldshut (GER)
The Concretes' new album "WYWH", previously announced for release in October, has been pushed back to November 4 via label (UK) and (US).
The new Håkan Hellström album "Två steg från paradise" will be released on October 13.
Oh, hey -- a new Dungen video! I still prefer The Amazing and probably always will, but this song is still pretty chill. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt5PRQTh1K4
Aerial pay tribute to their heroes and influences in this mini-doc. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO14cxEnbsY
Flux interviews renown Swedish video director (Miike Snow, The Knife, etc.) and Silverbullit guitarist Andreas Nilsson: http://flux.net/who-is-andreas-nilsson
Off the Radar likes Swedish art-rock act Baron Bane: http://www.offtheradarmusic.com/2010/08/baron-bane.html
Prog Sphere has a new interview with quality Swedish act Gösta Berlings Saga: http://www.prog-sphere.com/2010/08/11/gosta-berlings-saga/
Kinda weird to see someone watching YouTube videos inside a YouTube video, but that's modern living I guess. This is the 2nd single from Ludwig Bell's solo debut "Jag har försökt förklara", to be released on August 25 via . Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZLcY0YszRc
The new Säkert! album "Facit" will be released on vinyl with an extra bonus track in addition to the regular CD version. Full tracklist and cover art here: http://razziarecords.se/releases_details.asp?id=929&artist=S%E4kert!