Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. This is Head
02. jj
03. Anna Ternheim
04. The Bear Quartet
05. Beach House
06. Håkan Hellström
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Kent
09. Love Is All
10. Jonathan Johansson
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Check out a remix Ramus Kellerman did for Swedish postrockers Ef under his alias Araki: http://rasmuskellerman.com/?p=969
has released a new digital EP from IAT favorites The Goner: http://www.sidewaysthroughsound.com.au/index.php?cPath=6_565
Johnossi performed their new album "Mavericks" in its entirety last night at Kägelbanan in Stockholm and you can watch a stream of it here: http://bambuser.com/channel/universalmusicsweden/broadcast/685722
Melody Club report that they are back in the studio working on new material for their 5th album.
Bastard Priest has unveiled the cover art and tracklist for their forthcoming album "Under the hammer of destruction": http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=306457541&blogId=532703367
Swedish heavy rockers Bombus has confirmed that their self-titled debut album will be released on May 26, on both CD and 180g vinyl. Hear a new track at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/bombusmusic
Dag för Dag have a new video for their song "Animal": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKM9uN4z_4A
My first impression of The Generals: Oh, sweet! A new Swedish death'n'roll band; been awhile since I've heard someone new trying to capture that sound. They recorded at Sunlight Studios too, I bet this is gonna be killer. And what's this...? Cover art by Kristian Wåhlin aka Necrolord? Damn, I didn't even know he was still active -- I'm really excited to hear this.
On actually listening to them: I've been swindled. This is mediocre Swedish death with a few rock'n'roll riffs jammed in every so often. The feel is incredibly stiff too, something not helped at all by the weak canned drum sound and overall lack of ambiance. Where's the swagger, the swing? I thought this was supposed to be death'n'roll... what it actually is is just boring. Way too many big names attached to such a product of pure mediocrity. Avoid.
The Generals - Blessing in disguise
Swedish noiserockers Traktor will be releasing the new 7" single "Where water goes" on May 5, just before they hit the road for a 2-week tour. Dates at myspace, hopefully the a-side soon too: http://www.myspace.com/traktorbiz
Robyn is streaming another new track at her website: http://robyn.com/
Swedish noisepunks Faster Katt have finally secured themselves a steady lineup by enlisting Jonas Rydberg (ex-Burst) and Mattias Engström (Memfis), both of whom are manning the bass. Hear some killer new recordings at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/fasterkatt
The folks at The Swede Beat are presenting event at the Music Doc Film Festival in NYC on April 15 featuring a screening of the Broder Daniel documentary "Broder Daniel forever" plus "Fuck you very very much - A film about Leila K", "Electronica Reykjavik" and more. Full details, including the rest of the Music Doc events: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=347005224972&ref=ts
Swedish electropop duo City (feat. members from Slagsmålsklubben and The High Fives) will be releasing their debut EP in May called "Det var inte bättre förr det är bara sämre nu" and you can already preview a few tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/citysweden
are offering a new track from The Mary Onettes for free download: http://www.labrador.se/funeral/
"The night before the funeral" will be released as a 7" single for Record Store Day on April 17.