Swedish label is digitally reissuing two full-length albums from early 90s Swedish act Two Sheds; both "Out of our sheds" and "Not good" will be made available on March 22. Sasmples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/twoshedssweden
Moloken's excellent album "Out astral circle" will receive a much-needed vinyl release in May via the band's own in cooperation with . 300 copies, 100 color + 200 black. If you've seen the stellar job they did with the CD layout, I bet this will look killer.
"Unearthing", Swedish death metal act Mr. Death's very first recording, is now released on 7" vinyl via . 500 copies, 2 exclusive cuts plus 2 album tracks.
Watch Timo Råisänen perform the song "B.L.E.E.D.I.N.G." acoustically while lounging in bed: http://www.press2play.tv/rekommenderat/17/exklusivt-timo-raisanen-akustiskt-i-sangen
Håkan Lidbo and his associated at Swedish Radio electronic music program P2 Ström have created a new music-making iPhone app called "P2Strom" that lets friends jam together, choosing different instruments and so on. See/hear it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpwG4Zy6lf8
Even better, when you complete your track you can upload it to the Ström Soundcloud channel and if they like it, they will play it on the program.
In other Ström-related news, the latest theme of the current season is "Music from the Future" so they'll be playing a new track every week featuring one artist's interpretation of the subject which will then be compiled for a CD release at the season's conclusion.
Boomkat's "14tracks" website, their custom digital-comp specialist site, has posted a new collection of Skweee: http://14tracks.com/selections/105-14_tracks_skweee
Khoma's new single "In it for fighting" is now available on Spotify -- go here for the link and to read more: http://www.khoma.se/?p=694
Perhaps someday us Americans will have access to Spotify, but until then...
Jenny Wilson is playing a few shows in France later this month:
03/25 - Les Femmes S'en Mêlent/ La Laiterie, Strasbourg
03/26 - La Ciel, Grenoble
03/27 - Les Femmes S'en Mêlent/La Maroquinere, Paris
Jennie Abrahamson is going to the UK in late April:
04/28 - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London
05/01 - The Primrose Chill @ Camden Crawl, London
05/02 - Notting Hill Arts Club, London
9 out of 10 times I delete every remix track that hits my inbox before listening because they are almost always invariably: 1) worthless 2) boring 3) awful or 4) all of the above. I can't be bothered; I already spend way too much time listening to music I don't like and I honestly would rather listen to something that's obviously terrible than some mediocre retread of a song I didn't care about in the first place. At least then I have the good sense to turn it off 30 seconds in rather than wait fruitless in hopes it might get good. There are always exceptions though and this reworking of Per Egland's "Merkurius brinner" ("Mercury is burning") as done by Martin Senter (Seven Feet Four, EL-SD, Talking to Drake, etc.) works quite well because it completely reinvents the tune. Honestly, the original (listen at myspace) isn't all that; a fine, but ultimately unfulfilling upbeat dirge. Senter's take kicks the tempo way way up and turns it into something far closer to Gbg-style indiepop than I thought was possible. From bummer to summer, this is the way to do it.
Per Egland - Merkurius brinner (Martin Senter remix)
Check out the new Lazee video for his new single "Hold on" featuring a guest appearance from Swedish pop-punk act Neverstore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Un9PE560Q
Definitely not the direction I figured he'd go, but whatever -- it's fine as an early summer pop tune I suppose.
Swedish electronic pop act Lowe is giving away their new single "Mirage" as a free download: http://www.lowemusic.net/
Pitchfork talks to Robyn about her upcoming plans for 2010, which she says should hopefully include a new album in June: http://pitchfork.com/news/38179-robyn-talks-ambitious-2010-plans/
Masshysteri have cancelled their upcoming US tour plans in May, but say they will be back later this year. Wait and see...
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Beach House
02. The Radio Dept.
03. Loney, Dear
04. Shout Out Louds
05. jj
06. Moto Boy
07. Håkan Hellström
08. Yeasayer
09. David & the Citizens
10. Efterklang
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