I'm thrilled to announce that we have confirmed Division of Laura Lee to be our guests for the May edition of It's a Trap! Clubnights at Debaser Malmö. The long-running Swedish indie act might be flying under the radar for most folks nowadays, but in no way should you write them off and I fully expect them to put on a great show! We'll have a great support act as well, details to be confirmed soon.
The Line of Best Fit has published an interview with rising Swedish indie act Simian Ghost: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2012/03/simian-ghost-interview/
The High Hats laid down drum tracks for 20 new songs this past weekend, 11 of which will appear on the band's new album: http://highhats.blogspot.com/2012/03/high-hats-enter-studio.html
Scraps of Tape will be heading back out on the road at the end of the month:
03/31 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
04/01 - Oettinger Villa, Darmstadt (GER)
04/02 - tba
04/03 - Forum Stadtpark, Graz (AUS)
04/04 - Rhiz, Vienna (AUS)
04/05 - tba
04/06 - Emil, Zittau (GER)
04/07 - Kastanienkeller, Berlin (GER)
04/08 - Juzi, Göttingen (GER)
PSL has the premiere of the new video "Just for fun" from Swedish indiepop naifs Alpaca Sports: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/03/19/premiar-alpaca-sports-just-for-fun/
Check out Nervgift, a new metal/punk act featuring members from Coldworker, Kvoteringen and Ond Bråd Död. More at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nervgift
Expect a demo to surface at the end of the month.
Swedish grinders Massgrav are taking a summer sojourn to the UK with 7 Crowns:
05/31 - Green Park Tavern, Bath
06/01 - The Intake, Mansfield
06/02 - Brixton Windmill, London
Export Music Sweden reports back from SXSW: http://www.exportmusicsweden.org/2012/03/so-now-south-by-south-by-southwest-is-basically-over/
If anyone comes across any worthwhile firsthand reports or videos, let me know.
A d-beat Roky Erickson cover? Sure, why not? Check out the rest of their 5-song demo cassette here.
Norwegian label has picked up Swedish act Sameblod and will be releasing the indie/electropop duo's album "Braided memos" on April 20.
The new Kent record "Jag är inte rädd för mörkret" is confirmed for release on April 25 with the first single "999" coming on March 28.
Festivalrykten has a review of Friday's Clubnight show with Vånna Inget, Gamla Pengar and EL-SD: http://www.festivalrykten.se/vanna-inget-pa-hemmaplan/ (in Swedish)
The new Loosegoats single "Montananas" is now up on Spotify and it sounds pretty good: http://open.spotify.com/album/0fkcUZyXsGLVoiFoDYLJPQ
The excellent Swedish/American synthpop act Soma Sema now has a video for their single "Artificial heart. If you're into this sort of thing and haven't picked up the 7" yet, you're blowing it.