Also coming up this spring from Some Place Else will be a new album or double-EP from Ovro. Details to come.
André from Stars in Coma has started a new netlabel with his girlfriend Linda called Molokini Records: http://www.molokinirecords.com/
Go there to download an EP of lo-fi recordings from SiC as well as a single from Linda's band Elfi.
Fullhouse Records has announced the signing of Finnish punks Anal Thunder and will be releasing their new album "Table for one" this coming spring. Samples from older records here: http://www.lprhardcore.net/at/stuff.html
This week's top artists for the It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:
01. The Knife
02. Arctic Monkeys
03. Belle and Sebastian
04. Cat Power
05. David & the Citizens
06. Coldplay
07. Bloc Party
08. José González
09. The Arcade Fire
10. Franz Ferdinand
And the top 10 tracks for the week:
01. The Knife - We share our mother's health
02. Arctic Monkeys - I bet you look good on the dancefloor
03. Cat Power - Could We
04. The Knife - Silent shout
05. Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
06. Cat Power - The Greatest
07. Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco
08. The Knife - The captain
09. Arctic Monkeys - You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Looking Straight At Me
10. The Knife - Neverland
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Apparently The Tough Alliance has declared a Fatwa on The Sounds: http://www.thetoughalliance.com/
I guess The Sounds and The Embassy got in a fistfight at the Göteborg Filmfestival and one of the Embassy guys ended up in the hospital.
Swedish glam-rockers Hardcore Superstar have posted a live video of "She's offbeat" for download: http://www.hardcoresuperstar.com/downloads/offbeat.wmv
Music Export Finland reports on the various success stories from the recent Midem conference: http://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=92
Christopher Porter gives a less-than-enthusiastic review to Icelandic jazz musician Sigurdur Flosason : http://www.christopherporter.com/2006/01/siggi-flosa-and-those-reykjavik-blues.html
PopMatters reviews Björn Olsson's "The lobster": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/bjorn_olsson_the_lobster/
The latest Dusted "Still Single" column attempts to play down the hype of recent imports Figurines and Serena Maneesh: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/467
Also at Dusted today is a review of the new one from Swedish doom/black-metal act Craft: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2648
Pitchfork reviews the recent NYC debut of Serena Maneesh: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/features/live/s/serena-maneesh-06/
Speaking of Serena Maneesh, here's some updated tourdates:
02/09 - Storsalen, Kulturhuset, Tromso (NOR)
02/10 - RICA Hall, Tromso (NOR)
02/14 - Madame JoJo's, London (UK) w/The Jesus Years, Kyote
02/15 - Hoxton Bar & Grill, London (UK)
02/17 - Samfundet, Trondheim (NOR)
02/18 - Studenthuset Rokken, Volda (NOR)
02/22 - Østsia, Kristiansand (NOR)
02/23 - Kroa, Bø (NOR)
02/24 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
02/25 - Folken, Stavanger (NOR)
03/02 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
03/06 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
03/07 - Iron Horse, Northampton, MA
03/08 - TT The Bears, Boston, MA
03/09 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA w/Psychic Ills
03/10 - Little Brothers, Columbus, OH w/Psychic Ills
03/11 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL w/Psychic Ills , Dirty on Purpose
03/12 - Creepy Crawl, St. Louis, MO
03/13 - Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS
03/14 - Hailey's, Denton, TX
03/15 - Emo's, Austin, TX
03/16 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/17 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/19 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
03/20 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
03/21 - Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco, CA
03/23 - Doug Fir / Holocene, Portland, OR
03/24 - Neumo's, Seattle, WA
03/25 - Richards, Vancouver, BC
03/28 - Entry, Minneapolis, MN
03/30 - Lee's, Toronto, ONT
03/31 - La Sala Rosa, Montreal, PQ
Swedish singer/songwriter Racingpaperplanes has posted a new song called "You if anyone" on his myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/racingpaperplanes