It's a Trap! Scandinavian music journal

New pics up at Musique One Stop: Bergman Rock, Komeda, Disfear and Lisa Ekdahl.

Here's the winners of the Aftonbladet Rockbjörnen awards:

Best female artist: Lisa Miskovsky
Best male artist: Per Gessle
Best song: "Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)" - Per Gessle
Best album: "Mazarin" - Per Gessle
Best group: Kent
Best newcomer: Pauline

As you can see, Per swept the competition and Kent won yet again in a year when they didn't even release an album. *yawn*
Read more: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,420749,00.html

Dagensskiva has posted the results of voting for the year's best albums: http://www.dagensskiva.com/index.asp?datum=2004-1-17

Download an mp3 from the new Paragon mix CD: http://www.hemmalaget.nu/music/ni_borde_aelska_mig.mp3

Dogbreath Records has signed Livia Gray from Borlange, Sweden. More info to come soon.

Katatonia will grace American shores for the second time in their career when they play the Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 6-Pack Weekend festival in Cleveland, Ohio on June 4. Hopefully they'll play some other dates while they're at it.

MIC Norway profiles drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and applauds his recent feature in The Wire: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004011616213758122224

It's been a loooooooong time, but Satanic Surfers have finally posted an updated on what's going on with the band: http://www.badtasterecords.se/satanic/

Swedish black-metal act Dawn recently released a special 2xCD collection of older material containing "Slaughtersun - Crown Of The Triarchy", "Naer Solen Gar Niber For Evogher", "Sorgh Pa Svarte Vingar Flogh" and the rare "The Eternal Forest" EP. Look for it from Century Media.

Voice of a Generation got their new website online: http://www.burningheart.com/voice/

Swedish hardcore act Totalt Jävla Mörker are planning on touring Scandinavia between April 30 and May 15. Their new album should hopefully be out before then, too.

In case you didn't already know, the new Tiger Lou single "Oh Horatio" is out now and his new full-length has been confirmed for a March 3 release date. Upcoming shows around Sweden:

02/21 - Kulturhuset, Jönköping (solo)
03/25 - Herrgårn, Linköping (w/band)
03/26 - Nöjesfabriken, Karlstad (w/band)

Via Tsool.net comes this Soundtrack of Our Lives live show from Eurosonic last week featuring the new single "Karmageddon" (at around 18:00): http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/player/audioreal.jsp?audionumber=16057446

Updated tourdates for Finland's The Rasmus:

01/23 - Garage, London (UK)
01/24 - Rock City, Nottingham (UK)
01/26 - La Boule Noir, Paris (FR)
01/27 - Botanique, Brussels (BEL)
01/28 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
01/30 - C-side, Milan (IT)
01/31 - Tempio Rock, Reggio Emilia (IT)
02/02 - Den Atelier (LUX)
02/06 - Nasa, Raykjavik (ICE)

Mando Diao reports that they are currently demoing new material for their next album, tentatively due out next fall. They also say that plans are in the works for a European tour this spring, as well as maybe the US and Australia to follow. Details to come.