Discobelle has a new track posted from Swedish rappers Näääk and Nimo together with both Adiam Dymott and Thomas Rusiak: http://www.discobelle.net/2010/06/09/naaak-nimo-rusiak-adiam-hur-hogt/
Apparently the foursome have a new album on the way via .
Soundvenue reports that Oh No Ono will be doing a live collaboration with Americans Bear In Heaven on August 10 at Lille Vega in Copenhagen where they will take turns playing their own songs and before collaborating as one huge band together on stage. No idea if they plan to record anything in this configuration, but there's more info on the concert here: http://www.soundvenue.com/nyheder/2010/06/09/bear-in-heaven-fusionerer-med-oh-no-ono
Danish art-metal act Kellermensch will see their self-titled debut album released in the UK on July 5. They are also putting out a new EP at home on June 21 called "Narcissus" which features their new single "Army ants" (as posted about here).
Pitchfork reviews the expanded reissue of Refused's seminal "The shape of punk to come": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14330-the-shape-of-punk-to-come-a-chimerical-bombation-in-12-bursts-deluxe-edition/
Also reviewed, the Casiokids album "Topp stemning på lokal bar": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14303-topp-stemning-pa-lokal-bar/
is giving away a plethora of Andreas Tilliander remixes as free downloads: http://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=274
Contributing artists include labelmates Familjen and Boeoes Kaelstigen as well as Minilogue, Pellarin, Vapnet and many others.
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Rasmus Kellerman
02. The Bear Quartet
03. Familjen
04. Robyn
05. The Radio Dept.
06. Beach House
07. Shout Out Louds
08. Teenage Fanclub
09. The National
10. Jens Lekman
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Absolut Noise interviews Rasmus Kellerman about his new solo, his first under his own name after many releases as Tiger Lou: http://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2010/06/24th-interview.html
PSL reports that Jacob Frössén (one half of the duo Skriet) is working on a documentary about Henric de la Cour from Yvonne/Strip Music: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/06/08/extra-extra-jacob-frossen-gor-dokumentarfilm-om-henric-de-la-cour/
Shout Out Louds have a new video for the song "Show me something new": http://vimeo.com/11844954
Swedish indie act Sailor & I are streaming their new 6-song EP "John Franklin" at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/sailorandi/sets/john-franklin
MenfolkThere's nothing at all conventional about this Danish quartet and it's for this reason that they will appeal to pretty much anyone who likes their music to force them to think once in a while. It's not that Menfolk are overly complex, or even that they're difficult to understand; rather they are just quirky as hell right across the board. Odd song structures benefit from an odd overall sound, and this is mainly down to the band's ability to think outside the box in all aspects of their craft. Norway's maestros of all things bizarre -- Virus -- spring to mind on occasion, although Menfolk don't offer quite the David Lynch-type headfuck that Czral and his cohorts manage to muster. Instead they combine the essence of that eerie complexity and blend it with a more simplified structure akin to Rage Against the Machine and Fugazi. A simplified complexity, if you will. That might sound like a bit of a contradiction in terms, but after one spin of "Beast one / Man nil" it all makes sense. Sort of. Hell, these guys don't even approach instrumentation in a conventional way, opting to bookend the crunchy drive of one guitar with the pummelling detonation of two basses. It definitely works wonders for the sound which, while hinting at the aforementioned acts, comes across like a punked-up Primus meets a funked-up Fudge Tunnel. While the musicianship is spot on the money, this is quite a noisy release, where guitar feedback, although kept in the background, serves as a deliberate structural component. If there's one gripe about this album though, it's that the passages where single notes (rather than chords) are played on the guitar sound a bit too watery. It's a shame, since the chords are absolutely monstrous. A great second album with little in the way of flaws and heaps in the way of punk attitude.
- John Norby
The new Sambassadeur single "I can try", officially due out July 7 via , is being given away as a free download: http://www.labrador.se/icantry
Rising will be releasing a new 2-track 7" via Danish DIY collective featuring "Legacy of wolves" b/w "Daughter of the sun", their first recordings with new drummer Jacob Johansen (Lack, The Fashion).
Bummer: Montys Loco have officially called it quits after 10 years as a band: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=47883753&blogId=535527587
Swedish garage-rockers The Hives will be releasing a new EP on July 2 as a precursor to their upcoming album, due out later this year. The band has also revamped their matching outfits and has decided to go with a nautical/sailor theme.
