It's a Trap! Scandinavian music journal

Hybris 2010

New releases in works from Swedish label Hybris:

Elias & the Wizzkids – Just do it! (March 1)
Monty – 2010 (March 7)
Familjen – tba (spring)
Far & son - Ett hjärta av brons (fall)
Hell On Wheels – tba (fall)

Champagne Riot + Northern Portrait = Ingrid Bergman

Champagne Riot has roped in Northern Portrait frontman Stefan Larsen to sing lead vocals on the group's next single "Ingrid Bergman". As the band says, "Getting guest singers in helps us focus on what matters the most - transforming our concept and ideas into great songs. It allows us to work with the songs on a much more objective and 'non-protective' level." Read more: http://champagneriot2.blogspot.com/2010/01/stefan-from-northern-portrait-to-sing.html

I Walk the Line sign with Fullsteam

Finnish punkrockers I Walk the Line have signed with Fullsteam Records after three albums on Combat Rock Industry. The first release from the new partnership with be the single "Neon lights" on January 27, available now for preview at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/iwtlfinland
Following that, the band's new full-length "Language of the lost" will be released on February 24.

Sleep Party People album preview

Danish indie hype Sleep party People are currently streaming their self-titled debut record at myspace in its entirety: http://www.myspace.com/sleeppartypeople

Sirius playlist week #3

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Monty - En till himmel
02. TALK 1
03. Gösta Berlings Saga - Kontrast
04. Yamon Yamon - The darker place
05. Next Life - Paladin warrior
06. Haust - Skate rock
07. TALK 2
08. Okkultokrati - On mouth of hells
09. Blood Command - Party all the way to the hospital
10. Karin Ström - Hon som älskade dig
11. Kommun - The open relationship
12. TALK 3
13. Mattias Alkberg - Nya nya testamentet
14. Boy Omega - Follow the herd
15. No Hope for the Kids - Century of warfare
16. Labbet feat. Russell Morgan - Heart and soul of a lion
17. TALK 4
18. Champagne Riot - The champagne anthem
19. Movits! & Zacke - Först tar vi Manhattan
20. Mixtapes & Cellmates - Soon
21. TALK 5
22. No Balls - Suffering contest

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

Warvictims/Uncurbed split 12" sent to press

D-takt & Råpunk Records reports that the master for the upcoming Warvictims/Uncurbed split 12" is in-hand and will be sent off for pressing today, so expect it to be available about a month or two from now. Check both bands' myspace pages for samples.

The Deer Tracks to get Japanese release

The Deer Tracks will have their debut album "Aurora" released in Japan on March 10 via Vinyl Junkie Records in a special 2CD edition featuring various additional unreleased tracks as well as the entirety of the band's upcoming EP "Eggegrund". Details: http://vinyl-junkie.com/label/deertracks/

Danish Metal Award winners

The Danish Metal Awards went down this past weekend and the winners are posted: http://dmea.dk/dmea09/

Automatic Eye - Sleep with the enemy

Finnish pop/rock act Automatic Eye are offering up the new song "Sleep with the enemy" as a free download: http://www.automaticeye.com/07_sleep_with_the_enemy.mp3
The band's sophomore album "Zen" comes out March 3.

Peter Morén - Esther (video)

Aftonbladet has the video for the new Peter Morén (Peter Bjorn and John) solo single "Esther": http://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/musikvideor/article6444884.ab

A (short) film on Per Egland

I Made This has put together a short video documentary on their artist Per Egland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZqLF9XZ03g (in Swedish)

Val Venosta - The price is right (video + mp3)

Swedish synthpop act Val Venosta pay tribute to acclaimed actor Vincent Price with their new single + video "The price is right": http://www.vimeo.com/8789004

2010 Swedish Grammis, the winners

Here are the winners of the 2010 Swedish Grammis:

Album: Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
Childrens album: Bröderna Lindgren - Presenterar meningen med livet!
Folk music/ballad: Sofia Karlsson - Söder om kärleken
Hard rock: Mustasch - Mustasch
Jazz: Jeanette Lindström - Attitude and orbit control
Club/Hip-hop: Promoe - Kråksången
Composer: Amanda Jenssen & Pär Wiksten - Happyland
Female artist: Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
Male artist: Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
Newcomer: Erik Hassle - Hassle
Pop: Fibes, Oh Fibes! - 1987
Rock: Kent - Röd
Producer: Kent & Joshua - Röd
Lyrics: Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
Song: Mando Diao - Dance with somebody
Video: Timbuktu - Välj mej (dir. Daniel Wirtberg & Jonas Rudström)

Full list here: http://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/1396/Universal_Music_arets_stora_vinnare_pa_Grammisgalan.html

Pitchfork pans new Serena-Maneesh single

Pitchfork is not big on the new Serena-Maneesh track "Ayisha abyss": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11716-ayisha-abyss/

Presenting: Bear Pilot (feat. members from Lacrosse)

Kristian Dahl from Swedish indie act Lacrosse has started a new project with some of his friends called Bear Pilot and you can hear a few demo tunes at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/bearpilot