Danish act Slaraffenland will be coming over to the US for a batch of dates supporting Akron Family and will also be joining them on stage as part of The Akron/Family Big Band. Dates:
09/14 - Jason's Upstairs, Hudson, NY
09/15 - Site: B, Williamsport, PA
09/16 - Castaways, Ithaca, NY
09/17 - Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY
09/18 - LOLA Fest 09, London, ON (Canada)
09/19 - Magic Stick, Detroit, Michigan
09/20 - 21C Museum Atrium Gal., Louisville, KY
09/21 - Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA*
09/22 - Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY*
*Slaraffenland only
Mew's new album with the impossibly long title is currently streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mew
Swedish melodic hardcore act Atlas Losing Grip will release their new EP "Watching the horizon" on October 16. Full details here: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=67146707&blogId=506101764
Logh's upcoming show at the Knitting Factory in LA on September 10 (previously mentioned here) will actually just be Mattias Friberg solo + backing tracks. My understanding is that Mattias is coming over on tour with Fever Ray (he is doing backline) and will be taking the opportunity to do his own thing on the side.
Hear Ida Maria perform her single "Oh my god" together with Iggy Pop: http://spin.com/articles/exclusive-song-ida-maria-rocks-iggy-pop
We Live in Trenches have posted the tracklist for their forthcoming full-length debut "Modern hex": http://weliveintrenches.com/news.asp#node-11
The album has been sent off to the presses and will be released by P.Trash Records very very soon.
Details for the upcoming Susanna and the Magical Orchestra album "3" have been posted: http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/susannaandthemagicalorchestra/rcd-2090---susanna-and-the-magical-orchestra_-3
The official release date is August 24 via Rune Grammofon.
The latest Looptroop Rockers album "Good things" will receive a proper US release on August 25 via Bad Taste Records.
Dyno are streaming a new track at myspace called "Too close": http://www.myspace.com/dynodynodyno
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. The Bear Quartet
02. Frida Hyvönen
03. Detektivbyrån
04. Sally Shapiro
05. El Perro del Mar
06. Hello Saferide
07. Jenny Wilson
08. Fever Ray
09. The Big Pink
10. Timo Räisänen
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Dusted reviews potential Danish breakout act Choirs of Young Believers: http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5186
Cult Swedish death metal act Bastard Priest are currently mixing their debut full-length for release via Blood Harvest later this year. No date yet, but I'll keep you posted.
SellOut! Music is giving away a 7-track remix EP from Munn til Munn Metoden as a free download: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=14555692&blogId=505934793