Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Anna Järvinen
02. The Radio Dept.
03. Phoenix
04. A Camp
05. Deportees
06. Passion Pit
07. Bob Hund
08. Grizzly Bear
09. The Bear Quartet
10. Kent
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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Zacke ft. Movits - Spela mig på radion
02. TALK 1
03. Florence Valentin - Såld är såld
04. Ikons - Guns (Pistol Disco remix)
05. Logh - Death to my hometown
06. TALK 2
07. Thåström - Långtbort
08. Le Corbeau - Night stroll
09. Skriet - Fåglarna
10. TALK 3
11. Kongh - Unholy water
12. C.Aarmé - Blodet
13. TALK 4
14. The Bell - On and on
15. Heroes & Zeroes - Cipramillion
16. Ison & Fille - Jag skratter idag
17. TALK 5
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.
Ninetown Records has announced the signing of Swedish corporate rock act Smash Into Pieces and will be releasing their debut single "Fading" on June 17. Listen at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/sm4shintopieces
Finnish act Negative will be releasing the b-sides/rarities collection "God likes your style" on June 17. Mainman Jonne Aaron contributes liner notes for the story of every song included on said disc.
Pascal will mix their new album next week. See live video footage of them performing new tracks here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Knivbarbro&view=videos
Swedish indiepop artist Juni Järvi has a new single called "Looking at you is like looking at the sun" that he's giving away as a free mp3: http://www.junijarvi.com/looking.html
Look for the new album "Have I ever told you I love you?" in late summer.
Ektro Records will be rereleasing Circle's 2001 album "Taantumus" in a couple weeks, with updated artwork and an additional 9-minute bonus track. Details: http://www.circlefinland.com/index.php?discography=taantumus
MIC Norway catches up with Jaga Jazzist: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009052913183346071412
The band's new as-yet-untitled album will be out in the fall.
Another Broder Daniel track for Friday because, well... because I said so. And also because I have been thinking a lot about the qualities that makes them who they are. The melodies, of course, are paramount, as is their anthemic scope, but I also think that one of their strongest attributes is the inclusive language of the lyrics. It's "What clowns are we", not "What a clown am I" ("What clowns are you" would be an entirely different story). Henrik sings that we are all in this thing together. We feel down and out and unloved, but we are not alone, we all feel that way. It's not so much empathy as it's group therapy; no doubt that explains the legions of Pandas following the band. I think I've said it before, but I bet that if I had heard BD at a young, impressionable age, I'd be one of them too. As for the actual lyric sentiment in this, BD's final song, it's simple and to-the-point: We get older, but we're just as lost as we ever were. What always was, always shall be.
Broder Daniel - What clowns are we
The video for the new Outlandish single "Rock all day" is now online: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=58136256
Umeå Punk City, the new interview zine and compilation spotlighting 30 bands from Northern Sweden's renown music scene, now has a blog: http://umeapunkcity.blogspot.com/
For those too lazy to click: the folks behind the project managed to raise enough grant money to print up 8k copies of the 27x35 cm zine which they are distributing worldwide for free via punk rock distros, record stores and bands on tour. Naturally, I've got dibs on a stack myself and will hopefully have them here before too long, but anyone else looking to help spread the word are encouraged to get in touch.
Watch recent Novoton signees Skriet performing live on PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/05/29/musik-med-skriet/
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Eriksen - De aller beste
02. Tone Damli Aaberge - I Know
03. Terje Tysland - Lidderli gla
04. Aasmund Nordstoga - Ein visefugg
05. Röyksopp - Junior
06. Anita Skorgan - Hele veien - 47 utvalgte sanger
07. CC Cowboys - Morgen & kveld
08. Lene Marlin - Twist the Truth
09. Steff Nevers - Closest to My Heart
10. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2009
11. BigBang - Edendale
12. deLillos - Huskeglemme
13. Kari Bremnes - Ly
14. Elisabeth Andreassen - Spellemann
15. Lindström & Prins Thomas - II
16. Nils Petter Molvaer - Hamada
17. Vamp - St. Mandag
18. Kristin Asbjörnsen - The Night Shines Like the Day
19. Maria Mena - Cause & Effect
20. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Måns Zelmerlöw - MZW
02. Johan Palm - My antidote
03. The Poodles - Clash of the elements
04. Thorleifs - Sweet kissin' in the moonlight
05. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
06. Tingeling/Kapten Krok - Grotescos tingeling
07. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
08. Dead By April - Dead By April
09. Sofia Karlsson - Söder om kärleken
10. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
11. Sten & Stanley - Allsånger på vårt sätt
12. The Boppers - Vibrations
13. E.M.D. - A state of mind - deluxe
14. Malmö Opera Kör & Orkester - Jesus Christ superstar
15. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
16. Lisa Ekdahl - Give me that slow knowing smile
17. Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home
18. Alcazar - Disco defenders
19. H.E.A.T - Heat (bonus spår)
20. Jack Vreeswijk - Jack Vreeswijk sjunger Vreeswijk
Norwegian artist Marit Larsen will be touring Germany in November. She didn't post venue details, but here are the dates:
11/12 - Flensburg
11/13 - Kiel
11/14 - Hamburg
11/15 - Bremen
11/17 - Stuttgart
11/18 - Munich
11/19 - Mannheim
11/20 - Mainz
11/22 - Berlin
11/23 - Köln
11/24 - Leipzig
11/26 - Frankfurt
11/27 - Hannover