Pintandwefall are a fiery girl-punk combo from Finland who are slowly, but surely getting the widespread attention they deserve. I know that the first time I heard them, I was immediately won over, I just haven't been as good about pressing the issue as I should. They're kind of like a slightly less-intimidating version of The Bombettes; still tough, but also very cute (though never cloying). One of their (many) charms is their stunting use of language -- I don't think it's so much an ESL thing, I think it's more intentional than that, though their foreignness does indeed help them get away with it. Regardless, the la-la-las and da-doo-das say just as much to me as the actual lyrics, which are beside the point.
Pintandwefall - Bird of the birds
When We Fall has ditched their plans to do one last European tour and will instead be playing their final show on May 15 at Henriksberg in their hometown of Göteborg.
Superfamily's new single "Let's go dancing" is now streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/superfamily
Swedish punkrockers The Accidents will have a new 6-song 10" EP called "Stigmata rock'n'roll" released on June 8 via Bootleg Booze. 1000 copies total, all on black with black-stamped sleeves except for 100 mailorder-only copies with red stamped sleeves.
New releases available for preorder from Finland's Fonal Records:
Kiila - Tuota tuota CD/LP
Es - Kesämaan lapset CD/LP
Tomutonttu - s/t CD/LP (reissue)
Samples and more details are available at Fonal's website: http://www.fonal.com/
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Bob Hund
02. El Perro del Mar
03. Shout Out Louds
04. The Fine Arts Showcase
05. Jenny Wilson
06. Loney, Dear
07. Camera Obscura
08. A Camp
09. Jens Lekman
10. Sally Shapiro
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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Penny Century - Just because (feat. Mattias Alkberg)
02. TALK 1
03. Piroth - Fog dancers
04. Shogun Kunitoki - Riddarholmen
05. Elenette - Start; alla program; spel
06. TALK 2
07. The End Will Be Kicks - Sweets and filth
08. Viola - Nobodylovers
09. Pan Sonic - Maa
10. Antifilm - Here comes the son
11. TALK 3
12. Ingenting - Slapp in solen
13. Pixie Carnation - Fresh poems
14. David Åhlén - Spirit fall
15. TALK 4
16. The Fine Arts Showcase - The teenage order
17. Pinto - We breathe too much
18. The Opium Cartel - Better days ahead
19. Dag för Dag - I am the assassin
20. TALK 5
21. Aerial - All refrain
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.
More details for the upcoming Suburban Kids with Biblical Names/Springfactory US tour are now available: http://www.labrador.se/skwbn/?p=314
There's a new Parker Lewis EP available for free download from Mad For It called "The cynicals": http://www.madforit.se/
Recent Cold Meat Industry signees Die Weisse Rose will have their new album "A martyrium of white roses" issued on both CD and vinyl, the latter being available on black, white or green wax, each color limited to 133 copies.
Scandinavian indiepop acts Northern Portrait and Champagne Riot (ahem, just pop) have lined up a few more California dates around SF PopFest:
05/23 - San Francisco Popfest, San Francisco
05/25 - Old Ironside, Sacramento
05/28 - The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles
05/29 - The Kenji Shack, Oxnard, California
05/30 - Reds Tapas And Wine Bar, Santa Barbara
Petter's new single "Slag under bältet" is streaming at Swedish wireless provider Comviq's website: http://www.comviq.se/153.html
The new Swedish TV program "Blomstertid" is soundtracked entirety with the music of Tobias Fröberg and will premiere on June 3, the same day a best-of collection from Tobias is released entitled "Love and misery". Almost all of the music used has been previously released except for the new single "Den blomstertid nu kommer", which will be sent to radio soon.
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Kaizers Orchestra - Våre demoner
02. Eriksen - De aller beste
03. Aasmund Nordstoga - Ein visefugg
04. Steff Nevers - Closest to My Heart
05. Anita Skorgan - Hele veien - 47 utvalgte sanger
06. Röyksopp - Junior
07. CC Cowboys - Morgen & kveld
08. Tone Damli Aaberge - I Know
09. BigBang - Edendale
10. Nils Petter Molvær - Hamada
11. Lene Marlin - Twist the Truth
12. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2009
13. Hanne Hukkelberg - Blood From A Stone
14. Silje Nergaard - A Thousand True Stories
15. Karin Park - Ashes To Gold
16. Hovedøen Social Club - ¡Ai Caramba!
17. Marius Müllers Funhouse - Plugged 2 - Rett og slett
18. Sigvart Dagsland - Hymns
19. Noora Noor - Soul Deep
20. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
MIC Norway profiles pop artist Karin Park and her new album "Ashes to gold": http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009050814311244621194