MP3: Silver - The white logic
"Tired of living / With people tired of living." The circle of life! Listen, as Silver taunts you with this sad irony.
Silver - The white logic
Drivan, featuring Kim Hiorthøy
Norwegian artist Kim Hiorthøy has a new band called Drivan that just finished recording an album for release on Smalltown Supersound. The group got together when Kim was asked to create music for a dance performance put on by Swedes Lisa Östberg, Louise Peterhoff and Kristiina Viiala and Kim enjoyed their vocalization so much, they decided to continue the collaboration. All of the lyrics are in Swedish and the music is described as "folky hip-hop loops meet Marine Girls." No official release date yet, but I'll keep you posted.
Sirius playlist week #7
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Saralunden - Les mains d'un autre
02. TALK 1
03. Agent Side Grinder - The screams
04. Victims - Victims in blood #5
05. The Garlands - Freedom
06. Livaventura - Keep on driving
07. TALK 2
08. Anna Ternheim - Better be
09. NEI - City of gold
10. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost & losing
11. TALK 3
12. A Camp - Golden teeth and silver medals
13. Leif Jordansson - Mellan drömmar och bränder
14. Mechanical Bird - Harbour me
15. Samtidigt Som - Vid min sida
16. TALK 4
17. Wolfbrigade - Deny tomorrow
18. Dismember - Beyond good and evil
19. Marvins Revolt - Deliberate deeds
20. Timo Räisänen - Sweet Marie
21. TALK 5
22. Voices Break the Silence - This awful friend
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.
Marit Bergman - Bang bang
Marit Bergman's latest single "Bang bang" is streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/maritbergman
Be sure to note the upcoming live dates too - two NYC shows plus a Swedish tour!
Series Two and Eggnog team up for CDEP series
Series Two and Eggnog Records are teaming up for a limited 3" CDEP series featuring releases from Swedish artists Double Dan, Robert Church plus two others and a seven-song comp with cuts from Death Valley Sleepers (DK), Mike Downey (SWE) and Sweet Sweet Concorde (SWE). Details: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=31429084&blogID=471146547
Download the new Hiawata single 'Vally boys' plus b-sides
As promised, the new Hiawata single "Valley boys" is now available as a free download along with b-side covers by Harrys Gym/I Was a King, Monzano, Dylan Mondegreen, My Little Pony and more. Get it right here: http://sellout-music.net/hiawata-valley_boys.zip
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - The assassination of myself (video)
Aftonbladet has the new video for "The assassination of myself" from The (International) Noise Conspiracy: http://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/musikvideor/article4427701.ab
Tar... Feathers get set for 'Time of death'
Tar... Feathers will be back in the studio next weekend working on their 2nd album, "Time of death: Always o' clock".
New Mew in June
Gaffa is saying that Mew's new album will be out in June: http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/31153
The Llano Idea interviews CS Nielsen
Texas-based website The Llano Idea interviews the excellent Danish country/folk artist CS Nielsen: http://www.thellanoidea.com/?p=455
The Fine Arts Showcase, Convoj to play IAT Clubnights
The next two It's a Trap! Clubnights are now confirmed! We'll be hosting The Fine Arts Showcase on March 21 for what might just be their record release party for "Dolophine smile". Who knows? The album is due out about that time (not in February as I mistakenly reported before) so it could happen! And then on April 18 we've got Convoj! Awesome! If you happen to find yourself in Malmö on those dates, you know where to be!
MP3: The First Miles - Black heart
Hey, look! The First Miles are back! Frontman/main songwriter Jeppe Foldager informs me that the band group is working on finishing up their 2nd album "Ride against the wind" with a new guitarist and drummer and he was kind enough to pass along this track as a preview until the finished product is ready in May. It's no screaming barnburner, but I don't think that's their intention. Anyhow, better that they return with something like this: a solid slice of Danish Americana, pure meat and potatoes country twang. I don't think I'll ever get enough of that, as oxymoronic as that sounds. They do what they do and they do it well I can't wait to hear more.
The First Miles - Black heart
This week's Last.fm chart
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. A Camp
02. Hello Saferide
03. Frida Hyvönen
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Fever Ray
06. Morrissey
07. Anna Ternheim
08. Jens Lekman
09. Kleerup
10. The Fine Arts Showcase
Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Please join us and make your playlist count! Go here to learn more: http://www.last.fm/help/
Hellsongs - Run to the hills (video)
Check out Hellsongs' brand new video for their cover of Iron Maiden's "Run to the hills": http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=52436223
Fever Ray - When I grow up (video)
Fever Ray's creepy new video for "When I grow up" is now online: http://feverray.com/video/when_i_grow_up_video.html