New music from EL-SD
Swedish noiserockers EL-SD are streaming a new track at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/hellelsd
Expect a new EP from the band in 2009.
Musikhjälpen comes to Malmö
SR (Swedish Radio), SVT (Swedish Television) and Radiohjälpen are teaming up for Musikhjälpen, an international benefit program aimed to help refugees. In this particular Swedish case, three DJs will be locked inside a glass home in central Malmö for three days where they will only be allowed to consume liquids and will be expected to broadcast 24-hours a day for 6 days, from December 13-19. As for the money raising part, listeners will be able to request songs for 50 SEK and in addition, you can also hire the staff of SR to do pretty much whatever you want. Got a big pile of dishes building up in the sink? Get a DJ to take care of it and help out some refugees at the same time. It's win-win! Read more: http://www.sr.se/musikhjalpen
New Kamera album underway
Kamera is hard at work in the studio and have already completed the the rhythm tracks for their new album.
The Black Vodoun Space Tour
Upcoming European tourdates for Norway's Pirate Love:
01/21 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
01/29 - Schaubude, Kiel (GER)
01/30 - tba, Haarlem (HOL)
02/01 - Die Bliksem, Den Helder (HOL)
02/03 - 1210, Stuttgart (GER)
02/04 - tba, Darmstadt (GER)
02/05 - tba, Geneva (CH)
02/06 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH)
02/07 - Gaswerk, Winterthur (CH)
02/08 - tba, Ravensburg (GER)
02/09 - tba, Vienna (AUS)
02/11 - Traffic, Roma (ITA)
02/13 - Lio Bar, Brescia (ITA)
02/14 - Onircia, Parma (ITA)
02/15 - Ungawa Tiki Bar -Bergantino, Rovigo (ITA)
02/16 - Thunderbird, St. Etienne (FRA)
02/18 - tba, Toulouse (FRA)
02/18 - Mondo Bizarro, Rennes (FRA)
02/21 - tba, Lausanne (CH)
02/26 - tba, Würzburg (GER)
02/28 - Cortina Bob, Berlin (GER)
New David Åhlén album in February
David Åhlén's new album "We sprout in thy soil", his first under his own name, will finally be out in February via Compunctio. Swedish tourdates at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/davidahlen
The Psyke Project, now sponsored by Heineken?
Watch a tour doc/beer commercial from Danish metalcore act The Psyke Project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnFGGnq-Hf8
New video from The Open Up and Bleeds
Check out the new homemade video for "Lonely city" from Swedish indie act The Open Up and Bleeds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkWe-m5divk
New Xmas single from Two White Horses
Two White Horses, the brother/sister duo of Jakob and Lovisa Nyström from Säkert!, have posted their own Swedish version of Simon and Garfunkel's "7 o'clock news/Silent night" on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/2whitehorses
They say about the piece: "The original featured news about murder and the war. We added sad local news, stories about people losing their jobs in Västerbotten (due to the financial crisis) instead. It's called Västerbottensnytt 21:30/Stilla Nat."
New Fever Ray single out now
Fever Ray's debut single "If I had a heart" is out now. Preview/purchase: http://www.klicktrack.com/klicktrack/releases/fever-ray/if-i-had-a-heart/1
Fever Ray is the new solo project of Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife.
Robert Svensson - 1991
The video for the new Robert Svensson single "1991" is now online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCE2o0eCCNQ
This is my favorite song from the album.
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. Hello Saferide
02. Frida Hyvönen
03. Jens Lekman
04. Anna Ternheim
05. Tiger Lou
06. Sally Shapiro
07. Håkan Hellström
08. Kristofer Åström
09. Parker Lewis
10. The Tough Alliance
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/
This week's radio show playlist
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:
01. Eric Beyond - Step off
02. TALK 1
03. Hanna Hirsch - Ingen kommer sakna oss
04. Francis - Bad to the bone
05. KA SO RE - Dramatically keep you
06. Susanna - Jailbreak (ft. Bonnie "Prince" Billy)
07. TALK 2
08. Love Is All - Give it back
09. Agent Side Grinder - Lashes of flashes
10. Parker Lewis - Bash the cynicals
11. TALK 3
12. Moto Boy - Pie Jesu
13. Down In June - The enemy within
14. Masshysteri - Tvivel
15. Underwater Sleeping Society - Saw you at my funeral
16. TALK 4
17. Viola - We owe love
18. Convoj - The shovel
19. Celestial - Crystal heights
20. TALK 5
21. The Deer Tracks - Yes, this is my broken shield
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XM U. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Top 10 update
The time has arrived: It's a Trap's top 10 albums of 2008
Our top songs of 2008 podcast will go up tomorrow.
And don't forget to check out some other recent top 10s from our various guest contributors:
Niklas Åström (And the Sound)
Jacob Holm-Lupo (The Opium Cartel/White Willow)
Tobias Hellkvist
Rasmus Kellerman (Tiger Lou/Araki)
Karin Ström
MP3: Haust - Ugly fucking Oslo
2008 has been an ugly year in many, many ways. Bush is still president, the economy is a mess, new scandals seem to pop up every day. It's only fitting that some of the year's best music reflects it and no band does that better than Norway's Haust. Every song on their debut album "Ride the relapse" is unrelentingly harsh with the cold edge of black-metal, but also imbued the passion of hardcore punk. All you need to know about "Ugly fucking Oslo" is right there in the title -- the brutality of the song is obvious before it even starts.
Besides the track I've posted today, also be sure to check out the new podcast mix I've added to the articles section. Like I said, Haust is simply one of many bands out there reflecting the zeitgeist. Perfect tunes for bad times.
Haust - Ugly fucking Oslo