Finnish duo Villa Nah will be supporting OMD on tour in the UK:
10/29 - Brighton Dome, Brighton
10/31 - Bristol Colston Hall, Bristol
11/01 - Nottingham Royal Centre, Nottingham
11/02 - Glasgow Concert Hall, Glasgow
11/04 - Liverpool Arena, Liverpool
11/05 - Ipswich Regent, Ipswich
11/07 - London Hammersmith Odeon, London
11/08 - Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Goodnight Monsters shoegazey sideproject The New Tigers have a new CDr release out on and you can go there to preview it in full: http://www.boneshop.net/product_info.php?products_id=129
Finland's 22-Pistepirkko are doing a few Swiss dates before embarking on a 30th anniversary tour of their homeland:
10/01 - Dachstock Reitschule, Bern (CH)
10/02 - Drahtwerk, Biel/Bienne (CH)
10/03 - Viadukt, Zurich (CH)
10/09 - Tavastia, Helsinki (FIN)
10/15 - Henry’s, Kuopio (FIN)
10/16 - Tukkijätkä, Heinola (FIN)
10/21 - Bar Kino, Pori (FIN)
10/22 - Klubi, Turku (FIN)
10/23 - Rytmikorjaamo, Seinäjoki (FIN)
10/28 - 45special, Oulu (FIN)
10/29 - 45special, Oulu (FIN)
10/30 - Klubi, Tampere (FIN)
11/04 - Torvi, Lahti (FIN)
11/05 - Soho, Porvo (FIN)
11/06 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN)
Serena-Maneesh will be doing a co-headlining US tour with the excellent Wovenhand. Dates at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/serenamaneesh
Check out Finnish act On Volcano performing a brand new song live for Finnish radio: http://areena.yle.fi/video/1224300
Slightly odd and unexpected, but Buddyhead of all places has an overwhelmingly posi write-up on an Alarma Man live show: http://www.buddyhead.com/show-review-alarma-man-get-some-corpse-paint-play-some-mathrock-and-start-a-revolution/
Guitarist Mathias Carlson has parted ways with Swedish death metallers Reincarnage, citing "personal reasons." The band is currently seeking a replacement, but will continue as a two-piece for the time being.
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Familjen
02. The Bear Quartet
03. CEO
04. Robyn
05. Kent
06. Shout Out Louds
07. Andreas Söderlund
08. Junip
09. Oskar Linnros
10. The Concretes
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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. TALK 1
02. Mindy Misty - Slippies
03. Fatboy - Bad news from pretty red lips
04. Viola - Puppies in the rain
05. Kite - Jonny boy
06. TALK 2
07. Code 64 - Progenitor
08. Familjen - Det var jag (This Is Head version)
09. Ved - Question for L Ron
10. TALK 3
11. Hope I Die Virgin - At crude garbage falls
12. Vidderna - Utanför
13. Ljudbilden & Piloten - Domedeijla mosse
14. TALK 4
15. Roll the Dice - Into the ground
16. Muxika77 - The mountain
17. Den Svenska Tystnaden - Afasi
18. Elmo - Young love
19. TALK 5
20. Bedroom Eyes - (Here's one for you) Underdog
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.
Ida Maria will release a new single called "Bad karma" on September 13.
The Radio Dept. will be bringing their lackluster live show worldwide this fall:
09/09 - Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona (ESP)
09/11 - South Pop Festival Seville, Sevilla (ESP)
11/04 - Internasjonalen, Oslo (NOR)
11/05 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
11/06 - Ungdomshuset 1880, Bergen (NOR)
11/27 - Boulogne-Billancourt- Carré Bellefeuille CONF, Paris (FRA)
11/30 - Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY
12/01 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
12/04 - Strand, Stockholm (SWE)
12/05 - Scala, London (SWE)
PSL's "Musik med" series is back for fall with a new episode featuring Dungen: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/09/03/musik-med-dungen-2/
Håkan Hellström has reportedly collaborated with Swedish playwright Peter Birro on a film screenplay based on his songs. Look for it to debut in 2012.
New Alarma Man dates for November:
11/12 - Ikuwo, Greifswald (GER)
11/13 - Kastanie, Berlin (GER)
11/14 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER) w/Chris Leo
11/15 - Conne Island, Leipzig (GER) w/Chris Leo
11/16 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER) w/Chris Leo
11/17 - Café Central, Magdeburg (GER)
11/18 - tba, Solingen (GER)
11/19 - Rocas, Luxenbourg (LUX)
11/20 - tba
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka
02. Contrazt - Ser på verden
03. Vestlandsfanden - Livets Glade Plommer
04. A-ha - 25
05. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
06. Guren Hagen - Takke Meg Tel
07. Roy Lønhøiden - Tilbake i tid - de beste sangene
08. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
09. Motorpsycho - Timothy's Monster
10. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste
11. Jan Toft - Alle e aleina
12. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren
13. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
14. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
15. Diverse artister - Go'natt
16. Stage Dolls - Always
17. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
18. Madrugada - Industrial Silence
19. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
20. Steff Nevers - Ain't no bad life