IT'S A TRAP! Scandinavian Music Journal

Sirius playlist week #20

Mon, 18 May 2009 11:20:20 -0700

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Bruket - Stockholm kallar
02. TALK 1
03. The Skull Defekts - Knives, birds, stones & pyramids
04. Cilihili - Happy without the boy
05. Elenette - Kär (imaginär) pensionär
06. TALK 2
07. Existensminimum - Sound of music
08. Volcanic Places - Goo
09. Sonjagon - Aristocrat
10. TALK 3
11. Superfamily - Let's go dancing
12. The Scrags - TV messed up mind
13. Bastard Priest - Merciless insane death
14. Bacchus Tapes - Hold on Magnolia
15. TALK 4
16. Halph - Cheap points
17. Vadadi - 10 seconds before
18. Wired for Mono - The man behind the wall
19. TALK 5
20. Tomas Halberstad - Travel as I wait

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.

MP3: Elenette - Att göra en hit

Wed, 13 May 2009 13:30:30 -0700

Besides maybe Love Is All, Elenette are the only current act I can think of that absolutely nails the sound of 80s Swedish postpunk: rigid funk offset by off-kilter synths and jangly guitars, a sound firmly rooted in pure pop hooks, but also in straight-up oddness. That's probably what I like best about them actually, the subtle just-not-rightness of it all. Based on description alone, I would've never bothered. For real- slap bass and horns? It's a ghastly combo on paper, but I'm telling you that they make it work. They keep it weird, they keep me interested.

Sirius playlist week #19

Mon, 11 May 2009 11:06:47 -0700

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.

Sirius playlist week #16

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:19:43 -0700

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Sonic Ritual - Take the edge off
02. TALK 1
03. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
04. Elenette - Att göra en hit
05. Maskinen - Bränner
06. TALK 2
07. The Skull Defekts - Habit
08. Grave - Into the grave
09. Murmansk - Moth
10. TALK 3
11. Kite - My girl and I
12. Laakso - Worst case scenario
13. Samtidigt Som - Denna sida mot fienden
14. TALK 4
15. David Åhlén - We sprout in thy soil
16. Knife and Ape - Buck teeth
17. Existensminimum - 1993
18. Cut City - Departure in particular
19. TALK 5
20. Masquer - Hanging garden

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.

Elenette preps debut album 'Neurosor'

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:09:42 -0700

Swedish indie act Elenette will finally release their debut full-length album "Neurosor" on April 8 via their own Meta Rekords in collaboration with Sheriff Records and Warner Music.

Elenette - Jag hatar män (video)

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:01:31 -0800

Check out Swedish indiepop act Elenette's new video for "Jag hatar män": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HVjkZI1hx0

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:13:17 -0800

Elenette's debut EP "Autenticite" is streaming at Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Elenette/Autenticitet+EP

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:46:58 -0800

Bzangy Groink on the new Elenette EP, due out November 30 via Cosy Den: http://www.bzangygroink.co.uk/wordpress/archives/2007/11/24/elenette/

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Both Elenette and The Nancy Wha have added multiple new tracks to their respective myspace pages. I think I prefer the spunky energy of the latter over the psuedo smooth R&B sounds of the former.

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Check out some tracks from Swedish one-man "romantic pop" act Elenette: http://handgranat.org/elenette/musik
Note that all songs are encoded in the open-source OGG format, not mp3.