IT'S A TRAP! Scandinavian Music Journal

Boy Omega and Lassus to tour Germany, Austria

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:59:57 -0700

Göteborg-based indie artists Boy Omega and Lassus will be heading out on tour together in October:

10/01 - Cafe Riptide, Braunschweig (GER)
10/02 - Moritzbastei, Leipzig (GER)
10/03 - Arge, Salzburg (GER)
10/04 - Cat, Ulm (GER)
10/05 - Asta Kneipe, Rosenheim (GER)
10/06 - Das Haus, Ludwigshaufen (GER)
10/07 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin (GER)
10/10 - Ostpol, Dresden (GER)
10/14 - Szene, Vienna (AUS)
10/16 - Spielboden, Dornbirn (AUS)
10/19 - Heimat, Regensburg (GER)

Sirius playlist week #12

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:41:30 -0700

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

01. Lassus - Into another
02. TALK 1
03. Björn Kleinhenz - Black water
04. The Rollstons - The art of squandering time
05. Dear Euphoria - Pop pills
06. TALK 2
07. Samtidigt Som - Constant in motion
08. Obscure - Massacre
09. The Sweptways - Time of the season (ft. Pelle Almqvist)
10. Commando M. Pigg - Mot stjärnorna
11. TALK 3
12. Samuraj Cities - Mixed up record collections
13. Lowood - It's a mess
14. Wardruna - Bjarkan
15. TALK 4
16. Two White Horses - Good times are gone forever
17. Breach - Lost crew
18. Kristofer Åström - Twentyseven
19. The Fine Arts Showcase - London, my town
20. TALK 5
21. The Bear Quartet - Old friends

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.

Milk Milk Lemonade spotlight on Lassus

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:18:31 -0700

Milk Milk Lemonade has new music from Lassus along with the news that he has signed with Chicago-based label Fragile Famile Records: http://milkmilk-lemonade.blogspot.com/2009/03/lassus.html

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:45:27 -0700

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

01. Theresa Andersson - Birds fly away
02. TALK 1
03. Nitad - Pengaproblem
04. Parken - Jar har varit vilsen, Lisa
05. Hello Saferide - Anna
06. Alouatta - Animal
07. TALK 2
08. Bloodbath - At the behest of their death
09. Anders Teglund - I whisper, he lives
10. Familjen - Huvudet i sanden (ft. Adam Tensta)
11. TALK 3
12. Mikko Singh - Laodi majra
13. They Live - My favorite color is gold
14. Massgrav - Vuxenliv
15. Snøras - Lucid river
16. TALK 4
17. Lassus - Tummen upp
18. BJ Nielsen - Tummen upp
19. Ass - Tummen upp
20. The LK - Tummen upp
21. TALK 5
22. Quagmire - I've got a gun and I'm... afraid to use it

Reminder: My show on Sirius Left of Center (channel 26) airs Sundays at 11pm ET with repeats on Monday at the same time.

MP3: Lassus - Tummen upp

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:26:42 -0700

"Har du hört den förut? 29 Svenska artister tolkar Förmögenhet" - 29 of Sweden's best underground artists paying tribute to a band you've never heard of. It's actually a fascinating, ballsy concept -- Förmögenhet has released a grand total of one 7" (that's 11 songs) and played maybe 3 shows, yet here they are, immortalized because they made it happen. I'd say that's near-genius. Even better: the music is great. In the same way that the "This is love" comp from a few years back showed how a multitude of artists (some of which reappear here actually) can reinterpret the same song in vastly different ways (it that case, it was all about Haddaway's "What is love"), it goes double here. The pool of songs is larger and so is the variation. For instance, "Tummen upp" appears seven times. Madamm and Other Brothers tackle it as lofi indierock while Ass, BJ Neilsen and Luva bring it into more abstract territory. However it's Lassus' version that's the standout - their languid postpunk take on the song is uniquely beautiful. It doesn't necessarily fit the lyrics most appropriately ("Tummen upp" = thumbs up), but it sounds the best to these ears.

Buy it: [click here]

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:05:54 -0800

Swedish indie band Lassus has a new track up at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lassustheband

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:39:44 -0800

Lassus' contribution to the upcoming Förmögenhet tribute (as reported here) is now streaming on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lassustheband

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:19:48 -0800

Swedish act Lassus has a bunch of new tracks posted on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lassustheband
Their new album "Future war inside the heart" will be out soon.

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:16:46 -0800

Lassus has uploaded a whole bunch of new tracks on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lassustheband
Also check their blog for a long list of dates they'll be doing as part of Boy Omega's orchestra.

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Lassus has two new tracks on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lassustheband
Both are demos of songs that will appear in new versions on the band's forthcoming debut album, due out sometime before summer. As an added bonus, the song "Tidal wave" features a guest appearance from both Gustafsson brothers aka Boy Omega and The Book of Daniel and was recorded on New Year's Eve.

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Swedish indie art-rock band Lassus now has a website: http://www.lassus.se/
Go there to download clips from their recent album "Stop & start, severed heart" on Villa Recordings along with a bunch of new unreleased songs.

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Download an mp3 of Boy Omega covering the Magnetic Fields song "Papa was a rodeo": http://www.thebookofdaniel.net/mp3/BoyOmega-PapaWasARodeo.mp3
The track is set to appear on the upcoming tribute album "Our love is meaningless", due out later this year on US label The Slight Record. More info on that here: http://www.itsmeaningless.com
The Slight Record will also be releasing BO's new record "The black tango" in the near future. Upcoming BO tourdates:

08/18 - Ease Down, Jönköping (SWE) w/Lassus, Peterbilt
08/19 - Villa vid vatten, Kristianstad (SWE) w/Lassus, Peterbilt
08/20 - Kollektiv, Malmö (SWE) w/Lassus, Peterbilt
09/02 - Magasin 15, Trollhättan (SWE)
10/08 - 1000Fryd, Aalborg (DK)
10/13 - Rotown, Rotterdam (NL) w/Great Lake Swimmers
10/14 - Merleyn, Nijmegen (NL)
10/15 - Emmeloord, De Klos (NL)
10/17 - Vera, Groningen (NL)
11/09 - Kom, Göteborg (SWE)

Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800

The tracklist for Johnny Bråttom's upcoming "Svensk Populärmusik Volym Tre" compilation has been revealed:

01. Björn Kleinhenz - Better company
02. [brus] feat. Gisela - Long flowering day
03. Double-O - Call of a lifetime
04. CDOASS - The correct use of failure
05. The Tiny - Lake
06. Loney, Dear - A few good men
07. Slagsmålsklubben - Supermaskinen
08. Richard Reagh & wwnb2 - Friends
09. Memoplay - Words are small
10. Lassus - Sunshine
11. Soul Supreme - Hit and run
12. Boy Omega - By midnight we'll give it a go
13. Britta Persson - You are the best
14. Talking to Teapots - Waiting for it all to end
15. Kubot - Go west
16. 50 Hertz - Chansen finns men är försvinnande liten
17. Zacke feat. Johnny Redskin - I ain't lyin'
18. Niccokick - Some don't make it through the haze
19. Pete Thompson - Our roads
20. Hans Appelqvist - Godnatt Bremort

It comes out in April.