IT'S A TRAP! Scandinavian Music Journal

Masquer prepare debut single

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:13:31 -0700

The excellent Swedish indie duo Masquer (featuring Kicki Halmos, also in Lowood) will be releasing their official debut single "Happiness" on May 4. Said single was produced by Per Egland and will also include a b-side remix from The Field. A full-length album will follow in fall, to be distributed via Rough Trade/G-Records.

Elias & the Wizzkids - Waste of time (video)

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:37:42 -0700

Elias & the Wizzkids get all retro with a little help from Therese Johansson of Lowood. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVMoccMtx08

DOLL: We've been planning this for years, and of course you had to fuck it up

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:23:14 -0800

Division of Laura Lee will be exhibiting a collection of their artwork (along with their new font I presume) at MacForum in Göteborg from March 6-20. There will be a reception on the 6th with live music from Lowood, Kristofer Åström and Isak Ferna (Giant Boar) as well. Full details: http://www.divisionoflauralee.com/2010/02/13/exhibition/

Kristofer Åström + Lowood - Hard to live (video)

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:38:32 -0800

Check out a video of Kristofer Åström and Lowood performing Kris' song "Hard to live" together backstage in Frankfurt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmP7wNEcx00

Lowood to get GAS release

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:41:39 -0800

Swedish act Lowood will see their album "Close to violence" released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on January 29 via G-recordsIntergroove.

First list of SXSW 2010 acts confirmed

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:40:01 -0800

Scandinavian acts confirmed for SXSW 2010: Ólöf Arnalds, Julian Berntzen, Adiam Dymott, Francis, The Kissaway Trail, Unni Lovlid, Lowood, Mixtapes & Cellmates, Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks), Movits! and Surrounded.

Masquer - Stark naked

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:39:44 -0800

Swedish duo Masquer (feat. members from Idoru and Lowood) have a couple new tracks up on their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/masquerstockholm

Bad Hands guest vocalists revealed

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:37:35 -0700

Via Rogerts Blogg, here's the tracklist and guest vocalists that will be appearing on the upcoming Bad Hands (aka Per Nordmark) album:

Black and white - Linnea Jönsson (Those Dancing Days)
Bad hands - Nina Kinert
Northern lights - Britta Persson & Karl Larsson (Last Days of April)
Kick you out - Nicke Andersson (The Hellacopters) & Howlin' Pelle (The Hives)
Andra relationen - Subbah
Close enough - Choir of Kiemi
We love blood - Henric de la Cour (Strip Music)
Cartoon wolf - David Sandström
I can do it - Therese Johansson (Lowood)
Sillodill - Britta Persson

Sirius playlist week #23

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:09:48 -0700

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

01. Pintandwefall - Jail
02. TALK 1
03. Detektivbyrån - Partyland
04. Carolina Wallin Pérez - Pärlor
05. Piroth - Fog dancers
06. TALK 2
07. Sonic Ritual - Take the edge off
08. Lapko - Miami vicer
09. My God Damn Territory - Used to be
10. The End Will Be Kicks - Sweets & filth
11. TALK 3
12. Murmansk - Behind kitchen knives
13. Gösta Berlings Saga - Bergslagen
14. TALK 4
15. Folke - Wet soap
16. The Goner - A song
17. Regina - Totuus minusta
18. TALK 5
19. Lowood - Crash

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.

Lowood - Crash (video)

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:36:51 -0700

Lowood's video for "Crash" is now available at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ypP0NKfES0&fmt=18

Sirius playlist week #15

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:47:19 -0700

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

01. Lowood - It's a mess (feat. Kristofer Åström)
02. TALK 1
03. Murmansk - Sweet trio
04. Øresund Space Collective - My heel has a beard
05. Nutid - Pianoflikkan
06. TALK 2
07. Montt Mardié - Bang, bang (Echo in Warsaw)
08. Rupesh Cartel - Oh no oh no!
09. Bellman - Sleep forever
10. Pixie Carnation - Little sister
11. TALK 3
12. Fever Ray - Concrete walls
13. Jesper Norda - We have the guts
14. Bad Hands - Bad hands (feat. Nina Kinert)
15. TALK 4
16. Turboweekend - Up with the smoke - Down with the ash

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.

MyFriends: Boevell, LionLove, Maggie at the Grand Piano, Masquer, We Work in Cubicles, Ydinaseeton Pohjola

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:45:58 -0700

Ex-members, sideprojects and other people you may have heard of before. And some other artists thrown in for good measure.

Boevell

SOUNDS LIKE: Linus from Idiot Kid with a new nomenclature doing the solo sadcore thing. Quite nice actually.
HIGHLIGHT: Someday my pain will leave
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/boevell

LionLove

SOUNDS LIKE: Charlotte and Daniel are back! After retiring the Vijaya moniker and starting a family, it's great to hear new music from these guys again.
HIGHLIGHTS: El sueno del dias, Long awaited love
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/lionlovesthlm

Maggie at the Grand Piano

SOUNDS LIKE: Lovely slowcore featuring an ex-member of Cobolt!
HIGHLIGHT: I try hard to make you love me
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/maggieatthegrandpiano

Masquer

SOUNDS LIKE: Idoru + Lowood = Masquer, a perfect amalgamation of the band's two sounds. Be sure to check the blog posts for free downloads.
HIGHLIGHTS: I think I'll lose my mind, Keep hanging on to his words
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/masquerstockholm

We Work in Cubicles

SOUNDS LIKE: Is this We Live in Trenches evil twin? They certainly are as mellow as WLIT are hard. One-take acoustic rock for easy listening.
HIGHLIGHTS: You're the reason, Lose cause
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/weworkincubicles

Ydinaseeton Pohjola

SOUNDS LIKE: Honestly, I'm usually not that crazy about this kind of over-the-top noisecore, but I love the tagline: "When man turns to 35 it's time to play hardcore." I'm feeling it, give me a few years and I'll be living it.
HIGHLIGHT: Grynderi
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/ydinaseetonpohjola

Lowood out in North America

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:55:22 -0700

Minty Fresh has licensed Lowood's debut album "Close to violence" for North American release and apparently it's out now. Who knew?

Musik med Lowood

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:05:48 -0700

Live music with Lowood at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/03/23/musik-med-lowood/

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.

Musik med Peggy Lejonhjärta

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:59:26 -0700

Live music with Peggy Lejonhjärta at PSL, featuring guest appearances from Markus Krunegård (Laakso) and Therese Johansson (Lowood): http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/03/13/musik-med-peggy-lejonhjarta/

'Records make great pets - Volume 2' coming March 16

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:33:18 -0800

Stereo Test Kit has confirmed the tracklist for their upcoming "Records make great pets - Volume 2" compilation featuring 20 tracks from 20 Swedish indie artists: http://www.stereotestkit.com/pets.htm
Hard to pick specific highlights since the tracklist is incredibly strong, but some of the names are Alarma Man, Björn Kleinhenz, Convoj, Hajen, Lowood, Park Hotell, Rickard Jäverling, Scraps of Tape, The Social Services, Two White Horses and Winter Took His Life.

MP3: Lowood - Crash

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:20:31 -0800

Two women playing excellent, dark, not-easy-to-classify rock music? Sad to say it, but they're doomed to failure. Maybe if they were still teenagers or twins or tried to sex it up with electro beats then maybe they'd have a chance. Prove me wrong!

Absolut Noise interviews Lowood

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:44:41 -0800

Absolut Noise talks to up-and-coming Swedish act Lowood: http://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2009/02/lowood-interview.html

Sirius playlist week #4

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:33:41 -0800

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

01. C.Aarmé - M.P.P.
02. TALK 1
03. Existensminimum - Fuglesang
04. The Animation - Overboard
05. Jonathan Johansson - En hand i himlen
06. TALK 2
07. AlabamicA - You can't save the world
08. Franke - Skinnad
09. October Falls - III
10. TALK 3
11. Suburban Kids with Biblical Names - 1999
12. Wolfbrigade - Barren dreams
13. Viisikko - Vapaus valita
14. Culkin - Payperfist
15. TALK 4
16. Lowood - Crash
17. Cut City - Departure in particular
18. Wardruna - Dagr
19. Laakso - In my blood
20. TALK 5

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.

Blog Radio 2009 playlist #1

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:33:33 -0800

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

01. Marit Bergman - This is the year
02. TALK 1
03. Peter Bjorn and John - Hey (shut the fuck up boy)
04. Convoj - Knives and riptides
05. Lesli - Half a wing
06. TALK 2
07. Je Suis Animal - The mystery of Marie Roget
08. Tiger Lou - Crushed by a crowd (Mikael Jonasson remix)
09. I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper - Cthulhu story
10. TALK 3
11. Fronda - Mitt allt
12. Thus:Owls - Climbing the fjelds of Norway
13. Champagne Riot - Scandinavian warfare
14. The Garlands - Why did I trust you?
15. TALK 4
16. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - This room seems empty without you
17. They Live - The driller
18. Lowood - Crash
19. TALK 5
20. Scraps of Tape - Grand letdown

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.

New Lowood album via NONS

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:24:28 -0800

NONS has confirmed the release of Lowood's new album "Close to violence" for March 25. Preview a few tracks at the band's website, including the first single "Crash" which is out now: http://www.lowood.se/

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:56:03 -0800

NONS has signed Lowood and will be releasing their debut album "Close to violence" in March. Hear a sample at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lowoodsweden
The band features members from today's featured mp3 act Idoru and will be supporting Tiger Lou on their upcoming Swedish tour (see sidebar for dates). Speaking of Tiger, the band will be performing new album "A partial print" in its entirety at these upcoming shows and speaking of "A partial print", I should be getting copies for mailorder very soon.

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800

The Swedish band Lowood asked Kristofer Åström to sing guest vocals on their song "It's a mess" and you can now hear the result at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lowoodsweden