Robyn in the US

Robyn is coming to North America for a string of dates in November:

11/05 - The Filmore, Miami Beach, FL
11/06 - Club Firestone, Orlando, FL
11/07 - The Ritz Ybor, Tampa, FL
11/08 - Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta, GA
11/10 - Terminal 5, New York, NY
11/12 - The Sound Academy, Toronto, Ontario
11/13 - Metro, Chicago, IL
11/14 - Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN
11/17 - Club Nokia, Los Angeles, CA
11/19 - Venue, Vancouver, British Columbia
11/20 - Wonder Ballroonm, Portland, OR
11/21 - Neumos, Seattle, WA

MP3: Radar - Where others were honest (I'm a lie)

Norrland crust/metal/prog act Moloken, a 2009 favorite, are touring Scandinavia later this month and one of the bands they're playing a string of dates with is Finnish act Radar. Generally speaking, I'm not too crazy about their style of post-metal, but the new EP they recently sent me has a pretty cool 3D cover and the included glasses allowed me to properly view Robyn's video for "Don't fucking tell me what to do", so that's gotta be worth something -- hence this post. It's kind of weird, in the space of a month of so I got a whole bunch of new music in a similar vein and, again -- while not being a huge fan of this stuff, was pleasantly surprised to find it all to be of above-average quality. I already covered Kausal who might just be the best of the lot, but Radar are pretty decent too despite one major piccadillo: I don't care if you want to sing cleanly or scream harshly, but please don't try to do both. 99% of the time it sucks and Radar are no exception. Individually, they do fine with each style... when performed together, it's way corny. That's why I'm posting a track with purely melodic vocals for fellow discerning listeners -- you get the heaviness and the glory and none of the distracting bullshit. RIYL Khoma!

Oh, and those Moloken tourdates:

09/15 - L'Orient, Linköping (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/16 - Sugar Bar, Stockholm (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/17 - Ungdomens Hus, Uppsala (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/18 - Ungdomens Hus, Oskarshamn (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/19 - tba, Karlskrona (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/23 - Nuclear Nightclub, Oulu (FIN) w/Radar
09/24 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN) w/Radar
09/25 - S-Osis, Turku (FIN) w/Radar
09/26 - Kuudes Linja, Helsinki (FIN) w/Radar
09/29 - tba (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
09/30 - tba (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
10/01 - Garage, Oslo (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
10/02 - Fru Lundgreen, Trondheim (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline

Radar - Where others were honest (I'm a lie)

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. 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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This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Darin - Lovekiller
02. Drifters - Stanna hos mig
03. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
04. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
05. Kent - En plats i solen
06. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
07. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
08. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
09. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
10. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
11. Timoteij - Längtan
12. Fancy Dan - Teenage sunset
13. Eric Saade - Masquerade
14. Brolle - Best of
15. Eddie Meduza - Rockabilly rebel
16. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
17. Takida - The darker instinct
18. Kalle Moraeus - Underbart
19. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
20. Eric Gadd - Rise up!

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. Familjen
02. Robyn
03. Säkert!
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Moneybrother
06. First Aid Kit
07. Kent
08. The Tough Alliance
09. Efterklang
10. Broder Daniel

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Robyn - Hyperballad (video)

Watch Robyn cover Björk's "Hyperballad" at the Polar Music Prize awards ceremony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xPCxxxvqSw

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Darin - Lovekiller
02. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
03. Kent - En plats i solen
04. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
05. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
06. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
07. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
08. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
09. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
10. Martin Fröst - Fröst & friends - Encores
11. Eric Saade - Masquerade
12. Timoteij - Längtan
13. Fancy Dan - Teenage sunset
14. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
15. Brolle - Best of
16. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
17. Kalle Moraeus - Underbart
18. Håkan Hellström - Samlade singlar 2000-2010
19. Eric Gadd - Rise up!
20. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008

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. Säkert!
02. Jens Lekman
03. Robyn
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Shout Out Louds
06. Kent
07. The Concretes
08. Best Coast
09. Efterklang
10. The Radio Dept.

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This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
02. Kent - En plats i solen
03. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
04. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
05. Eric Saade - Masquerade
06. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
07. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
08. Brolle - Best of
09. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
10. Håkan Hellström - Samlade singlar 2000-2010
11. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
12. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
13. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
14. Kalle Moraeus - Underbart
15. Eric Gadd - Rise up!
16. Eddie Meduza - Rockabilly rebel
17. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
18. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland - International version
19. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
20. Timoteij - Längtan

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. Håkan Hellström
02. Jens Lekman
03. Kent
04. Familjen
05. The Radio Dept.
06. Beach House
07. Oskar Linnros
08. Robyn
09. The Soundtrack of Our Lives
10. CEO

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Sirius playlist week #33

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

01. Johan Heltne - Krieg ist krieg und schnaps ist schnaps
02. TALK 1
03. Tiger Tape - She is fiction
04. Terrible Feelings - Blank heads
05. Pistol Disco - Organ and drum
06. TALK 2
07. Ludwig Bell - Kärlek slutar alltid med bråk
08. Bonghit - Maratondröm
09. Murmansk - Silver heel
10. TALK 3
11. Robyn - Criminal intent
12. Pettersson & Fredriksson - Langas
13. Lapko - A new bohemia
14. TALK 4
15. The Megaphonic Thrift - Candy sin
16. Park Hotell - Trouble kid
17. Champagne Riot - Heart stab
18. TALK 5
19. Britta Persson - Meet a bear

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU (except this week -- there's no repeat tonight). That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Kent - En plats i solen
02. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
03. Eric Saade - Masquerade
04. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
05. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
06. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
07. Brolle - Best of
08. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
09. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
10. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
11. Kalle Moraeus - Underbart
12. Håkan Hellström - Samlade singlar 2000-2010
13. Timoteij - Längtan
14. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
15. Eric Gadd - Rise up!
16. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland - International version
17. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
18. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
19. Eddie Meduza - Rockabilly rebel
20. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008

Scandipop reviews "Body talk pt. 2"

Scandipop has posted a track-by-track take of Robyn's new record: http://www.scandipop.co.uk/?p=3071
Not to go out on a limb or anything, but it's kinda funny -- I love the songs they pan and am not so into the ones they love. Still, I agree with the overall assessment that it's a more cohesive record than "Pt. 1", though I'd go further to say that it's just a slight touch better.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Kent - En plats i solen
02. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
03. Eric Saade - Masquerade
04. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
05. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
06. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
07. Brolle - Best of
08. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
09. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
10. Kalle Moraeus - Underbart
11. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
12. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
13. Håkan Hellström - Samlade singlar 2000-2010
14. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland - International version
15. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
16. Eric Gadd - Rise up!
17. Eddie Meduza - Rockabilly rebel
18. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
19. Mando Diao - Give me fire!
20. Timoteij - Längtan

Robyn + Snoop Dogg - U should know better

The new Robyn + Snoop Dogg collaboration "U should know better" can be streamed here: http://soundcloud.com/somekindofawesome/07-u-should-know-better-featuring-snoop-dogg