IT'S A TRAP! Scandinavian Music Journal http://www.itsatrap.com/ Scandinavian music news, daily mp3 downloads, reviews, interviews and more Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:24:56 -0800 2026 http://www.itsatrap.com/images/logo.png http://www.itsatrap.com/ IT'S A TRAP! Scandinavian Music Journal 137 141 P3 Guld 2012 winners http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39306-p3-guld-2012-winners http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39306-p3-guld-2012-winners http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39306-p3-guld-2012-winners#comments Here are the winners of the 2012 P3 Guld awards:

Artist: Kapten Röd - Fläcken som aldrig går bort
Group: Deportees - Islands & shores
Song: Vart jag mig i världen vänder - Den Svenska Björnstammen
Newcomer: Den Svenska Björnstammen
Guldmicken (Best Live Act): Kapten Röd
Pop: Syket - With love
Hip-hop/Soul: Ison & Fille - För evigt
Dance: L-Wiz - Samlad produktion
Rock/Metal: Graveyard - Hisingen blues

It may come as a surprise, but I'm actually a fan of the latest Kapten Röd record and am glad to see that he won.

]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:27:36 -0800 news general industry awards Top 10s for 2011: Kvalität http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39078-top-10s-for-2011-kvalitat http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39078-top-10s-for-2011-kvalitat http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39078-top-10s-for-2011-kvalitat#comments Albums (SWE):
Anna Järvinen - Anna själv tredje
Det Vackra Livet - Det vackra livet
Skriet - Det beslutande organet
Mattias Alkberg - Anarkist
Deportees - Islands & shores
Thus:Owls - Harbours
Jonathan Johansson - Klagomuren
We Are The Storm - To The North-Pole
Bob Hund - Det överexponderande gömstället
Riddarna - Riddarna
Pascal/Mattias Alkberg - Allt det här
Syket - With love

Songs (SWE):
Rytmen i natten - Riddarna
80 vårar - Mattias Alkberg
När nätterna når hamn - Jörgen Kjellgren
Du och Jag - Alf
Stanna klocka stanna - Bob Hund
Next to You - Dante
Museum - Thus: Owls
Redan glömda - Jonathan Johansson
New directions - Jens Lekman
Fish band - Syket

Albums:
The Head And The Heart - The Head And The Heart
Active Child - You are all I see
Big Deal - Lights Out
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
J Mascis - Several shades of why
Ryan Adams - Ashes and fire
Lanterns On The Lake - Gracious tide take me home
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
120 Days - II
John Maus - We must become the pitiless censors of ourselves

Songs:
Big Pink - Stay gold
Friends - I'm his girl
Bon Iver - I can't make you love me / Nick of time
Burial / Four Tet / Thom Yorke - Mirror
Tame Impala - Remember Me
Is Tropical - Zombie
M83 - Wait
Modeselktor / Thom Yorke - Shipwreck
Bombay Bicycle Club - Lights out, words gone
The Joy Formidable - Austere

Videos:

Fish band - Syket

Hej då - Riddarna

Stockholm - Jonathan Johansson

Släpp taget - Alexis Weak

Tody Motmot - Elias Krantz

Looking forward to:

Album releases from: Riddarna, Sailor & I, Existensminimum, Kent.
Like to hear new tunes from: Sonjagon, Ruset, Pascal, Framtiden, Korea Campfire, Dungen, TSOOL, Karl X Johan, Ít's a Bird it's a Plane, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, Anna von Hausswolff and Dr Alban

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]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 articles top10s P3 Guld 2012 nominees http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39020-p3-guld-2012-nominees http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39020-p3-guld-2012-nominees http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39020-p3-guld-2012-nominees#comments The nominees for Swedish Radio's P3 Guld awards have been announced:

Artist:
Melissa Horn - Innan jag kände dig
Kapten Röd - Fläcken som aldrig går bort
Lykke Li - Wounded rhymes
Veronica Maggio - Satan i gatan
Timbuktu - Sagolandet

Group:
Deportees - Islands & shores
In Flames - Sounds of a playground fading
Movits! - Ut ur min skalle
Rebecca & Fiona - I love you, man
Those Dancing Days - Daydreams & nightmares

Newcomer:
Avicii
Newkid
Niki & The Dove
Rebecca & Fiona
Den Svenska Björnstammen

Song:
Call my name - Tove Styrke
Jag kommer - Veronica Maggio
Levels - Avicii
Resten av ditt liv - Timbuktu
Vart jag mig i världen vänder - Den Svenska Björnstammen

Guldmicken (best live):
Daniel Adams-Ray
Graveyard
Melissa Horn
Kapten Röd
Veronica Maggio

Dance:
Avicii - Samlad produktion
Axel Boman - Samlad produktion
Jonsson/Alter - Mod
L-wiz - Samlad produktion
Rebecca & Fiona - I love you, man

Hip-hop/soul:
Ison & Fille - För evigt
Mohammed Ali - Vi
Newkid - Alexander jr Ferrer
Stockholmssyndromet - Underhunder
Timbuktu - Sagolandet

Pop:
JJ - Samlad produktion
Jonathan Johansson - Klagomuren
Anna Järvinen - Anna själv tredje
The Sound of Arrows - Voyage
Syket - With love

Rock/metal:
Arch Enemy - Khaos legions
Graveyard - Hisingen blues
The Haunted - Unseen
In Flames - Sounds of a playground fading
Opeth - Heritage

More here, including voting info: http://www.sverigesradio.se/p3guld

]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:38:21 -0800 news general awards industry Gaffa SE top 30 Swedish album highlights http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39004-gaffa-se-top-30-swedish-album-highlights http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39004-gaffa-se-top-30-swedish-album-highlights http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39004-gaffa-se-top-30-swedish-album-highlights#comments Swedish highlights from Gaffa SE's top 30 albums of 2011:

3. Mattias Alkberg - Anarkist (Teg Publishing/)
4. Anna Järvinen - Anna själv tredje (/)
5. Skriet - Det Beslutande Organet (/)
8. Invasionen - Saker som jag sagt till natten (/)
12. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues (/)
14. Deportees - Islands & Shores (/)
16. I Break Horses - Hearts (/)
18. The Field - Looping State of Mind (/)
20. Syket - With Love (/)
21. Jonathan Johansson - Klagomuren (/)
28. Movits! - Ut ur min skalle (/)
29. Det Vackra Livet - Det Vackra Livet (/)
30. Ison & Fille - För evigt (/)

See the full list: http://gaffa.se/artikel/55303 (in Swedish)

]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:12:35 -0800 news general This week's Last.fm chart http://www.itsatrap.com/n/37331-this-weeks-last-fm-chart http://www.itsatrap.com/n/37331-this-weeks-last-fm-chart http://www.itsatrap.com/n/37331-this-weeks-last-fm-chart#comments Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week unique to our group:

01. Jonathan Johansson
02. Anna Järvinen
03. Jens Lekman
04. Acid House Kings
05. Fredrik
06. Holy Ghost!
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Syket
09. Lykke Li
10. Palpitation

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]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:48:33 -0700 news charts This week's Last.fm chart http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36912-this-weeks-last-fm-chart http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36912-this-weeks-last-fm-chart http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36912-this-weeks-last-fm-chart#comments Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week unique to our group:

01. Anna Järvinen
02. Lykke Li
03. Bob Hund
04. The Bear Quartet
05. Familjen
06. Syket
07. Me and My Army
08. Those Dancing Days
09. Håkan Hellström
10. Iron & Wine

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]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:03:34 -0700 news charts Baseline picks up Caotico http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36804-baseline-picks-up-caotico http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36804-baseline-picks-up-caotico http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36804-baseline-picks-up-caotico#comments Caotico, the new Umeå electro track featuring members from Industri Royal, has been officially picked up by , home of Syket and Lorentz & M. Sakarias.

]]> Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:20:34 -0800 news general This week's Last.fm chart http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36731-this-weeks-last-fm-chart http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36731-this-weeks-last-fm-chart http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36731-this-weeks-last-fm-chart#comments Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week unique to our group:

01. Andreas Mattsson
02. Håkan Hellström
03. Kent
04. Syket
05. Säkert!
06. The Radio Dept.
07. The Bear Quartet
08. Bright Eyes
09. Veronica Maggio
10. Lykke Li

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]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:00:58 -0800 news charts Syket - Let it heal (video) http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36666-syket-let-it-heal-video http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36666-syket-let-it-heal-video http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36666-syket-let-it-heal-video#comments PSL has the official premiere of Syket's new video "Let it heal": http://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/02/22/extra-extra-videopremiar-syket-let-it-heal/

]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:53:15 -0800 news multimedia It's a Trap! Clubnights spring update http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36454-its-a-trap-clubnights-spring-update http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36454-its-a-trap-clubnights-spring-update http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36454-its-a-trap-clubnights-spring-update#comments Thanks to everyone who came out to this weekend's It's a Trap! Clubnight at Debaser Malmö for once again making it a success! The more people that come out, the more we're able to keep bringing you killer shows, like these ones we just confirmed:

03/30 - Syket + First Love, Last Rites
05/28 - Paper

And of course, the previously confirmed Pascal/Sad Day for Puppets show on April 9. See you there?

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