New Concretes album gets new (finalized) release date

The Concretes' new album "WYWH", previously announced for release in October, has been pushed back to November 4 via label Something In Construction (UK) and Friendly Fire (US).

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. Jens Lekman
02. Kent
03. The Bear Quartet
04. The Radio Dept.
05. Håkan Hellström
06. Familjen
07. The Concretes
08. Robyn
09. Anna Ternheim
10. Tiger Lou

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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. Kent
03. Håkan Hellström
04. The Concretes
05. CEO
06. Robyn
07. Jens Lekman
08. Jonathan Johansson
09. The Soundtrack of Our Lives
10. The Radio Dept.

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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 National
03. Jonathan Johansson
04. The Radio Dept.
05. The Concretes
06. Beach House
07. Anna von Hausswolff
08. Robyn
09. Johnossi
10. Kent

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Musik med The Concretes

Live music with The Concretes at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/05/07/musik-med-the-concretes/

The Concretes - Good evening

The Concretes have a brand new track entitled "Good evening" posted at Bandcamp for free download: http://theconcretes.bandcamp.com/
Apparently the group's new album "WYWH" will be out in October.

Milberg - It may be winter outside (but in my heart it's spring)

Lisa Milberg (The Concretes) has a new Christmas single posted for free download on her blog: http://missmilberg.blogspot.com/2009/11/merry-christmas.html

Marching Band to record with Jari Haapalainen

Swedish indie act Marching Band have secured the production talents of Jari Haapalainen (Camera Obscura, The Concretes, The Bear Quartet, etc.) for their next album which they'll be recording this winter.

Jari Haapalainen to produce Club 8

Club 8 has announced that they have hired The Bear Quartet's Jari Haapalainen to produce their next album, the first time the band has worked with an outside producer. Jari of course is very well-known for his production skills nowadays, having worked with artists such as The Concretes, Camera Obscura and Laakso.

MP3: Tutankamon - Have you ever been in love?

Tutankamon is comprised of Stockholm all-stars Adam Olénius (Shout Out Louds), Peter Morén (Peter Bjorn and John), Daniel Värjö (The Concretes) and Niklas Korssell (The Plan) and, unsurprisingly, it sounds like a muddled mix of all four dudes' other bands: a bit of PB&J's mod and Beatles-influenced powerpop plus a dash of Shout Out Louds + The Plan's contemporary indie/MOR and topped off with a touch of The Concretes' lazy twee. As much as I'm sure there guys are having a great time playing together, I'm sorry to say that the sum of their parts adds up to less than they started with. That is, except for the lead single "Have you ever been in love?" which is a Grade A fantastic pop tune. I wasn't exactly wowed the first time I heard it, but it's quite easy on the ears and grows tremendously on repeated listens, something I imagine will be inescapable in weeks (months?) to come. It might not have the potential to reach "Young folks"-level ubiquity (few songs do), but I wouldn't mind if it did. There's nothing overtly clever or quirky to grow tired of; just four guys in a room making music together with the help of a few extra hand-claps.

Tutankamon - Have you ever been in love?

Lisa Milberg - For heaven's sake

Friendship Bracelet has a new song from Lisa Milberg (The Concretes) posted for free download: http://www.friendshipbracelet.us/2009/09/its-what-you-want-and-its-what-i-want.html

Tutankamon to make live web debut

Tutankamon, the new all-star Swedish indie act featuring Adam Olénius (Shout Out Louds), Peter Morén (Peter Bjorn and John), Daniel Värjö (The Concretes) and Niklas Korssell (The Plan), will play their first official live gig on September 29 at the Nudie Jeans store in Stockholm and it will be streamed live. Check it: http://www.nudiejeans.com/blog/2009/09/14/tutankamon-live-nudie-jeans-sk%e2%88%9aonegatan-75-in-stockholm/

Presenting: Tutankamon

Via PSL comes word of a new Swedish supergroup of sorts called Tutankamon featuring Adam Olénius (Shout Out Louds), Peter Morén (Peter Bjorn and John), Daniel Värjö (The Concretes) and Niklas Korssell (The Plan). Their debut album will be released October 7 and the first single "Have you ever been in love" can be heard at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tutankamontheband

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. The Radio Dept.
02. Jens Lekman
03. Håkan Hellström
04. El Perro del Mar
05. Phoenix
06. Deportees
07. The Concretes
08. Anna Järvinen
09. Loney, Dear
10. Jonathan Johansson

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Milberg - It was the end

Fluxblog has a track from Lisa Milberg (The Concretes) today: http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/06/cant-think-about-too-much-too-hard