Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Hello Saferide
02. Håkan Hellström
03. Tiger Lou
04. A Camp
05. The Legends
06. Jenny Wilson
07. Jens Lekman
08. Shout Out Louds
09. The Fine Arts Showcase
10. Fleet Foxes
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"You knew I was trouble from the start" (feat. Theoretical Girl) is the second single from The Fine Arts Showcase's brilliant "Dolophine smile" album and Adrian Recordings is giving away the track for free: http://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=233
Buy the album here.
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Loney, Dear
02. The Fine Arts Showcase
03. Montt Mardié
04. Phoenix
05. The Bear Quartet
06. Frida Hyvönen
07. Detektivbyrån
08. Jens Lekman
09. Hello Saferide
10. Passion Pit
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Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Bob Hund
02. El Perro del Mar
03. Shout Out Louds
04. The Fine Arts Showcase
05. Jenny Wilson
06. Loney, Dear
07. Camera Obscura
08. A Camp
09. Jens Lekman
10. Sally Shapiro
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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Penny Century - Just because (feat. Mattias Alkberg)
02. TALK 1
03. Piroth - Fog dancers
04. Shogun Kunitoki - Riddarholmen
05. Elenette - Start; alla program; spel
06. TALK 2
07. The End Will Be Kicks - Sweets and filth
08. Viola - Nobodylovers
09. Pan Sonic - Maa
10. Antifilm - Here comes the son
11. TALK 3
12. Ingenting - Slapp in solen
13. Pixie Carnation - Fresh poems
14. David Åhlén - Spirit fall
15. TALK 4
16. The Fine Arts Showcase - The teenage order
17. Pinto - We breathe too much
18. The Opium Cartel - Better days ahead
19. Dag för Dag - I am the assassin
20. TALK 5
21. Aerial - All refrain
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.
The Fine Arts ShowcaseAs if it had not been obvious since this album was in the process, its impending release was instantly one of the most anticipated events of the year over here at IAT!. Yes, our expectations were high, and based on the three prior albums by The Fine Arts Showcase (including the Rough Bunnies interpretations) -- how could they not be? Gustaf Kjellvander has, under this moniker, established himself as one of the most consistent song craftsmen around, and with this landmark album narrating the breakdown of not only his relationship but psychological state, succeeds beyond the lofty expectation and standards already in place. The narration he gives us is honest, and more importantly, so balanced and self-aware of his vices and the role his actions played in his downfall -- what he conveys on "Dolophine smile" is something few modern albums contain: compassion. Listening to this album I feel as if I am there with Gustaf and Hannah, not as a voyeur but as a ghost, that same ghost that has been haunting Gustaf.
- Matt Giordano
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Anna Järvinen
02. Håkan Hellström
03. Camera Obscura
04. Bob Hund
05. Andreas Tilliander
06. Loney, Dear
07. Kent
08. The Fine Arts Showcase
09. Montt Mardié
10. Jens Lekman
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Watch The Fine Arts Showcase performing live on Swedish TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJn7t2vBc1M&fmt=18
Check under "More from Adrian Recordings" for another song and interview (på Svenska).
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Bob Hund
02. Montt Mardié
03. The Fine Arts Showcase
04. Loney, Dear
05. Maia Hirasawa
06. Hello Saferide
07. Bat for Lashes
08. Anna Järvinen
09. Kristofer Åström
10. A Camp
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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. TALK 1
02. Small - Highway child
03. Seance - Invocation
04. Halph - New money
05. TALK 2
06. Anna Frank - Directions
07. Kristofer Åström - Me and the snakes
08. The Scrags - Mad passion
09. TALK 3
10. Randy - Who's side are you on?
11. Division of Laura Lee - Violence is timeless
12. Existensminimum - 1993
13. Familjen - Socker
14. TALK 4
15. The Fine Arts Showcase - Lovesick
16. Viola - Cute destroyer
17. Nitad - Nervvrak
18. Penny Century - Just because
19. TALK 5
20. Marions - Another hour
21. BJ Nielsen - Tummen upp
22. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Facelessness erases every trace of humanity
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.
The Fine Arts Showcase's new album "Dolophine smile" is now streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thefineartsshowcase
New in stock and ready to order from Adrian Recordings:
The Fine Arts Showcase - Dolophine smile (CD)
Andreas Tilliander - Show (CD)
Emil Jensen - 300 eMIL (DVD/CD)
The official release dates for all three are still a bit off in the distance, but if you order now, there's a very good chance they'll show up early.
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.
More talk about shows It's a Trap is involved with but I won't be attending: this Saturday at Debaser Malmö is the It's a Trap! Clubnight featuring The Fine Arts Showcase. I'm not sure if we can truly bill this gig is as a record release party, but it's oh so close -- "Dolophine smile" will finally be out on April 8 and that's just around the corner. As I mentioned on my return from Sweden last summer, I got to hear a few rough mixes while I was over there and I am really really looking forward to finally getting the finished product in my hands. Until then, here's the latest single "London, my town", a classic TFAS tune by all accounts. One of mainman Gustaf Kjellvander's strongest qualities as a songwriter is his candidness and that's something that's sorely lacking in a lot of music. Inspired in part by Amy Winehouse, he tells you in no uncertain terms how the drugs and desires of London screwed up his life and relationship and sent him packing back to Malmö. Fuck mincing words, he names names! That's some serious harsh reality to be sure, but I think everyone is the better for it -- both Gustaf and Hanna and us, the listeners. If there's one thing Gustaf does for sure, it's live straight from the heart. No pretense, no bullshit, scars and carnage on display for all to see. This is where pop music becomes art.
The Fine Arts Showcase - London, my town
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Frida Hyvönen
02. A Camp
03. Hello Saferide
04. Morrissey
05. Familjen
06. The Fine Arts Showcase
07. Jens Lekman
08. The Soundtrack of Our Lives
09. Montt Mardié
10. Jonathan Johansson
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