Here's the lineup for the Startracks Dagen afterparty show happening at Mondo following the free outdoor concert with Kristofer Åström and Christian Kjellvander: Tiger Lou, The Fine Arts Showcase and Be Under Centary Knife (BUCK). Tickets are 80 sek and doors open at 10pm.

The full line-up and schedule for the En ljummen i gräset Festival at Vintervikens trädgård has been announced:

07/24: Differnet, Loney, Dear, K (Krister Linder/Dive), The Fine Arts Showcase, EF, The Sorayas, Deltahead, Cirera, Walter Sound System
07/28: Jens Lekman, Britta Persson, Natasha Lea Jones (UK)
07/31: Popundret, richard reagh&wwnb2, QOPH, Namur, I Love You Baby, The Bright And Shiny, Thomas Denver Jonsson, Tony Clifton, Walter Sound System
08/07: The Deportees, Paatos, Montys Loco, Empire Dogs, The Tiny, Plod, Dexter's Moon, Walter Sound System
08/11: Heikki, Hip Whips
08/14: First Floor Power, Ane Brun, Rundfunk, Tobias Fröberg, Fire fox, The Sunshine, Le Muhr, Un Rodo Cora

More info: http://www.ljummen.com/

New mp3 added from Gustaf Kjellvander and The Fine Arts Showcase on the right. Check it out. There's another track on the summer radio mix as well for those curious to hear more.

Streaming playlist: Summertime

The Fine Arts Showcase - Gustaf Kjellvander Presents... (Startracks)
This is one heckuva big pop record. Everything about it is huge: the production, the hooks, the songs. We're talking full-on indie arena rock, akin to bands like Guided by Voices or maybe the Flaming Lips. There's all sorts of quirky instrumentation too, from the North African woodwinds the ghaita and arghul, to electric cicada sounds, theramin, bowed satellite dish and tons more. This is a fun, sugary-sweet album and I like it a lot, but just like candy, it's best enjoyed in small doses. After having it on constant rotation for a couple days in a row, I grew sick of it and had to put it away for a week or so. I don't want to get a cavity, y'know.

The Fine Arts Showcase
Gustaf Kjellvander presents...
Startracks

This is one heckuva big pop record. Everything about it is huge: the production, the hooks, the songs. We're talking full-on indie arena rock, akin to bands like Guided by Voices or maybe the Flaming Lips. There's all sorts of quirky instrumentation too, from the North African woodwinds the ghaita and arghul, to electric cicada sounds, theramin, bowed satellite dish and tons more. This is a fun, sugary-sweet album and I like it a lot, but just like candy, it's best enjoyed in small doses. After having it on constant rotation for a couple days in a row, I grew sick of it and had to put it away for a week or so. I don't want to get a cavity, y'know.
- Avi Roig

The Fine Arts Showcase, the new band from Gustaf Kjellvander (Songs of Soil), has confirmed May 26 as the release date for their new album on Startracks.

It's already old news to me (or anyone else who reads this site regularly), but Startracks has officially confirmed their signing of Gustaf Kjellvander and The Fine Arts Showcase. The album will be out in May in Scandinavia, Europe in June.

Revolver webzine talks to Gustaf Kjellvander of The Fine Arts Showcase and brother of Christian: http://www.revolver.nu/articleframeset.php?article_id=949 (in Swedish)
Fredrik might get pissed with me, but everyone pretty much already knows that he's the new Startracks signing. Some secret, eh? I'm not sure of the release date, but it's all recorded and ready to go. I also hear that UK label Must Destroy Music is out of the picture now, but I don't have details.