This and that...

J.A. is really high on the track Over You by Swedish electronic/synth pop one-man project Killing Game. And it certainly is an incredible and very catchy song that must be among the best I've heard so far this year. Unfortunately it's not available for download, so streaming will have to do for now.

In a recent interview Avi of It's A Trap lists Hits In The Car as one of his top 3 music blogs. Thank you Avi and trust me when I say that I'm truly, truly flattered.

I did a little search over at Myspace today and somehow stumbled upon Swedish part-time project/duo Sons of Brother Justin. Once you listen to these two great indie/shoegaze/dream pop inspired tracks, I feel pretty certain that you'll agree that it's hard to believe that they were written and recorded in just 24 hours.
+ The Jury
+ Treadmills

The video for the great new track The Needle In The Butterfly by Danish Americana/Spaghetti Western/Tarantino inspired duo Salem features sequences from the Lars Von Trier movie Europa. It's absolutely amazing!

It's a trap! reader's companion volume two

My copy of the album It's a trap! reader's companion volume two arrived in the mailbox this morning and after several listens my overall impression of it is very positive. The album contains 17 tracks by more or less well-known Scandinavian artists/bands and since several of those songs are previously unreleased, it's really difficult not to be impressed with the work Avi has done compiling the album. The songs are a nice mix of indie/alternative pop/rock tracks with the occasional electronica track popping in. But the biggest and most obvious strength of the album is that large majority of the songs (unfortunately not all of them) are very good and since the album cost $8 only (if you live in Europe), it should be very interesting hearing your excuses for not buying it! Avi asks the burning question: Who will the breakout acts from "Volume two" be? Hello Saferide and Moonbabies are two of my (sure) bets, though I agree that several of them are more than worthy!

Album samples:
+ Ricochets - Cold Outside
+ The First Miles - The Best One Around