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• Let Us Now Praise Crazy Bitches by Heart on a Stick

  "[painting of Julie Christmas by myspace.com/allthethingsiveneversed]Brooklyn's Made Out of Babies (myspace) were responsible for one of my favorite records of 2006.  Coward was necessary, desperate music.  Someone had backed it into a corner, done bad things to it.  For forty minutes it lashed out, punching the air, screaming into a..."

• MP3: I Are Droid - Blood & ether by It's a trap! Scandinavian music

  "Back home safe and (relatively) sound. Huge thanks to Kristofer Kebbon at STIM for making the trip a reality, Craig Bonnell of Swedesplease for being a great festival companion, Jonas and Sofia for putting me up in Malmö, Johan, Ludwig, Stina, Elin and Linda for being great hosts in Umeå,..."

• The Stills by Jonk Music

  ""Being Here"from the album Oceans Will Rise2008iTunesJust two years ago I was asking myself what on earth had happened to The Stills. When they appeared in 2003, they were a fresh breath of air, representing Canada in the gloomy, atmospheric '80s aping rock sound that was headed up by Interpol...."

• REVIEW: Larsen & Furious Jane - Zen sucker (Morningside Records) by It's a trap! Scandinavian music

  "Despite the laughable name of both the group and their album, Larsen & Furious Jane are by far one of the best bands I've heard this year. An amalgamation of the melancholic immediacy of fellow countrymen Kashmir and the more contemplative vein of Interpol's register -- though this American influence..."

• Back in the Highlife Again... by Hits In The Car

  "Three days have already gone since I returned from Italy, but mentally I’m still some hundred miles south enjoying the beauty and warmth of Tuscany. Should you ever get the chance to visit Siena, I cannot recommend this lovely city enough. The Piazza del Campo must be one of the..."