2008 MAY 20th
"STEAL MY HORSES AND RUN" US RELEASE TODAY! Enjoy.

Some recent talk:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/05/largehearted_bo_68.html
http://irockcleveland.blogspot.com/2008/05/open-road-and-repulsion-by-blackstrap.html
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=28611468&blogID=396308072

2008 Apr 15 2008 MAY 20th
We would like to announce that we have signed with New York based Tee Pee Records, home to such artists as the Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Warlocks, Witch, Entrance and Graveyard. Artists we like and that has inspired us i many ways. Check them out: www.teepeerecords.com

Its been in the works for quite a while, so we are exited to finally release "Steal My Horses And Run" in North America on may20th. The record will be released on both vinyl and cd. We believe that Tee Pee Records is the the best home Blackstrap could have right now. They are a label known for giving their artists complete creative control. That is the way Blackstrap always have worked, and always will. No bullshit about too long songs or an hit for the radio..
US tour dates are being booked right now. We will soon get back to you on that!

2008 Mar 13
Buddyhead!
Buddyhead is a great site and label runned by guitar player of Nine Inch Nails (Aaron North) and his friend Travis Keller. They are helping us warming up for the next US episode:
http://www.buddyhead.com/2008/03/07/blackstrap-steal-my-horse-and-run/
Check out the site, Its great!
You will very soon hear from us again. Be so sure..

2008 Jan 02
http://surfingonsteam.blogspot.com/2007/12/blackstrap.html

2007 Nov 15
New shows added! Gothenburg and Stockholm 28th and 29th of November. Support for The New Pornographers.

2007 Oct 01
We're happy to announce that THE AGENCY GROUP now will be our booking agency in the US!!

2007 Sep 18
TIME FOR AN UPDATE!!! Believe it or not, we've been hard working since last update...
We're now glad to announce 3 shows in New York City this coming October!! More to come....

07.04.11
We had a great time touring the Netherlands and Norway these last weeks. Thanks to all you people stoping by the shows and see you again soon!!

07.03.12
We're going to play several shows in the NETHERLANDS and NORWAY this coming month! Please check out the TOUR page. And if you're in STOCKHOLM March 21st, don't miss our show at the DEBASER!

07.01.27
STEAL MY HORSES AND RUN is now also released in Scandinavia!! Simply click one link here on the left to buy now.

06.12.30
According to the german pop site, www.pop-on-paper.de, Blackstrap did the #1 album when they listed the top 100 releases of 2006! Some other swedish artist on the list is The Concretes, Peter, Bjorn and John and Radio Dept.. Thank you very much and have a happy new year!!
Jonatan, Maria, Filiph, Patrick and David of Blackstrap

06.12.12
review of the CD at www.crashinin.com- NYC event promoter
 
Blackstrap "Steal My Horses and Run" ****
Sally Records

BRMC, The Raveonettes, Jesus and Mary Chain all come to mind when you hear this fuzzed out rock group from Sweden. Yet with beautifully added vocals from Maria Linden the album takes on a poppier edge in comparison to its contemporaries. This is an ace debut that not many of you know about, but should. "Rough Parade" is simply irresistible tune that will stick in your head all day long. (release date 2006)

06.11.11
For you who knows German... Check out this review!! Sweetjanemusic.com really loves "Steal my horses and run"!

06.11.01
Our new album "Steal my horses and run" is released in Holland!! And alot of good reviews is written in the papers! You can now buy and download the album at www.youmakemusic.com.

Check out our Myspace now! www.myspace.com/blackstrap001

06.05.24
3VOOR12 is the biggest internet site for music in Holland. They did an intervju with Jonatan some days ago. If you read dutch you can find it here.

Cheers!

06.05.19
Four songs from our upcoming album "Steal my horses and run" has now
been released through the  download site www.youmakemusic.com

So please buy the songs to your mp3-player through the site!
The tour section has also been updated.
We are really looking forward  to rock Holland once again!

Hope to see you soon!
cheers

06.05.02

Hi there!
Finally some notes from us... Frequently asked questions: When the f*** is your
new album going to be released? Well...The good news is that the record has been finished
for a long time and it will be released this year. The bad news, You'll have to wait
until September.. Sorry for that!

We'll start doing some gigs again. See our tour list. We'll do some shows in Sweden,
Holland and Israel/Palestine. So what have the members of Blackstrap been up to? Well,
different things.

Jonatan has been touring and played guitar with the band Namur (www.namur.nu). He has
also worked a lot in his studio, The Electricity. Since October, Jonatan, Patrick and
David from blackstrap also are members of the band Du Pacque (www.myspace.com/dupacque).
This band is drawing attention from all over the world. More info about these projects
soon!

Patrick is a new member of Blackstrap and he is great. An old friend of the band with an
excellent music taste. He plays the guitar with an intention that will kick you ass off.
He is also a member of Du Pacque

Have you seen Maria on MVT or ZTV? Well, She is the beautiful girl in the new Tomas
Andersson Wij video. She has also played organ and guitar with different projects. David
works hard as an carpenter in Jönköping. He is enjoying the calm and quiet life with
his girlfriend...But sometimes we drag him up to Stockholm and let him freak out. He
plays drums in Du Pacque Henrik will take some time off from the band this spring and
summer. He will be replaced by our friend Filiph who plays his Rickenbacker loud and nice.

That's it for now. You'll hear from us soon again!

Cheers/ Blackstrap

05.01.27

Hi everybody!
It¥s been a long time but we are alive and kicking! We
also got tons of news for you. The mainlines is:
A new record!
Blackstrap in a swedish movie!
Markus has left the band..

We have just arrived from the Netherlands where we have spent a mounth working
on the recording of our new album. We have been recording in a studio
(Mailmen)outside of Utrecht and we are very satisfied so far. We got tons of new songs
waiting for your speakers..The album will be released on Sally Forth Records followed
by other labels aound the world this coming spring. You will be updated more about the
new album in the nearest future.
There are some persons we would like to thank for their help and support during
our recording-session:
Rik, Rita and everyone at Sam¥s in and the Port in Amsterdam.
Ronald and Riverside music. Paul and Lettie for their kindness and support.
Everyone from Sally Forth.

Blackstrap is featured with the song "sunrise" in the swedish movie
"Falla Vackert" (Beautiful Fall). So ask your babie out and see the movie!

During to personal reasons Markus decided to leave
the band earlier this year. We would like to thank him for our amazing
and crazy years together..Rock on!

Look out for more news soon!
//Blackstrap

04.03.24

Northern Trail Music.
Blackstrap is now beeing booked by the agency Northern Trail Music. Please look under the booking/contact-section for more info.
Rock on! //Blackstrap

04.02.04

Dear all,
We´ve finally updated our homepage with some reviews from the ghost children record and som reviews from our concerts. More reviews will be uppdated soon... Don´t forget to come and see us on Debaser in Stockholm today (040304). We will play some new songs for you...enjoy! Rock on! //Blackstrap

04.02.21

Dear all,
We are gonna play some more concerts in the Netherlands. Please look under the live-section for more info. If you live nearby you better don´t miss it! We have been too bad updating our photo-section. If you look there now you have some links that will guide you to some photos of Blackstrap. More photos are coming.... Also a bunch of reviews will be updated really soon. Thats all for now.
take care//blackstrap

04.02.01

New single
The 11th of february BLACKSTRAP will release their next single including 2 edit tracks from the album. Be sure to buy it at your record store, and mail the radiostations to play the songs! If you´re not able to be at the popstad concert the 14th february, you can listen to it on radio channel P3. (www.sr.se/P3) They will be broadcast it live!
//Blackstrap

04.01.28

Out on the road again
BLACKSTRAP will perform at Debaser on the 4th of march. They´re also booked for two shows in april in the Netherlands. More info under live.

04.01.19

BLACKSTRAP on air
Next week BLACKSTRAP will perform as the artist of the week on radio channel P4 Jönköping (SE) You will be able to hear songs from the album ghostchildren mon-fri around 11 o´clock!

04.01.14

Gig at O-baren on the 2nd of february.
BLACKSTRAP is booked for a show in Stockholm. More info under live.

04.01.07

Two more gigs
BLACKSTRAP is booked for a show in Hultsfred(040211). They will also appear at the event Popstad in Jönköping(040214). More info under live.

03.11.21

Dear all..
Thanks to all of you who supported and voted for BLACKSTRAP on MTV Up North this last week...We ended up at number 18!! Now we need your help to keep on voting for us. You can vote as many times as you want to. Deadline is this coming thursday (031127). So, now you know what to do! Please use this link: http://www.mtve.com/nordic.asp?url=/shows/upnorth/index.asp

We had a great time in Holland. Thanks to everyone who showed up on our concerts. Also a big thank you to our friend Ronald for beeing such a great tourmanager. And a huge thank to the great guys in Kashmir..We had a really good time with you!

We will play some more concerts in Stockholm. Please look under the live-section..

03.11.10

Dear all..
This coming thursday at 18:00am Blackstrap will be one of the challangers on MTV up north. Please keep voting for us the whole week. Help us to bring wonderful music to Scandinavia! Please use this link: http://www.mtve.com/nordic.asp?url=/shows/upnorth/index.asp The voting starts on thursday.

Furthermore, our hometown Jönköping will be the host of next year's Popcity arrangement (organised by National Swedish radio station P3). It will take place 13-14 february. BLACKSTRAP was mentioned as one of the reasons for their nomination of Jönköping.

We will also do a small tour this week starting in Stockholm/Sweden and then we´ll support the danish band KASHMIR in Holland. If you live nearby you better don´t miss it! More info under live.

Thats all for now, take care! /BLACKSTRAP

03.11.04

Mini-tour in Holland
Blackstrap will support Kashmir on their Dutch tour next week. More info here

03.10.30

Gig at Café 44
Blackstrap will play at Café 44 in Stockholm on the 11th of november.

03.10.23

ZTV News
The cooperation of Blackstrap in ZTV news was removed and will now be sent on wednesday the 29th october. Gigs will be updated any day now.

//Blackstrap

03.10.14

Hi.
This week the 15th october the album will be released in scandinavia by V2 music. Go to your record store and buy the album! Loook out for Blackstrap on ZTV news this wednesday or thursday. Blackstrap will also perform on musikjournalen on P3 the 22th october. Look out for more news soon.

take care, Blackstrap

03.09.29

Dear all of you.
The release date for ghostchildren is now set for the 15th of october in Sweden. The video for "in colored ways" is ready so look out for it on your music channel! Also the single is now released so send your mail to every radio station and ask for it to be played. Please visit tracks website www.sr.se/p3/tracks to vote for "in colored ways" this week!! We're right now booking gigs in Sweden. Hopefully we will also visit the Netherlands in october/november for some gigs! Look out for more news soon.

Take care //blackstrap

03.03.29

Dear all
The videorecording is done and it went great! They directors are working on it right now and hopefully it will be finished next week. We will soon put up some photos from the videoshoot on this page..

Next week we will do some promotion for our new album. There will be two radiointerviews. One for radio Hälsingland and one for radio Stockholm (103,3 fm). Radio stockholm will also play a liverecording from Debaser, recorded a couple weeks ago. The interview for radio Stockholm will be on tuesday somewhere between 7:00-9:00 am..Don´t forget to listen to it!

The single has arrived. It includes the songs "in colored ways" and the bonus track "new sonic", which is nor available on the album (only on the japan press). Please contact us (info@blackstrap.net) if you whant a copy!

Thats all for now...We will soon be back with more news and upptates!

Take care //blackstrap

03.08.01

We do have some really good news for you… Our debutalbum "ghostchildren" will be released in Scandinavia by V2 Music Scandinavia in early october and in the Benelux by Sally Forth Records/Idol Media in early september. Somewhere in between it will also be released in Japan by the nice label vinyl-junkie! In these countries you can find our album in the recordshop. If you live somewhere else, just have a look under merchandise section. Right now there are discussions with more recordlabels worldwide…..so keep updated!

For the moment we are working on a music video with director Fredrik Falk. Fredrik has made some nice videos for the Hellacopters and the Sounds. The song "In coloured ways" will be the first single and video. The single will also include a bonus track. Look out for it in the nearest future!

The band will perform live in Stockholm (SE) at Debaser in the 12th of august, followed by two shows in the Netherlands. Please look under live-section for more details. More gigs will soon be added. Don't miss, and don't hesitate to get in contact with us… More frequenlty updating is coming.

//love Blackstrap