New Håkan Hellström album this fall

Håkan Hellström has announced that he will be releasing his sixth solo album this coming fall on October 13, marking 10 years to the day since his groundbreaking debut "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg".

Principe Valliente - One more time (video)

Swedish goths Principe Valliente have a new video for the song "One more time": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnBkA3ppR64

New videos at Pitchfork from Casiokids, Tallest Man on Earth

Pitchfork has the premiere of the new Casiokids video "Finn bikkjen!": http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/5472-casiokids-finn-bikkjen-polyvinyl
I always appreciate the appearance of a border collie, but everything else about this video (the song, the dancing) is a snooze.
Also posted over there, a "Tunnelvision" live session with Swedish artist The Tallest Man on Earth: http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/2480-the-tallest-man-on-earth/1
This clip is recommended.

Sirius playlist week #19

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Sweatmaster - Turnover
02. TALK 1
03. Viola - Leave it all again (feat. Bääbs)
04. Regulations - Down the street
05. The Bear Quartet - Sweet beef
06. TALK 2
07. Mattias Alkberg - Lys upp mig en stjärna
08. Susanne Sundfør - Turkish delight
09. The Skull Defekts - Remain in cruxus (dub)
10. TALK 3
11. Obliteration - Ingesting death
12. Zombiekrig - Håll käften ge mig dina pengar
13. Grande Roses - The astronaut
14. Brutus - Solution
15. TALK 4
16. Ikons - Guns
17. Rising - Grail of bone
18. The Aches - Dancing syllables
19. TALK 5
20. Eskatol - Fane av løgner

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.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Timoteij - Längtan
02. The Ark - In full regalia
03. Johnossi - Mavericks
04. Anna Bergendahl - Yours sincerely
05. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
06. Scotts - Vi gör det igen
07. Rolandz - Jajamen
08. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
09. Ola Magnell - Rolös
10. Play - Under my skin
11. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
12. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
13. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
14. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a scheme
15. Crashdïet - Generation wild
16. Jill Johnson - Music row II
17. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
18. Petter - En räddare i nöden
19. Dundertåget - Dom feta åren är förbi
20. Björn Skifs - Da capo

MP3: Originalljudet - Jennys polska

Originalljudet means "original sound" which could mean all sorts of things, depending on how you want to interpret it. It is brand new or is it going back to the source? Or perhaps a little of both, as you'll hear on "Jennys polska". It's got the lilting melody of classic Jan Johansson, but the feel is more stiff-legged and monotonous, giving the piece a darker undercurrent. I can picture creepy, withered old dudes playing this sort of stuff on a cobblestone street corner or in some olde world European café, but it's nice to know that it's actually being made by fresh-faced young folks, young folks who are eager to twist old sounds and exploit them into something new.

Originalljudet - Jennys polska

New Kendal Johansson 7" on Sincerely Yours

There's a new 7" from Kendal Johansson out on Sincerely Yours: http://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0140.php
See the video for the Big Star cover title track "Blue moon" here: http://vimeo.com/8240414

Fredrik live on NPR (video)

Check out video footage of Fredrik performing live for NPR: http://www.frdrk.org/2010/05/06/npr/

Beast needs new singer

Via I Just Can't Hate Enough comes word that frontman Modde has left Beast to concentrate on his other band Nitad, so of course the band is looking for someone new to fill his role. Listen here: http://www.myspace.com/stockholmbeast

Festival report: Popadelica 2010

Playground signs Little Children

Little Children (nee Idiot Kid) has been officially picked up by Playground Music.

New music from Lissvik

Daniel Lissvik (Studio) is streaming a few new tracks on his myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/danlissvik

New music from Marit Bergman

Three new songs from Marit Bergman, including a cover of Tom Petty's "Free falling": http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=32829527&blogId=533958552

MP3: Traktor - Where water goes

Traktor are one of the proud few Swedish noiserock bands left carrying the torch in 2010 and "Where water goes" is their new single, the first from their forthcoming album due out this fall (via I Made This, I believe). As is so often par for the course, expect lots of subtely discordant melodies, sharp rhythmic turns, shouted vocals and, in Traktor's particular instance, a heavy reliance on single-note guitar lines. When they do break out the chords, it's well-employed for emphasis; otherwise the track is surprisingly spacious. It's that level of intricacy and attention to detail that makes this a decent listen, otherwise it's kind of lacking in dynamics and is most certainly way too long. Not sure the video adds much either, but it's worth a gander.

Direct link to the video: http://vimeo.com/11522336

Traktor - Where water goes

Club 8 - Western hospitality (video)

Club 8's video for their new single "Western hospitality" is now online: http://www.vimeo.com/11159314
Not sure why they password-protected it, but it's the name of the band, all lowercase with no spaces.