Check out the video for "New moon" from Sambassadeur: http://www.labrador.se/video/sambassadeur.php3
For the Eardrums interviews Sofia Talvik: http://eardrums.blogspot.com/2005/05/sofia-talvik-eardrums-interview-with.html
Looptroop is this week's featured artist at Musikbyrån: http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=33068
Tons of videos, interviews and more.
Download the "Your last remains" single from Tomas Walter & the Southmothers:
01. Your last remains
02. Gone
03. Cover artwork
"Attack of the Swedes" - a digital mixtape from Mystery and Misery: http://mysteryandmisery.com/article/439/
Dungen's acclaimed album "Ta Det Lugnt" will be reissued in the US on Kemado Records on August 2. Unless you've been living under a rock, people everywhere have been going crazy for this piece of Swedish psychrock ever since it was first unleashed over as an import. The US edition will include an unspecified bonus disc of unreleased material and Dungen mainman Gustav Ejstes will be in NYC to do press in early June. Look for live dates to be announced soon.
Music (for Robots) posts a track from the Entombed/Swedish ballet collaboration live album "Unreal estate": http://music.for-robots.com/archives/000935.html
Check out the video for "Golden time" from The Lost Patrol Band: http://www.burningheart.com/_lib/util/streamvideo.php?id=2500&s=hi
In case you were unaware, The Lost Patrol Band started out as the powerpop solo project of Dennis Lyxzén (t(I)NC, ex-Refused), but is now a full band with a solid lineup featuring members from the Deportees, Regulations and DS-13. Read more here: http://www.burningheart.com/news/article.php?id=236
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (NY) Mattias Alkberg BD - "Politix"
02. (NY) Jenny Wilson - "Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward"
03. (01) The Tough Alliance - "Keep it Pure"
04. (NY) The Fine Arts Showcase - "The Hazel Ridge"
05. (03) Eels - "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)"
06. (17) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "Funeral Face"
07. (12) Prominent - "Let's Talk it Over"
08. (09) Hal - "Play the Hits"
09. (14) Kent - "Palace & Main"
10. (NY) The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"
11. (10) Turbonegro - "High on the Crime"
12. (11) Thievery Corporation - "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
13. (NY) The Rakes - "Retreat"
14. (19) Håkan Hellström - "Dom kommer kliva på dig igen"
15. (NY) Turin Brakes - "Fishing For a Dream"
16. (NY) The Kills - "Love is a Deserter"
17. (NY) The House of Love - "Gotta Be That Way"
18. (NY) Looptroop - "Fort Europa"
19. (NY) Hello Saferide - "My Best Friend"
20. (NY) Audio Bullys - "Shot You Down"
Leaving the chart: Dreamboy, Weezer, The Coral, Maxïmo Park, Ane Brun, Stevie Wonder, Paris, Faith Evans, The Bravery, Lady Sovereign and Handsome Boy Modeling School.
Lowe has announced that "Simplicity" will be the band's next single, due out May 18 via Megahype Records. The track was selected by fans as the fourth single from their most-recent album "Tenant". The disc will have six tracks, including a single edit and remixes by Håkan Lidbo and Fredrik Skeppholm.
Also coming out on May 18 from Megahype is the debut single "Never never" from Swedish electropop artist June Six. The track is a cover of the old pop hit by The Assembly and the disc will include a dance remix by Mehdi Bagherzadeh (Lowe) and a progressive mix by Johan Fotmeier.
The Confusions have been selected to contribute a track for the upcoming "One nation" charity compilation, to be released in the UK in June or July via Audiovisual Records. All proceeds go to two UK hospices, Hope House and Claire House. More info: http://www.audiovisualrecords.co.uk/
CajsaStina Åkerström, daughter of Swedish folksinger Fred Åkerström, will release her new album "De vackraste orden - tio visor" on June 15 via Calimba Records.
Opeth has announced that touring keyboardist Per Wiberg (Spiritual Beggars) has been made an official full-time member of the band. In other news, the group will be inviting journalists for a special in-studio listening/interview session later this month. After that, they'll be back on the road as part of the 'Sounds of the Underground' tour in North America which kicks off on June 25 in Lowell, Massachusetts. Scandinavia and European tourdates will soon be confirmed for September, around the same time the new album is due out.
The entire new Isolation Years album "Cover the distance" is available for streaming on the 3VOOR12 site: http://www.3voor12.nl/luisterpaal (look for the pop-up)
As mentioned before, this is my favorite album so far this year, so it's highly recommended that you check it out if you haven't heard it yet.