Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:
01. Thomas Dybdahl - A Lovestory
02. The 69 Eyes - Devils
03. In Flames - Touch Of Red
04. The Ark - One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young
05. Embee / Vanessa Liftig - Not Tonite
06. Smak - Hallanvaara
07. Annie - My Heartbeat
08. Pain - Same Old Song
09. Husky Rescue - City Lights
10. Dreamboy - Uncalled For
11. Titiyo - Loving out of nothing
12. Johnny Deluxe - Vi Vil Ha Mer
13. Kapasiteettiyksikkö - Usko Parempaan
14. The Confusions - Don't Let the World Catch You Crying
15. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himlen men ingen vill dö
16. Fibes Oh Fibes - One Hour Baby
17. Kurt Nilsen - My Street
18. Kevin - Theme From Forever
19. The Similou - All This Love
20. Maria Arredondo - Burning
Challengers:
01. Morten Abel - Our Love Is Deep
02. Laleh - Invisible
03. Jennie Löfgren - I Walk Alone
04. Lazyboy - Underwear Goes Inside The Pants
05. Various Danish Artists - Hvor Små Vi Er
Go here to vote for your favorite.
MI has the list of all the Swedish artists receiving stipends for 2005: http://www.musikindustrin.nu/mi/smpage.fwx?page=198&NYHETER=5485
Looks like the entire NorthSide label roster (Hedningarna, Hoven Droven, Harv, Väsen, etc.) got hooked up, hopefully that means lots of new releases from them this year.
Finland's 22 Pistepirkko put up eleven demo tracks for download on their website: http://www.22-pistepirkko.net/download.html
Finnish music blog Lupatarkastaja discusses Scandinavian hardcore with links to mp3s from Totalt Jävla Mörker, Hero Dishonest, Trapdoor Fucking Exit, Abduktio and C.Aarmé: http://lupatarkastaja.blogspot.com/2005/02/luuvitonen-hyv-meininki-niinku-vko-6.html
Music blog Unfinished Novellas discusses Swedish folk/psych artist Pugh Rogefeldt: http://unfinishednovellas.blogspot.com/2005/02/bug-eyes-of-pugh.html
Download a video of The Ark performing "One of us is gonna die young" from a Norwegian TV show: http://www.thearkworld.com/movies/tvshownorge.mov
Apparently The Concretes and The Caesars both had songs featured prominently on ads played during the Grammies broadcast. We'll see if it does anything for their careers.
New pics of Martyrdöd now up at Photo:Henrik: http://www.photohenrik.com/
Marduk drummer Emil Dragutinovic reportedly met the wrong end of a baseball bat in a fight the other night and had his arm broken as a result. Of course that means he'll need some to recover, so all of the band's previously announced gigs for February and March have been cancelled.
Swedish lo-fi electropop act 50 Hertz will contribute a track to the upcoming Björk remix/cover album "Army of me", coming out later this month on her own One Little Indian Records will all proceeds from sales being donated to UNICEF. The tracklist was hand-picked by Björk herself, so they consider it a great privilege to be included. The selection will be billed "50 Hertz featuring Slagsmålsklubben and Häxor och Porr" as members from both bands contributed to the recording.