Tomas Andersson Wij has written a song called "En svensk rockstjärnas död" for Totta Näslund's new album and guests on acoustic guitar on the recording. It comes out on November 17.
The National Anthems will be supporting Embrace (UK) on tour in Germany and Austria:
11/26 - Grünspan, Hamburg (GER)
11/27 - Zakk, Düsseldorf (GER)
11/28 - Elser-Zusatzhalle, München (GER)
11/29 - Szene Wien, Wien (AUS)
12/01 - Kalkscheune, Berlin (GER)
12/02 - Prime Club, Köln (GER)
The Cardigans have updated their web diary with pics and stories from the 'Chicks with Attitudes' tour: http://cardigans.com/microsites/tourdiary/
SubSpace Communications has licensed to release of Universal Poplab's self-titled debut album to Dance Paradise for release in Russia on CD and the almost-totally forgotten format of cassette. It comes out this week and they'll also be releasing Vacuum's newest album over there in early November.
Punk of Country will be posted a new, free websingle on November 24 called "Yes, I go away" to coincide with the release of their album "Leaving the trees behind". That will also be the day that their first websingle "My happy days" will be taken down, so head over to their website to hook it up if you haven't already done so: http://www.punkofcountry.com/
All-star Swedish punkrock sideproject Urkke T & The Midlife Crisis will be releasing a single with three cover tunes on it before the end of the year. The tracklist:
01. Sick Of You (The Users)
02. Centre Of Lies (Warheads)
03. The American In Me (The Avengers)
The full lineup of the band is Urrke (Maryslim) on bass/lead vocals, Dregen (Backyard Babies) on guitar/vocals, Måns Maggot (The Maggots) on guitar/vocals, and Robban E (The Hellacopters) on drums/vocals.
Millencolin frontman Nikola Sarcevic will be taking his solo act on the road with four gigs in Germany this December. Backing him will be various folks from The Peepshows and Bombshell Rocks. Dates:
12/07 - Molotow, Hamburg
12/08 - Mud Club, Berlin
12/09 - Prime Club, Köln
12/10 - Amadeus, Oldenburg
Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. HIM - And Love Said No
02. Sugarplum Fairy - Sweet Jackie
03. Bomfunk MC's - No Way In Hell
04. Private Line - 1-800-Out Of Nowhere
05. Annie - Chewing Gum
06. Dhani - Girl Talk
07. Mando Diao - Clean Town
08. Snook - Mister Cool
09. Lazyboy - Facts Of Life
10. Blacknuss - All Your Lovin'
11. Ana - We Are
12. Beats And Styles - Renegades
13. Christian Walz - Wonderchild
14. Blue Foundation - Save This Town
15. Hanna Pakarinen - How Can I Miss You
16. Petter - Tidens tempo/Prolog
17. Tigerbombs - 1000 Sparks
18. Soundtrack of Our Lives - Bigtime
19. Cirera - Fake Vegetarian Ex Girlfriend
20. Masayah - Felicia
Challengers:
01. Nightwish - Wish I Had
02. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Rent A Wreck
03. Powersolo - Oak Tree Girl
04. Stephen Simmonds - Mother Mary
05. Mighty 44 / Anna Nordell - This Love Ain't Going On
06. Elin Lanto - I Won't Cry
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
Mp3 blog Sounds of Sweden is going on vacation to Belgium, but not without leaving us a selection of pop hits to check out while their gone: http://soundsofsweden.blogspot.com/
Here's this week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:
01. Steep - Complete lack of ideals and integrity (FIN)
02. Nephew - Superliga (DK)
03. Týr - Regin smidur (DK)
04. The Confusions - Window (SWE)
05. The Rasmus - Guilty (FIN)
06. Nightwish - Wish I had an angel (FIN)
07. Ana Johnsson - Don't cry for pain (SWE)
08. Snook - Mister Cool (SWE)
09. Johnny Deluxe - Drömmer jeg? (DK)
10. Humane - Crucify (FIN)
Challengers:
11. Giant Robot - Get up (FIN)
12. The Knife - Heartbeats (SWE)
13. Virgo - Bubbles (DK)
Aversionline has posted reviews for Swedish crust acts Abductee SD and Imperial Leather and also Thirdimension: http://www.aversionline.com/
Mp3 blog Music (for Robots) posts a track from Kings of Convenience and gives a shout-out to IAT! in the process: http://music.for-robots.com/archives/000593.html
Peep the video for Magnet's cover of "Lay lady lay": http://www.filter-mag.com/media/interior.178.html
Check out the video for "Come on, come on" from The Ackermans: http://www.plugged.se/records/documents/ackermanscomeon1min-hi.mov