Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. The Rasmus - Guilty
02. Ana - We Are
03. Snook - Mister Cool
04. Tungtvann - Plan B
05. Maria Mena - Just A Little Bit
06. Johnny De Luxe - Drømmer jeg
07. Bomfunk MC's - No Way In Hell
08. Saybia - Brilliant Sky
09. Christian Walz - Wonderchild
10. Ayesha - Fire
11. Erik Faber - Yesterday´s Call
12. Sugarplum Fairy - Sweet Jackie
13. Private Line - 1-800-Out Of Nowhere
14. Melody Club - Take Me Away
15. Beats And Styles - Dance Dance Dance
16. The Confusions - Window
17. Empire Dogs - Oh Lord
18. Anna Ternheim - To Be Gone
19. Bring Me The Fucking Riot Man - The Riot Boys Got Your Soul
20. Moi Caprice - Riding In Cars With Girls
Challengers:
01. Mando Diao - Clean Town
02. Annie - Chewing Gum
03. Brainpool - Junk
04. Lazyboy - Facts Of Life
05. Miio - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
06. Kaada - AllrightR No
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
Here's this week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:
01. The Rasmus - Guilty (FIN)
02. Nightwish - Wish I had an angel (FIN)
03. Johnny Deluxe - Drömmer jeg? (DK)
04. Lazyboy - Facts of life (DK)
05. Nine - Anxienty report (SWE)
06. Snook - Mister Cool (SWE)
07. Björk - Oceania (ICE)
08. Ville Pusa - I dina ögon (FIN)
09. Indica - Ikuinen virta (FIN)
10. Annie - Chewing gum (NOR)
Challengers:
11. Bomfunk MC's - No way in hell (FIN)
12. Týr - Regin smidur (DK)
13. Melody Club - Take me away (SWE)
Nominees for the 2004 Musikförläggarnas Pris:
Best song:
Thomas "Orup" Eriksson - Det gör ont (BMG Music Publishing)
Staffan Lindfors, Johan Kindblom - Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja (Air Chrysalis)
Infinite Mass, Rodrigo Pencheff, Amir Chamdin - The Thief (Murlyn Songs)
Lisa Miskovsky, Jocke Berg - Lady Stardust (Universal Music Publishing, BMG Music Publishing)
Best lyrics/composition:
Lisa Miskovsky/Jocke Berg (Universal Music Publishing, BMG Music Publishing)
Marit Bergman (Air Chrysalis)
Per Gessle (Jimmy Fun)
Bo Sundström (Sony ATV Music Publishing)
Most important concert piece:
Daniel Börtz - Hans namn var Orestes (Gehrmans Musikförlag)
Anders Eliasson - Konsert för altsaxofon och orkester (Gehrmans Musikförlag)
Sven-David Sandström - Concert Pieces For Percussion And Orchestra (Gehrmans Musikförlag)
Carl Unander-Scharin - Byrgitta (Manus)
Best international success:
Anders Bagge (EMI Music Publishing/Murlyn Songs)
Andreas Carlsson (Warner/Chappell Music)
The Hives (Songs & Stories Publishing)
Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback (Toxic) (Murlyn Songs)
Best newcomer:
José González (Misty Music)
Kamera (BMG Music Publishing)
Sara Löfgren (Mariann)
Tobias Karlsson (Warner Chappell Music)
Awards will be handed out at a ceremony in Nalen on October 28.
Norway's dark/glam rock act Malice in Wonderland reports that guitarist Rikki Foxx has left the band after seven years with the group so he can move to Berlin with his girlfriend Monica, MIW's makeup artist and creative assistant. Taking his place will be Tracy Loveless whose other projects include The Entity. Look for the band's new self-titled album in November via Karisma Records.
Marit Bergman is doing a special acoustic tour in Sweden to support her new EP for the single "Can I keep him?". Dates:
11/02 - Hörsalen, Norrköping
11/03 - Gisleparken, Gislaved
11/04 - Stadshallen, Lund
11/05 - Pusterviksteatern, Göteborg
11/09 - S2, Borlänge
11/10 - Folkets Hus, Östersund
11/11 - Norrlandsoperan, Umeå
11/12 - Pinkerton, Skellefteå
11/13 - Sliperiet, Örnsköldsvik
11/15 - Rival, Stockholm
Delusions of Adequacy weighs in with their take on Dungen: http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewid=4729
Hanoi Rocks is totally 100% unafraid to talk shit! Check out this interview with Rock United in which they slam Mötley Crüe and Gene Simmons and also manage to talk a bit about what the band is up to: http://www.rockunited.com/hanoi2004.htm
The CDs for the "It's a trap! reader's companion volume one" compilation are done on their way. According to UPS tracking I should be receiving them on Tuesday which means that preorders can possibly be shipped out that very same day. Order in advance and I'll be sure to make it worth your while! Assuming I'm able to stay organized, the plan is to have postmarked and addressed envelopes ready to go.
The Shout Out Louds are coming back to the US for a couple shows:
10/08 - Spaceland, LA, CA
10/14 - Mercury Lounge, NYC, NY
Peter, Bjorn and John's new album "Falling out" has been confirmed for an October 20 release via Planekonomi. The first single "It beats me every time" came out earlier this summer and is the kick-off track on my upcoming comp. The new single is an older song by The Concretes called "Teen love" and should be hitting radio soon. There will be a special record release show at Svenska Musikklubben on October 13. More info here: http://www.svenskamusikklubben.se/
Mustasch is heading to Germany for a few shows in December:
12/16 - Logo, Hamburg (GER)
12/17 - Underground, Köln (GER)
12/18 - Knaack, Berlin (GER)
Marduk has revealed that the title of their next album will be "Plague Angel". It's tentatively due out around mid-October from Regain Records.
The new issue of Lowcut Webzine is now online: http://www.lowcut.dk/
Artists featured include Ghost Rocket, Tæve and more.
Swedish hip-hop artist Fronda now has a website online: http://www.fronda.se/