Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums from Aftonbladet:
01. Europe - Med vidöppna fönster
02. Tomas Ledin - Med vidöppna fönster
03. Per Gessle - Mazarin
04. Sara Löfgren - Starkare
05. Weeping Willows - Presence
06. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
07. Owe Thörnqvist - Då nu alltid/Bästa
08. Roland Cedermark - Så skimrande var aldrig havet
09. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
10. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
11. Patrik Isaksson - Vi som aldrig landat
12. Carola - Guld platina & passion
13. Mikael Wiehe - Kärlek & politik
14. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
15. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
16. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
17. The Mo - Night at the zoo
18. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
19. Stefan Andersson - Strangers house
20. Svante Thuresson - Bästa
On April 30 Rock Alliance/Bootleg Booze will release the new record from Örebro, Sweden's 'undisputed masters of Hillbilly Punkrock 'n' Roll' The Accidents. The album is called "All Time High" and was recorded at Soundlab Studios by Mieszko Talarczyk (Nasum). The CD will come packaged in a nice digipack and the vinyl will come out later this summer.
New pics of Voice of a Generation up at Musique One Stop: http://www.photohenrik.com/mos/
I had a hunch it was just too good to be true. That TSOOL news from yesterday was Ebbot fucking around and giving Stockholm City Paper an early April Fool's joke. Good one! The statement from the official fansite at tsool.net:
"The newspaper “Stockholm City” that was disturbing Ebbot in his creative process and wanted an interview. So Ebbot gave them what they wanted “the perfect scoop”. The chain reaction started and we could find the breaking news in papers, websites and TV all over. Even here on the site, cause I hadn’t heard about it and when everybody else came with the same news I posted it before I confirmed it with the guys. Sorry for that! So there is no ”We are the world” project on the coming album just an early “April fools day” joke from our beloved singer! But the album is still going to be released the second half of this year and it’s not until then we know how it will sound!
Pics from the ExMS Showcase at CBGBs in NYC earlier this week: http://toomuchrock.com/shows/hs.html
As mentioned before, I'll be making the long drive from SF to LA for the show tomorrow. See you there?
Music biz mailing list Recordoftheday.com has selected Denmark's Hush as their, uh, "record of the day" featured soundclip. They say "Hush should do great business and will benefit from having a worldwide deal with the same label which has recently broken Junior Senior across Europe."
Artists playing the Jyrock Festival at Ilokivi in Jyvaskyla, Finland on April 16-17: José González, Datarock, Putsch '79, Uusi Fantasia, Huoratron, 22 Pistepirkko, Kuusumun Profeetta, Hidria Spacefolk, Serkkupojat & MattiP and Zarkus Poussa. More info: http://www.jyu.fi/jyrock/
Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (01) Marit Bergman Feat. Cecilia Nordlund "Adios Amigos"
02. (02) Promoe "These Walls Don't Lie"
03. (03) Teddybears Sthlm Feat. Mad Cobra "Cobrastyle"
04. (15) Graham Coxon "Freakin' Out"
05. (08) Infinite Mass "No.1 Swartskalle"
06. (10) Nikola Sarcevic "Lovetrap"
07. (05) Gomez "Catch Me Up"
08. (07) Syd Matters "Black & White Eyes"
09. (NY) The Vines "Ride"
10. (11) Phoenix "Everything Is Everything"
11. (12) Tiger Lou "Oh Horatio"
12. (17) Kanye West "Through The Wire"
13. (19) Swan Lee "I Don't Mind"
14. (04) Ima Robot "Alive"
15. (06) Spring In Paris "Can I Stay"
16. (NY) Geeza "I Know You Don't Like Me (I Hate You)"
17. (09) Laakso "Aussie Girl"
18. (13) The Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon"
19. (NY) Placebo "English Summer Rain"
20. (14) Damien Rice "Volcano"
Leaving the chart:
16. Jens Lekman "Rocky Dennis In Heaven EP"
18. Ash "Clones"
20. Bring Me The Fucking Riot...Man "In Love With The Riot"
Updated dates for Randy's US tour supporting the Bouncing Souls:
04/18 - Convention Hall Complex (Skate & Surf Fest), Asbury Park, NJ
04/21 - Pops, Sauget, IL
04/22 - Granada Theatre, Lawrence, KS
04/23 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
04/24 - Metro, Chicago, IL
04/25 - Bogart's, Cincinnati, OH
04/27 - Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI
04/28 - The World, Pittsburgh, PA
04/29 - The Nation, Washington, DC
04/30 - Lupo's at the Strand, Providence, RI
04/01 - Toad's Place, New Haven, CT
04/02 - State Theatre, Portland, ME
04/04 - Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, ON
04/05 - Sphere, Buffalo, NY
04/06 - BB King's, New York, NY
The Hives finally got a new website online: http://www.hivesmusic.com/
Upcoming live dates:
03/20 - Emo's (SXSW), Austin, TX (US)
06/05 - Download, Donnington (UK)
06/26 - Hurricane, Schessel (DK)
06/27 - Southside, Neuhausen (DK)
07/10 - Quart Festival (NOR)
08/07 - WTC Open Air Stadium, Osaka (JAP)
08/08 - Marine Stadium, Tokyo (JAP)
09/04 - Independiente, Bologna (ITA)
09/05 - Independiente, Bologna (ITA)
Dark Tranquility is now confirmed for some new dates in Japan:
05/01 - Club Quattro, Nagoya
05/02 - Big Cat, Osaka
05/03 - Shibuya Ax, Tokyo
Download "The Fireworks of Genesis" from Norway's Winds: http://www.theend.cd/mp3/Winds_TheImaginaryDirectionOfTime_FireworksofGenesis.mp3
The song comes from the 'neoclassical dark-metal' band's forthcoming album "The Imaginary Direction of Time" which comes out April 27 on The End Records.
Marit Bergman will be doing a few acoustic in-store appearances in Sweden next week:
03/24 - Skivfönstret, Stockholm
03/25 - Tropez, Uppsala
03/26 - CD Specialisten, Göteborg
03/27 - Folk och Rock, Malmö + Lund
Finland's Desert Planet has a new mailing list with an exclusive mp3 for members and a new message board. More info: http://personal.inet.fi/taide/junttila/desert/engani/index.htm
Swedish rapper Petter has updated his website with details on his new album: http://www.petter.nu/
The first single "Fredrik Snortare och Cecilia Synd" comes out March 24 and includes the b-side "Håller det hårt" with a guest appearance from Ison & Fille. The full length "Ronin" comes out April 28 and features eleven tracks.