Here are the winners of this year's Swedish Radio (SR) P3 Guld Awards:
Guldmicken (best live act): Håkan Hellström
Best hip-hop/soul: Afasi & Filthy
Best dance: Style of Eye
Best newcomer: Lykke Li
Best song: Markus Krunegård – Jag är en vampyr
Best pop: El Perro del Mar
Best group: Johnossi
Best rock/metal: In Flames
Best artist: Håkan Hellström
I don't usually post dates for tours within Scandinavia, but the normally reticent Karin Dreijer Andersson is taking Fever Ray on the road:
03/09 - Parkteatern, Oslo (NOR)
03/20 - Babel, Malmö (SWE)
03/21 - Storan, Göteborg (SWE)
03/22 - Vega, Köpenhamn (DK)
03/26 - Kägelbanan, Stockholm (SWE)
03/27 - Umeå Open, Umeå (SWE)
03/28 - Kulturens hus, Luleå (SWE)
Swedish psychrockers Dead Man are coming over for an East Coast tour in February:
02/05 - Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY
02/06 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia PA
02/07 - Talking Head Club, Baltimore, MD
02/08 - Nara Sushi, Richmond, VA
02/09 - Nightlight, Chapel Hill
02/10 - The Earl, Atlanta, GA
02/11 - JJ Bohemias, Chatanooga, TN
02/12 - Skull Alley, Louisville, KY
02/13 - Venue TBC, Chicago, IL
02/14 - Riveria Theatre, Three Rivers, MI
02/15 - Bourbon Street Cafe, Columbus, OH
02/17 - Bug Jar, Rochester, NY
02/19 - The Middle East Club (Upstairs), Boston, MA
02/21 - The Cake Shop, New York, NY
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show on Sirius XMU:
01. Dyno - Don't speak love
02. TALK 1
03. Regina - Totuus minusta
04. Joenssu 1685 - Kill/shot/love
05. They Live - Magic glasses
06. TALK 2
07. Viola - We owe love
08. Orchestra Senza Tensta - The red elephant battles the bear
09. Livaventura - 2 out of nothing
10. TALK 3
11. Halph - Cheap points
12. Pacta - Sille
13. Scraps of Tape - Bring the heavy
14. TALK 4
15. Anssi 800 & Maria Stereo - Zion king
16. The Scrags - Psycho cyclone
17. Samtidigt Som - Vid mid sida
18. TALK 5
19. Seance - Wasted
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Apoteket ApanIf Håkan Hellström were singing in a Franz Ferdinand, Razorlight-influenced indiepop band, he would sound like the Uppsala 7-piece Apoteket Apan (Swedish for "Pharmacy Monkey"). In their new self-released EP "Det är något med den där ödsligheten" Apoteket Apan demonstrate that they are a very able band that has got what it takes to write inspired tunes. Jonas Furberg has a charismatic, straightforward voice and the smart chord changes, the strong melodies, some well-chosen keyboard bleeps; glockenspiels and vocal harmonies create a very interesting palette. Apoteket Apan are almost there, but they should take more time to further enhance and develop these elements in order to stand out of the large pile of bands with a similar sound. In the meantime, they have made their whole catalogue available on their website as a free download and they definitely deserve your attention.
- Vasilis Panagiotopoulos
Tiger Lou had a couple fellows following them around on their recent German tour with video cameras shooting a documentary feature. The finished product isn't ready yet, but you can watch a teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABfVEqTsH8k
The new Montt Mardié single "Names not forgotten" is streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/monttmardie
Pacemaker talks to Swedish techno duo Boeoes Kaelstigen: http://www.pacemaker.net/default.aspx?documentID=294&entryID=10543
And check out the mix they did for them here: http://www.pacemaker.net/boeoes_kaelstigen/mixes/24_month_esram_anniversary_mix
Motorpsycho have recorded a track with Jello Biafra for a Norwegian Patrick Fitzgerald tribute record: http://www.myspace.com/440482258
Other relevant contributors include The School and 3rd & the Mortal, among others.
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Frøya - Jenta fra landet
02. Marit Larsen - The Chase
03. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Pust
04. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
05. Tommy Tokyo feat Starving for My Gravy - Smear Your Smiles Back On
06. The September When - Judas Kiss
07. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Mål & Mening
08. Vamp - St. Mandag
09. Odd Børretzen/Lars Martin Myhre - Syv sørgelige sanger og tre triste
10. Madcon - An Inconvenient Truth
11. Erlend Bratland - True Colors
12. Ida Jenshus - Color of the Sun
13. Torstein Sødal - Torstein Sødal
14. Ole Ivars - Platina
15. Sie Gubba - Hemafrå
16. Maria Mena - Cause & Effect
17. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix Junior Nordic
18. Madrugada - Madrugada
19. AF1 - Alle For En
20. Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Scotts - På vårt sätt
02. Anna Ternheim - Leaving on a mayday
03. Irya's Playground - Irya's playground
04. Magnus Carlsson - Re:collection 93-08
05. Takida - Bury the lies
06. ABBA - The albums (9CD box set)
07. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
08. Per Gessle - Party crasher
09. Ulf Lundell - Omaha
10. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
11. Jill Johnson - Baby blue paper
12. Lena + Orup - Dubbel
13. Kleerup - Kleerup
14. Petter - X - Greatest hits
15. Frida Hyvönen - Silence is wild
16. Titiyo - Hidden
17. Timo Räisänen - ...And then there was timo
18. In Flames - A sense of purpose
19. ABBA - ABBA gold - Greatest hits
20. Bo Kaspers Orkester - 8
The Local talks to Nina Persson about A Camp: http://www.thelocal.se/16968/20090116/
MI reports on Snowfish, a new social networking/revenue sharing site being run by a team of Swedish and American music execs: http://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/392/Snowfish__framtidens_satt_att_publicera_sig_online.html (in Swedish)
The one thing they left out, and probably one of the most important details, the url: http://snowfish.com/
Denmark's biggest hip-hop artist Jokeren will be back with the new album "Den tørstige digter" on February 23. Hear the first single "Gå væk" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/eljokerino
