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Sirius playlist week #51
Here's the playlist for this week's (all-punk/hardcore) radio show:
01. Darkthrone - Hiking metal punks
02. TALK 1
03. Ebba Grön - Staten & kapitalet
04. Massgrav - Jävla fittor
05. Disfear - Live the storm
06. Samtidigt Som - För jag tror att ingen annan kan känna såhär för dig
07. TALK 2
08. We Live In Trenches - Autonomy clinic
09. MABD - Kom kom
10. Black Sheep - Crazy world
11. C.Aarmé - Ti ca tu a
12. Sods - Television sect
13. TALK 3
14. No Hope for the Kids - Rainy day
15. Frivolvol - Take it from the beginning
16. Hanna Hirsch - Ingen kommer sakna oss
17. Silver - Drenched in comfort
18. TALK 4
19. Randy - Win or lose
20. Victims - Your division
21. Smalltown - Warning
22. Lögnhalsmottagningen - Bodybuilder
23. M:40 - Sista tiden
24. TALK 5
25. Hebosagil - Cosmic
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XM U. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers. Next week's show (December 28/29) will be all jazz.
Top Sirius news
Attention Sirius/XM listeners: this week's show (Dec. 21/22) will be a special punk/hardcore feature and the following week (Dec. 28/29) will be all jazz. Playlists will be posted (eventually). Regular programming will return in 2009.
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Sanna, Shirley, Sonja - Our Christmas
02. Per Gessle - Party crasher
03. Lasse Stefanz - Svängjul
04. ABBA - The albums (9CD box set)
05. Hans Alfredsson/Tage Danielsson/Lasse O'Månsson - Lindemans låda - Fullare än någonsin
06. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
07. Vikingarna - Den sista dansen - Live från Arvika
08. Amy Diamond - En helt ny Jul
09. Ulf Lundell - Omaha
10. Lena + Orup - Dubbel
11. Charlotte Perrelli - Rimfrostjul
12. Carola - I denna natt blir världen ny - Jul i Betlehem II
13. Darin - Flashback
14. Anna Ternheim - Leaving on a mayday
15. Jill Johnson - Baby blue paper
16. Christer Sjögren - Mitt sköna sextiotal
17. Magnus Carlsson - Re:collection 93-08
18. Eldkvarn - Hunger Hotell
19. Takida - Bury the lies
20. Frida Hyvönen - Silence is wild
Zip licenses Little Red Snapper
Zip Records has licensed Swedish power-pop act Little Red Snapper for a US release. Expect to see their album "Morning light" appear over here sometime in April.
RinneRadio celebrate 20 years
RinneRadio's 20th anniversary collection is streaming in its entirety at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/rinneradio
Read more about the collection (and the band) right here: http://www.rinneradio.com/news.htm
The Sound of Arrows - M.A.G.I.C. (video)
Check out a mini-video for the new The Sound of Arrows single "M.A.G.I.C.": http://vimeo.com/2552849
Fiktion - Epoché
Frukt Records has a brand new album from the group Fiktion posted for free download: http://www.fruktrecords.se/
Marching Band to London
Marching Band are doing a one-off gig in London at The Luminaire on January 8 with The Clientele.
Musik med Those Dancing Days
Live music with Those Dancing Days at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/12/19/musik-med-those-dancing-days/
I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper get down to "Dark business"
Finnish act I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper are giving away their new mini-album "Dark business" as a free download: http://www.iwatsw.com/darkbusiness
One Weekly Gun #39
Hits in the Car on the latest (and last?) song from Danish DIY artist One Weekly Gun: http://stytzer.blogspot.com/2008/12/one-xmas-song.html
Lampshade - Stop pause play
Lampshade's new 6-track MCD "Stop pause play" is now confirmed for release on January 26. Preview/pre-order at the band's website: http://www.lampshade.dk/
Paddington Distortion Combo live video
Watch a high quality video clip of Paddington Distortion Combo playing live in Berlin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V3ddSV_tkw&fmt=18
Scandinavian artists in Pitchfork's top 50 albums of 2008
Scandinavian artists in Pitchfork's top 50 albums of 2008 list: The Tallest Man on Earth (#47), Lykke Li (#45), Air France (#14) and Lindstrøm (#12). Read more: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/148001-the-50-best-albums-of-2008