New Scandinavian music reviews at Splendid: David Fridlund, Acid House Kings

The Swedish student radio top 20 is back:

01. Acid House Kings - "Tonight is Forever"
02. They Live By Night - "Truth Or Dare"
03. The Greatest Hits - "Give It to Me Baby (med Jesse)"
04. Death Cab For Cutie - "Soul Meets Body"
05. Weeping Willows - "I'm Gonna Let Love Find Me"
06. The Cardigans - "I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer"
07. Ms Dynamite - "Judgement Day"
08. Franz Ferdinand - "Do You Want To"
09. Tegan and Sara - "Speak Slow"
10. Panthers - "Thanks for the Simulacra"
11. Lethal Bizzle - "Uh Oh (I'm Back)"
12. Jem - "Just A Ride"
13. Jack Johnson - "Breakdown"
14. Hello Saferide - "If I don't Write This Song, Someone I Love Will Die"
15. Embassy - "Some Indulgence"
16. Cat5 - "Sexy"
17. Lucknow Pact - "A Few Drinks a Few Laughs"
18. The Legends - "He Knows the Sun"
19. The Cribs - "Mirror Kissers"
20. Maxïmo Park - "Going Missing"

Download "This heart is a stone" from the Acid House Kings: http://www.labrador.se/jul/ahk-this_heart_is_a_stone.mp3 (as recommended by Entertainment Weekly)

Swedish indiepoppers Acid House Kings have posted karaoke mp3s and lyrics for all of the songs on their new album and want to hear your versions. Check it out: http://icyicy.com/acidhousekings/karaoke.php

The Acid House Kings' most recent album "Sing along with Acid House Kings" will get a US release on September 13 via Twentyseven Records. The first 1000 copies will include the karaoke-DVD, just like the Swedish version.

Labrador Records has posted an updated upcoming release schedule:

08/10 - The Legends - "He knows the sun" CDEP
09/14 - The Legends - "Public radio" CD
09/21 - Acid House Kings - "That's because you drive me" CDEP

Music for Robots posts about the new Acid House Kings: http://music.for-robots.com/archives/001065.html
For all the people who compare them to Belle & Sebastian, remember that AHK were around for many years before they existed.

Labrador Records has posted "7 days" from Acid House Kings as a free downloadable single: http://www.labrador.se/

Nerd out with some Acid House Kings karaoke: http://www.labrador.se/news.php3?lab=050511.083514

Acid House Kings
Do what you wanna do
Labrador

Acid House Kings' new EP is viciously sweet, there's no denying that, it knocks me right out of my brown corduroy pants. You see, brown corduroy pants are, just like Acid House Kings, very twee, but whereas "Do what you wanna do" (especially the Belle and Sebastian-esque "This heart is a stone") is excellent, brown corduroy pants are rather drab.
- Simon Tagestam

The new album "Sing along with Acid House Kings" from uh, the Acid House Kings has been confirmed for an April 20 release via Labrador Records.

Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (NY) 22 Pistepirkko - "Rat King"
02. (10) Bloc Party - "So Here We Are"
03. (15) Moneybrother - "They're Building Walls Around Us"
04. (06) Johnossi - "Man Must Dance"
05. (02) Bugz in the Attic - "Booty La La"
06. (NY) Stereo Total - "I am Naked"
07. (07) M83 - "Don't Save Us From the Flames"
08. (03) Kasabian - "Processed Beats"
09. (01) Håkan Hellström - "En midsommarnattsdröm"
10. (04) Deportees - "Champagne Eyes"
11. (NY) The Donnas - "I don't Want to Know (If You don't Want Me)"
12. (NY) New Order - "Krafty"
13. (08) Timbuktu - "Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö"
14. (NY) Sambassadeur - "Between the Lines"
15. (13) Sage Francis - "Sea Lion"
16. (11) Le Tigre - "TKO"
17. (NY) Kristoffer Åström & Hidden Truck - "The Good You Bring"
18. (09) Annie - "My Heartbeat"
19. (NY) Venue Kids - "Down & Out"
20. (NY) Miss Thing - "Jump Up & Rail"

Leaving the chart:
01. Doves - Black And White Town
02. Orishas - Naci Orishas
03. Acid House Kings - This Heart Is A Stone
04. The Radio Dept. - This Past Week
05. Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers
06. Hello Kinski - I've seen you around, what's your destination
07. Mr Jones Machine - Jaguar
08. The Chrysler - Blue Gold

Via Dagensskiva, here's the year's first top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (NY) Håkan Hellström - "En midsommarnattsdröm"
02. (NY) Bugz In The Attic - "Booty La La"
03. (NY) Kasabian - "Processed Beats"
04. (NY) Deportees - "Champagne Eyes"
05. (NY) Doves - "Black and White Town"
06. (NY) Johnossi - "Man Must Dance"
07. (NY) M83 - "Don't Save Us From the Flames"
08. (20) Timbuktu - "Champagne Eyes"
09. (NY) Annie - "My Heartbeat"
10. (NY) Bloc Party - "So Here We Are"
11. (NY) Le Tigre - "TKO"
12. (NY) Orishas - "Naci Orishas"
13. (NY) Sage Francis - "Sea Lion"
14. (12) Acid House Kings - "This Heart is a Stone"
15. (NY) Moneybrother - "They're Building Walls Around Us"
16. (NY) The Radio Dept - "This Past Week"
17. (NY) Eminem - "Like Toy Soldiers"
18. (NY) Hello Kinski - "I've Seen You Around, What's Your Destination"
19. (NY) Mr Jones Machine - "Jaguar"
20. (10) The Chrysler - "Blue Gold"

Labrador Records updated release schedule:

02/09 - Sambassadeur - Between the lines EP
03/02 - Acid House Kings - Do what you wanna do EP
04/04 - Suburban Kids with Biblical Names - #2 EP

Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) Beastie Boys - "An Open Letter To NYC"
02. (03) The Ark - "One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young"
03. (02) Promoe - "Long Distance Runner"
04. (04) Ison & Fille - "Vill Va Highwon"
05. (06) Radio LXMBRG - "L'Indiffirence EP"
06. (05) Faithless - "Miss U Less, See U More"
07. (NY) Slam - "This World"
08. (07) Bloc Party - "Helicopter"
09. (08) Timo Räisänen - "Lovers Are Lonely"
10. (09) The Chrysler - "Blue Gold"
11. (14) The Chemical Brothers - "Galvanize"
12. (NY) Acid House Kings - "This Heart Is A Stone"
13. (NY) Morrissey - "I Have Forgiven Jesus"
14. (13) Rantoboko Feat. Promoe - "Ironical World... Mr President"
15. (NY) ...Trail Of Dead - "Worlds Apart"
16. (18) John Legend - "Used To Love U"
17. (16) Keane - "This Is The Last Time"
18. (NY) USCB Allstars - "Cheap Imitation/Rise Above"
19. (10) The Go! Team - "Ladyflash"
20. (NY) Timbuktu - "Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö"

Hot tracks outside the top 20:
David Lindh & Hail Marys - "Good Thing"
The Concretes - "Lady December"
Nancy Sinatra - "Burnin' Down The Spark"

Leaving the chart:
(11) The Tough Alliance - "Holiday"
(12) CDOASS - "Speak To Me"
(15) Mando Diao - "God Knows"
(17) Snow Patrol - "How To Be Dead"
(19) The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Believe I've Found"
(20) Björk - "Who Is It?"