This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) Kristian Anttila - "Paul Weller"
02. (05) Tiger Lou - "The Loyal"
03. (NY) Test Icicles - "Circle Square Triangle"
04. (NY) Queens of the Stone Age - " Burn the Witch"
05. (07) Christian Kjellvander - "Drunken Hands"
06. (14) Saian Supa Crew - "La Patte"
07. (04) David Sandström Overdrive - "The Crotch of a Saturday"
08. (NY) Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet U Look Good on the Dancefloor"
09. (03) Willowtree - "Attention Ms"
10. (05) Tiga - "You Gonna Want Me"
11. (06) Katie Goes to Tokyo - "Moving From This Town"
12. (19) Sophie Rimheden - "Can You Save Me"
13. (09) Bloc Party - "Two More Years"
14. (NY) Architecture in Helsinki - "Do the Whirlwind"
15. (12) Röyksopp - "What Else is There?"
16. (NY) Thåström - "Fanfanfan"
17. (NY) The Strokes - "Juicebox"
18. (ÅT) Randy - "Razorblade"
19. (15) Princess Superstar - "My Machine"
20. (11) Loveninjas - "Keep Your Love"

Leaving the chart: Acid House Kings, Brakes, CDOASS, Paris, Pharell, Pete Philly & Perquisite and The Rakes

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
02. Eva Dahlgren - Snö
03. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
04. Laleh - Laleh
05. Christian Kjellvander - Faya
06. Nanne - Alltid på väg
07. ABBA - ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits - JTM
08. Björn Afzelius - Björn Afzelius bästa
09. Monica Zetterlund - Monicas bästa
10. Darin - Darin
11. Christer Sjögren - Love Me Tender
12. Weeping Willows - Singles Again
13. Mauro Scocco - Herr Jimsons äventyr
14. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader (sjunger Dan Andersson)
15. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
16. Ulf Lundell - Lazarus
17. Emilia De Poret - A Lifetime in a Moment
18. Carola - Störst av allt
19. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
20. Hans Martin - Minnenas promenad

The Margarets will go into the studio next week to record a cover of Roy Orbison's "Pretty woman" for use in director Hans Petter Moland's new film "Gynmaslærer Pedersen". The film is set to premiere in February.

Head over to Christian Kjellvander's website to listen to samples from every track on his new album "Faya" and to see the video for the first single "Drunken hands": http://www.christiankjellvander.com/

Nina Persson of The Cardigans contributes some guest vocals on the upcoming Christian Kjellvander album "Faya", due out October 19. Read more: http://www.cardigans.com/?sid=article&pid=read&id=3073

Christian Kjellvander's new album "Faya" comes out on October 19. The first single "Drunken hands" comes out in September.

Podcast: Summer bummer, pt. 2

Swedish singer/songwriter Christian Kjellvander will tour the UK in July as support for Danny George Wilson (Grand Drive):

07/12 - Bar Academy, Birmingham
07/13 - Carling Academy 2, Liverpool
07/15 - Star Rowing Club, Bedford
07/18 - St. Bonaventure's Club, Bristol
07/19 - Hanbury Ballroom, Brighton
07/20 - Bar Academy, London

Christian Kjellvander plans to begin recording his new album later this month.

Mattias Hellberg will be joining fellow Swedish singer/songwriter Christian Kjellvander on the following French tourdates:

03/13 - TNT, Nantes (FRA)
03/14 - Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
03/16 - La Cyrius, Lyon (FRA)
03/17 - Le Ciel, Grenoble (FRA)

Christian Kjellvander has confirmed more European tourdates:

02/24 - Tottebo, Åre (SWE)
02/25 - Tottebo, Åre (SWE)
03/10 - Schuur, Luzern (CH)
03/11 - La Cartonnerie, Reims (FRA) w/Laura Veirs, Cyann & Ben
03/12 - La Maroquinerie, Paris (FRA) w/Laura Veirs
03/13 - TNT, Nantes (FRA)
03/16 - La Cyrius, Lyon (FRA)
03/17 - Le Ciel, Grenoble (FRA)
03/19 - Le Romandie, Lausanne (CH)
03/20 - Wild Rover, Aachen (GER)
03/21 - Weltbühne, Hamburg (GER)
03/22 - Römer, Bremen (GER)

Christian Kjellvander will support Veirs for a couple dates in France and will also do a couple shows in Åre at the end of February:

02/25 - Åre (SWE)
02/26 - Åre (SWE)
03/11 - Reims (FRA)
03/12 - Paris (FRA)

Christian Kjellvander's excellent album "Songs from a two room chapel" will finally be released in the UK and Spain on January 10. In other news, Christian will be travelling to Paris to play a solo gig at La Maroquinerie on December 13.

Christian Kjellvander will be touring Sweden at the end of November to begin testing new material for his next album. As you should already know, Christian took an extensive vacation in the US this past year to write and relax and also do a few West Coast dates with The Cardigans (plus one in SF that I personally set up). Joining up on these upcoming dates will be Anders Tingsek on bass and vionlinist Tomas Ebrelius. Dates:

11/28 - Öst 100, Stockholm
12/01 - Kino, Karlskrona
12/02 - KB, Malmö
12/04 - Tivoli, Helsingborg
12/05 - Bommens Salonger, Göteborg

It's not enough that he has to take a boat when travelling abroad - no, Christian Kjellvander seems to like going about everything the long way. At long last it can be announced that Startracks has signed an international licensing agreement to release Christian's music in the UK and the US through the French label Fargo. "Songs for a two room chapel" will be released in Spain and France on October 18, in the UK on November 18 and finally in the US sometime around February. Smart Americans can already buy the record through my mailorder, but hey - it'll be good to finally see it in stores as well. Christian will be in Paris on October 1 to do press and the following day he will support Neal Casal at Cafe De La Danse.

Here's the lineup for the Startracks Dagen afterparty show happening at Mondo following the free outdoor concert with Kristofer Åström and Christian Kjellvander: Tiger Lou, The Fine Arts Showcase and Be Under Centary Knife (BUCK). Tickets are 80 sek and doors open at 10pm.