Check out Blända, a new band featuring Magnus Josefsson (Mollgan, Jonny Kock), Johan Lejmark (Varmvatten), Christoffer Schlee and Fredrik Björling (Dungen, The Guild): http://www.myspace.com/blandaband
The band's debut 7" will be released this summer via Fashionpolice Records and features a wide assortment of guest stars such as Ulf Stureson, Mattias "Tiaz" Gustafsson (Dungen, Life On Earth), Tove Leander (Stella Rocket) and more.

Nöjesguiden's top 10 Swedish albums of the year:

01. Säkert! - Säkert!
02. The Tough Alliance - A New Chance
03. Laakso - Mother, Am I Good Looking?
04. Dungen - Tio Bitar
05. Christian Kjellvander - I Saw Her From Here/I Saw Here From Her
06. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
07. Frida Hyvönen - Music From the Dance Performance Pudel
08. Conny Nimmersjö - Skörheten & Oljudet
09. Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
10. Anna Järvinen - Jag fick feeling

In case you haven't seen the news already, the webzine Stylus is closing down after today so they've posted their 2007 best song and best album lists. Scandinavian artists on the former include Weeping Willows and The Field while the former includes Dungen, Studio and The Field.

Dusted reviews Life on Earth!, the band of Dungen multi-instrumentalist Mattias Gustavsson: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3671

Gustav Ejstes (Dungen) lists five of of his favorite Swedish albums for Harp: http://harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=5700

Pitchfork on Dungen's new video for "Familj": http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/43481-dungen-familj

Listmania! 2007 so far

Pitchfork reviews the new Dungen record "Tio bitar": http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/42916-tio-bitar

PopMatters weighs in on the new Dungen album: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/38959/dungen-tio-bitar/

Dusted reviews the new Dungen album "Tio bitar": http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3581
Stylus covers it as well: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/dungen/tio-bitar.htm

Here is the international release schedule for the new Dungen album "Tiu bitar":

04/25 - Scandinavia (Subliminal Sounds/Border)
04/25 - Europe (Subliminal Sounds/Megarock/Clear Spot)
05/11 - Germany/Austria/Switzerland (Subliminal Sounds/Broken Silence)
05/15 - North America (Kemado)
05/21 - UK (Subliminal Sounds/Shellshock)
06/02 - Australia (Dew Process)
06/04 - Japan (Vroom Sound)

All of which means that it probably leaked weeks, if not months, ago.

Paper Thin Walls has a review of a new Dungen track: http://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=558

Dungen talks to Filter about their forthcoming album, now titled "Tio bitar": http://blog.filter-mag.com/filter/2007/02/first_impressio.html

Pitchfork talks to Dungen about the forthcoming record, due out around May 1 on Kemado in the US and Subliminal Sounds in Sweden: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/40524/Exclusive_Gustav_Ejstes_Talks_New_Dungen_Album

Check out Life on Earth, the new solo project of Mattias Gustavsson from Dungen: http://www.myspace.com/lifeonearth1
Look for their debut album on Subliminal Sounds early next year.