This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played artist chart:

01. Camera Obscura
02. Radiohead
03. Interpol
04. Phoenix
05. Jens Lekman
06. David & the Citizens
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Tiger Lou
09. Bloc Party
10. Kings of Convenience

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken
02. Camera Obscura - Tears for Affairs
03. Camera Obscura - I Need All the Friends I Can Get
04. The Whitest Boy Alive - Burning
05. Camera Obscura - Dory Previn
06. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
07. Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill
08. Camera Obscura - Come Back Margaret
09. David & the Citizens - Absent Mind
10. The Knife - Silent shout

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Jens Lekman ripped off in a shady advert deal? Perhaps: http://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm

I've just been made aware that Swedish singer/songwriter Frida Hyvönen will be joining Jens Lekman on his upcoming US trek:

07/29 - Second Story, Bloomington, IN
07/28 - The Triple Rock, Minneapolis, MN
07/27 - Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA
07/26 - Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS
07/25 - Southgate House, Cincinatti, OH
07/24 - Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
07/22 - TT The Bear's Place, Boston, MA
07/21 - The Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
07/20 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA

Some new tourdates for Danish (post-)hardcore act Lack:

05/03 - KB, Malmö (SWE) w/Death By Stereo, Himsa, The Banner
05/24 - tba (GER)
05/25 - tba, Paris (FRA)
05/26 - Le Goldwing, Périgueux (FRA)
05/27 - Melusik Festival, Lusignan (FRA)
05/28 - Mac Daid's, Le Havre (FRA)
05/29 - tba, Göttingen (GER)

In case you haven't noticed, I now carry their most recent album "Be there pulse" on both CD and LP.

Absolut Noise gets Swedish singer/songwriter Jens Lekman to answer some questions, though he doesn't seem to put much thought into it at all: http://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2006/04/absnoise-interview-n2_114581805888330856.html

Dusted interviews Jens Lekman: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/482

Updated tourdates for Jens Lekman:

03/13 - Missing Link Records (in-store), Melbourne (AUS)
03/14 - Republic Bar, Hobart (TAS)
03/16 - tba, Auckland (NZ)
03/17 - Odeon Lounge, Auckland (NZ)
03/18 - Happy, Wellington (NZ)
03/21 - Shibuya O-nest, Tokyo (JAP)
03/24 - Grapefruit Moon, Tokyo (JAP)
07/20 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
07/21 - tba, New York, NY
07/22 - TT the Bear's, Boston, MA
07/24 - tba, Cleveland, OH
07/25 - Southgate House, Cincinnati, OH
07/26 - Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS
07/27 - Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA
07/28 - Triple Rock, Minneapolis, MN
07/29 - Second Story, Bloomington, IN
07/30 - Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, IL

The Music for Listeners special program with Jens Lekman from last week is now available for on-demand listening: http://www.musicforlisteners.com/
Not only does it feature a few exclusive live tracks, but it also includes a number of Jens' hand-picked song selections.

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played artist chart:

01. The Knife
02. Belle and Sebastian
03. Tiger Lou
04. Bloc Party
05. Death Cab for Cutie
06. Morrissey
07. Jens Lekman
08. Arctic Monkeys
09. Radiohead
10. The Concretes

The top 10 tracks for the week? Still all about The Knife, for the third week in a row:

01. The Knife - Silent shout
02. The Knife - From off to on
03. The Knife - Neverland
04. The Knife - Na na na
05. The Knife - Marble house
06. The Knife - We share our mother's health
07. The Knife - The captain
08. The Knife - Like a pen
09. The Knife - One hit
10. The Knife - Still light

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This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played artist chart:

01. The Knife
02. Death Cab for Cutie
03. Belle and Sebastian
04. The Flaming Lips
05. Radiohead
06. Sufjan Stevens
07. Bloc Party
08. Jens Lekman
09. The Arcade Fire
10. Johnny Cash

And the top 10 tracks for the week? Still all about The Knife:

01. The Knife - Silent shout
02. The Knife - Still light
03. The Knife - Na na na
04. The Knife - We share our mother's health
05. The Knife - Marble house
06. The Knife - Neverland
07. The Knife - One hit
08. The Knife - Like a pen
09. The Knife - Forest families
10. The Knife - From off to on

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San Antonio-based radio program Music For Listeners on KRTU 91.7 FM will be doing a special Swedish music special on March 4 at midnight including three exclusive tracks from Jens Lekman. Details: http://blog.myspace.com/musicforlisteners

Jens Lekman lists his 10 favorite song discoveries from 2005: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/features/artistlists/l/lekman_jens-06/

Chromewaves reports from seeing Jens Lekman in Utrecht: http://www.chromewaves.net/?itemid=2124

Speaking of Jens Lekman, you can now download all of his tour-only EPs for free: http://www.jenslekman.com/presents.htm

Chromewaves on Jens Lekman with a few tidbits about Radio Dept., The Cardigans and Magnet thrown in for good measure: http://www.chromewaves.net/index.php?itemid=2120

Pitchfork has a ton of Swedish music featured today including a review of The Knife's "Silent Shout" and interviews with both Jens Lekman and Love is All.