This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. Outlandish - Aicha
02. The Rasmus - In My Life
03. The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound
04. Lene - It´s Your Duty
05. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
06. Killer - Naughty Boy
07. Mew - 156
08. Bertine Zetlitz - Twisted Little Star
09. The Lost Patrol feat. Lisa Miskovsky - Alright
10. Paperboys - What U Need
11. Kurt Nilsen - She´s So High
12. Looptroop - Don´t Hate The Player
13. Span - Found
14. Darude - Next To You
15. HIM - The Sacrament
16. Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
17. Beats & Styles - Dynamite
18. Moneybrother - Stormy Weather
19. Nu - Any Other Girl
20. José Gonzales - Crosses

Challengers:
01. The Monotypes - Tonight
02. Carpark North - Transparant And Glasslike
03. Paris - Disco Fever
04. Fattaru - Bättre
05. The Unisex - Take Me Higher

Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - In My Life
02. Outlandish - Aicha
03. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
04. The Lost Patrol feat. Lisa Miskovsky - Alright
05. Killer - Naughty Boy
06. The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound
07. Kurt Nilsen - She´s So High
08. Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
09. Span - Found
10. Bertine Zetlitz - Twisted Little Star
11. Darude - Next To You
12. HIM - The Sacrament
13. Paperboys - What U Need
14. Don Johnson Big Band - One MC, One Delay
15. Paula Lobos - It´s Your Life
16. Outlandish - Guantanamo
17. Nu - Any Other Girl
18. C21 - She Cries
19. José Gonzales - Crosses
20. Moneybrother - Stormy Weather

Challengers:
01. Mew - 156
02. Moder Jords Massiva - Sound And Sense
03. Lene - It´s Your Duty
04. Beats & Styles - Dynamite
05. Jay Kid - Blame It On The Boogie
06. Looptroop - Don´t Hate The Player

Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.

PopMatters.com has posted a great, well-written review of Junior Senior. One of the great things they mention is how the length of the record, while short, is just right. I'd even do away with the bonus tracks - an album that sugary and fun doesn't need to be longer than 30 minutes. Heck, most records don't need to be longer than 30 minutes. Okay, rant over. And in another quip of a review today, Kingblind calls the album "pure, unadulterated joy. People who don't like this must hate animals or some shit."

Junior Senior will be doing a record signing in SF at the Tower Records ar Market and Noe on September 6 at 1pm. They also posted a couple new tour dates to their website, so head on over to check 'em out.

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - In My Life
02. The Lost Patrol feat. Lisa Miskovsky - Alright
03. HIM - The Sacrament
04. Kurt Nilsen - She´s So High
05. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
06. Killer - Naughty Boy
07. The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound
08. Bertine Zetlitz - Twisted Little Star
09. Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
10. Outlandish - Guantanamo
11. C21 - She Cries
12. Don Johnson Big Band - One MC, One Delay
13. Darude - Next To You
14. Paperboys - What U Need
15. Span - Found
16. Moneybrother - Stormy Weather
17. Paula Lobos - It´s Your Life
18. September - La La La (Never Give It Up)
19. Briskeby - Hey Baby
20. José Gonzales - Crosses

Challengers:
01. Randy - A Man In Uniform
02. Xploding Plastix - Sunset Spirals
03. Nu - Any Other Girl
04. Outlandish - Aicha
05. Moder Jords Massiva - Sound And Sense

Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - In My Life
02. Kurt Nilsen - She´s So High
03. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
04. HIM - The Sacrament
05. Bertine Zetlitz - Twisted Little Star
06. The Lost Patrol feat. Lisa Miskovsky - Alright
07. Paperboys - What U Need
08. Killer - Naughty Boy
09. C21 - She Cries
10. Briskeby - Hey Baby
11. Outlandish - Guantanamo
12. Moneybrother - Stormy Weather
13. Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
14. The Cardigans - You´re The Storm
15. Darude - Next To You
16. Qwan - One Life, One Love
17. The Sounds - Rock n´ Roll
18. Span - Found
19. José Gonzales - Crosses
20. Dilba - Diamonds And Motorcars

Challengers:
01. Paula Lobos - It´s Your Life
02. Hardcore Superstar - Honey Tongue
03. Don Johnson Big Band - One MC, One Delay
04. September - La La La (Never Give It Up)
05. The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound

Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.

Junior Senior will be touring the US with Electric Six in October:

10/15 - Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
10/16 - Double Door, Chicago, IL
10/17 - The Annex, Madison, WI
10/18 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
10/21 - Green Door, Oklahoma City, OK
10/22 - Gypsy Tea Room, Dallas, TX
10/23 - Emo's, Austin, TX
10/25 - Parish @ House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
10/30 - Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
10/31 - North Star, Philadelphia, PA
11/01 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
11/03 - Middle East Club, Cambridge, MA
11/04 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
11/05 - Upstage @ Club Laga, Pittsburgh, PA
11/06 - Little Brother's, Columbus, OH
11/07 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH

More US Junior Senior TV appearances have been confirmed: The Late Show with Craig Kilborn on CBS was postponed to next week due to the blackout, Jimmy Kimmel Live show on ABC on September 3, plus both X-tra and Acess Hollywood on NBC next week.

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - In My Life
02. Kurt Nilsen - She´s So High
03. HIM - The Sacrament
04. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
05. Killer - Naughty Boy
06. Paperboys - What U Need
07. User - Do You
08. C21 - She Cries
09. The Lost Patrol feat. Lisa Miskovsky - Alright
10. The Cardigans - You´re The Storm
11. Outlandish - Guantanamo
12. Darude - Next To You
13. Mando Diao - Sheepdog
14. Christian Kjellvander - Homeward Rolling Soldier
15. The Sounds - Rock n´ Roll
16. Kashmir - Surfing The Warm Industry
17. Röyksopp - Sparks
18. Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
19. Span - Found
20. Dilba - Diamonds And Motorcars

Challengers:
01. Qwan - One Life, One Love
02. Briskeby - Hey Baby
03. José Gonzales - Crosses
04. Moneybrother - Stormy Weather
05. Bertine Zetlitz - Twisted Little Star

Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.

Junior Senior finally get a proper US release this week and are already gathering all sorts of positive reviews. Head over to Supertanker.tk for links. In other news, the band is set to appear on the 'Late Show with Craig Kilborn' on CBS on August 15 and the new Sharon Osbourne show sometime in September (assuming the program makes it to air).

Bands scheduled to play the Crunchy Frog-sponsored Vibracrunch fest in Malmö, Sweden on August 22: Mew, Powersolo, Baby Woodrose, Superheroes, Learning from Las Vegas, Hank, Dub Sweden and First Floor Power. More info: http://www.crunchy.dk/asp/default.asp?News_Id=82

Via DJ Martian, comes first this review from the BBC of "Digital Prophecy" from Dhafer Youssef which features guest appearances from various Nordic jazz musicians such as Nils Petter Molvaer, Eivind Aarset and Arve Henriksen. Next, is this BBC One World tracklist with highlights from the Big Chill festival featuring artists such as Ralph Myers, Nu Spirit Helsinki, Jaga Jazzist and more. Listen to it streamed here.

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
03. Tomas Ledin - I sommarnattens ljus
04. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
05. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
06. Robyn - Don't stop the music
07. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
08. Robert Wells - Rhapsody in rock the complete collection
09. Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt - Den andra skivan
10. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
11. Da Buzz - More than alive
12. Lars Winnerbäck och hovet - Söndermarken
13. Style - Samlade hits
14. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
15. Tommy Körberg - Gränslös - det bästa med
16. Anders Johansson - If it's all I ever do
17. Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!
18. Per Myrberg - Sommarnatt Per Myrberg sjunger Taube
19. Moneybrother - Blood panic
20. Magnus Carlson - Ett kungarike för en kram

Pitchforkmedia.com has a short blurb on Junior Senior's "Move Your Feet" single today. I'm really surprised these guys haven't caught on more quickly over here yet. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens after the domestic issue of the album in September.

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - In My Life
02. HIM - The Sacrament
03. Killer - Naughty Boy
04. Outlandish - Guantanamo
05. Kurt Nilsen - She´s So High
06. The Cardigans - You´re The Storm
07. Christian Kjellvander - Homeward Rolling Soldier
08. User - Do You
09. C21 - She Cries
10. Mando Diao - Sheepdog
11. The Lost Patrol feat. Lisa Miskovsky - Alright
12. Turbonegro - Fuck The World
13. The Sounds - Rock n´ Roll
14. Kashmir - Surfing The Warm Industry
15. Röyksopp - Sparks
16. Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
17. Elin Sigvardsson - Where To Start
18. Dr. Alban - Work Work
19. Komeda - B.L.O.S.S.O.M
20. Span - Found

Challengers:
01. Paperboys - What U Need
02. Darude - Next To You
03. Mendez - Tequila
04. Dilba - Diamonds And Motorcars
05. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits

Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.

It seems that the Koch International release of Entombed's new album "Inferno" was premature. The label received it from Music for Nations with the understanding that it was good to go, but went ahead without letting the band know, and also without having a signed contract. Anyhow, it's been pulled and will see a 'proper' release on Threeman/Century Media sometime early next year. What a mess. In related news, Entombed's personal label Threeman will get the vinyl releases of the band's last three albums "Uprising", "Morning Star" and "Inferno" later this month. The labels other planned releases are as follows:

The Project Hate MCMXCIX - "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate" out August 25
Alpha Saphari (formerly known as Washoe) - currently recording album , tentative title is "Commercial Suicide"

Danish dance sensation Junior Senior will be on Regis and Kelly on Monday. Check local listings for channel and airtime.

Some new Junior Senior tour dates:

08/23 - Reading Festival (UK)
08/24 - Leeds Festival (UK)
08/29 - WNOU show, Monument Circle, Indianapolis (US)
08/31 - KKRZ show, The Waterfront, Portland (US)
09/01 - KDUK show, Eugene (US)
09/04 - Troubadour, Los Angeles (US)
09/05 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco (US)

Bands confirmed for the MegaWakeFestival at Kajen in Fjällbacka on July 4-5: Looptroop, Satirnine, USCB Allstars, Sparks of Seven, Venue Kids, DJ Kaah, Mist, The Orchestra, Cdoass, Gkss, Kitty and the K, and DJ Punky. More info: www.megaevents.com

Monotone Records reports that Daniel Loefgren is just about to sign with Tenor Records and he's already started recording his debut album for the label "In Where Cold Hands Might Separate Us". Daniel will still continue to release records with Monotone, too. Another Monotone band moving on is In Memory of Me who will be working with Lawnchair Records on their next release, a split CD with Common Effect from the US.

Cdoass should probably considering renewing their domain name before some unscrupulous person steals it.

For more info on that upcoming Burning Heart 'Heart Attack' tour along with the lists of who'll be there, samples from the bands and more, go here: www.heartattack.nu

Darkane guitarist Christofer Malmström recently married his longtime girlfriend Jennie on June 14. Congrats. Check out pictures from the wedding at Chritofer's personal site.

StyleWar has finally got their page up and running with videos for Junior Senior, Whyte Seeds, Looptroop, The Hives, Koop and much more.

DigitalMetal.com has posted an interview with Swedish death metal band Grave. In it they reveal that they have plans to work on a new record later this year or early 2004 and will be touring Europe this coming October.

Union Carbide Productions have now been confirmed for Norway's Øya Festival on August 7-9. Those of you who missed the Hultsfred reunion will now get another chance. Magnet, White Birch, and Mormones have been added to the Øyakickstart show at Rockefeller/John Dee. And lastly, Mando Diao, Minor Majority and Furia have been confirmed for the Øya Club Day on July 23. For all the details, go here: www.oyafestivalen.com

The Sounds recently did a webchat over at MTVE.com. Here's the transcript.

"There is a clear lack of skills and knowledge co-ordination within the Nordic music industry. The level musical and artistic skill is very high throughout the Nordic, but this level is not matched by complementary business skill."

"Behind the Music - Profiting from sound: A systems approach to the Dynamics of the Nordic Music Industry" is the title of a comprehensive report on the Scandinavian music scene that offers quite a bit of insight into the workings of the biz. Read this for a good synopsis of the report or go here to read it for yourself.

Jocke Berg of Kent is becoming a father. Read more. (in Swedish)

The Confusions have solidified the schedule for their upcoming jaunt to the UK in celebration of the 10-years anniversary for their first CD-EP releases "Split" and "Forever". The dates:

07/01 - Brixton Windmill w/Ludes
07/02 - Camden Underworld w/Non of the Above/Girlinky & Lux
07/03 - Crown & Two Chairmen, Soho w/tbc

The Confusions' latest album "Trampoline" just came out in Taiwan this last March and will be released in Japan in July, France in late summer.