The next single from Kent's latest album "Du & jag döden" will be for the song "Den döda vinkeln". It hits radio on August 8 and will be in stores on August 31. Not that you'd be too tempted to buy it - there won't be any b-sides.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
02. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
03. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
04. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
05. Kina Jaarnek & Elvis Presleys Band - En hyllning till Elvis
06. Robyn - Robyn
07. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
08. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
09. Di Leva - Själens krigare: samlade sånger 1980-2005
10. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
11. Darin - The anthem
12. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
13. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
14. Musikal - Mamma Mia
15. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
16. Carola - Störst av allt
17. Laleh - Laleh
18. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
19. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
20. Anna Ternheim - Somebody outside

New track today from Centimeter, a band that appears to have been kicking around Stockholm for the last few years, but only just now has released their first real single. It's not often that I get something totally new to me in the mail that I actually enjoy, but these guys are a strong exception to the rule. The most obvious (and lazy) point of comparison would be Kent, seeing as how these guys play dark, melancholy pop and sing in Swedish, but I think Centimeter is far more brooding and atmospheric. There's definite shoegazer tendencies too, that's for sure. The other demo tracks the band has up on their website are pretty dece as well, just a bit rougher production-wise. I look forward to hearing the full-length when it's finally released this fall.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
02. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
03. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
04. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
05. Robyn - Robyn
06. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
07. Di Leva - Själens krigare: samlade sånger 1980-2005
08. Musikal - Mamma Mia
09. Carola - Störst av allt
10. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
11. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
12. Anna Ternheim - Somebody outside
13. Kina Jaarnek & Elvis Presleys Band - En hyllning till Elvis
14. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
15. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
16. Totta Näslund - Totta 8: Greatest Hits
17. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
18. Laleh - Laleh
19. Monica Zetterlund - Monicas bästa
20. Darin - The anthem

Mayhem's upcoming show at the Slottsfjellfestival this weekend will be filmed by the BBC for use in a documentary. In other news, the band is putting together an EP of cover tunes and rerecordings for release this fall before they head back into the studio early next year to record what will be their next full-length.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
02. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
03. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
04. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
05. Robyn - Robyn
06. Musikal - Mamma Mia
07. Di Leva - Själens krigare: samlade sånger 1980-2005
08. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
09. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
10. Carola - Störst av allt
11. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
12. Darin - The anthem
13. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
14. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
15. Totta Näslund - Totta 8: Greatest Hits
16. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
17. The Hellacopters - Rock & Roll Is Dead
18. Anna Ternheim - Somebody outside
19. Kina Jaarnek & Elvis Presleys Band - En hyllning till Elvis
20. Monica Zetterlund - Monicas bästa

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
02. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
03. Robyn - Robyn
04. Di Leva - Själens krigare: samlade sånger 1980-2005
05. Totta Näslund - Totta 8: Greatest Hits
06. Carola - Störst av allt
07. The Hellacopters - Rock & Roll Is Dead
08. Musikal - Mamma Mia
09. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
10. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
11. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
12. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
13. Pandora - 9 Lives
14. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
15. Ted Gärdestad - Sol vind & vatten - Det bästa
16. Laleh - Laleh
17. Bodies Without Organs - Protoype
18. Electric Banana Band - Electric Banana Band och Trazan & Banarnes bästa
19. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
20. Arvingarna - #8

Indieworkshop reviews the solo debut from Karl Larsson (Last Days of April): http://indieworkshop.com/music/1818/

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
02. Musikal - Mamma Mia
03. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
04. Robyn - Robyn
05. Carola - Störst av allt
06. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
07. The Hellacopters - Rock & Roll Is Dead
08. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
09. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
10. Pandora - 9 Lives
11. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
12. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
13. Ted Gärdestad - Sol vind & vatten - Det bästa
14. Di Leva - Själens krigare: samlade sånger 1980-2005
15. Arvingarna - #8
16. Totta Näslund - Totta 8: Greatest Hits
17. Laleh - Laleh
18. Electric Banana Band - Electric Banana Band och Trazan & Banarnes bästa
19. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
20. Bodies Without Organs - Protoype

Dusted reviews the reissue of Efterklang's "Springer" EP: http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2183

It took me awhile to appreciate Washington. I got their album "A new order rising" quite some time ago and initially wrote it off as generic mid-tempo melancholy. Y'know, that whole bloated genre populated by bands like Kent, Coldplay, Doves and countless others following in their wake? How much of that stuff do we need, right? But when I heard that Glitterhouse had licensed the record for a full European release (due out June 27), I figured I should probably give 'em another shot. So of course I went back and revisited it and found out my initial opinion was premature. There is a lot to like about this band, it's just that the record is really mellow and subtle, so it can take awhile to connect. For instance, the song I'm posting today is about as uptempo as these guys get. They spend a lot of time in more of an ethereal/folky mode and that doesn't always make for gripping listening experience. Yeah, they borrow quite a bit from Radiohead and Travis, but I think they add enough of their own touches to make it worthwhile. I especially like the use of pedal steel and what I believe is 12-string guitar on this track. Good stuff.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Musikal - Mamma Mia
02. The Hellacopters - Rock & Roll Is Dead
03. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
04. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
05. Robyn - Robyn
06. Carola - Störst av allt
07. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
08. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
09. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
10. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
11. Ted Gärdestad - Sol vind & vatten - Det bästa
12. Electric Banana Band - Electric Banana Band och Trazan & Banarnes bästa
13. Laleh - Laleh
14. Mustasch - Powerhouse
15. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
16. Bodies Without Organs - Protoype
17. Arvingarna - #8
18. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
19. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
20. Shirley Clamp - Lever Mina Drömmar

Delusions of Adequacy reviews Paatos: http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewid=5609

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
02. Robyn - Robyn
03. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
04. Carola - Störst av allt
05. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
06. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
07. Mustasch - Powerhouse
08. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
09. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
10. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
11. Electric Banana Band - Electric Banana Band och Trazan & Banarnes bästa
12. Laleh - Laleh
13. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
14. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten Under Broarna
15. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
16. Bodies Without Organs - Protoype
17. Caroline W. - Bossa Supernova
18. Shirley Clamp - Lever Mina Drömmar
19. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
20. Eldkvarn - Atlantis

No One Here is Asking posts some tracks from the new JR Ewing: http://discodeath.blogspot.com/2005/06/jr-ewing-maelstrom.html

Top fives: 2005 so far

Here's this week's YLE/Morjen top 10 Nordic video chart:

01. Smak - Nousen (FIN)
02. Turbonegro - High on the crime (NOR)
03. Vink - Triathlon (FIN)
04. Technicolour - Teach me love (FIN)
05. Discore - Rautakahle (FIN)
06. Kent - Palace & main (SWE)
07. Apocalyptica feat. Lauri Ylönen - Life burns! (FIN)
08. Korpiklaani - Hunting song (FIN)
09. @junkmail - Hyvä minä (FIN)
10. Anniina - Who's about to cry (FIN)

No new challengers this week as the chart is taking the summer off and will be back August 18.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
02. Robyn - Robyn
03. Carola - Störst av allt
04. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
05. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
06. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
07. Svenska Akademien - Resa Sig Opp
08. Messhuggah - Catch Thirtythree
09. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
10. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
11. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
12. Electric Banana Band - Electric Banana Band och Trazan & Banarnes bästa
13. Laleh - Laleh
14. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
15. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
16. Shirley Clamp - Lever Mina Drömmar
17. Caroline W. - Bossa Supernova
18. Bodies Without Organs - Protoype
19. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten Under Broarna
20. Bo Sundström - Skåne

Via Think Small, here's a newish Swedish twee act called The Budgies: http://www.tbc.se/budgies/

Here's this week's YLE/Morjen top 10 Nordic video chart:

01. Smak - Nousen (FIN)
02. Vink - Triathlon (FIN)
03. Technicolour - Teach me love (FIN)
04. Discore - Rautakahle (FIN)
05. Korpiklaani - Hunting song (FIN)
06. Apocalyptica feat. Lauri Ylönen - Life burns! (FIN)
07. Millencolin - Ray (SWE)
08. Kent - Palace & main (SWE)
09. Anniina - Who's about to cry (FIN)
10. @junkmail - Hyvä minä (FIN)

Challengers:
11. Maija Vilkkumaa - Kesä (FIN)
12. Robyn - Be mine (SWE)
13. Turbonegro - High on the crime (NOR)

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Robyn - Robyn
02. Carola - Störst av allt
03. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
04. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
05. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
06. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
07. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
08. Doktor Kosmos - Ett enkelt svar:
09. Electric Banana Band - Electric Banana Band och Trazan & Banarnes bästa
10. Shirley Clamp - Lever Mina Drömmar
11. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
12. Caroline W. - Bossa Supernova
13. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
14. Laleh - Laleh
15. Eldkvarn - Atlantis
16. Bo Sundström - Skåne
17. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
18. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
19. Darin - The Anthem
20. Christer Sjögren - Love Me Tender

Kinda off-topic, but still interesting: the Washington Post is running a net-diary documenting a journalist's trip to Finland: http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/finlanddiary/?nav=sc