Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (07) Marit Bergman - "Can I Keep Him?"
02. (02) The Hives - "Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones"
03. (03) Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Bigtime"
04. (04) Dogs Die In Hot Cars - "I Love You 'Cause I Have To"
05. (05) Thunder Express - "In My Mind"
06. (11) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "#1 E.P."
07. (10) Ron Sexsmith - "Whatever It Takes"
08. (12) De La Soul - "Shopping Bag"
09. (01) The Libertines - "Can't Stand Me Now"
10. (09) Jens Lekman - "Julie E.P."
11. (13) Mando Diao - "Clean Town"
12. (NY) Nancy Sinatra - "Let Me Kiss You"
13. (NY) Blacknuss Feat. Awa Manneh & ADL - "All Your Lovin'"
14. (NY) The Ackermans - "Come On, Come On"
15. (18) Strip Music - "Never Die"
16. (NY) The Hidden Cameras - "I Believe In The Good Of Life"
17. (06) R.E.M. - "Leaving New York"
18. (NY) Manic Street Preachers - "The Love Of Richard Nixon"
19. (17) Svenska Akademien - "Vetande"
20. (NY) Bloc Party - "Little Thoughts"

Hot tracks not in the top 20:
Kings Of Convenience - "Misread"
Talib Kweli Feat. Mary J Blige - "I Try"
Le Tigre - "New Kicks"

Leaving the chart:
(08) Eastern Lane - "I Said Pig On Friday"
(14) Franz Ferdiand - "Michael"
(15) Niccokick - "Love & Neon Lights"
(16) Chromeo - "Needy Girl"
(19) Client - "Radio"
(20) The Cure - "Taking Off"

Fluxblog has a new post with Marit Bergman: http://newflux.blogspot.com/2004/09/none-of-my-groupies-want-to-dance.html

Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (03) The Libertines - "Can't Stand Me Now"
02. (01) The Hives - "Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones"
03. (04) Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Bigtime"
04. (NY) Dogs Die In Hot Cars - "I Love You 'Cause I Have To"
05. (05) Thunder Express - "In My Mind"
06. (06) R.E.M. - "Leaving New York"
07. (02) Marit Bergman - "Can I Keep Him?"
08. (08) Eastern Lane - "I Said Pig On Friday"
09. (09) Jens Lekman - "Julie E.P."
10. (NY) Ron Sexsmith - "Whatever It Takes"
11. (18) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "#1 E.P."
12. (NY) De La Soul - "Shopping Bag"
13. (17) Mando Diao - "Clean Town"
14. (07) Franz Ferdiand - "Michael"
15. (NY) Niccokick - "Love & Neon Lights"
16. (15) Chromeo - "Needy Girl"
17. (19) Svenska Akademien - "Vetande"
18. (NY) Strip Music - "Never Die"
19. (20) Client - "Radio"
20. (NY) The Cure - "Taking Off"

New tracks just outside the top 20:
Lars Winnerbäck - "Elegi"
Bloc Party - "Little Thoughts"
The Ackermans - "Come On, Come On"

Leaving the chart:
(10) Cirera - "Motherfucker - Fake Vegetarian Ex-Girlfriend"
(11) Ed Harcourt - "This One's For You"
(12) Kasabian - "L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)"
(13) Faithless - "I Want More"
(14) The Delgados - "Everybody Come Down"
(16) Björk - "Oceania"

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

01. Johnny Deluxe - Drömmer jeg? (DK)
02. Nine - Anxienty report (SWE)
03. The Rasmus - Guilty (FIN)
04. Petter ft. AFC - Repa skivan (SWE)
05. Gimmel - Pisaroita ja kyyneleitä (FIN)
06. Ville Pusa - I dina ögon (FIN)
07. Sahara Hotnights - Hot night crash (SWE)
08. Marit Bergman - I will always be your soldier (SWE)
09. Sondre Lerche - Days that are over (NOR)
10. Björk - Oceania (ICE)

Challengers:
11. Nightwish - Wish I had an angel (FIN)
12. Annie - Chewing gum (NOR)
13. Snook - Mister Cool (SWE)

Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (04) The Hives - "Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones"
02. (03) Marit Bergman - "Can I Keep Him?"
03. (01) The Libertines - "Can't Stand Me Now"
04. (02) Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Bigtime"
05. (NY) Thunder Express - "In My Mind"
06. (07) R.E.M. - "Leaving New York"
07. (06) Franz Ferdiand - "Michael"
08. (NY) Eastern Lane - "I Said Pig On Friday"
09. (15) Jens Lekman - "Julie E.P."
10. (05) Cirera - "Motherfucker - "Fake Vegetarian Ex-Girlfriend"
11. (08) Ed Harcourt - "This One's For You"
12. (10) Kasabian - "L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)"
13. (09) Faithless - "I Want More"
14. (NY) The Delgados - "Everybody Come Down"
15. (12) Chromeo - "Needy Girl"
16. (17) Björk - "Oceania"
17. (19) Mando Diao - "Clean Town"
18. (14) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "#1 E.P."
19. (NY) Svenska Akademien - "Vetande"
20. (NY) Client - "Radio"

New tracks just outside the top 20:
Lars Winnerbäck - "Elegi"
Strip Music - "Never Die"
David Sandström - "The Sixties (Never Actually Happened)"

Leaving the chart:
(11) Beastie Boys - "Triple Trouble"
(13) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Nature Boy"
(16) Arrested Development - "Honeymoon Day"
(18) The Gift Of Gab - "Rat Race"
(20) Gisli - "TV=The Devil"

Am I reading this right? Marit Bergman has a cover of "Highway to hell" on the P3 Sv-listan playlist? Who's got an mp3 to hook me up with?

Now that school's back in session, here's the first Swedish top 20 student radio chart:

01. (NY) The Libertines - "Can't Stand Me Now"
02. (NY) Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Bigtime"
03. (NY) Marit Bergman - "Can I Keep Him?"
04. (NY) The Hives - "Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones"
05. (NY) Cirera - "Motherfucker - "Fake Vegetarian Ex-Girlfriend"
06. (NY) Franz Ferdiand - "Michael"
07. (NY) R.E.M. - "Leaving New York"
08. (NY) Ed Harcourt - "This One's For You"
09. (NY) Faithless - "I Want More"
10. (NY) Kasabian - "L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)"
11. (NY) Beastie Boys - "Triple Trouble"
12. (NY) Chromeo - "Needy Girl"
13. (NY) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Nature Boy"
14. (NY) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "#1 E.P."
15. (NY) Jens Lekman - "Julie E.P."
16. (NY) Arrested Development - "Honeymoon Day"
17. (NY) Björk - "Oceania"
18. (NY) The Gift Of Gab - "Rat Race"
19. (NY) Mando Diao - "Clean Town"
20. (NY) Gisli - "TV=The Devil"

Not quite in the top 20:
Brainpool - "Junk"
David Sanström - "The Sixties (Never Actually Happened)"
Svenska Akademien - "Vetande"

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
02. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
03. Stefan Sundström - Hjärtats melodi
04. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
05. Raymond & Maria - Vi ska bara leva klart
06. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
07. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
08. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
09. Carola - Credo
10. Melody Club - Face the Music
11. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
12. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
13. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
14. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
15. Caj Karlsson - Gud straffar somliga med en gång
16. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
17. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
18. Nic & the Family - Hej hej skiva
19. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
20. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater

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

01. The Rasmus - Guilty (FIN)
02. Gimmel - Pisaroita ja kyyneleitä (FIN)
03. Johnny Deluxe - Drömmer jeg? (DK)
04. Petter ft. AFC - Repa skivan (SWE)
05. Ville Pusa - I dina ögon (FIN)
06. Stonebridge ft. Therese - Put em high (SWE)
07. Marit Bergman - I will always be your soldier (SWE)
08. Sondre Lerche - Days that are over (NOR)
09. Brolle Jr - Watching the stars (SWE)
10. Sahara Hotnights - Hot night crash (SWE)

Challengers:
11. Skandaali - Elämä on peli (FIN)
12. Nine - Anxienty report (SWE)
13. Björk - Oceania (ICE)

Now that the summer doldrums are coming to an end, there's finally some action in this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
02. Stefan Sundström - Hjärtats melodi
03. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
04. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
05. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
06. Melody Club - Face the Music
07. Raymond & Maria - Vi ska bara leva klart
08. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
09. Caj Karlsson - Gud straffar somliga med en gång
10. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
11. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
12. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
13. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
14. Günther & the Sunshine Girls - Pleasure Man
15. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
16. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
17. Europe - Rock The Night: The Very Best Of Europe
18. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
19. Per Gessle - Mazarin
20. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman

Head over to the new Impious website to download clips from their upcoming album "Hellucinate": http://www.impious.net/

The top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen is back:

01. Ville Pusa - I dina ögon (FIN)
02. Ana - We are (SWE)
03. Kings of Convenience - I rather dance with you (NOR)
04. Johnny Deluxe - Drömmer jeg? (DK)
05. Marit Bergman - I will always be your soldier (SWE)
06. Petter ft. AFC - Repa skivan (SWE)
07. The Rasmus - Guilty (FIN)
08. Brolle Jr - Watching the stars (SWE)
09. Sondre Lerche - Days that are over (NOR)
10. Saybia - Brilliant sky (DK)

Challengers:
11. Gimmel - Pisaroita ja kyyneleitä (FIN)
12. Sahara Hotnights - Hot night crash (SWE)
13. Stonebridge ft. Therese - Put em high (SWE)

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums:

01. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
02. Raymond & Maria - Vi ska bara leva klart
03. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
04. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
05. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
06. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
07. Smalare än Thord - World Hockey Party
08. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
09. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
10. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
11. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
12. Günther & the Sunshine Girls - Pleasure Man
13. Europe - Rock The Night: The Very Best Of Europe
14. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
15. Per Gessle - Mazarin
16. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
17. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
18. E-Type - Loud Pipes Save Lives
19. Pugh Rogefeldt - Bästa
20. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater

Junip, the band that José González fronts when he is not playing solo, will be recording an EP for releaes sometime this fall.

Serpentine Music is the name of the a new music label collective being started by singer/songwriter Jenny Lundblad that's set to begin in September. The group plans to help promote up-and-coming artists by getting their music in stores and helping them with accounting, publishing and so forth. They're trying to emulate the success of other Swedish DIY artists such as The Concretes, The Knife and Marit Bergman and eventually they even hope to offer all sorts of related services such as radio promotion, photography, advertising and more - the musical equivilent to Ikea they say. It's obviously a promising idea, considering that indie labels don't appear to be suffering quite as much as the majors these days and the overhead will probably be kept quite low, but my concern is that the group will quickly become watered down with lesser talent. I'm not sure I would trust it, but then again, I barely trust anyone to take care of my business for me. The concept of the musical collectives is certainly viable at least (see Elephant 6 for example). Anyhow, read the whole article from MI: http://www.musikindustrin.nu/mi/smpage.fwx?page=198&NYHETER=4787

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums:

01. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
02. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
03. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
04. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
05. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
06. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
07. Robert Wells - Rhapsody In Rock Anniversary
08. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
09. Günther & the Sunshine Girls - Pleasure Man
10. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
11. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
12. Europe - Rock The Night: The Very Best Of Europe
13. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
14. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
15. Peter Jöback - Det här är platsen
16. Per Gessle - Mazarin
17. Carola - Credo
18. Infinite Mass - 1991
19. Sahara Hotnights - Kiss & Tell
20. Pugh Rogefeldt - Bästa

Alarma Man confirms that they've finished recording their new album and it comes to a total time of 38:38. Look for it early next year on Carcrash Records.

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums:

01. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
02. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
03. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
04. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
05. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
06. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
07. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
08. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
09. Günther & the Sunshine Girls - Pleasure Man
10. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
11. Europe - Rock The Night: The Very Best Of Europe
12. Charlotte Perrelli - Gone Too Long
13. Peter Jöback - Det här är platsen
14. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
15. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
16. Per Gessle - Mazarin
17. Pugh Rogefeldt - Bästa
18. Robert Wells - Rhapsody In Rock Anniversary
19. Infinite Mass - 1991
20. Hans Martin - Den blomstertid nu kommer

Norwegian electronic act Ralph Myerz and The Jack Herren Band will release their new album "Your New Best Friends" on September 27 via Emperor Norton/Rykodisc. The first single "L.I.P.S.T.I.C.K." hits radio later this month.