Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. Snook - Mister Cool
02. The Rasmus - Guilty
03. Johnny De Luxe - Drømmer jeg
04. The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
05. Kemopetrol - My Superstar
06. The Confusions - Window
07. Beats And Styles - Dance Dance Dance
08. Moder Jords Massiva - Out of My Hands
09. The Solution - I Have To Quit You
10. Ayesha - Fire
11. Sondre Lerche - Days That Are Over
12. Tiger Lou - Sell Out
13. Empire Dogs - Oh Lord
14. Venke Knutson - Kiss
15. Lambretta - Kill Me
16. Erik Faber - Yesterday´s Call
17. Dadafon - My Brother´s Comeback
18. 21st Century Noise - Let´s Leave
19. Maria Arredondo - Mad Summer
20. Maria Solheim - Too Many Days

Challengers:
01. Melody Club - Take Me Away
02. Vidar Vang - Happy
03. The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love
04. Saybia - Brilliant Sky
05. Kleen Cut - Hands Up
06. Stonebridge feat. Therese - Put Em´ High

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

P3 has announced the lineup for the upcoming Sveriges Radio-festival at Kulturhuset in Stockholm on September 10-11: Magnus Uggla, Sophie Rimheden, Eskobar, Melody Club, Brainpool, Raymond & Maria, Olle Ljungström, Christian Walz, Jimmy Jansson, Fjärde världen, Ken, Miio, Dhani, Afasi & Filthy, Arash, Emmon, The Tiny, Anna Ternheim, Cirera, JaJu, Metro Jets and Richard Reagh & WWNB2. More info: http://www.sr.se/omsr/festival/index.stm

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/

Melody Club in the UK:

09/07 - Dublin Castle, London
09/08 - Little Civic, Wolverhampton
09/10 - Barfly, London

Here's an e-card for the new Melody Club album "Face the Music": http://www.emi.se/artists/melodyclub/2004/juke/index.htm
As mentioned yesterday, it comes out August 25.

Melody Club have a new website online, just in time for their new album "Face the Music" which comes out August 25: http://www.melodyclub.com/
It's been a long time since I've seen that many bad haircuts in one band. Did they hire their stylist away from The Ramones or Iron Maiden?

Aftonbladet has the new Melody Club video for "Take me away" available for streaming: http://wwwb.aftonbladet.se/vss/streaming/tv_fonster/0,5208,m0no040701melodyclub,00.html

Melody Club's brand new single "Take Me Away" comes out in June. The band reportedly shot a Tarantino-influenced video which is supposed to emulate a 'rainy back-alley in Japan'. The new as-yet-unnamed full-length comes out August 25.

Melody Club will release their brand-new single "Take me away" on June 30. A video is on the way and you can call either 08 52715195 (or +46 852715195 internationally) to hear a preview. Apparently it's just a regular phone line so no additional charges will apply besides standard long distance billing. In other news, the band got a favorable write-up in the UK mag Q. Check it:

With Duran Duran back in business and the Scissor Sisters leading the charge of the neo-'80s revivalists, Swedish dandies Melody Club arrive perfect timing. This debut, a Number 1 hit back home, is unashamedly cheesy, its electro power-pop tunes recalling A-ha and OMD, and carrying a sense of euphoria akin to Suede's "Coming Up". There are echoes, too, of Suede's world-weary comedown song on the slow, wooxy "My Soft Return", whole best of all is the disco-rock of "Stranded Love", its dazzling, hi-energy Euro-pop remining of Abba at their peak.

When will lazy reviewers stop feeling necessary to cite Abba in their reviews of Swedish music? At least it is sort of relevant here, but it's still annoying.

Melody Club checks in from Delta Lab Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark where they are currently working on their new album with producer Thomas Troelsen to report that their new single will hit radio on June 7. As for the official release in stores, that won't happen until June 30 which will be just in time for the Kalas tour. As for the album, that's scheduled for a late August release.

80s synthpop throwbacks Melody Club and the new Swedish supergroup The Gmeyner (members of Bergman Rock, Bear Quartet, Weeping Willows and Urga) have been added to the Kalas tour lineup.

NME reviews the Melody Club show from the Borderline in London on April 7: http://www.melodyclub.com/default.asp?category=news&ID=32

New London dates for Swedish synthpop group Melody Club:

04/06 - Barfly, Camden
04/07 - Borderline, Soho
04/08 - Water Rats, King's Cross

Melody Club has a newly redesigned website: http://www.melodyclub.com/

Melody Club has confirmed their first UK dates:

02/02 - Metro, London
02/03 - Club Fandango @ Dublin Castle, London
02/04 - Underworld, London

Their debut album "Music Machine" will be released over there shortly.