"Love & Theft - en hyllning till Bob Dylan" is the title of a special Bob Dylan tribute night happening at Kägelbanan in Stockholm on October 10. The acts slated to play: Kajsa Grytt, Mattias Hellberg, Goran Kajfes, Granada, Love Olzon, Karl-Jonas Winqvist and Jenny Wilson (First Floor Power), Twiggy Pop (Doktor Kosmos), Markus Krunegård (Laakso), Anna Maria Wenäläinen (Moder Jords Massiva, The Killers), Jonas Matthiason (Stackars Laika, Naked Ape), Svante Karlsson, Eyolf Østrem, and The Chrysler. More info: www.blackside.org/dylan

Speaking of Moder Jords Massiva and The Chrysler, both of the Swedish acts bands are heading over to Norway for a couple dates at the end of the month:

09/24 - Parkteatret, Oslo w/Pavan
09/25 - Café Opera, Bergen (Chrysler only)
09/26 - Kvarteret, Bergen (two shows)
09/28 - Nu Music festival 2003, Stavanger

Chrysler also reports they will be be doing additional dates around Sweden in support of their forthcoming album "Failures and Sparks", out soon. So far the only show scheduled is September 20 at Pub 19 in Uppsala.

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.

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.

Smalltown Supersound and Warp Records will share a label showcase night on September 26 at the Numusic festival in Stavanger, Norway. Sir Dupermann, Eva Casal and Mental Overdrive are a few of the acts scheduled to perform that evening. Other artists set to play the fest include Xploding Plastix, Houaratron, Imatran Voima, Moder Jords Massiva, Elektrofant and tons more. More info: www.numusic.no

The full list of bands for the Blow Up a Panda Fest has been confirmed: Florence Valentin, Östermalm, Yukon AK, The Hommos, The Dontcares, Dreamboy, Coyote, Chloe, Andres Stellan, Captain Murphy, Dialog Cet, Logh, Sick Oakes, Tubular Bells, Moder Jords Massiva, The Grand Opening, Carpet People, The Je Ne Sais Quoi, Fraction of My Former Self, Isolation Years, Nebos, Endivia, The Leeches, The Heartattacks, Satirnine, Slagsmålkubben, The Micragirls, Satriel, Ane Brun, Sewergrooves, Dirty Savants

The event takes place July 26-27 at Levande Zon in Stockholm. More info: www.deck13.nu/blowupapanda

Going to see The Soundtrack of Our Lives and The Caesars in SF tonight. Should be fun! TSOOL is also playing for free over at Amoeba Records at 5, so if you're in the area you may want to check that out as well. I may also have an extra ticket for tonight's show, so if you think you might be interested, let me know.

Hypocrisy report that they are preparing to work on a new album. Frontman Peter Tägtgren posted this message describing the process on their website:

band meeting today, it went well and we have a plan for the next release we're going to get together and practise for the recording for the first time in 9 years! starting mid-may, so everybody will start writing new material a.s.a.p. so we will have anything to practise... the new album will go with the abducted sound (production) the music will go in the sign of abducted and the hypocrisy (self-titled album) working title is "the arrival" and i think the little green men are back in my head!!!

Here's an interview with Startracks label head Fredrik Holmgren from firesideometer.com. Entertaining, informative, and in English, too.

Speaking of Fireside, the video for the new single "All You Had" will be premiered on SVT Spinn this Thursday.

Check out the Whyte Seeds playing live on MTV Morning Glory.

For you audio engineering nerds (guilty!), here's a detailed description of the recording specs for the latest Nasum album from singer/guitarist/engineer Mieszko.

Pictures of The Sounds playing live at the Electroluxe in San Diego are available here.

A couple Bad Taste acts are gonna be hitting the small screen in the future. First off, Last Days of April will have the song "Will The Violins Be Playing" featured on the US TV show "Mysterious Ways" which can be seen on the Sci Fi channel. The band also got the track "I'm Calm Now" on an upcoming DVD promoting the X-Games VIII which are taking place in LA come August. But they aren't the only ones - Logh's song "Yellow Lights Mean Slow Down Not Speed Up" will be played during the show "Boarding House: North Shore" which follows seven pro surfers who live and surf together during the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing competition in Oahu, Hawaii. That one airs on the WB Network in the US.

Carpet People are having a record release party at Scharinska Villan in Umeå on April 12. Show starts at 9 and they hit the stage at midnight. However- you should show up early cuz they promise a secret guest opening act. The album hits stores on the 11th from Chalksounds.

If you want more information about that Swedish punk fest that I talked about yesterday, go to the official site: www.svenskpunk25.nu

Fireside, Dub Sweden, USCB Allstars, Fingathing, The Raveonettes, Miss Universum, Merciless, Radio Dept., Dot Allison, Mary Lou Lord, Surfer Rosa, Pauline and Satirnine are some of the new bands confirmed for Hultsfred Fest.

Moneybrother, Moder Jords Massiva and Trapdoor Fucking Exit are some of the new bands confirmed for Popaganda fest in Stockholm on May 29-31.

Touted as the 'next big thing' from the cold, cold North by Barfly Magazine, The Hommos will be touring the UK next month as they've just signed a deal with Liverpudians Deltasonic Records (home of The Coral) who will be releasing a single in May. The band is also playing Debaser in Stockholm on Thursday with Brenda Harris, so check 'em out before they get huge.

Former popstar Leila K was remanded on charges of assault, robbery and theft. My sources tell me that she's allegedly 'partial to poison powders', so it really shouldn't come as much surprise to anyone who's followed her fall from grace.

Langhorns are playing with buzz-band Shout Out Louds at Club Blender in Lund on April 26.

A sampling of the pikseliÄHKY 2003 festival line-up will be playing at Saunabar in Helsinki on April 8. It also serves as a record release for Antoine Verhaverbeke whose album comes out on Abflug next month. Also performing will be Karri O (also on Abflug), Formatt and DJs Nuutti Koskinen and Michael Heap (VJs.net, UK) along with video artist O Samuli A/Samuli Alapuranen. The music starts at 8 and entry is free. More info here.