Nominees for the MTV European Music Awards:
Best Danish Act:
Mew
Carpark North
Nephew
The Raveonettes
Nik and Jay
Best Swedish Act:
Kent
Moneybrother
Timbuktu
The Hellacopters
Christian Walz
Best Norwegian Act:
Röyksopp
Marion Raven
Turbonegro
Thomas Dybdahl
Ane Brun
Best Finnish Act:
The Rasmus
HIM
Nightwish
69 Eyes
Apocalyptica
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Peter LeMarc - Sjutton sånger - LeMarc sjunger LeMarc
02. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
03. Laleh - Laleh
04. Louise Hoffsten - From Linköping to Memphis
05. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
06. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
07. Ebba Grön - Samlingen
08. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
09. Musikal - Mamma Mia
10. Peps Blodsband - Äntligen!
11. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
12. Robyn - Robyn
13. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
14. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta Ballader
15. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
16. Crashdïet - Rest in Sleaze
17. Carola - Störst av allt
18. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
19. Nocturnal Rites - Grand Illusion
20. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
Aversionline reviews Swedish dark ambient act Jarl: http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2725/
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Peter LeMarc - Sjutton sånger - LeMarc sjunger LeMarc
02. Louise Hoffsten - From Linköping to Memphis
03. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
04. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
05. Laleh - Laleh
06. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
07. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
08. Ebba Grön - Samlingen
09. Musikal - Mamma Mia
10. Peps Blodsband - Äntligen!
11. Robyn - Robyn
12. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
13. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
14. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
15. Crashdïet - Rest in Sleaze
16. Toni Holgersson - Tecken på liv
17. Carola - Störst av allt
18. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
19. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta Ballader
20. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
Guitarist Anni has left The Models. The ladies will continue on as a three-piece.
SVT2 is launching a new program called Musikbyrån: Live this fall that will be showing 30-minute clips from various bands. Here's a selection of the Scandinavian artists they'll be featuring this coming season:
09/02 - The Ark
09/09 - Moneybrother
09/23 - Looptroop
10/07 - Timbuktu & Damn!
The program airs at 21:30.
Moneybrother on tour in Germany:
10/06 - Stollwerk, Köln
10/07 - Postbahnhof, Berlin
10/08 - Star Club, Dresden
10/09 - Mousonturm, Frankfurt
10/11 - Elserhalle, München
10/12 - WUK, A-Wien
10/14 - Conrad Sohm, A-Dornbirn
10/15 - Schürr, CH-Luzern
10/16 - Kaserne, CH-Basel
10/18 - Garage, Saarbrücken
10/19 - Soundgarden, Dortmund
10/20 - Große Freiheit, Hamburg
The German webzine Sellfish has relaunched with a new user-friendly GUI and plenty more of the usual Scandinavian music reviews and interviews. Recently added pieces include a review of the new Karl Larsson (Last Days of April) album "Pale as milk" and an interview with Anders Wendin of Moneybrother: http://www.sellfish.de/
Sellfish interviews Moneybrother: http://sellfish.de/_start.php?link=interviews/moneybrother.htm
Aftonbladet has the video for the new Moneybrother single "Blow him back into my arms", my favorite track from the most recent album "To die alone": http://www.aftonbladet.se/atv/index.html?catID=29&clipID=1357
In case you didn't already find out, Sator was the secret band at Hultsfred Festival this year. Various guests joined the band on stage including Moneybrother, Joppe Pihlgren (Docenterna), Nix Wahlberg (Nomads), Nina Natri (Fidget), Kent Norberg (Sator), Maria Andersson (Sahara Hotnights), Robert "Strängen" Dahlqvist (Hellacopters), Patrik Arve (Teddybears Sthlm), Bo Sundström and José González.
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
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