Top 10s for 2004: Boy Omega

The nominees for the 2004 Swedish Grammy awards have been announced. Here's most of em:

Best newcomer:
Ana Johnsson - "The Way I Am"
Anna Ternheim - "Somebody Outside""
Deportees - "All Prayed Up"
Jens Lekman - "When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog"
Raymond & Maria - "Vi ska bara leva klart"

Best album:
Christian Walz - "Paint By Numbers"
Marit Bergman - "Baby Dry Your Eye"
Stina Nordenstam - "The World Is Saved"
The Hives - "Tyrannosaurus Hives"
The Soundtrack of our Lives - "Origin Vol. 1"

Best artist:
Gyllene Tider - "Finn 5 Fel!"
Lena Philipsson - "Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan"
Marit Bergman - "Baby Dry Your Eye"
The Hives - "Tyrannosaurus Hives"
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - "Origin Vol. 1"

Best song:
Raymond & Maria - "Ingen vill veta vart du köpt din tröja"
Lena Philipsson - "Det gör ont"
Nic & The Family - "Hej Hej Monika"
Gyllene Tider - "Tuffa tider/Sten vid en sjö i en skog"
Shirley Clamp - "Min kärlek"

Best pop (female):
Anna Ternheim - "Somebody Outside"
Lena Philipsson - "Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan"
Marit Bergman - "Baby Dry Your Eye"
Sophie Zelmani - "Love Affair"
Stina Nordenstam - "The World Is Saved"

Best pop (male):
Christian Walz - "Paint By Numbers"
Di Leva - "Tiden faller"
Jens Lekman - "When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog"
Mattias Alkberg BD - "Tunaskolan"
Tomas Andersson Wij - "Stjärnorna i oss"

Best pop group:
Alcazar - "Dancefloor - Deluxe"
Deportees - "All Prayed Up"
Gyllene Tider - "Finn 5 Fel!"
Melody Club - "Face The Music"
Raymond & Maria - "Vi ska bara leva klart"

Best rock album (solo):
Kristofer Åström - "Loupita"
Lars Winnerbäck - "Vatten under broarna"
Nicolai Dunger - "Here's My Song You Can Have It..."
Stefan Sundström - "Hjärtats melodi"
Ulf Lundell - "Ok Baby Ok"

Best rock group:
Sahara Hotnights - "Kiss & Tell"
Silverbullit - "Arclight"
Teddybears Sthlm - "Fresh!"
The Hives - "Tyrannosaurus Hives"
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - "Origin Vol. 1"

Best songwriter:
Anna Ternheim
Christian Walz & Ollie Olson
Marit Bergman
Per Gessle
Stina Nordenstam

Best lyrics:
Anna Ternheim
Jens Lekman
Lars Winnerbäck
Marit Bergman
Tomas Andersson Wij

Best producer:
Christian Walz
Johan Forsman & The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Lars Halapi
Pelle Gunnerfeldt & The Hives
Teddybears Sthlm & Phat Fabe

Best hip-hop/soul:
Damn! - "Youth Style"
Embee - "Tellings From Solitaria"
Infinite Mass - "1991"
Ison & Fille - "Ison & Fille"
Promoe - "The Long Distance Runner"

Best hard-rock/metal:
Dismember - "Where Ironcrosses Grow"
Entombed - "Unreal Estate"
Europe - "Start From The Dark"
In Flames - "Soundtrack To Your Escape"
The Hellacopters - "Strikes Like Lightning"

Best club/dance:
Andreas Tilliander - "World Industries"
Da Buzz - "Dangerous - The Album"
Guidelines - Must Be The Music"
Hird - "Moving On"
Stonebridge - "Can't Get Enough"

Best jazz:
Goran Kajfes - "Headspin"
Kullrusk - "Kullrusk"
Putte Wickman & Jan Lundgren - "We Will Always Be Together"
Rigmor Gustafsson And The Jacky Terrasson Trio - "Close To You"
The Torbjörn Zetterberg Hot Five - "Förtjänar mer uppmärksamhet"

Open category:
Alice Babs & Nisse Linds Hottrio - "Alice Babs & Nisse Linds Hot-Trio"
Anders F Rönnblom - "F-Box"
Blacknuss - "Gold"
Stefan Nilsson - "Så som i himmelen"
Titiyo - "Best of Titiyo"

Check out the full list here: http://www.ifpi.se/02.images/01.top/02.subnav_pdf/08.grammis/pdf/Grammisnomineringar_2004.pdf

Overcoat Recordings will be releasing a reissue of Nicolai Dunger's very excellent 1999 album "The cloud is learning" on February 22 next year. The album was produced with assistance from the guys in The Soundtrack of Our Lives and will include the two unreleased bonus tracks "This Cloud is Learning" and "First Born Track". And that's not the only Dunger reissue on the horizon either. SF-based label Runt LLC/Plain Recordings will be reissuing the 3xLP vinyl trilogy in a special boxset, each album pressed on 180-gram audiophile-quality vinyl. The set contains the albums "Sweat her kiss", "A dress book" and "Blind blemished blues" originally released by Hotstuff/Virgin Sweden back in 2001-2002. The music on each album is centered around a specific theme, such as all-instrumentals ("A dress book") or outdoor live recordings ("Sweat her kiss", my favorite of the lot). Ordering info here: http://www.buyrunt.com/contact.html

New Nicolai Dunger solo live dates:

01/17 - The Borderline, London (UK) (singer/songwriter festival)
02/11 - Norrlandsoperan, Umeå (SWE)
02/25 - Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA w/Joanna Newsom
02/26 - Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA w/Joanna Newsom

The very excellent Nicolai Dunger fansite www.nicolaidunger.tk has added a bunch of live radio recordings to the site for download.

As mentoned back on 9/20, Nicolai Dunger is doing a short US tour with Sufjan Stevens. Complete dates:

11/11 - Ethical Society, Philadelphia, PA
11/12 - Bard College, Annondale, NY
11/13 - Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY
11/14 - Middle East (Upstairs), Cambridge, MA (2 Sets)
11/15 - La Sala, Montreal, QBC
11/16 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ONT
11/17 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
11/18 - Schubas, Chicago, IL (2 Sets)
11/19 - Chapel, Madison, WI
11/20 - University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomie, WI
11/21 - 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN
11/23 - Oberlin College, Cleveland, OH
11/24 - Black Cat, Washington, DC

Updated tourdates for Nicolai Dunger:

10/01 - Sta Maria De Feira (Near Porto)
10/15 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY (CMJ)
11/11 - Ethical Society, Philadelphia, PA w/Sufjan Stevens
11/12 - Bard College, Annondale, NY w/Sufjan Stevens
11/13 - Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY w/Sufjan Stevens
11/14 - Middle East (Upstairs), Cambridge, MA (2 Sets) w/Sufjan Stevens
11/16 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ONT w/Sufjan Stevens
11/18 - Schubas, Chicago, IL (2 Sets) w/Sufjan Stevens
11/19 - Chapel, Madison, WI w/Sufjan Stevens

Nicolai Dunger is coming over to the US for a few shows:

10/14 - The Met Cafe, Providence, RI w/Sufjan Stevens
10/15 - The Mercury Lounge (CMJ), New York, NY
10/16 - Northsix, Brooklyn, NY w/Sufjan Stevens

So does that mean his latest record is getting a US release or his he doing showcases for possible labels?

Streaming playlist: Old stuff

Rising from the ashes of Kinkaid, the new band Novak will release their debut single "It all works out in the end" on a white vinyl 7" on June 20 via Novoton Records. The recordings were engineered by Pierre Lindsjöö at his studio Konst&Ramar (Ceasars Palace, Dungen, Empire Dogs, Strip Music) and mixed by Linus Larsson (Ed Harcourt, Mercury Rev, Nicolai Dunger, Heikki). A full-length will follow in early September.

Swedish singer/songwriter Nicolai Dunger has finished work on a new album called "Dunger at the diner". The recording is described as a 'simulated restaurant gig', whatever that means. No release date yet, but it should be out soon.

I'm not sure why I haven't done it already, but here's the tracklists for those carious upcoming Startracks-produced Festival compilations:

Accelerator 2004
01. M. Craft – Sweet
02. The Shins – So Says I
03. Electrelane – The Valleys
04. Lali Puna – Faking the books
05. Broken Social Scene – Stars and sons
06. Explosions in the Sky – The only moment we were alone
07. Laakso – Blizzard
08. Jens Lekman – The wrong hands (prev. unreleased)
09. Jonas Kullhammar – Bebopalulia
10. The Go! Team - Panterdash
11. The Von Bondies – C'mon, C'mon
12. Existensminimum – The on and on
13. Franz Ferdinand – Take me out (Naum Gabo re-mix) (prev. unreleased)

Picknick
01. Kristofer Åström – Idiot talk
02. Richard Buckner – Jewelbomb
03. Tiger Lou – Rushmore (prev. unreleased)
04. Ane Brun – Are they saying goodbye?
05. Denison Witmer – Stations
06. Tomas Andersson Wij – Tommy och hans mamma
07. Christian Kjellvander – For the sake of the song (prev. unreleased. Zandt cover, recorded live at Mondo)
08. Anna Ternheim – Troubled mind
09. Nicolai Dunger – Slaves (we're together like)
10. Tomas Andersson Wij – En vän till mig
11. Ane Brun – Fight Song (prev. unreleased. Likely to be recorded for her next album due 2005)
12. Syd Matters – Have a nice day
13. Kristofer Åström – Cardiac (prev. unreleased, from the "There for" sessions)
14. Syd Matters - Bones
15. Richard Buckner – Put on what you wanna
16. Tiger Lou – Like you said
17. Nicolai Dunger - City sun

Turns out that upcoming singer/songwriter festival Picnic is actually two dates: June 11 in Göteburg and June 12 in Stockholm. Again, artists scheduled to play include Nicolai Dunger, Richard Buckner (US), Denison Witmer (US), Ane Brun, Kristoffer Åström, Tiger Lou, Tomas Andersson Wij and Anna Ternheim.

There's a singer/songwriter showcase at the Picnic Festival/Långholmen in Stockholm on June 12. Artists set to appear include Kristofer Åström, Richard Buckner (US), Nicolai Dunger, Anna Ternheim, Ane Brun and Tomas Andersson Wij.

The Confusions have set May 19 as the release date for their new EP "Window". Here's the full tracklist:

01. Window
02. It's A Miracle
03. What Do You Know
04. I Will Never Let You Down

There is a video in the works for the title track. In other news, the band is travelling to France along with Nicolai Dunger and Kristofer Åström for a couple shows at the end of the month. Full schedule:

05/13 - Öst 100, Stockholm (SWE)
05/14 - Radio Rocket, Stockholm (SWE) (acoustic)
05/19 - Norra Berget, Sundsvall (SWE)
05/26 - Svenska Kulturhuset, Paris (FRA) (acoustic)
05/28 - Noveau Casiono, Paris (FRA)
08/12 - Helmut/Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)