By way of Dagensskiva, here is the Swedish student radio top 20 for the week:

01. (02) Broder Daniel "Shoreline"
02. (01) Belle & Sebastian "I'm A Cuckoo"
03. (03) Shout Out Louds "Please Please Please"
04. (04) Tiger Lou "Oh Horatio"
05. (06) The Latin Kings "T.L.K."
06. (05) David & The Citizens "Graycoated Morning"
07. (08) Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out"
08. (NY) The Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon"
09. (NY) Organism 12 "Sångfågel"
10. (NY) Nicolai Dunger "Here's My Song You Can Have It (Album Sampler)"
11. (10) The Thrills "Don't Steal Our Sun"
12. (15) Her Majesty! "You And Me Against The World"
13. (06) Bergman Rock "Help The Band"
14. (NY) Edson "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"
15. (11) Timbaland & Magoo "Indian Flute"
16. (12) Kamera "Suburban Boy"
17. (NY) Beezewax "Big Bad Car"
18. (NY) Obie Trice Ft. (Nate Dogg "The Set Up"
19. (NY) Jens Lekman "Rocky Dennis In Heaven EP"
20. (14) Disco Volante "Distort The South"

Leaving the chart:
09. Weeping Willows "Stairs"
13. Courtney Love "Mono"
16. Mazarine Street "Bourgeois Blood"
17. The Strokes "Reptilia"
18. Dizzee Rascal "Jus'a Rascal"
19. Backyard Babies "A Song For The Outkast"
20. Muse "Hysteria"

Preview the new Nicolai Dunger album "Here's my song, you can have it... I don' want it anymore / Yours 4-ever Nicolai Dunger": http://www.virgin.se/artists/nicolai/hms/player.htm
Nicolai's got a revamped official website too: http://www.nicolaidunger.com

Nicolai Dunger's unofficial website has revealed the tracklist for his new album, the long-windedly titled "Here's my song, you can have it... I don' want it anymore / Yours 4-ever Nicolai Dunger":

01. My time is now
02. Hunger
03. Slaves (we're together like)
04. Someone new
05. White wild horses
06. Tell me
07. Country lane
08. Way up high
09. The year of the love and hurt cycle
10. Harp's coming in
11. ...and falling out

As mentioned before, it was produced with the help of Mercury Rev and it'll be out on January 28. Check out the cover art here. In other news, Nicolai has lined up some Scandinavian live dates for February:

02/10 - Nalen, Stockholm (SWE)
02/11 - Storan, Göteborg (SWE)
02/12 - Herrgårn, Linköping (SWE)
02/18 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
02/21 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
02/25 - Katalin, Uppsala (SWE)

New mp3 up today from up-and-coming punk rockers C.Aarmé. Look for their debut full-length on Burning Heart later on this year. Also added a new streaming radio show from Niklas Holmberg. He runs the very excellent Nicolai Dunger fansite at nicolaidunger.tk and The (International) Noise Conspiracy fansite at theblastoff.tk. His playlist is broken into four sections: rock'n'roll, melancholic, Refused-related and instrumental. All very cool, so be sure to check it out.

There's some new pics of Broder Daniel up at Rockfoto.nu.

Nicolaidunger.tk, Nicolai Dunger's official fansite, is now collecting questions for a Q&A session to be published online in the near future. If you have any questions to ask him, head on over. Nicolai will also be DJing with Grasshopper from Mercury Rev at Debaser in Stockholm and Cafe Mono in Oslo on January 7 and 8 respectively. In case you didn't already know, Nicolai's forthcoming album (and recent single "Hunger") was produced by Mercury Rev and will be out next month.

The Hives will premiere their brand new single at the P3 Gold Awards on January 23 at Storan in Göteborg. Other acts set to play include Nicolai Dunger, Lisa Miskovsky, Patrik Isaksson, Elin Sigvardsson, Timbuktu, Broder Daniel and Soundtrack Of Our Lives. As for the awards themselves, here's the nominees:

Guldmicken (best live act):
José González
Moneybrother
Randy
Robyn
Timbuktu

Best song:
The Cardigans - "For What It's Worth"
Per Gessle - "Här Kommer Alla Känslorna (På En Och Samma Gång)"
Lisa Miskovsky - "Lady Stardust"
Timbuktu - "The Botten Is Nådd"
Broder Daniel - "When We Were Winning"

Best group:
Alcazar - "Alcazarised"
Bad Cash Quartet - "Midnight Prayer"
Broder Daniel - "Cruel Town"
The Cardigans - "Long Gone Before Daylight"
The Knife - "Deep Cuts"

Best male artist:
Per Gessle - "Mazarin"
José González - "Veneer"
Moneybrother - "Blood Panic"
Timbuktu - "The Botten Is Nådd"
Lars Winnerbäck - "Söndermarken"

Best female artist:
Lisa Miskovsky - "Fallingwater"
Miss Universum - "Selfelected"
Pauline - "Candy Rain"
Sophie Rimheden - "Hi-Fi"
Elin Sigvardsson - "Saturday Light Naïve"

Best newcomer:
José González
Miss Universum
Moneybrother
Pauline
Radio Dept.

Best rock:
Arch Enemy - "Anthems of Rebellion"
Cult Of Luna - "The Beyond"
Mörk Gryning - "Pieces of Primal Expressionism"
Nasum - "Helvete"
Satirnine - "Void of Value"

Best dance:
Jesper Dahlbäck - total production 2003
Eric Prydz - total production 2003
Forss - "Soulhack"
Hundarna från Söder - "Hundarna Från Söder"
Plej - "Electronic Music From The Swedish Leftcoast"

Best pop:
Franke - "Optimismens Hån"
The Knife - "Deep Cuts"
Radio Dept. - "Lesser Matters"
Sophie Rimheden - "Hi-Fi"
Tape - "Milieu"

Best hip-hop/soul:
Advance Patrol - "Utskrivna"
Fattaru - "Jordnära"
Ken - "Det Bortglömda"
Latin Kings - "Omerta"
Timbuktu - "The Botten Is Nådd"

For more info, go to P3 Gold's website.

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
02. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
03. Tim Christensen - Whispering At The Top Of My Lungs
04. Redrama - Hang It Up
05. Erik Faber - Century
06. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
07. Outlandish - Aicha
08. Fintelligens - Vaan Sil On Väliä
09. Moneybrother - It's Been Hurting All The Way With You Joanna
10. Paperboys - Hey Man
11. Beats & Styles - Dynamite
12. Christian Kjellvander - Portugal
13. The Fashion - Let´s Go Dancing
14. The Knife - Pass This On
15. C21 - One Night In Bangkok
16. Negative - The Moment Of Our Love
17. The Latin Kings - Cashen Dom Tas
18. Hardcore Superstar - Still I´m Glad
19. Nina Rochelle - (Happy) Jag hatar att det e så
20. Nicolai Dunger - Hunger

Challengers:
01. Slow Train Soul - In The Black Of Night
02. Koop - Baby
03. Eskobar - Love Strikes
04. Carpark North - Wild Wonders
05. Fattaru feat. Masayah - Ton för ton

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

"Let's Grow Together - The Comeback Of St. Thomas" is title of the new record from Norweigan singer/songwriter St. Thomas, due out on January 12 on Racing Junior. This will mark his fourth album and it's being hailed as a comeback both musically and personally. St. Thomas himself also played most of the instruments, co-produced and made the cover art. There will also be a release on 12" vinyl and an "exclusive" 7", but I don't have the details on those yet. ST got a bit of international hype with his last release, but it never really translated into big sales abroad. Maybe this time will be different. For those curious about his sound, a good point of reference would be Nicolai Dunger (whose own new EP "Hunger" is quite good).

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
02. Redrama - Hang It Up
03. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
04. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
05. Moneybrother - It's Been Hurting All The Way With You Joanna
06. Outlandish - Aicha
07. C21 - One Night In Bangkok
08. Paperboys - Hey Man
09. Erik Faber - Century
10. Negative - The Moment Of Our Love
11. The Knife - Pass This On
12. Fintelligens - Vaan Sil On Väliä
13. Christian Kjellvander - Portugal
14. Beats & Styles - Dynamite
15. The Latin Kings - Cashen Dom Tas
16. Lene Marlin - You Weren´t There
17. I'Dees - Brave And Optimistic Girl
18. The Fashion - Let´s Go Dancing
19. Blackstrap - In Colored Ways
20. Captain Murphy - I´m A What

Challengers:
01. Nina Rochelle - (Happy) Jag hatar att det e så
02. Hardcore Superstar - Still I´m Glad
03. Magnet ft. Gemma Hayes - Lay Lady Lay
04. Nicolai Dunger - Hunger
05. Tim Christensen - Whispering At The Top Of My Lungs

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

Nicolai Dunger has recorded a cover of the song "Sometimes a man has to go to the crossroads to find himself" for the Swedish TV program Musikbyrån, to be broadcast on December 3 in conjunction with a documentary about the Godfather of Soul, James Brown.

By way of Dagensskiva, here is thist week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (01) Paris "Rainy Day In London" 02. (07) Christian Kjellvander "Portugal" 03. (02) Primal Scream Ft. (Kate Moss "Some Velvet Morning" 04. (03) The Bear Quartet "Ask Me, Don't Axe Me" 05. (09) Guided By Voices "The Best Of Jill Hives" 06. (04) The Latin Kings "Cashen fom tas" 07. (NY) The Coral "Bill Mc Cai" 08. (NY) Timbuktu Med Peps "Dynamit" 09. (17) Laakso "Demon" 10. (08) The Kid "Baton Rouge"

11. (11) Moneybrother "It's Been Hurting All The Way With You, Joanna" 12. (NY) Monastir "The Shape Up EP" 13. (13) Bring Me The Fucking Riot...Man "Lolita Riotta" 14. (10) The Legends "There And Back Again" 15. (12) The Strokes "12:51" 16. (05) Björns Vänner "Vad ska jag med ett foto på dig?" 17. (NY) Daft Punk "Something About Us" 18. (NY) Slow Train Soul "In The Black Of Night" 19. (NY) José Gonzales "Crosses EP" 20. (16) The Warlocks "Baby Blue"

Leaving the chart:
06. Nicolai Dunger "Hunger"
14. Rocky Dennis "Maple Leaves EP"
15. Captain Murphy "I'm A What"
18. Franz Ferdinand "Darts Of Pleasure"
19. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Fortune Faded"
20. Broder Daniel "When We Were Winning"

Here's another flash e-card, this time for Nicolai Dunger featuring his new single "Hunger". I do believe it will actually hit stores tomorrow despite the previously announced delay. The title of his new album has also been confirmed and it's a doozy: "Here’s my song, you can have it... I don’ want it anymore /Yours 4-ever Nicolai Dunger". Awesome.

According to a posting on the Christian Kjellvander website, the scheduled Nicolai Dunger/Christian Kjellvander shows in Helsingborg and Västerås (10/23-14) have been cancelled.

Niklas from nicolaidunger.tk recently got a chance to preview the new Nicolai Dunger album that he recorded with Mercury Rev and this is what he had to say:

"Yesterday I and Joakim were invited to listen to a couple of tracks from the forthcoming album. We didn’t know what to expect since Mercury Rev has produced it but a lot of it sounded really good. It’s a pretty wide album with different types of songs, poppy ones and more traditional sounding ones that we’re used to when it comes to Nicolai. Of course the more traditional ones sounded best at the moment but I’m sure I’ll love the other ones too when I’ve gotten the chance to listen to them a few more times. I’m really looking forward to the release which probably will be at the end of January."

He also adds news that the single "Hunger" will not be released on October 8 as originally planned, but rather will be available on the upcoming tour and will then hit stores in November.

Looks like that Nicolai Dunger "Tour Edition EP" that's coming out in advance of the upcoming jaunt with Christian Kjellvander (see 08/21 for dates) isn't really an EP at all. It's actually gonna be a single and here's the tracklist:

01. Hunger
02. Slaves (we're together like)
03. City sun

The first tracks are from the forthcoming album and the third is exclusive to this release. It hits stores October 8, but will be available at the shows for a special price. A video for "Hunger" is being done by Håkan Schüler/Maremma Produktion AB and should be out soon. And finally, Nicolai has been voted #18 of the top 33 sexiest men in the Swedish edition of Elle magazine.