Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
02. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
03. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
04. José González - Veneer
05. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
06. Per Gessle - Mazarin
07. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
08. Mauro Scocco - La Dolce Vita
09. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
10. Christer Sjögren - För kärlekens skull 14 visklassiker
11. Mats Ronander - Bästa
12. Peter Jöback - Jag kommer hem igen till jul
13. Bamse - Bamses dunder-hits
14. Broder Daniel - Cruel town
15. Helen Sjöholm / Anders Widmark - Genom varje andetag
16. Lars Roos - För de som älskar
17. The Latin Kings - Omertá
18. Lisa Ekdahl - En samling sånger
19. Christian Kjellvander - Introducing the past
20. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst

It's that time of year again - the time when they start handing out those year-end accolades and up first is the 25th annual Aftonbladet Rockbjörnen. Write in your suggestions for nominees here: http://www.aftonbladet.se/rockbjornen. And if you're feeling uninspired, maybe this will give you some good ideas on who to suggest. (in Swedish)

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
02. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
03. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
04. José González - Veneer
05. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
06. Christer Sjögren - För kärlekens skull 14 visklassiker
07. Per Gessle - Mazarin
08. Lisa Ekdahl - En samling sånger
09. Helen Sjöholm / Anders Widmark - Genom varje andetag
10. Bamse - Bamses dunder-hits
11. Broder Daniel - Cruel town
12. The Latin Kings - Omertá
13. Hammerfall - One Crimson Night
14. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
15. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
16. Fred Åkerström - Freds bästa
17. Christian Kjellvander - Introducing the past
18. Bosson - Rockstar
19. User - User
20. Pauline - Candy rain

Winners of the Swedish Hit Music Awards for Swedish categories:

Best Swedish artist: Alcazar
Best Swedish song: Per Gessle - "Här kommer alla känslorna"
Best Swedish hiphop/r&b: Timbuktu
Best Swedish rock: Millencolin
Best Swedish video: The Knife - "Heartbeats"

Finland's The Rasmus also won for best foreign song with their track "In the Shadows".

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. v/a - Lilla Melodifestivalen 2003
02. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
03. Per Gessle - Mazarin
04. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
05. User - User
06. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
07. Fred Åkerström - Freds bästa
08. Pauline - Candy rain
09. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
10. Ainbusk - En samling
11. E.S.T. - Seven days of falling
12. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
13. Robyn - Don't stop the music
14. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
15. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
16. Mustasch - Ratsafari
17. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
18. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
19. Jill Johnson - Discography
20. Sten & Stanley - Samlade tv-hits

Darkane has postponed plans to begin recording their next record due to guitarist Klas Ideberg recent surgery for a slipped disc in his back and also because the band wants more time to finish building their own studio. They are still planning on a springtime release through Nuclear Blast.

Nominees in the Swedish categories for the Swedish Hit Music Awards:

Best Swedish group:
Moneybrother
Alcazar
Robyn
A-Teens

Best Swedish Song:
Da Buzz - Alive
Per Gessle - Här kommer alla känslorna
Miio feat. Daddy Boastin' - När vi två blir en
Håkan Hellström - Kom igen Lena

Best Swedish hip-hop/r'n'b
Looptroop - Don't Hate The Player
Timbuktu - The botten is nådd
Advance Patrol - Min musik
Fattaru - Bättre

Best Swedish video
The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love
The Knife - Heartbeats
José González - Crosses
The Cardigans - You're The Storm

Best Swedish rock
Moneybrother - Reconsider Me
Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight Prayer
The Sounds - Living In America
Millencolin - E20 Norr

Best 'ZTV-färsking':
Satirnine - Hey No Hell
Moneybrother - Reconsider Me
Pauline - Runnin' Out Of Gaz
José González - Crosses

Winners be announced November 9 on ZTV. More info: http://www.ztv.se/shma/

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
02. Per Gessle - Mazarin
03. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
04. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
05. User - User
06. E.S.T. - Seven days of falling
07. Fred Åkerström - Freds bästa
08. Bubbles - Bless
09. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
10. Pauline - Candy rain
11. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
12. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
13. Robyn - Don't stop the music
14. Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
15. Mustasch - Ratsafari
16. Ainbusk - En samling
17. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
18. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
19. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
20. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Sub rosa

Pitchfork reviews "Everdom" from Anders Ilar: www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/i/ilar_anders/everdom.shtml

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
02. Per Gessle - Mazarin
03. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
04. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
05. User - User
06. Pauline - Candy rain
07. Fred Åkerström - Freds bästa
08. E.S.T. - Seven days of falling
09. Mustasch - Ratsafari
10. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
11. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
12. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
13. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
14. Bubbles - Bless
15. ABBA - ABBA Gold - greatest hits
16. Robyn - Don't stop the music
17. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
18. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Sub rosa
19. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
20. Kent - Vapen & ammunition

Parasol is now the official US outpost for all things Startracks. That means Tiger Lou (US tour in November/December), Kristofer Åström, Christian Kjellvander, Starmarket, Moneybrother, The Lost Patrol, Fireside and more we be readily available for purchasing domestically come mid-October. Jim, why don't you tell me these things before posting about them on the Parasol blog?

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
03. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
04. Fred Åkerström - Freds bästa
05. Pauline - Candy rain
06. Robyn - Don't stop the music
07. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
08. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
09. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
10. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
11. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
12. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
13. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
14. Da Buzz - More than alive
15. Robert Wells - Rhapsody in rock the complete collection
16. ABBA - ABBA Gold - greatest hits
17. David & the citizens - Until the sadness is gone
18. Ola Magnell - Vallmoland
19. Moneybrother - Blood Panic
20. Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!

The three Norweigan metal bands Aeternus, 1349, and Red Harvest are all teaming up for a European tour together. Dates so far:

11/06 - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
11/07 - Halford, Berlin (GER)
11/08 - Festung Club, Bitterfield (GER)
11/09 - E Club, Budapest (HUN)
11/10 - Hafen, Innsbrück (AUS)
11/11 - Bad Bonn, Düddingen (SWI)
11/12 – tba (FR)
11/13 - Scala, London (UK)
11/14 - Fenix, Exeter (UK)
11/15 - tba, Zottegem (BEL)
11/16 - Baroeg, Rotterdam (NL)

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
02. Per Gessle - Mazarin
03. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
04. Fred Åkerström - Freds bästa
05. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
06. Robyn - Don't stop the music
07. Pauline - Candy rain
08. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
09. Robert Wells - Rhapsody in rock the complete collection
10. David & the citizens - Until the sadness is gone
11. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
12. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
13. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
14. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
15. Da Buzz - More than alive
16. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
17. ABBA - ABBA Gold - greatest hits
18. Ola Magnell - Vallmoland
19. Fattaru - Jordnära
20. The bear quartet - Angry brigade

Hammerfall has posted an update on their website concerning details of the upcoming live CD/DVD and also special box set version.

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
02. Per Gessle - Mazarin
03. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
04. Fred Åkerström - Freds bästa
05. Robert Wells - Rhapsody in rock the complete collection
06. Robyn - Don't stop the music
07. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
08. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
09. Pauline - Candy rain
10. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
11. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
12. Ola Magnell - Vallmoland
13. Da Buzz - More than alive
14. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
15. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
16. Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!
17. ABBA - ABBA Gold - greatest hits
18. Hardcore superstar - No regrets
19. The Sounds - Living in America
20. Moneybrother - Blood panic

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
03. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
04. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
05. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
06. Robyn - Don't stop the music
07. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
08. Fred Åkerström - Freds bästa
09. Pauline - Candy rain
10. Hardcore superstar - No regrets
11. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
12. Ola Magnell - Vallmoland
13. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
14. Da Buzz - More than alive
15. Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!
16. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
17. Robert Wells - Rhapsody in rock the complete collection
18. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
19. The Sounds - Living in America
20. Tomas Ledin - I sommarnattens ljus

Moneybrother is doing a big Scandinavian tour this fall:

09/17 - Katalin, Uppsala
09/18 - Village, Västerås
09/19 - Blå, Eskilstuna
09/20 - Downtown, Örebro
09/25 - Markan, Hässleholm
09/26 - Tivoli, Helsingborg
09/27 - Diezel, Halmstad
10/03 - Peace & Love Klubb, Borlänge
10/04 - Folkets Park, Huskvarna
10/08 - Mejeriet, Lund
10/09 - Trädgår'n, Göteborg
10/10 - KB, Malmö
10/11 - Balders Hage, Häradsbäck/Älmhult
10/15 - Arena, Karlstad
10/16 - John Dee, Oslo
10/17 - Hulen, Bergen
10/18 - Folken, Stavanger
10/22 - Droskan, Umeå
10/24 - Pinkerton, Skellefteå
10/25 - Dinos, Sandviken
10/29 - Mondo, Stockholm
10/30 - Platens Bar, Linköping

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
03. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
04. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
05. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
06. Robyn - Don't stop the music
07. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
08. Ola Magnell - Vallmoland
09. Da Buzz - More than alive
10. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
11. Robert Wells - Rhapsody in rock the complete collection
12. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
13. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
14. Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!
15. Tomas Ledin - I sommarnattens ljus
16. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
17. The Sounds - Living in America
18. Jamie Meyer - It´s all about me
19. Per Myrberg - Sommarnatt Per Myrberg sjunger Taube
20. Moneybrother - Blood panic

Aftonbladet says that Timbuktu will be touring this fall. No dates yet.

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
03. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
04. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
05. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
06. Robyn - Don't stop the music
07. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
08. Robert Wells - Rhapsody in rock the complete collection
09. Da Buzz - More than alive
10. Jamie Meyer - It´s all about me
11. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
12. Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt - Den andra skivan
13. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
14. Tomas Ledin - I sommarnattens ljus
15. Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!
16. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
17. Tommy Körberg - Gränslös - det bästa med
18. Per Myrberg - Sommarnatt Per Myrberg sjunger Taube
19. Anders Johansson - If it's all I ever do
20. Moneybrother - Blood panic

Jocke Åhlund from The Caesars will be filming the new video for American hardcore band Thursday and their song "Signals Over The Air". His previous credits include work for bands such as Refused, Broder Daniel, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Caesars (of course) and more. More info and stills from his ouvere here: http://www.refused.tv/directors/joakim_ahlund.php

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
03. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
04. Robert Wells - Rhapsody in rock the complete collection
05. Da Buzz - More than alive
06. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
07. Robyn - Don't stop the music
08. Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt - Den andra skivan
09. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
10. Tomas Ledin - I sommarnattens ljus
11. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
12. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
13. Tommy Körberg - Gränslös - det bästa med
14. Entombed - Inferno
15. Style - Samlade hits
16. Moneybrother - Blood panic
17. Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!
18. Per Myrberg - Sommarnatt Per Myrberg sjunger Taube
19. Anders Johansson - If it's all I ever do
20. Benny Anderssons orkester - Benny Anderssons orkester

Via DJ Martian, comes first this review from the BBC of "Digital Prophecy" from Dhafer Youssef which features guest appearances from various Nordic jazz musicians such as Nils Petter Molvaer, Eivind Aarset and Arve Henriksen. Next, is this BBC One World tracklist with highlights from the Big Chill festival featuring artists such as Ralph Myers, Nu Spirit Helsinki, Jaga Jazzist and more. Listen to it streamed here.

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
03. Tomas Ledin - I sommarnattens ljus
04. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
05. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
06. Robyn - Don't stop the music
07. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
08. Robert Wells - Rhapsody in rock the complete collection
09. Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt - Den andra skivan
10. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
11. Da Buzz - More than alive
12. Lars Winnerbäck och hovet - Söndermarken
13. Style - Samlade hits
14. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
15. Tommy Körberg - Gränslös - det bästa med
16. Anders Johansson - If it's all I ever do
17. Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!
18. Per Myrberg - Sommarnatt Per Myrberg sjunger Taube
19. Moneybrother - Blood panic
20. Magnus Carlson - Ett kungarike för en kram

Pitchforkmedia.com has a short blurb on Junior Senior's "Move Your Feet" single today. I'm really surprised these guys haven't caught on more quickly over here yet. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens after the domestic issue of the album in September.