This week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:

01. Steen1 - Jarden träkki (FIN)
02. Neljä Ruusua - Elän vain kerran (FIN)
03. The Rasmus - Funeral song (FIN)
04. SubUrban Tribe - Silent Rain (FIN)
05. Trilogia - Hei (FIN)
06. Nina Rochelle - (Happy) Jag hatar att det e så (SWE)
07. Kamera - Suburban boy (SWE)
08. The Alpine - Too many monsters (DK)
09. The Crash - Still alive (FIN)
10. Shout Out Louds - Please please please (SWE)

Challengers:
01. DJ Slow - I'm over you Pablo (FIN)
02. Weeping Willows - Stairs (SWE)
03. Teddybears STHLM - Cobrastyle (SWE)

This week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:

01. Steen1 - Jarden träkki (FIN)
02. Trilogia - Hei (FIN)
03. SubUrban Tribe - Silent Rain (FIN)
04. Nina Rochelle - (Happy) Jag hatar att det e så (SWE)
05. The Alpine - Too many monsters (DK)
06. Kamera - Suburban boy (SWE)
07. The Crash - Still alive (FIN)
08. Patrik Isaksson - 1985 (SWE)
09. Backyard Babies - A song for the outcast (SWE)
10. Neljä Ruusua - Elän vain kerran (FIN)

Challengers:
01. The Rasmus - Funeral song (FIN)
02. Shout Out Louds - Please please please (SWE)
03. Paris - Rainy day in London (SWE)

Shout Out Louds were recently selected as the 'download of the week' by British music mag NME. Check out what they said: [view article]

Pitchfork gives faint praise to the Shout Out Louds: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/shout-out-louds/howl-howl-gaff-gaff.shtml

Updated tourdates around Scandinavia for the Shout Out Louds:

03/12 - Garage, Oslo
03/13 - Kvarteret, Bergen
03/19 - Loppen, Köpenhamn
03/20 - Gottwalds, Ängelholm
03/25 - Umeå Open, Umeå
03/30 - Tavastia, Helsingfors
04/01 - Kårallen, Linköping
04/29 - Pinkerton, Skellefteå
04/30 - Piteå Högskola, Piteå
08/12 - Emmabodafestivalen, Emmaboda

Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. Outlandish - Walou
02. Eskobar - Love Strikes
03. The Crash - Still Alive
04. Lene Marlin - Another Day
05. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
06. Grand Avenue - Take It As It Comes
07. Winta & Anton Gordon - Hot Romance (Rok With You)
08. Safri Duo feat. Clark Anderson - All The People In The World
09. Maria Mena - You´re The Only One
10. Her Majesty - You and me against the world
11. Bad Cash Quartet - Twenty Two
12. Elin Sigvardsson - Paper Cup Words
13. Erik Faber - Century
14. Velcra - Can´t stop fighting
15. Brainstorm - Colder
16. Anne Hvidsten - Need To Know
17. Pauline - Babylon
18. Shout Out Louds - Please Please Please
19. Jokeren - Havnen
20. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius

Challengers:
01. Black Diamond Brigade - Black Diamond
02. Mark Rosener - Something In The Way
03. The Latin Kings - T.L.K.
04. Ana - Life
05. Span - Don´t Think The Way They Do
06. Virgo - Bubbles

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

Apparently interest is growing in the Shout Out Louds abroad. Their recent (and second) string of NYC dates apparently went even better than the first. Read more: http://www.jenyk.com/bandphotography/shoutoutlouds2.htm

Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's Swedish student radio chart:

01. (13) Phoenix "Everything Is Everything"
02. (NY) Marit Bergman feat. Cecilia Nordlund "Adios Amigo"
03. (NY) Promoe "These Walls Don't Lie"
04. (NY) Josh Rouse "Come Back (Light Therapy)"
05. (02) Tiger Lou "Oh Horatio"
06. (19) Damien Rice "Volcano"
07. (01) The Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon"
08. (07) The Legends "Call It Ours"
09. (12) John Frusciante "Song To Sing When I'm Lonely"
10. (05) Jens Lekman "Rocky Dennis In Heaven EP"
11. (NY) Laakso "Aussie Girl"
12. (06) Peaches feat. Iggy Pop "Kick It"
13. (17) Paris "Hey Sailor!"
14. (16) N.E.R.D. "She Wants To Move"
15. (NY) Swan Lee "I Don't Mind"
16. (04) David & The Citizens "Graycoated Morning"
17. (03) Belle & Sebastian "I'm A Cuckoo"
18. (11) Organism 12 "Sångfågel"
19. (NY) Dave Clarke Feat. (Chicks On Speed "What Was Her Name?"
20. (NY) Missy Elliott "I'm Really Hot"

Leaving the chart:
08. Broder Daniel "Shoreline"
09. Björns Vänner "Alexander Lukas"
10. Shout Out Louds "Please Please Please"
14. Timbaland & Magoo "Indian Flute"
15. Grandaddy "I'm On Standby"
18. The Thrills "Don't Steal Our Sun"
20. Nicolai Dunger "Here's My Song You Can Have It (Album Sampler)"

Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. Outlandish - Walou
02. The Crash - Still Alive
03. Grand Avenue - Take It As It Comes
04. Eskobar - Love Strikes
05. Safri Duo feat. Clark Anderson - All The People In The World
06. Winta & Anton Gordon - Hot Romance (Rok With You)
07. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
08. Erik Faber - Century
09. Redrama - Hang It Up
10. Elin Sigvardsson - Paper Cup Words
11. Maria Mena - You´re The Only One
12. Shout Out Louds - Please Please Please
13. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
14. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
15. Velcra - Can´t stop fighting
16. Her Majesty - You and me against the world
17. Pauline - Babylon
18. Jokeren - Havnen
19. September - We Can Do It
20. Alice In Videoland - Got To Go

Challengers:
01. Christina Groth - Rock Your Body
02. Bad Cash Quartet - Twenty Two
03. David & the Citizens - Greycoated Morning
04. Brainstorm - Colder
05. Anne Hvidsten - Need To Know
06. Kingston Air Force - Style I Wear
07. Lene Marlin - Another Day

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

Shout Out Louds will play the The Archway Tavern in London next Wednesday, February 25. They are set to hit the stage at 8:15pm.

Boo-yah! My boys KVLR went straight to #1 on the Stockholm student radio charts! How awesome is that? The full list:

01. KVLR - Slow Clapping NY
02. Marit Bergman - Adios Amigos NY
03. Josh Rouse - Come Back (Light Therapy) NY
04. Promoe - These Walls Don't Lie NY
05. Swan Lee - I Don't Mind NY
06. Phoenix - Everything Is Everything 1
07. R-Kelly - Step In the Name of Love 2
08. Jens Lekman - Rocky Dennis Farewell Song 3
09. Clones - Crazy Boys 3
10. Tribeca - Solitude 3
11. Tiger Lou - Oh Horatio 4
12. Timbaland & Magoo - Indian Flute 4
13. The Thrills - Don't Steal Our Sun 4
14. Belle & Sebastian - I'm a Cuckoo 5
15. Peggy Lejonhjärta - Sista styverns trappor 5
16. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out 5
17. Shout Out Louds - Please Please 5
18. Kaada - That's Life o-oh 5
19. Saraberg - Nuclear Love 6
20. Eastern Lane - feed your addiction 11

As mentioned before, the album is now available this week for preordering, so either order it from me if you're in North America or want the digipack, or head over to Chalksounds for ordering in Sweden/Scandinavia.

Ooh, the record is also a subject of focus on MI: http://www.musikindustrin.nu/mi/smpage.fwx?page=191&I_FOKUS=4158 (in Swedish)

Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. Outlandish - Walou
02. Grand Avenue - Take It As It Comes
03. Safri Duo feat. Clark Anderson - All The People In The World
04. Eskobar - Love Strikes
05. The Crash - Still Alive
06. Winta & Anton Gordon - Hot Romance (Rok With You)
07. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
08. Elin Sigvardsson - Paper Cup Words
09. Erik Faber - Century
10. Redrama - Hang It Up
11. Maria Mena - You´re The Only One
12. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
13. September - We Can Do It
14. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
15. Shout Out Louds - Please Please Please
16. Pauline - Babylon
17. Learning From Las Vegas - The Only One
18. Jokeren - Havnen
19. Morten Abel - Birmingham Ho
20. The Perishers - Let There Be Morning

Challengers:
01. Alice In Videoland - Got To Go
02. Gaute - Miss you when you´re gone
03. Barbi Esco - Fairy Tale
04. Her Majesty - You and me against the world
05. William Hut - It´s the breeze
06. Kamera - Suburban boy
07. Velcra - Can´t stop fighting

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

Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. Outlandish - Walou
02. Eskobar - Love Strikes
03. Grand Avenue - Take It As It Comes
04. The Crash - Still Alive
05. Safri Duo feat. Clark Anderson - All The People In The World
06. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
07. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
08. Redrama - Hang It Up
09. Erik Faber - Century
10. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
11. Surferosa - Lucky Lipstick
12. Maria Mena - You´re The Only One
13. September - We Can Do It
14. Pauline - Babylon
15. Niccokick - Turn 27
16. David - What The Hell
17. Majid - Boys And Girls
18. Jokeren - Havnen
19. Lene - Pretty Young Thing
20. Snook - Såpbubblor

Challengers:
01. Morten Abel - Birmingham Ho
02. Elin Sigvardsson - Paper Cup Words
03. The Perishers - Let There Be Morning
04. Shout Out Louds - Please Please Please
05. Learning From Las Vegas - The Only One
06. Chords - Wrap Your Chops
07. Winta & Anton Gordon - Hot Romance (Rok With You)

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

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

01. (08) The Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon"
02. (01) Broder Daniel "Shoreline"
03. (02) Belle & Sebastian "I'm A Cuckoo"
04. (04) Tiger Lou "Oh Horatio"
05. (05) The Latin Kings "T.L.K."
06. (06) David & The Citizens "Graycoated Morning"
07. (19) Jens Lekman "Rocky Dennis In Heaven EP"
08. (07) Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out"
09. (12) Her Majesty! "You And Me Against The World"
10. (03) Shout Out Louds "Please Please Please"
11. (09) Organism 12 "Sångfågel"
12. (NY) Peaches Ft. Iggy Pop "Kick It"
13. (NY) Björns Vänner "Alexander Lukas"
14. (NY) Tribeca "Solitude"
15. (15) Timbaland & Magoo "Indian Flute"
16. (NY) Grandaddy "I'm On Standby"
17. (14) Edson "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"
18. (18) Obie Trice Ft. (Nate Dogg "The Set Up"
19. (NY) Aerospace "In A Place Of Silver Eaves EP"
20. (10) Nicolai Dunger "Here's My Song You Can Have It" (Album Sampler)

Leaving the chart:
11. The Thrills "Don't Steal Our Sun"
13. Bergman Rock "Help The Band"
16. Kamera "Suburban Boy"
17. Beezewax "Big Bad Car"
20. Disco Volante "Distort The South"

New bands added to the Umeå Open lineup: Jens Lekman, Laakso, Shout Out Louds, Sophie Rimheden and Miss Universum. The kickoff show for the fest will take place February 28 at Fritz's Corner with Bring Me The Fucking Riot...Man and The Janitors.