Top 10s for 2004: Mikael Månsson (Kasual Recordings)

Top 10s for 2004: IAT! writers

Top 10s for 2004: Boy Omega

Top 10s for 2004: It's a trap!

Pitchfork reviews Stina Nordenstam: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/n/nordenstam_stina/world-is-saved.shtml

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

Neumu reviews Stina Nordenstam: http://www.neumu.com/fortyfour/

The nominees for the Swedish radio P3 Gold awards have been announced:

Best female artist:
Ayesha - Jade Fever
Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
Stina Nordenstam - The World Is Saved
Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan

Best male artists:
Promoe - The Long Distance Runner
Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
Alf - Augustibrev
Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog

Best group:
Teddybears STHLM - Fresh
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Origin Vol 1
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
Silverbullit - Arclight
Sahara Hotnights - Kiss & Tell

Best newcomer:
Raymond & Maria
Tough Alliance
Fibes, Oh Fibes!
Anna Ternheim
Jens Lekman

Best song:
Call on me - Eric Prydz
Mr Cool - Snook
Det gör ont - Lena Philipsson
Hey Boy - Teddybears STHLM feat. Swing Fly
Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja - Raymond & Maria

Guldmicken (best live):
Marit Bergman
Svenska Akademien
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
Infinite Mass
In Flames

Best rock/metal:
Nasum - Shift
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
In Flames - Soundtrack To Your Escape
The Haunted - rEVOLVEr
Cult of Luna - Salvation

Best hip-hop/soul:
Embee - Tellings From Solitaria
Ison & Fille - Ison & Fille
Promoe - The Long Distance Runner
Natalie Gardiner - Natalie Gardiner
Ayesha - Jade Fever

Best dance:
Hird - Moving On
Cari Lekebusch - The Architect
Andreas Tilliander - World Industries
Eric Prydz - Samlad produktion 2004
Stonebridge - Can't Get Enough

Best pop:
Mattias Alkberg BD - Tunaskolan
Stina Nordenstam - The World Is Saved
Testbild! - The Inexplicable Feeling Of September
Hans Appelqvist - Bremort
Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog

Vote here: http://www.sr.se/p3/p3guld/

How cool is this? The Knife will be doing a remix of the next Stina Nordenstam single "Parliament Square" for release in January or February via V2. They are also doing a remix of "Keep you Kimi" for Swedish electronic artist Hird for release on the lounge label DNM (Dealers of Nordic Music).

Stylus reviews Stina Nordenstam: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2521

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Marie Fredriksson - The Change
02. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
03. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
04. Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe - 1993 - Malmöinspelningarna
05. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
06. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Origin I
07. Stefan Nilsson - Så som i himmelen
08. Orup - Orup - Bästa
09. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
10. Lisa Ekdahl - Olyckssyster
11. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
12. Brolle Jr. - Paradise Will Wait
13. Rigmor Gustafsson and the Jacky Terrasson Trio - Close to You
14. Björn Skifs - Skifs Hits!
15. Martin Stenmarck - Think of Me
16. The Refreshments - Easy to Pick Up, Hard to Put Down
17. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
18. Stina Nordenstam - The World is Saved
19. Mats Bergmans - Vänd dig inte om
20. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers

Legendary Swedish doom-metal act Candlemass has decided to reunite yet again and has booked two weeks in the studio at the end of the month. They don't have a record deal yet or anything, but they don't seem worried about it. Read more: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=29064

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Marie Fredriksson - The Change
02. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
03. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
04. Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe - 1993 - Malmöinspelningarna
05. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Origin I
06. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
07. Orup - Orup - Bästa
08. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
09. Lisa Ekdahl - Olyckssyster
10. Hovet - Hovet
11. The Refreshments - Easy to Pick Up, Hard to Put Down
12. Stefan Nilsson - Så som i himmelen
13. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
14. Deportees - All Prayed Up
15. Brolle Jr. - Paradise Will Wait
16. Björn Skifs - Skifs Hits!
17. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
18. Stina Nordenstam - The World is Saved
19. Rigmor Gustafsson and the Jacky Terrasson Trio - Close to You
20. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers

Nicke Borg of Backyard Babies will be doing a DJ tour of Europe. Here's the first dates:

11/24 - King & Queens, München (GER)
11/27 - Matrix, Bochum (GER)
11/29 - Cobra Bar, Hamburg (GER)

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Origin I
02. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
03. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
04. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
05. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
06. Orup - Orup - Bästa
07. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
08. Stefan Nilsson - Så som i himmelen
09. The Refreshments - Easy to Pick Up, Hard to Put Down
10. Björn Skifs - Skifs Hits!
11. Lisa Ekdahl - Olyckssyster
12. Stina Nordenstam - The World is Saved
13. Brolle Jr. - Paradise Will Wait
14. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
15. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
16. Europe - Start from the Dark
17. Blacknuss - Gold
18. Mats Bergmans - Vänd dig inte omo
19. Anna-Lotta Larsson - Känn en doft av kärleken
20. Rebecka Törnqvist - Travel Like in Songs

PopMatters reviews the epic one-song Meshuggah EP "I": http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/meshuggah-i.shtml

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Origin I
02. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
03. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
04. Stina Nordenstam - The World is Saved
05. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
06. The Refreshments - Easy to Pick Up, Hard to Put Down
07. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
08. Björn Skifs - Skifs Hits!
09. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
10. Brolle Jr. - Paradise Will Wait
11. Mats Bergmans - Vänd dig inte omo
12. The Haunted - Revolver
13. Stefan Nilsson - Så som i himmelen
14. Lisa Ekdahl - Olyckssyster
15. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
16. Europe - Start from the Dark
17. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
18. Anna-Lotta Larsson - Känn en doft av kärleken
19. Blacknuss - Gold
20. Rebecka Törnqvist - Travel Like in Songs

After a two month break, Jaga Jazzist is back in the studio to wrap up their new album for an early 2005 release. They've now enlisted the help of producer Kåre Chr. Westrheim to finish tracking and to handle mixing. Kåre has worked with quite a few high profile Norwegian musicians including Gluecifer, Kaisers Orchestra and Odd Nordstoga. Check out pics from the sessions here: http://www.jagajazzist.com/v2/sql/newslist.php/

New mp3 today from Swedish act The Tiny. Their debut album "Close enough" doesn't come out in the US until February next year, but I think it's worth seeking out now. The group is a minimalist trio of keys, cello, double-bass and vocals and the music they create is absolutely exquisite. I can't get the single "Closer" out of my head, but since they have that tune available on their website, I figured I'd offer an album cut instead. Ellekari Larson's vocals are quite befitting of the band's name and probably best compared to the likes of Stina Nordenstam, combined with the breathy, jazz phrasing of Billie Holiday. Fans of acts like Nina Nastasia or maybe even Will Oldham should definitely give these guys a listen. By far one of the strongest debuts I've heard all year.