The upcoming Suburban Kids with Biblical Names full-length has been assigned an August 17 release date from Labrador Records.

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (NY) Mattias Alkberg BD - "Politix"
02. (NY) Jenny Wilson - "Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward"
03. (01) The Tough Alliance - "Keep it Pure"
04. (NY) The Fine Arts Showcase - "The Hazel Ridge"
05. (03) Eels - "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)"
06. (17) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "Funeral Face"
07. (12) Prominent - "Let's Talk it Over"
08. (09) Hal - "Play the Hits"
09. (14) Kent - "Palace & Main"
10. (NY) The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"
11. (10) Turbonegro - "High on the Crime"
12. (11) Thievery Corporation - "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
13. (NY) The Rakes - "Retreat"
14. (19) Håkan Hellström - "Dom kommer kliva på dig igen"
15. (NY) Turin Brakes - "Fishing For a Dream"
16. (NY) The Kills - "Love is a Deserter"
17. (NY) The House of Love - "Gotta Be That Way"
18. (NY) Looptroop - "Fort Europa"
19. (NY) Hello Saferide - "My Best Friend"
20. (NY) Audio Bullys - "Shot You Down"

Leaving the chart: Dreamboy, Weezer, The Coral, Maxïmo Park, Ane Brun, Stevie Wonder, Paris, Faith Evans, The Bravery, Lady Sovereign and Handsome Boy Modeling School.

New pics of Sibiria, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, Springfactory, The Lost Patrol Band and Millencollin now up at Rockfoto.nu.

Here's this week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (01) The Tough Alliance - Keep It Pure
02. (05) Dreamboy - Dance With Me
03. (03) Eels - Hey Man (Now You´re Really Living)
04. (06) Weezer - Beverly Hills
05. (13) The Coral - In The Morning
06. (NY) Maxïmo - Park Graffiti
07. (08) Ane Brun feat. Ron Sexsmith - Song No. 6
08. (09) Stevie Wonder - So What the Fuss
09. (10) Hal - Play The Hits
10. (NY) Turbonegro - High On The Crime
11. (NY) Thievery Corporation - The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
12. (11) Prominent - Lets Talk It Over
13. (NY) Paris - 60 Minutes
14. (NY) Kent - Palace & Main
15. (ÅT) Faith Evans - Again
16. (14) The Bravery - An Honest Mistake
17. (17) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Funeral Face
18. (19) Lady Sovereign - Random
19. (15) Håkan Hellström - Dom Kommer Kliva På Dig Igen
20. (07) Handsome Boy Modeling School - The World's Gone Mad

Leaving the chart: K-OS, The Similou, Varano feat. Chords, Gorillaz, Snoop Dogg and Britta Persson.

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (03) The Tough Alliance - "Keep it Pure"
02. (01) K-OS - "Crabbuckit"
03. (NY) Eels - "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)"
04. (02) The Similou - "Ladykillers"
05. (NY) Dreamboy - "Dance With Me"
06. (13) Weezer - "Beverly Hills"
07. (04) Handsome Boy Modeling School - "The World's Gone Mad"
08. (06) Ane Brun med Ron Sexsmith - "Song no.6"
09. (05) Stevie Wonder - "So What the Fuss"
10. (NY) Hal - "Play the Hits"
11. (07) Prominent - "Let's Talk it Over"
12. (08) Varano med Chords - "Leaving My Troubles Behind"
13. (09) The Coral - "In the Morning"
14. (NY) The Bravery - "An Honest Mistake"
15. (19) Håkan Hellström - "Dom kommer kliva på dig igen"
16. (10) The Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc"
17. (NY) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "Funeral Face"
18. (15) Snoop Dogg - "Signs"
19. (16) Lady Sovereign - "Random"
20. (18) Britta Persson - "Found at Home"

Leaving the chart: Faith Evans, Rilo Kiley, The Killers, Jenny Wilson and Hello Kinski.

Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - I have to admit that I'm not so crazy about these guys on record, but I really dug hearing them on stage with a full band and a man choir. C'mon, how can you go wrong with a full choir? You can't. It's not possible. Good times!

Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
Live @ the Barfly, London, 03/16/05

I love music. I love it so much it hurts, but at the end of last year and the beginning of this I've just been to too many rubbish gigs and bought too many boring records. I tell you, at one point I almost gave up! Lately though, things have been looking brighter with excellent records by Moneybrother, Håkan Hellström, The Evens and more, coming out, and with equally good live shows from Bright Eyes, Arcade Fire and others, my interest in music has been ignited once again. What I'm trying to get at here is that the Suburban Kids with Biblical Names gig yesterday was just another logical step in this revival. Or, that might be an understatement since the show was one of the best I've witnessed in a long time. If It's a Trap! worked under some sort of grading system this show would have gotten five Vikings out of five. Their songs are just so charming and fantastic that I couldn't help but smiling and shuffling my feet to the beat throughout the whole show. It might help that I'm an avid Jonathan Richman fan, but I'm sure SKWBN can charm anyone who's into clever indiepop. Tonight I'm going to see Arcade Fire once again, and hopefully they won't ruin this good streak that I've enjoyed lately. Thank you very much.
- Simon Tagestam

Various Artists
Kingsize vol #2
Labrador

At the moment, together with Service, Labrador is one of Sweden's most interesting labels. The bands on Service might be more exciting and they also cover a wider range of musical styles, but with such amazing bands such as [ingenting], The Radio Dept., and Suburban Kids with Biblical Names on their roster, every new Labrador release comes along with the promise of being tremendous. What we got here though is an extensive 25 track sampler that came out last year. Labrador has very successfully managed, like other great record labels, to create their own "sound" (which could be described as a bit poppy, shoegazing, and a lot twee), and most bands on this cd stay within this niche, but there are also a handful of songs that really stand out, such as Corduroy utd's "Daddy's boy" which is pure Dexy's. There are so many great songs on this disc that it's hard to say anything against it, but the fact that most of these songs are on other releases is a shame because then the compilation is really only interesting for people who haven't got too many Labrador releases. But all in all, this is an amazing bunch of songs, and a perfect introduction for anyone who wants to check out some great Swedish indie music that isn't garage rock.
- Simon Tagestam

Labrador Records updated release schedule:

02/09 - Sambassadeur - Between the lines EP
03/02 - Acid House Kings - Do what you wanna do EP
04/04 - Suburban Kids with Biblical Names - #2 EP

Top 10s for 2004: Niklas Åström (And the Sound)

Top 10s for 2004: IAT! writers

Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
#1 EP
Labrador

Bouncing along whimsically, the "#1 EP" by Haninge, Sweden's Peter Gunnarsson and Johan Hedberg is smart pop that never takes itself too seriously. It's an impressively catchy four-song debut, especially considering the group started playing together a year ago this month. "Ba ba bas" are in abundance (especially on the harmony-driven "Trumpets and Violins"), matched splendidly with simple piano and acoustic guitar melodies. Against such a sugary backdrop, lyrics like "I notice she's been listening a lot to Joy Division lately/and I notice that darkness in her smile" and "I want to turn all the dance floors/into a burning inferno of ba-ba-ba" sound even funnier than they would otherwise. The closing track even brings Morrissey to mind. Sometimes the lead vocals are a little hard to hear, but then again the EP was recorded at the home of Peter's parents. With melodies that will stay in your head for days and enough zaniness to make you laugh, the young Suburban Kids with Biblical Names are off to a promising start. Labrador was wise to snatch them up.
- Matthew W. Smith

Top 10s for 2004: Markus Persson (Monstera)

Suburban Kids with Biblical Names have posted a special Christmas mp3 on their website: http://www.loveisthedevil.com/SKWBN/

Music blog The Blank Generation is running down his 30 top picks from year which includes Scandinavian artists The Chrysler (#23), Jens Lekman (#16), Shout Out Louds (#15) and Suburban Kids with Biblical Names (#13): http://theblankgeneration.blogspot.com/ (note: the top 10 is yet to be posted)