Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums:

01. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
02. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
03. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
04. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
05. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
06. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
07. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
08. Günther & the Sunshine Girls - Pleasure Man
09. Per Gessle - Mazarin
10. Di Leva - Tiden Faller
11. Robert Wells - Rhapsody In Rock Anniversary
12. Hans Martin - Den Blomstertid Nu Kommer
13. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
14. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
15. Infinite Mass - 1991
16. Peter Jöback - Det Här Är Platsen
17. Noice - 24
18. Carola - Credo
19. The Solution - Communicate!
20. The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Armed Love

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

01. Promoe - These Walls Don´t Lie
02. The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
03. Nightwish - Nemo
04. Kings Of Convenience - I´d Rather Dance With You
05. Elastinen - Syljen
06. Various Artists - I Kan Ikke Slå Os Ihjel
07. Sondre Lerche - Days That Are Over
08. Nik & Jay - En dag tilbage
09. Sahara Hotnights - Hot Night Crash
10. Euroboys - One Way Street
11. Infinite Mass - The Thief
12. Kemopetrol - My Superstar
13. Petter - Repa skivan
14. Eskobar - Bring The Action
15. Gunnar - Haunted Honey Moon
16. Teddybears STHLM - Hey Boy
17. Safari - Crazy Dream Crazy Days
18. The Raveonettes - Heartbreak Stroll
19. Marit Bergman - I´ll Always Be Your Soldier
20. Her Majesty - The Past Is Not A Good Idea

Challengers:
01. Dalminjo - Love Affair
02. Latin Kings - Shonnar Vet
03. Remee & The Mildas Touch - No.1
04. The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Black Mask
05. Lambretta - Kill Me

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

The Independent talks to The Hives: http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/interviews/story.jsp?story=543644

No big surprise here: Aftonbladet gives The Hives a perfect five out of five score for both their new album and their US tour kick-off show. "The world's best rock n' roll band" they say. Here's the record review with includes a couple sample tracks: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,507759,00.html (in Swedish)

Swedish day at Pitchfork with reviews of The Hives and The Concretes:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/h/hives/tyrannosaurus-hives.shtml
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/c/concretes/concretes.shtml

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

01. Promoe - These Walls Don´t Lie
02. Nightwish - Nemo
03. The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
04. Nik & Jay - En dag tilbage
05. Venke Knutson - Scared
06. Elastinen - Syljen
07. Kings Of Convenience - I´d Rather Dance With You
08. Sahara Hotnights - Hot Night Crash
09. Various Artists - I Kan Ikke Slå Os Ihjel
10. A-Teens - I Promised Myself
11. Eskobar - Bring The Action
12. Petter - Repa skivan
13. Euroboys - One Way Street
14. Teddybears STHLM - Hey Boy
15. The Raveonettes - Heartbreak Stroll
16. Marit Bergman - I´ll Always Be Your Soldier
17. Deportees - Arrest Me ´Til It Hurts
18. Bergman Rock - Jim
19. Lordi - Blood Red Sandman
20. Safari - Crazy Dream Crazy Days

Challengers:
01. Infinite Mass - The Thief
02. Kemopetrol - My Superstar
03. Her Majesty - The Past Is Not A Good Idea
04. Gunnar - Haunted Honey Moon
05. Captain Murphy - Daddy Can Dance
06. Sondre Lerche - Days That Are Over

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

Pitchfork reviews the US release of The Hives UK best-of comp "Your new favourite band": http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/h/hives/your-new-favorite-band.shtml

The Ackermans - Song in your Street CDS (Inpediente/Plugged)
This band plays upbeat garage punk that'll probably remind most folks of The Hives at first, but sounds to me more like classic Lookout! Records stuff such as The Hi-Fives. It's got the usual ingredients for the genre: jangly, sharp guitars, slightly fuzzed-out vocals, good hooks, hyperactive drumming and so on and so forth. The two songs on this single pass by so quickly, it's already over by the time I really start getting into it. Though it's definitely not be anything I haven't heard done before, I still dig it.

The Ackermans
Song in your street CDS
Plugged Records/Inpediente

This band plays upbeat garage punk that'll probably remind most folks of The Hives at first, but sounds to me more like classic Lookout! Records stuff such as The Hi-Fives. It's got the usual ingredients for the genre: jangly, sharp guitars, slightly fuzzed-out vocals, good hooks, hyperactive drumming and so on and so forth. The two songs on this single pass by so quickly, it's already over by the time I really start getting into it. Though it's definitely not be anything I haven't heard done before, I still dig it.
- Avi Roig

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

01. Nightwish - Nemo
02. Promoe - These Walls Don´t Lie
03. Nik & Jay - En dag tilbage
04. Venke Knutson - Scared
05. Sahara Hotnights - Hot Night Crash
06. Elastinen - Syljen
07. Tue West - Sig Du Er Sikker
08. Eskobar - Bring The Action
09. C21 - All That I Want
10. Various Artists - I Kan Ikke Slå Os Ihjel
11. Petter - Repa skivan
12. A-Teens - I Promised Myself
13. The Raveonettes - Heartbreak Stroll
14. Christian Walz - Maybe Not
15. Marit Bergman - I´ll Always Be Your Soldier
16. Bergman Rock - Jim
17. Sugarplum Fairy - Stay Young
18. Teddybears STHLM - Hey Boy
19. Euroboys - One Way Street
20. Iron African - How We Get Down

Challengers:
01. Safari - Crazy Dream Crazy Days
02. Viva Vertigo - Viva Viva
03. Deportees - Arrest Me ´Til It Hurts
04. Kings Of Convenience - I´d Rather Dance With You
05. Lordi - Blood Red Sandman
06. The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk

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

Check out a new e-card from The Hives: http://www.bandbuilder.com/hives/index.php?ref_code=B573571

New pics of The Hives and (International) Noise Conspiracy from the Hurricane and Southside Festival in Germany now up at Rockfoto.nu.

Sahara Hotnights will play a few gigs on their own before they meet up with The Hives for a full US tour on July 20. New dates:

07/11 - The End, Nashville, TN
07/12 - Top Cats, Cincinnati, OH
07/13 - The World, Pittsburgh, PA
07/14 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ

The Sahara Hotnights have posted something about a two-day event called "Where The Action Is" happening sometime soon in both Göteborg and Stockholm featuring themselves alongside big-name acts such as The Hives, Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Teddybears Sthlm and Broder Daniel. More info soon?

The Hives are already confirmed to headline next year's Hultsfred Festival, the 20th anniversary of the event.

Aftonbladet reports on rock n' roll couple Howlin' Pelle Almqvist (The Hives) and Maria Andersson (Sahara Hotnights): http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,491763,00.html (in Swedish)
The latter will be opening for the former on their upcoming US tour.