This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 tracks of the week:

01. The Killers – When You Were Young
02. Nikola Sarcevic – Love Is Trouble
03. The Killers – Sam's Town
04. Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
05. The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
06. Cat Power – The Greatest
07. Anna Ternheim – Feels Like Sand
08. The Killers – Enterlude
09. The Killers – Bones
10. The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)

And the top 10 albums of the week:

01. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
02. The Knife – Deep Cuts
03. Cat Power – The Greatest
04. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
05. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
06. Radiohead – OK Computer
07. The Knife – Silent Shout
08. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
09. The Radio Dept. – Lesser Matters
10. Jens Lekman – Oh You're So Silent Jens

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The Knife's film of their April 12 show in Göteborg will be released on DVD on November 8. 5.1 sound, yadda yadda plus all of the duo's 11 videos thus far, from "NY hotel" through "Marble house".

Speaking of The Knife, they are this week's guest list contributors at Pitchfork: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/39215/Guest_List_Guest_List_The_Knife

MP3: The Knife - Listen now

Two guestposts in a row? Sure, why not? Today belongs to Matt Giordano:

Seeing as how The Knife are playing their debut US shows at the cusp of October and November (also coinciding with the US release of their prior two albums), I thought it would be nice to offer up a highlight from 2004's "Deep cuts", and probably my favourite Knife song to date. Attention DJs: this song will get the crowd moving.

If you haven't gotten into The Knife yet, you are seriously missing out on one of Sweden's greatest exports. Very recommended.

The Knife - Listen now

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) The Knife - Like a pen
02. (05) The Lost Patrol Band - Automatic kids
03. (15) Peter, Bjorn & John - Let's call it off
04. (NY) Jet - Bring it on
05. (NY) Depeche Mode - Martyr
06. (06) Mates Of State - Fraud in the 80's
07. (19) The Plan - Walk for gold
08. (10) Camera Obscura - Let's get out of this country
09. (17) Psapp - Hi
10. (03) The Magic Numbers - Take a chance
11. (NY) The Mary Onettes - Lost
12. (04) David & the Citizens - A heart and a hand and the love for the band
13. (NY) Supersci - Move on
14. (NY) The Long Winters - Rich wife
15. (02) Deportees - Missing you, missing me
16. (12) Dukes Special - Last night I nearly died
17. (NY) Otur - Enough
18. (13) [ingenting] – Punkdrömmar
19. (14) Melody Club - Destiny calling
20. (20) Shareefa - Need a boss

Leaving the chart:
The Pipettes - Pull shapes
Timo Räisänen - Let's kill ourselves a son
Gnarls Barkley - Smiley faces
Tingsek - I love you (part 1)
Jet - Put you money where your mouth is
M Ward - Tog go home

Interview: Terry Ericsson

DoCopenhagen has some decent video footage of The Knife live from Vega in (where else?) Copenhagen: http://docopenhagen.blogspot.com/2006/10/knife-live-in-copenhagen-video.html

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. The Knife
02. Radiohead
03. Belle and Sebastian
04. The Radio Dept.
05. Anna Ternheim
06. The Decemberists
07. The Killers
08. Beck
09. Death Cab for Cutie
10. Kent

And the top 10 albums of the week:

01. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
02. The Knife – Silent Shout
03. The Knife – Deep Cuts
04. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
05. Cansei de Ser Sexy – Cansei de Ser Sexy
06. Band of Horses – Everything All the Time
07. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
08. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
09. Radiohead – OK Computer
10. Belle and Sebastian – If You're Feeling Sinister

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This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) The Knife - Like a pen
02. (03) Deportees - Missing you, missing me
03. (20) The Magic Numbers - Take a chance
04. (02) David & the Citizens - A heart and a hand and the love for the band
05. (NY) The Lost Patrol Band - Automatic kids
06. (06) Mates Of State - Fraud in the 80's
07. (04) The Pipettes - Pull shapes
08. (09) Timo Räisänen - Let's kill ourselves a son
09. (05) Gnarls Barkley - Smiley faces
10. (12) Camera Obscura - Let's get out of this country
11. (11) Tingsek - I love you (part 1)
12. (NY) Dukes Special - Last night I nearly died
13. (NY) [ingenting] - Punkdrömmar
14. (NY) Melody Club - Destiny calling
15. (NY) Peter Bjorn & John - Let's call it off
16. (19) Jet - Put your money where your mouth is
17. (NY) Psapp - Hi
18. (18) M Ward - To go home
19. (NY) The Plan - Walk for gold
20. (07) Shareefa - Need a boss

Leaving the chart:
(08) Sugarplum Fairy - Last chance
(10) Björn - Son of a gun
(13) Duels - Brothers & sisters
(14) Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
(15) Marit Bergman - No party
(16) Promoe - Headache
(17) The Roots - Don't feel right

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. The Killers
02. Death Cab for Cutie
03. Anna Ternheim
04. Radiohead
05. Beck
06. Sufjan Stevens
07. Bloc Party
08. The Knife
09. The Radio Dept.
10. Yo La Tengo

The far less exciting top 10 tracks for the week:

01. The Killers – When You Were Young
02. The Killers – Sam's Town
03. Anna Ternheim – Feels Like Sand
04. Anna Ternheim – Girl laying down
05. The Killers – Read my mind
06. Anna Ternheim – Lovers Dream
07. Beck – Think I'm In Love
08. The Killers – For Reasons Unknown
09. The Killers – Bones
10. Anna Ternheim – Such a lonely soul

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This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (02) The Knife - Like a pen
02. (01) David & the Citizens - A heart and a hand and the love for the band
03. (16) Deportees - Missing you, missing me
04. (07) The Pipettes - Pull shapes
05. (11) Gnarls Barkley - Smiley faces
06. (05) Mates Of State - Fraud in the 80's
07. (19) Shareefa - Need a boss
08. (06) Sugarplum Fairy - Last chance
09. (08) Timo Räisänen - Let’s kill ourselves a son
10. (15) Björn - Son of a gun
11. (NY) Tingsek - I love you (part 1)
12. (NY) Camera Obscura - Let’s get out of this country
13. (17) Duels - Brothers & sisters
14. (18) Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
15. (03) Marit Bergman - No party
16. (ÅT) Promoe - Headache
17. (09) The Roots - Don´t feel right
18. (NY) M Ward - To go home
19. (04) Jet - Put your money where your mouth is
20. (10) The Magic Numbers - Take a chance

Leaving the chart:

(12) The Datsuns - System overload
(13) The Jai Alai Savant - Thunderstatement
(14) Damian Marley med Stephan Marley - All night
(20) Muse - Starlight

Wacky Swedish electronic act I Love You Baby!, probably the one group that really does truly sound like The Knife (circa the first album), will be touring the Baltics in a couple days:

10/05 - Depo, Riga (LV)
10/06 - Rockiklubbi, Valga (EE)
10/07 - Fontaine Palace, Liepaja (LV)
10/08 - DIY Gyvas, Vilnius (LT)

The latest top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (05) David & the Citizens - A heart and a hand and the love for the band
02. (NY) The Knife - Like a pen
03. (08) Marit Bergman - No party
04. (14) Jet - Put your money where your mouth is
05. (NY) Mates Of State - Farud in the 80's
06. (17) Sugarplum Fairy - Last chance
07. (03) The Pipettes - Pull shapes
08. (09) Timo Räisänen - Let's kill ourselves a son
09. (01) The Roots - Don´t feel right
10. (06) The Magic Numbers - Take a chance
11. (16) Gnarls Barkley - Smiley faces
12. (10) The Datsuns - System overload
13. (11) The Jai Alai Savant - Thunderstatement
14. (02) Damian Marley med Stephan Marley - All night
15. (NY) Björn - Son of a gun
16. (12) Deportees - Missing you, missing me
17. (NY) Duels - Brothers & sisters
18. (NY) Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
19. (NY) Shareefa - Need a boss
20. (15) Muse - Starlight

Mute has announced that they will be reissuing the first two albums from The Knife in the US on October 31, just in time for their American live debut at CMJ. 2001's self-titled release will come with three bonus tracks from the "Hannah med H" soundtrack ("High school poem", "Hannah's conscious", and "Vegetarian restaurant") and 2003's excellent "Deep cuts" will be the CD/DVD package, similar to the second edition from 2004 'cept with two remix bonus tracks - Rex the Dog's acclaimed take on "Heartbeats" and Mylo's version of "You take my breath away". Oh, and the DVD now includes the videos "When I found the Knife, by Frau Rabid" and a second version of "You take my breath away".

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 albums of the week:

01. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
02. The Knife - Silent Shout
03. Camera Obscura - Let's Get out of This Country
04. The Knife - Deep Cuts
05. The Postal Service - Give Up
06. Tiger Lou - The Loyal
07. The Killers - Hot Fuss
08. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
09. Mew - Frengers
10. Hello Saferide - Introducing...

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Marit Bergman – No Party
02. Britta Persson – You Are Not My Boyfriend
03. Marit Bergman – Sun Goes Down
04. Marit Bergman – Mama, I Remember You Now
05. The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
06. I'm from Barcelona – We're From Barcelona
07. The Knife – Heartbeats
08. The Knife – Neverland
09. Britta Persson – Winter Tour
10. Yo La Tengo – Beanbag Chair

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