Want to win tickets to The Knife's sold-out show in London? Go to their UK e-card to enter: http://www.silentshout.co.uk/

The new video from The Knife for "Marble house" is online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjyNuWu-9Wk

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Petter - P
02. Sebastian - Sebastian
03. Christer Sjögren - King creole
04. The Knife - Silent shout
05. Rigmore Gustafsson - On my way to you
06. Laleh - Laleh
07. Magnus Uggla - Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
08. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
09. Andreas Mattsson - The lawlessnes of the ruling classes
10. Thåström - Skebokvarnsv 209
11. Sanna Nielsen - Nära mej - nära dej
12. Cue - Guide in blue
13. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
14. Lisa Ekdahl - Pärlor av glas
15. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
16. In Flames - Come clarity
17. Agnes - Agnes
18. Thåström - Solo vol 1
19. Darin - Darin
20. Son of a Plumber - Son of a Plumber

The Village Voice covers the special Opeth show "Chronology MCMXCIV-MMV" in which they played rarely heard songs from the entire band's career: http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0611,bosler,72487,22.html

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played artist chart:

01. Belle and Sebastian
02. The Knife
03. The Arcade Fire
04. Death Cab for Cutie
05. Tiger Lou
06. Bloc Party
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Arctic Monkeys
09. Bright Eyes
10. The Concretes

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco
02. The Fine Arts Showcase - Brother In Black
03. The Knife - Like a pen
04. The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
05. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts
06. Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body
07. The Knife - We share our mother's health
08. The Knife - Na na na
09. The Arcade Fire - Crown of Love
10. The Arcade Fire - Wake Up

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This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Sebastian - Sebastian
02. Christer Sjögren - King creole
03. The Knife - Silent shout
04. Magnus Uggla - Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
05. Laleh - Laleh
06. Sanna Nielsen - Nära mej - nära dej
07. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
08. Andreas Mattsson - The lawlessnes of the ruling classes
09. Lisa Ekdahl - Pärlor av glas
10. In Flames - Come clarity
11. Thåström - Solo vol 1
12. Agnes - Agnes
13. Thåström - Skebokvarnsv 209
14. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
15. Darin - Darin
16. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
17. Mia Marianna & Per Filip - Våra mest älskade sånger
18. Son of a Plumber - Son of a Plumber
19. Anna + Idde - Vägar hem
20. Robyn - Robyn

The Alligator Films website has Elvira Nikolaisen's video for "Love I can't defend" for streaming: http://www.alligatorfilm.no/ (under films->music videos, via)

Stylus reviews The Knife's new album "Silent shout": http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3845
A very good summation I think.

New live dates for The Knife:

04/06 - Maria Club, Berlin (GER)
04/10 - Scala, London (UK)

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played artist chart:

01. The Knife
02. Belle and Sebastian
03. Tiger Lou
04. Bloc Party
05. Death Cab for Cutie
06. Morrissey
07. Jens Lekman
08. Arctic Monkeys
09. Radiohead
10. The Concretes

The top 10 tracks for the week? Still all about The Knife, for the third week in a row:

01. The Knife - Silent shout
02. The Knife - From off to on
03. The Knife - Neverland
04. The Knife - Na na na
05. The Knife - Marble house
06. The Knife - We share our mother's health
07. The Knife - The captain
08. The Knife - Like a pen
09. The Knife - One hit
10. The Knife - Still light

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This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Magnus Uggla - Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
02. The Knife - Silent shout
03. Christer Sjögren - King creole
04. Laleh - Laleh
05. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
06. In Flames - Come clarity
07. Thåström - Skebokvarnsv 209
08. Mia Marianna & Per Filip - Våra mest älskade sånger
09. Lisa Ekdahl - Pärlor av glas
10. Sanna Nielsen - Nära mej - nära dej
11. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
12. Agnes - Agnes
13. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
14. Son of a Plumber - Son of a Plumber
15. Håkan Hellström - Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått
16. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
17. Darin - Darin
18. Robyn - Robyn
19. Torgny Melins - Dansbander
20. Monica Zetterlund - Z - det bästa med monica zetterlund

Pitchfork reviews Diskaholics Anonymous, the collaboration between Swedish sax player Mats Gustafsson with Thurston Moore and Jim O'Rourke: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/diskaholics-anonymous-trio/weapons-of-ass-destruction-live-in-japan-v1.shtml

This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played artist chart:

01. The Knife
02. Death Cab for Cutie
03. Belle and Sebastian
04. The Flaming Lips
05. Radiohead
06. Sufjan Stevens
07. Bloc Party
08. Jens Lekman
09. The Arcade Fire
10. Johnny Cash

And the top 10 tracks for the week? Still all about The Knife:

01. The Knife - Silent shout
02. The Knife - Still light
03. The Knife - Na na na
04. The Knife - We share our mother's health
05. The Knife - Marble house
06. The Knife - Neverland
07. The Knife - One hit
08. The Knife - Like a pen
09. The Knife - Forest families
10. The Knife - From off to on

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The Fat Planet mp3 blog on The Knife: http://www.fatplanet.com.au/blog/2006/02/27/the-knife-sweden/

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. The Knife - Silent shout
02. Laleh - Laleh
03. Christer Sjögren - King creole
04. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
05. Mia Marianna & Per Filip - Våra mest älskade sånger
06. In Flames - Come clarity
07. Lisa Ekdahl - Pärlor av glas
08. Sanna Nielsen - Nära mej - nära dej
09. Thåström - Skebokvarnsv 209
10. Agnes - Agnes
11. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
12. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
13. Son of a Plumber - Son of a Plumber
14. Sven-Ingvars - Livet är nu - 50 år det bästa med sven-ingvars
15. Darin - Darin
16. Robyn - Robyn
17. Monica Zetterlund - Z - det bästa med monica zetterlund
18. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
19. Kent - Du & jag döden
20. Håkan Hellström - Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått

Aversionline on Norwegian black-metal act Ljå: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2006/02/shame-and-indemnification.html (scroll down past Bleeding Through)

Check out a new DJ mix from DJ Coolof aka Olof Dreijer of The Knife: http://files.klot.net/kidney/klot056-djcoolof_-_djset_jan06.mp3

The charts for the It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group are finally working again:

01. The Knife
02. Death Cab for Cutie
03. Belle and Sebastian
04. José González
05. The Cardigans
06. Radiohead
07. The Flaming Lips
08. The Postal Service
09. Bright Eyes
10. Arctic Monkeys

And the top 10 tracks for the week? It's all about The Knife:

01. The Knife - We share our mother's health
02. The Knife - Silent shout
03. The Knife - Neverland
04. The Knife - Marble house
05. The Knife - The captain
06. The Knife - Na na na
07. The Knife - Like a pen
08. The Knife - One hit
09. The Knife - Still light
10. The Knife - From off to on

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It almost seems redundant for me to talk about The Knife will all the praise they've been getting recently. But the fact of the matter is that they deserve every bit of it and I'd be remiss if I didn't throw my $.02 in. Everyone knew to expect something amazing, something unique when we first heard the new album "Silent shout", but I think the duo surpassed even the most lofty expectations with what they delivered. There really isn't anyone else out there doing anything even remotely similar - The Knife stands alone. I chose "We share our mother's health" for posting today because I just love that beat with those crazy ping-pong sound effects and the cymbal crashes of pure white-noise. I know it's only February, but I think we can safely assume that this is one of the best record's were gonna hear in 2006. It's a given.