The Knife is getting ready to strike out beyond their borders. On March 8 the band's own Rabid Records will release the self-titled debut in England, but before that they'll put out a special edition 10" on February 23. That release will feature the tracks "Kino", "Bird" and "NY Hotel" from the first album and "High School Poem" from the "Hannah Med H" soundtrack that came out recently. And then in autumn look for their breakout release "Deep Cuts" to hit stores. Will international stardom soon follow?

In related news, DJ Coolof aka Olof Dreijer will be making some DJ appearances soon:

03/11 - Ideal festival, Nefertiti, Göteborg (SWE)
03/13 - Static festival, Kolingsborg (SWE)

Big news! Håkan Hellström has signed on as the new drummer for The Plan, featuring another ex-Broder Daniel member Theodor Jensen. As some of you may recall, Håkan played drums with indie rockers Honey is Cool way back when, the band of Karin Dreijer before she started The Knife.

Hitmakarna talks about The Knife and their gorilla-mask statement at the Swedish Grammis: http://www.hitmakarna.nu/kolumn_musikbranschenenpojkklubb.shtml (in Swedish)

The Knife accepting their Grammy for best popgroup: http://www.aftonbladet.se/noje/0402/10/NOJE-10s34-gorillor-0_368.jpg

The winners of the Swedish Grammies for award categories I care about:

Best artist: Per Gessle - Mazarin
Best song: Per Gessle - Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)
Best pop, female: Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
Best pop, male: Per Gessle - Mazarin
Best popgroup: The Knife - Deep cuts
Best rock album, solo: Moneybrother - Blood panic
Best rock group: The Cardigans - Lone gone before daylight
Best composer: Per Gessle
Best lyrics: Timbuktu
Best producer: Joakim Berg and Simon Nordberg
Best newcomer: José González - Veneer
Best album: The Cardigans - Lone gone before daylight
Best folk music: Frifot - Sluring
Best hiphop/soul: Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!
Best hard-rock: The Haunted - One kill wonder
Best jazz: Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Seven days of falling
Best club/dance: Hundarna från Söder - Hundarna från Söder
Best open category: Pugh Rogefeldt - Pugh
MTV prize for best video: The Cardigans - You're the storm
Export prize: Esbjörn Svensson Trio

Read more: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,430898,00.html (in Swedish)
Who's got pics of The Knife accepting the award in gorilla masks?

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

01. Sara Löfgren - Starkare
02. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
03. Per Gessle - Mazarin
04. José González - Veneer
05. Moneybrother - Blood panic
06. Patrik Isaksson - Vi som aldrig landat
07. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
08. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
09. Tomas Andersson Wij - Stjärnorna i oss
10. Cornelis Vreeswijk - Cornelis Vreeswijks bästa
11. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
12. Broder Daniel - Cruel Town
13. Nicolai Dunger - Here's my song you can have it....
14. The Latin Kings - Omerta
15. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
16. The Knife - Deep Cuts
17. Viktoria Tolstoy - Shining on you
18. Miio - På vårt sätt
19. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
20. Elin Sigvardsson - Saturday Night Naive

The final nominees for the SAMA (Swedish Alternative Music Awards) have been revealed:

Best newcomer:
Alice in Videoland
Firevision
Pride and Fall
Slagsmålsklubben
Spetsnaz
Lowe

Best song:
"Black" - Colony 5
"Truth" - Firevision
"Heartbeats" - The Knife
"I’m Love" - Statemachine
"Neon Commando" - Surferosa
"Hit Me Hard" - Slagsmålsklubben

Best album:
"MaidenVoyage " - Alice in Videoland
"Deep Cuts" - The Knife
"Modus Operandi" - Project-X
"Hi-Fi" - Sophie Rimheden
"Short and Explosive" - Statemachine
"Den svenske disko" - Slagsmålsklubben

Best artist:
Bobby
Colony 5
Statemachine
Tyskarna Från Lund
Erlend Öye
Alice in Videoland

Vote here: http://www.zeromagazine.nu/sama2004.asp

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
03. José González - Veneer
04. Tomas Andersson Wij - Stjärnorna i oss
05. Moneybrother - Blood panic
06. Cornelis Vreeswijk - Cornelis Vreeswijks bästa
07. The Knife - Deep Cuts
08. Broder Daniel - Cruel Town
09. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
10. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
11. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
12. The Latin Kings - Omerta
13. Elin Sigvardsson - Saturday Night Naive
14. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
15. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
16. Miio - På vårt sätt
17. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
18. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
19. Markoolio - I skuggan av mig själv
20. Lisa Ekdahl - En samling sånger

The winners of the Manifest 2004 Sveriges Oberoende Musikpris (The Swedish Independent Music Prize):

Pop/rock: The Knife
Hard rock/punk: Nasum
Hip-hop/r&b/soul: Chords
Postrock/electronica: Sophie Rimheden
Dance/house/techno: Plej
Folk/world music: Frifot
Singer/songwriter: José González
Live artist of the year: Moneybrother
Newcomer of the year: Radio Dept.

More info: http://www.som.se/manifest/

The winners of the P3 Gold Awards:

Best male artist: Moneybrother
Best live artist (Guldmicken): Moneybrother
Best group: The Knife
Best song: Timbuktu - "The Botten Is Nådd"
Best female artist: Lisa Miskovsky
Best newcomer: Moneybrother
Best hip-hop/soul: Timbuktu
Best rock/metal: Nasum
Best dance: Jesper Dahlbäck
Best pop: Radio Dept.

The new Hives song they played is called "Walk Idiot Walk". It sounded okay.

Listen to the entire thing on-demand: http://www.sr.se/p3/p3guld/

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

01. Outlandish - Walou
02. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
03. Eskobar - Love Strikes
04. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
05. The Crash - Still Alive
06. Erik Faber - Century
07. Redrama - Hang It Up
08. Christine Milton - Superstar
09. Grand Avenue - Take It As It Comes
10. Safri Duo feat. Clark Anderson - All The People In The World
11. L.O.C. - Undskyld
12. Beats And Styles - Girls´ Anthem
13. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
14. September - We Can Do It
15. Fattaru feat. Masayah - Ton för ton
16. Paperboys - Hey Man
17. The Knife - Handy Man
18. Majid - Boys And Girls
19. Bosson - A Little More Time
20. Pauline - Babylon

Challengers:
01. Maria Mena - You´re The Only One
02. Prime Sth - Fishbowl
03. Jonna - Kaikki Talossa
04. Lene - Pretty Young Thing
05. Evan - Will You Love Me Forever
06. Evolver - Do You Know
07. Surferosa - Lucky Lipstick

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

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
03. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
04. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
05. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
06. Christer Sjögren - För kärlekens skull
07. Georg Riedel orkester - Barn på nytt
08. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
09. José González - Veneer
10. Moneybrother - Blood panic
11. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
12. Markoolio - I skuggan av mig själv
13. Mauro Scocco - La Dolce Vita
14. The Knife - Deep Cuts
15. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
16. Helen Sjöholm / Anders Widmark - Genom varje andetag
17. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
18. Bergman Rock - Bergman Rock
19. Björn Rosenström - Var får jag allt ifrån?
20. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
02. Per Gessle - Mazarin
03. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
04. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
05. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
06. Georg Riedel orkester - Barn på nytt
07. José González - Veneer
08. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
09. Miio - På vårt sätt
10. The Latin Kings - Omertà
11. Bergman Rock - Bergman Rock
12. Markoolio - I skuggan av mig själv
13. Mauro Scocco - La Dolce Vita
14. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
15. Helen Sjöholm / Anders Widmark - Genom varje andetag
16. The Knife - Deep Cuts
17. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
18. Björn Rosenström - Var får jag allt ifrån?
19. Christer Sjögren - För kärlekens skull
20. Ulf Lundell - En eld i kväll

Here are some of the nominees for the Swedish Grammies:

Best Pop Female:
Jill Johnson - Roots and Wings
Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
Miss Universum - Selfelected
Pauline - Candy Rain
Elin Sigvardsson - Saturday Light Naive

Best Pop Male:
Magnus Carlson - Ett Kungarike För En Kram
Per Gessle - Mazarin
José González - Veneer
Peter LeMarc - Det Som Håller Oss Vid Liv
Mauro Scocco - Beat Hotel

Best Pop Group:
Alcazar - Alcazarized
Bo Kaspers Orkester - Vilka Tror Vi Att Vi Är
Da Buzz - More Than Alive
David & The Citizens - Until The Sadness Is Gone
The Knife - Deep Cuts

Best Rock Album (solo):
Eagle-Eye - Cherry Sub Rosa
Christian Kjellvander - Introducing The Past
Lars Winnerbäck och Hovet - Söndermarken
Moneybrother - Blood Panic
Thomas Rusiak - In The Sun

Best Rock Group:
Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight Prayer
Broder Daniel - Cruel Town
The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
Fireside - Get Shot
Randy - Welfare Problems

Best Songwriter:
Karin & Olof Dreijer
Per Gessle
Lisa Miskovsky & Joakim Berg
Peter Svensson
Moneybrother (Anders Wendin)

Best Lyrics:
Timbuktu (Jason Diakté)
Per Gessle
Peter LeMarc
Nina Persson
Lars Winnerbäck

Best Producer:
Joakim Berg/Simon Norberg
Karin & Olof Dreijer
Pelle Gunnerfeldt
Jari Haapalainen
C. Öfwerman, C. Lundquist & P. Gessle

Best Hip-hop/Soul:
Advance Patrol - Utskrivna
Kaah - Jideblasko
Ken Det - Bortglömda
The Latin Kings - Omerta
Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd!

Best Hard Rock:
Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
Evergrey - Recreation Day
The Haunted - One Kill Wonder
Mustasch - Ratsafari
Opeth - Damnation

Best Jazz:
E.S.T. - Seven Days Of Falling
Rigmor Gustavsson - with I Will Wait For You
Nils Landgren and The Fleshquartet
Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - Plays Loud For The People
Oddjob - Koyo
Bobo Stenson/Lennart Åberg

Best Club/Dance Song:
Hundarna Från Söder - Hundarna Från Söder BAM
Koop - Waltz For Koop - Alternative Takes
Physics - First Flight NSD
Plej - Electronic Music From The Westcoast
Sophie Rimheden - Hi-Fi Mitek

Best Pop/Dance Band:
Barbados - Hela Himlen
Fame - Give Me Your Love
Jan Johansen - X My Heart
Jill Johnson - Discography
Lasse Stefanz - Det Här Är Bara Början

Go here for the full list: http://www.ifpi.se/02.images/01.top/02.subnav_pdf/08.grammis/pdf/Grammisnomineringar_2003.pdf

Streaming playlist: Guest DJ: Orosco