Artist: The Knife

Country: Sweden
Genre: Electronic/Synth/Dance
http://www.theknife.net/
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Here's this week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:

01. Markoolio - Vilse i skogen (SWE)
02. Nina Rochelle - Taxi 43 (SWE)
03. Technicolour - Fireflies (FIN)
04. Xantom - Miss you (DK)
05. Glitz - Away from you (FIN)
06. Johnny Deluxe - Elskovspony (DK)
07. The Rasmus - The first day of my life (FIN)
08. Zen Café - Piha ilman sadettajaa (FIN)
09. User - To feel (SWE)
10. Lowe Motor Corporation - Soul of a pagan (FIN)

Challengers:
01. Garbo - Won't be in your way (DK)
02. The Knife - Pass this on (SWE)
03. Jonna - Kaikki talossa (FIN)

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
02. Redrama - Hang It Up
03. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
04. Outlandish - Aicha
05. Beats & Styles - Dynamite
06. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
07. C21 - One Night In Bangkok
08. Da D.o.n.s - She Don´t Know My Game
09. Turbonegro - Sell Your Body (To The Night)
10. Mew - 156
11. Lene Marlin - You Weren´t There
12. Paperboys - On The Low
13. Negative - The Moment Of Our Love
14. Equicez - Barnslig
15. Erik Faber - Century
16. Fu:el - Next Summer
17. Broder Daniel - When We Were Winning
18. Blackstrap - In Colored Ways
19. The Latin Kings - Cashen Dom Tas
20. The Fashion - Let´s Go Dancing

Challengers:
01. The Knife - Pass This On
02. I´Dees - Brave And Optimistic Girl
03. Christian Kjellvander - Portugal
04. Paperboys - Hey Man
05. Funkstar De Luxe - Saturday

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

Artwork and samples for the new "Handy-Man" single from The Knife: http://www.rabidrecords.com/theknife/images/rabid016_pop/rabid016_pop_01.html

Winners of the Swedish Hit Music Awards for Swedish categories:

Best Swedish artist: Alcazar
Best Swedish song: Per Gessle - "Här kommer alla känslorna"
Best Swedish hiphop/r&b: Timbuktu
Best Swedish rock: Millencolin
Best Swedish video: The Knife - "Heartbeats"

Finland's The Rasmus also won for best foreign song with their track "In the Shadows".

Nominees in the Swedish categories for the Swedish Hit Music Awards:

Best Swedish group:
Moneybrother
Alcazar
Robyn
A-Teens

Best Swedish Song:
Da Buzz - Alive
Per Gessle - Här kommer alla känslorna
Miio feat. Daddy Boastin' - När vi två blir en
Håkan Hellström - Kom igen Lena

Best Swedish hip-hop/r'n'b
Looptroop - Don't Hate The Player
Timbuktu - The botten is nådd
Advance Patrol - Min musik
Fattaru - Bättre

Best Swedish video
The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love
The Knife - Heartbeats
José González - Crosses
The Cardigans - You're The Storm

Best Swedish rock
Moneybrother - Reconsider Me
Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight Prayer
The Sounds - Living In America
Millencolin - E20 Norr

Best 'ZTV-färsking':
Satirnine - Hey No Hell
Moneybrother - Reconsider Me
Pauline - Runnin' Out Of Gaz
José González - Crosses

Winners be announced November 9 on ZTV. More info: http://www.ztv.se/shma/

By way of Dagensskiva, here is thist week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (01) Spearmint "Left Alone Among The Living"
02. (03) The Strokes "12:51"
03. (07) Broder Daniel "When We Were Winning"
04. (06) The Knife "Pass This On"
05. (09) Belle & Sebastian "Step Into My Office, Baby"
06. (NY) Rocky Dennis "Maple Leaves EP"
07. (02) Shout Out Louds "Shut Your Eyes"
08. (16) First Floor Power "When Anything Could Happen"
09. (04) The White Stripes "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
10. (05) Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
11. (NY) Christian Kjellvander "Portugal"
12. (10) Timbaland & Magoo Ft. (Missy "Cop That Sh#!"
13. (15) Outkast "Hey Ya!"
14. (11) Whyte Seeds "So Alone"
15. (12) Peaches "Shake Yer Dix"
16. (NY) Beth Orton "The Same Day"
17. (18) Backyard Babies "Minus Celsius"
18. (NY) Björns Vänner "Vad ska jag med ett foto på dig?"
19. (NY) Danko Jones "I Want You"
20. (NY) Xploding Plastix Ft. (Sarah Cracknell "Sunset Spirals"

Leaving the chart:
08. The Casual Brothers "Customers Choice EP"
13. The Libertines "Don't Look Back Into The Sun"
14. Magnus Carlson "Elin"
17. Heather Nova "River Of Life"
19. The Coral "Secret Kiss"
20. The Donnas "Too Bad About Your Girl"

By way of Dagensskiva, here is thist week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (01) Spearmint "Left Alone Among The Living"
02. (08) Shout Out Louds "Shut Your Eyes"
03. (NY) The Strokes "12:51"
04. (03) The White Stripes "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
05. (04) Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
06. (05) The Knife "Pass This On"
07. (02) Broder Daniel "When We Were Winning"
08. (06) The Casual Brothers "Customers Choice EP"
09. (18) Belle & Sebastian "Step Into My Office, Baby"
10. (11) Timbaland & Magoo Ft. (Missy "Cop That Sh#!"
11. (07) Whyte Seeds "So Alone"
12. (10) Peaches "Shake Yer Dix"
13. (16) The Libertines "Don't Look Back Into The Sun"
14. (12) Magnus Carlson "Elin"
15. (13) Outkast "Hey Ya!"
16. (NY) First Floor Power "When Anything Could Happen"
17. (15) Heather Nova "River Of Life"
18. (NY) Backyard Babies "Minus Celsius"
19. (NY) The Coral "Secret Kiss"
20. (ÅT) The Donnas "Too Bad About Your Girl"

Leaving the chart:
09. David & The Citizens "The End"
14. Garbo "Won't Be In Your Way"
17. Clones "Shut Up And Dance"
19. Emmylou Harris "Here I Am"
20. Arab Strap "The Shy Retriever"

By way of Dagensskiva, here is thist week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (04) Spearmint "Left Alone Among The Living"
02. (NY) Broder Daniel "When We Were Winning"
03. (01) The White Stripes "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
04. (02) Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
05. (15) The Knife "Pass This On"
06. (06) The Casual Brothers "Customers Choice EP"
07. (03) Whyte Seeds "So Alone"
08. (05) Shout Out Louds "Shut Your Eyes"
09. (09) David & The Citizens "The End"
10. (13) Peaches "Shake Yer Dix"
11. (NY) Timbaland & Magoo Ft. Missy "Cop That Sh#!"
12. (11) Magnus Carlson "Elin"
13. (ÅT) Outkast "Hey Ya!"
14. (NY) Garbo "Won't Be In Your Way"
15. (07) Heather Nova "River Of Life"
16. (10) The Libertines "Don't Look Back Into The Sun"
17. (12) Clones "Shut Up And Dance"
18. (NY) Belle & Sebastian "Step Into My Office, Baby"
19. (NY) Emmylou Harris "Here I Am"
20. (08) Arab Strap "The Shy Retriever"

Leaving the chart:
14. Grandaddy "El Caminos In The West"
16. Blur "Good Song"
17. Kings Of Leon "Red Morning Light"
18. Muse "Time Is Running Out"
19. Audio Bullys "Way Too Long"
20. Mustasch "Black City"

Download the new video for "Pass This On" from The Knife. The clip was directed by Johan Renck and stars Rickard Engfors. So good!

Memento Materia is putting out a new compilation in November called "Electropop Heroes of the North Vol 1" which will include a broad selection of Scandinavian electronic artists such as The Knife (new single "Handy-Man"), Bobby, Daybehavior, Apoptygma Berzerk, Colony 5, Statemachine, Alice In Videoland, and Pride and Fall. The comp will also feature exclusive tracks from Michigan, Backlash, Z Prochek and more.

By way of Dagensskiva, here is thist week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (01) The White Stripes "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
02. (15) Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
03. (02) Whyte Seeds "So Alone"
04. (18) Spearmint "Left Alone Among The Living"
05. (04) Shout Out Louds "Shut Your Eyes"
06. (03) The Casual Brothers "Customers Choice EP"
07. (NY) Heather Nova "River Of Life"
08. (07) Arab Strap "The Shy Retriever"
09. (05) David & The Citizens "The End"
10. (06) The Libertines "Don't Look Back Into The Sun"
11. (NY) Magnus Carlson "Elin"
12. (NY) Clones "Shut Up And Dance"
13. (NY) Peaches "Shake Yer Dix"
14. (12) Grandaddy "El Caminos In The West"
15. (11) The Knife "Pass This On"
16. (NY) Blur "Good Song"
17. (10) Kings Of Leon "Red Morning Light"
18. (16) Muse "Time Is Running Out"
19. (NY) Audio Bullys "Way Too Long"
20. (NY) Mustasch "Black City"

Leaving the chart:
(08) bob hund "Det där nya som skulle vara så bra"
(09) Outkast "Hey Ya!"
(13) The Donnas "Too Bad About Your Girl"
(15) Radiohead "Go To Sleep"
(18) Karl Bartos "I'm The Message"
(19) The Datsuns "MF From Hell"
(20) The Chemical Brothers feat. The Flaming Lips "The Golden Path"

It's been awhile, but Dagensskiva has the Swedish student radio chart again:

01. The White Stripes "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
02. Whyte Seeds "So Alone"
03. The Casual Brothers "Customers Choice EP"
04. Shout Out Louds "Shut Your Eyes"
05. David & The Citizens "The End"
06. The Libertines "Don't Look Back Into The Sun"
07. Arab Strap "The Shy Retriever"
08. bob hund "Det där nya som skulle vara så bra"
09. Outkast "Hey Ya!"
10. Kings Of Leon "Red Morning Light"
11. The Knife "Pass This On"
12. Grandaddy "El Caminos In The West"
13. The Donnas "Too Bad About Your Girl"
14. Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
15. Radiohead "Go To Sleep"
16. Muse "Time Is Running Out"
17. Spearmint "Left Alone Among The Living"
18. Karl Bartos "I'm The Message"
19. The Datsuns "MF From Hell"
20. The Chemical Brothers ft. The Flaming Lips "The Golden Path"

Lars Demian will be putting out a best-of compilation record called "Ännu mera jag- Lars Demians bästa" on September 17.

Not to brag or anything (okay, well maybe just a little), but what's up with Musikjournalen reporting on the new soundtrack and single from The Knife today? I posted that stuff way back on 07/07. I guess it's better late than never for them, eh? And then there's the Mustasch news they posted today that I covered back on 07/28. Now if only I could figure out how to make money doing this...

Added a new mp3 today that I think a lot of people are curious to hear - José González covering "Heartbeats", a song originally by The Knife. The track appears on the "Jeans + Summer" comp on Groover and the "Svensk populärmusik volym två" comp from Johnny Bråttom. And in a nice coincidence, the first comp of the two is the featured album reviewed today at Dagensskiva.

The Knife will be filming a video for the song "Pass this On" later this month under the tutelage of Johan Renck. They say Karin won't be singing in it, but won't reveal who will. Gotta wait until September when it's released, I guess. In other news, the band will be releasing "the lovely body-techno single" "Handy-Man" on a 12" sometime in October along with "a lot of nice remixes" on the flipside. The track comes from the soundtrack of the Christina Olofsson-directed film "Hannah med H" which comes out on November 28.