This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Magnus Carlsson - Magnus Carlsson
02. BWO - Halycon days
03. Eric Gadd - Eric gadd
04. Totta & Wiehe - Dylan
05. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
06. David Urwitz - I väntan på vad
07. Anna Book - Let's dance + 13 favoriter
08. Sebastian - Sebastian
09. Backyard Babies - People like people like people like us
10. The Refreshments - 24-7
11. Magnus Uggla - Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
12. Andreas Johnson - Mr johnson, your room is on fire
13. I'm From Barcelona - Let me introduce my friends
14. Linda Bengtzing - Ingenting att förlora
15. The Knife - Silent shout
16. Laleh - Laleh
17. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
18. The Radio Dept. - Pet grief
19. Anna Christoffersson/Steve Dobrogosz - It's always you
20. Lotta Engberg - Världens bästa lotta

Curious as to what the new Sirius Radio "Nordic Rox" program is playing? Check it: http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/Page&c=FlexContent&cid=1146347242424

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

01. The Radio Dept.
02. The Knife
03. Death Cab for Cutie
04. Belle and Sebastian
05. Morrissey
06. Radiohead
07. The Flaming Lips
08. Håkan Hellström
09. Architecture in Helsinki
10. Gnarls Barkley

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This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. BWO - Halycon days
02. Totta & Wiehe - Dylan
03. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
04. Eric Gadd - Eric gadd
05. Backyard Babies - People like people like people like us
06. Anna Book - Let's dance + 13 favoriter
07. Linda Bengtzing - Ingenting att förlora
08. Magnus Uggla - Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
09. Sebastian - Sebastian
10. The Refreshments - 24-7
11. Andreas Johnson - Mr johnson, your room is on fire
12. Björn Rosenström & Det Jävla Bandet - Syster Gunbritts hemlighet
13. Takida - ...make you breathe
14. The Radio Dept. - Pet grief
15. Anna Christoffersson/Steve Dobrogosz - It's always you
16. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
17. The Knife - Silent shout
18. Laleh - Laleh
19. Sator - Basement noise
20. Christer Sjögren - King creole

Norwegian electronic/jazz/post-rock act Wibutee will release their new album "Sweet mental" on May 22, but you can already preview a couple tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wibutee
In case you don't recognize that voice on "Sweet ball", it's Anja Garbarek. Sounds great. (via)

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

01. The Radio Dept.
02. Death Cab for Cutie
03. Radiohead
04. Belle and Sebastian
05. The Knife
06. The Flaming Lips
07. The Smiths
08. Mew
09. Håkan Hellström
10. Sufjan Stevens

Top 10 tracks for the week? All Radio Dept.:

01. The Radio Dept. - A window
02. The Radio Dept. - Pet grief
03. The Radio Dept. - Tell
04. The Radio Dept. - Every time
05. The Radio Dept. - Sleeping in
06. The Radio Dept. - Always a relief
07. The Radio Dept. - South side
08. The Radio Dept. - It's Personal
09. The Radio Dept. - Gibraltar
10. The Radio Dept. - I wanted you to feel the same

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This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Eric Gadd - Eric gadd
02. Totta & Wiehe - Dylan
03. Backyard Babies - People like people like people like us
04. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
05. Andreas Johnson - Mr johnson, your room is on fire
06. Sebastian - Sebastian
07. Magnus Uggla - Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
08. The Refreshments - 24-7
09. The Radio Dept. - Pet grief
10. Christer Sjögren - King creole
11. Anna Book - Let's dance + 13 favoriter
12. Linda Bengtzing - Ingenting att förlora
13. The Knife - Silent shout
14. Son of a Plumber - Son of a Plumber
15. The Sounds - Dying to say this to you
16. Takida - ...make you breathe
17. Lotta Engberg - Världens bästa lotta
18. Håkan Hellström - Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått
19. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
20. Rigmore Gustafsson - On my way to you

Dreamboat Records reports that Oh Lucky Star is recording a new album at Cobra Studio with the working title of "A place in the sun".

The Radio Dept.
Worst taste in music
Labrador

As expected, the new single from everyone's favourite band The Radio Dept. is as excellent as anything they've ever released. I read somewhere that they first recorded an album heavily influenced by dance music, only to scrap it when they realised that everyone else was pretty much doing just that. Despite this, "Worse taste in music" sounds like how The Radio Dept. have done previously, and it's as fantastic as ever. Unfortunately, there are only two "proper" songs (both great) on the EP and two remixes (one good, one not as good). So much for them not wanting to follow the latest trends, eh!
- Simon Tagestam

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

01. The Knife
02. The Radio Dept.
03. Belle and Sebastian
04. The Concretes
05. José González
06. Radiohead
07. Tiger Lou
08. Death Cab for Cutie
09. The Strokes
10. Håkan Hellström

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. The Concretes - Chosen One
02. The Radio Dept. - The worst taste in music
03. The Knife - Heartbeats
04. The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
05. Morrissey - You Have Killed Me
06. Le Sport - it's not the end of the world
07. The Magic Numbers - Forever Lost
08. Tiger Lou - The Loyal
09. Band of Horses - The Funeral
10. Khoma - Hyenas

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This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
02. Totta & Wiehe - Dylan
03. Sebastian - Sebastian
04. Linda Bengtzing - Ingenting att förlora
05. The Refreshments - 24-7
06. Magnus Uggla - Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
07. Marie Serneholt - Enjoy the ride
08. Andreas Johnson - Mr johnson, your room is on fire
09. Christer Sjögren - King creole
10. Son of a Plumber - Son of a Plumber
11. The Knife - Silent shout
12. Rebecka Törnqvist - Melting into orange
13. Timo Räisänen - I'm indian
14. The Sounds - Dying to say this to you
15. Lotta Engberg - Världens bästa lotta
16. Ulf Lundell - När jag kysser havet - det bästa 75-84
17. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
18. Håkan Hellström - Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått
19. Petter - P
20. Rigmore Gustafsson - On my way to you

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

01. Tiger Lou
02. The Radio Dept.
03. The Knife
04. Morrissey
05. The Concretes
06. Belle and Sebastian
07. Arctic Monkeys
08. Radiohead
09. The Strokes
10. José González

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Morrissey - You Have Killed Me
02. The Radio Dept. - The worst taste in music
03. José González - Heartbeats
04. The Knife - Silent shout
05. Morrissey - I Will See You In Far Off Places
06. Timo Räisänen - Fear no darkness, promised child
07. Timo Räisänen - Gee Whiz
08. Timo Räisänen - Lead Star
09. Tiger Lou - Oh Horatio
10. Tiger Lou - The Loyal

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From the rumor mill: The Radio Dept. turned down an interview with Swedish tabloid Expressen saying that they don't like the paper and the journalist responded by threatening to blacklist their entire distribution company Border. Yep, not just their label Labrador, but the entire distro. True or not, that's some serious shit.

The Musikbyrån website has new videos from The Radio Dept. and Deltahead: http://svt.se/musikbyran

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

01. The Knife
02. Belle and Sebastian
03. Death Cab for Cutie
04. The Concretes
05. Radiohead
06. The Strokes
07. Morrissey
08. Tiger Lou
09. Håkan Hellström
10. Mew

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Morrissey - You Have Killed Me
02. José González - Heartbeats
03. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
04. The Radio Dept. - The worst taste in music
05. The Strokes - Heart in a Cage
06. Morrissey - The Youngest Was The Most Loved
07. Le Sport - it's not the end of the world
08. The Concretes - Chosen One
09. The Strokes - You Only Live Once
10. José González - Crosses

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This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) Morrissey - "You have killed me"
02. (04) The Radio Dept. - "The Worst Taste In Music"
03. (03) Laakso - "Never Satisfied"
04. (07) Ane Brun w/Teitur - "Rubber & Soul"
05. (05) Arctic Monkeys - "When the Sun Goes Down"
06. (NY) USCB Allstars - "Let's Keep it on Baby"
07. (12) Soviac - "Ogashaga"
08. (06) Dub Sweden - "We're so Loud"
09. (02) Franz Ferdinand - "The Fallen"
10. (11) Hard Fi - "Cash Machine"
11. (NY) Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
12. (NY) Zero 7 w/José Gonzales - "Futures"
13. (17) Jamie Foxx w/Ludacris - "Unpredictable"
14. (18) Placebo - "Song to Say Goodbye"
15. (15) Ghostface Killah w/Ne-Yo - "Back Like That"
16. (16) Håkan Hellström - "Jag hatar att jag älskar dig och jag älskar dig så mycket att jag hatar mig"
17. (13) AFC - "5 för 5"
18. (NY) People Under The Stairs - "Tuxedo Rap"
19. (ÅT) The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Infinite Zero"
20. (NY) Familjen - "Första/sista"

Leaving the chart: Jaheim - "The Chosen One", Damian Marley w/Bobby Brown - "Beautiful", The Streets  "When You Wasn't Famous", Firefox AK - "Madame Madame!", Sleepy Brown - "Me, My Baby and My Cadillac" and Robyn - "Crash and Burn Girl"

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 student radio chart:

01. (04) Morrissey - "You Have Killed Me"
02. (11) Franz Ferdinand - "The Fallen"
03. (NY) Laakso - "Never Satisfied"
04. (02) The Radio Dept. - "The Worst Taste in Music"
05. (01) Arctic Monkeys - "When the Sun Goes Down"
06. (06) Dub Sweden - "We're so Loud"
07. (14) Ane Brun w/Teitur - "Rubber & Soul"
08. (20) Jaheim - "The Chosen One"
09. (NY) Damian Marley w/Bobby Brown - "Beautiful"
10. (10) The Streets "When You Wasn't Famous"
11. (07) Hard Fi - "Cash Machine"
12. (04) Soviac - "Ogashaga"
13. (13) AFC - "5 för 5"
14. (05) Firefox AK - "Madame Madame!"
15. (NY) Ghostface Killah w/Ne-Yo - "Back like that"
16. (09) Håkan Hellström - "Jag hatar att jag älskar dig och jag älskar dig så mycket att jag hatar mig"
17. (NY) Jamie Foxx med Ludacris - "Unpredictable"
18. (17) Placebo - "Song to say goodbye"
19. (NY) Sleepy Brown - "Me, My Baby and My Cadillac"
20. (ÅT) Robyn - "Crash and Burn Girl"

Leaving the chart: Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Thåström, Depeche Mode, I'm From Barcelona, Danko Jones and System of a Down.

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (02) Arctic Monkeys - "When the Sun Goes Down"
02. (NY) The Radio Dept. - "The Worst Taste in Music"
03. (04) Morrissey - "You Have Killed Me"
04. (NY) Soviac - "Ogashaga"
05. (18) Firefox AK - "Madame Madame!"
06. (01) Dub Sweden - "We're so Loud"
07. (13) Hard Fi - "Cash Machine"
08. (NY) Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Infinite Zero"
09. (11) Håkan Hellström - "Jag hatar att jag älskar dig och jag älskar dig så mycket att jag hatar mig"
10. (NY) The Streets "When You Wasn't Famous"
11. (NY) Franz Ferdinand - "The Fallen"
12. (NY) Thåström - "Om Black Jim"
13. (NY) AFC - "5 för 5"
14. (NY) Ane Brun med Teitur - "Rubber & Soul"
15. (15) Depeche Mode - "Suffer Well"
16. (ÅT) I'm From Barcelona - "We're From Barcelona"
17. (NY) Placebo - "Song to Say Goodbye"
18. (06) Danko Jones - "Baby Hates Me"
19. (19) System of a Down - "Lonely Day"
20. (12) Jaheim - "The Chosen One"

Leaving the chart: Youngblood Brass Band, The Concretes, Foo Fighters, Maxïmo Park, Sandy Mouche, Architectures In Helsinki, Timo Räisänen, Ed Greene, Robyn and Martha Wainwright.