It's from a few years ago, but the "Cooking with Rockstars" interview with Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes is now online: http://www.thejenvilleshow.com/artists/raveonettes.html

A-ha and The Raveonettes are the two lone Scandinavians acts contributing to the upcoming "Make some noise" John Lennon tribute compilation being put out by Amnesty International to benefit Darfur. Read more: http://www.a-ha.com/cparticle7836-417.html

Some new US dates for Danish duo The Raveonettes:

03/10 - Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY
03/11 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
03/12 - The Mercury Lounge, Manhattan, NY
03/14 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA
03/15 - T.T. The Bears, Boston, MA
03/16 - The Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington, DC

The Raveonettes have posted some new stuff at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/theraveonettes

Top 10s for 2005: Matthew W. Smith

The nominees in the Scandinavian categories at the MTV Europe Music Awards:

Best Swedish: Christian Walz, Kent, Moneybrother, The Hellacopters, Timbuktu
Best Danish: Mew, Carpark North, Nephew, The Raveonettes, Nik and Jay
Best Norwegian: Röyksopp, Marion Raven, Turbonegro, Thomas Dybdahl, Ane Brun
Best Finnish: The Rasmus, HIM, Nightwish, 69 Eyes, Apocalyptica

I hear that The Raveonettes had their van and gear stolen in Brooklyn last night. When will bands learn to either a) lock their shit up in a protected lot b) make one person sleep in the van or c) load their gear inside. How many times does this have to happen?

Nominees for the MTV European Music Awards:

Best Danish Act:
Mew
Carpark North
Nephew
The Raveonettes
Nik and Jay

Best Swedish Act:
Kent
Moneybrother
Timbuktu
The Hellacopters
Christian Walz

Best Norwegian Act:
Röyksopp
Marion Raven
Turbonegro
Thomas Dybdahl
Ane Brun

Best Finnish Act:
The Rasmus
HIM
Nightwish
69 Eyes
Apocalyptica

The Raveonettes are playing a "secret" free show in London on Wednesday.

The Raveonettes
Pretty in black
Sony/BMG

Let's start this review with a confession: When I first heard this album I was absolutely blown away with it - the glockenspiel, the Elvis Presley-balladry and the girl-group sounds just knocked me off my feet (note: I LOVE The Ronettes). I ended up writing a review calling this album a "classic". Now after having listened to it a bit more, I've realized that half of the songs are very good, the rest of them are just... good. So there you have it, sorry for the confusion.
- Simon Tagestam

Top fives: 2005 so far

The Raveonettes
Live @ The Black Cat, Washington, D.C., 05/28/05

With all the attention paid to Danish group The Raveonettes' gradual shift from minimalism and keeping everything in the same key ("Whip it on") all the way through to their current open approach that embraces early 60s rock, the girl group sound and fuzzed-out garage, I was curious to see how they'd put everything together in a live setting. Their expansion to a quintet onstage was a good idea--when she wasn't playing the tambourine, singer Sharin Foo added a third guitar to an already thunderous sound. Sune Rose Wagner, the manic Manoj Ramdas and company played most of the new album "Pretty in black", giving the songs a little fuzzy kick to make them sound a bit more like the earlier material. This was especially the case on "Red tan" and "Somewhere in Texas". That made things pretty much seamless, as the new songs fit right in alongside "Attack of the ghost riders" and "That great love sound". The downside to that consistency in sound was that the band avoided a few of the largely acoustic songs from the new record, which was a shame. "Uncertain times" is one of the best things they've written, so I was hoping they'd give it a spin. Hearing Ronnie Spector's sampled voice on "Ode to L.A." was a little disconcerting (Sharin could've covered that part, too), but the surf-twang of "Love in a trashcan" and primal stomp of "Beat city" made me forget the samples pretty quickly. The harmonies of Wagner and Foo hold up well live in the midst of all those layers of guitar, so I must say I came away impressed. My friends Paige and Susan agreed, all the more impressive because our eardrums took quite a beating.
- Matthew W. Smith

Pitchfork reviews the new one from The Raveonettes: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/raveonettes/pretty-in-black.shtml

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) K-OS - Crabbuckit
02. (02) De Stijl - Queen Midas
03. (06) Amerie - 1 Thing
04. (NY) Britta Persson - Found at Home
05. (NY) Faith Evans - Again
06. (15) The Similou - Ladykillers
07. (16) The Killers - Mr Brightside
08. (05) Hot Hot Heat - Goodnight Goodnight
09. (NY) Gavin DeGraw - I Don´t Want To Be
10. (12) Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh
11. (19) Kleerup - Medication
12. (NY) Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God
13. (10) Jenny Wilson - Summer Time
14. (11) Hello Kinski - My Baby Should Be Home By Now
15. (20) Diplo - Newsflash
16. (NY) Audioslave - Be yourself
17. (NY) The Raveonettes - Love In A Trashcan
18. (09) Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
19. (04) Lo-Fi-Fnk - ...And The JFG
20. (NY) Emiliana Torrini - Sunny Road

Leaving the chart: 22 Pistepirkko, Rilo Kiley, New Order, Stereophonics, Radio Luxemburg, Embee ft. José González and Millencolin

Mp3 blog TTIKTDA posts a track from The Raveonettes: http://teachingtheindiekidstodanceagain.blogspot.com/2005/03/lets-go-to-where-its-fun.html