This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (02) Ison & Fille - Hela dan varje dag
02. (NY) Bloc Party - The prayer
03. (04) Laleh - November
04. (03) Albert Hammond Jr - 101
05. (05) Johnossi - Glory days to come
06. (08) Muse - Knights of Cydonia
07. (07) Babyshambles - The blinding
08. (11) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (hey oh)
09. (NY) The Sounds - Painted by numbers
10. (01) Mando Diao - TV & me
11. (06) Regina Spektor - Better
12. (NY) John Legend - Heaven
13. (10) M Ward - Chinese translation
14. (13) 1990's - You're supposed to be my boyfriend
15. (14) Bodyrox med Luciana - Yeah yeah
16. (20) Emmon - Wake up time
17. (17) Herman Düne - I wish that I could see you soon
18. (15) Koop - Come to me
19. (18) Marit Bergman - Eyes were blue
20. (19) The Streets - Prangin' out

Leaving the chart:
Salem Al Fakir - Good song
Panic! At The Disco - But it's better if you do
Gnarls Barkley - Who cares?

Melody Club
Scream
EMI

I've never liked Melody Club and their cheap and nasty synth-driven melodic pop, but their latest (and third) album is much better than I thought it'd be. Saying that, my expectations for it were lower than you can imagine. I've always thought of them to be quite pathetic, but they've become much less so now, which is really in their favour. The hit single of the album "Destiny calling" sounds like something by The Sounds and I can easily picture the song soundtracking a video featuring fast open top cars (after writing this I checked out the video on YouTube and was very disappointed, they've managed to make a very non-anthemic video for an über anthemic song), and I wouldn't be surprised if the Roxette fans of Germany and America will love this. If they'll keep on progressing like this, come their 27th album, and I might just buy it for my niece.
- Simon Tagestam

The nominees for this year's P3 Gold awards have been announced:

Best female artist:
Marit Bergman - "I Think it's a Rainbow"
Veronica Maggio - "Vatten och bröd"
Lisa Miskovsky - "Changes"
Linda Sundblad - "Oh My God!"
Anna Ternheim - "Separation Road"

Best male artist:
Darin - "Break the News"
Håkan Hellström - "Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått"
Max Peezay - "Discokommittén"
Petter - "P"
Timo Räisänen - "I'm Indian"

Best live (Guldmicken):
In Flames
The Knife
Mando Diao
Snook
Anna Ternheim

Best song:
Basshunter - Boten Anna
I'm From Barcelona - We're From Barcelona
Veronica Maggio - Dumpa mig
Mando Diao - Long Before Rock'n'Roll
Snook - Längst fram i taxin

Best newcomer:
Asha Ali
Salem Al Fakir
I'm From Barcelona
Veronica Maggio
Sebastian

Best group:
Fibes, Oh Fibes! - "Emotional"
The Knife - "Silent Shout"
Mando Diao - "Ode to Ochrasy"
Snook - "Är"
The Sounds - "Dying to Say This to You"

Best rock/metal:
C.Aarmé - "Vita"
Cult of Luna - "Somewhere Along the Highway"
The Haunted - "The Dead Eye"
In Flames - "Come Clarity"
Snuffed By the Yakuza - "Everybody's Gonna Die Tonight"

Best hip-hop/soul:
Fattaru - "Mina drömmars stad"
Max Peezay - "Discokommittén"
Promoe - "White Man's Burden"
Ramjac - "Transfusions"
Up Hygh - "The Venus Album"

Best pop:
Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-Garde - "Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-Garde"
Love is All - "Nine Times That Same Song"
Nicolas Makelberge - "Dying in Africa"
The Radio Dept. - "Pet Grief"
Studio - "West Coast"

Best dance:
John Dahlbäck - Collected works
The Knife - "Silent Shout"
Minilogue - Collected works
Studio - "West Coast"
SUMO - "The Danceband"

Go here to vote: http://www.sr.se/p3/p3guld/

The Sounds are doing a short headline tour in the US starting tomorrow:

11/22 - Axis, Boston, MA
11/23 - North Star, Philadelphia, PA
11/24 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
11/25 - Rock And Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
11/26 - The Metro, Chicago, IL
11/28 - The Gothic Theatre, Denver, CO
11/29 - The Avalon Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT
12/01 - Epicentre, San Diego, CA
12/02 - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA
12/03 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA

The Sounds have added a number of US headlining dates featuring support from friends Shiny Toy Guns:

11/22 - Boston
11/24 - NYC
11/25 - Philadephia
11/26 - Chicago
11/28 - Denver
11/29 - Salt Lake City
12/01 - Los Angeles
12/02 - San Diego
12/03 - San Francisco

MP3: BLLTPRF CPD - Esoteric fraud

Sidestepping from yesterday's post on the damaged no-wave of Knife and Ape, today I bring you the damaged new-wave of BLLTPRF CPD (nee Bulletproof Cupid). When you hear this stuff, the punk-influence claims of other new-wavish acts like The Sounds or Surferosa will seem laughable. They just sound so damn tame in comparison to the furious energy of these dudes. The track I've posted today is much, much more guitar-heavy than a lot of the other, more keyboard driven songs on the record, so my "new-wave" label might seem a bit misleading at first. The band probably does have more in common with the noiserock of old Boner Records bands like Steel Pole Bath Tub or Star Pimp than, say Blondie, but whatever - gotta start somewhere. Besides, don't synths usually equal new-wave? Anyhow, if any of the other Trewetha bands such as I Love You Baby! or The State of Floral Beings piqued your interest, you'll definitely be into this as well. It's in a similar vein, but still with a unique sound of their own. Dig it.
Buy "Halo of flies": [click here]

BLLTPRF CPD - Esoteric fraud

The Sounds will be back in the US in November to tour with Angels and Airwaves. Dates at myspace: http://myspace.com/thesounds

The Sounds on tour supporting Panic! At the Disco:

08/25 - Malmo Festivalen, Malmo (SWE)
08/31 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
09/01 - Bodo Festival, Bodo (NOR)
09/06 - Tivoli, Helsingborg (SWE)
09/08 - Cinderella Ship, (SWE/FIN)
09/13 - Klubi, Turku (FIN)
09/14 - Nosturi, Helsinki (FIN)
09/15 - Klubi, Tempere (FIN)
09/16 - Lutakko, Jyvaskyla (FIN)
09/17 - Amarillo, Vasa (FIN)
09/21 - Sally*Sounds, E-werk, Cologne (GER)
09/22 - Sally*Sounds Columbiahalle, Berlin (GER)
09/23 - Knust (Reeperbahn Festival), Hamburg (GER)
09/30 - Amplified Festival, Umeå (SWE)
10/11 - Debaser Medis, Stockholm (SWE)
10/12 - Store Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
10/13 - Grunspan, Hamburg (GER)
10/14 - Knaack, Berlin (GER)
10/16 - Flex, Vienna (AUS)
10/17 - Backstage Club, Munchen (GER)
10/18 - Die Röhre, Stuttgart (GER)
10/21 - Brixton Academy, London (UK)
10/22 - Brixton Academy, London (UK)
10/23 - Brixton Academy, London (UK)
10/24 - Brixton Academy, London (UK)
10/26 - Live Music Hall, Köln (GER)
10/27 - Le Laiterie, Strassbourg (FRA)
10/28 - Ninkasi Kao, Lyon (FRA)
10/29 - Elysee Montmarte, Paris (FRA)

The Sounds will play a special one-off gig at the Wiltern Theater in LA on August 19.

Somehow The Sounds made their way onto the soundtrack for "Snakes on a plane", the year's most anticipated film. Read about the all-star video shoot: http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1535853/story.jhtml

The Sounds just released a digital-only 4-song live EP, only available via iTunes.

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (NY) Sugarplum Fairy - She
02. (05) Peter, Bjorn And John w/Victoria Bergsman - Young folks
03. (16) The Knife - We share our mothers' health
04. (09) Whyte Seeds - Back in town
05. (03) Dub Sweden - On your telly
06. (04) Christian Falk w/Robyn & Ola Salo - Dream on
07. (07) Archie Bronson Outfit - Dead funny
08. (01) The Pipettes - Your kisses are wasted on me
09. (NY) Juni Järvi - If we just want to
10. (NY) Whitest Boy Alive - Burning
11. (02) Primal Scream - Country girl
12. (10) Danko Jones - First date
13. (13) Supersci w/Remedeeh - Get!
14. (NY) Fattaru - 100:-
15. (NY) Editors - All sparks
16. (14) The Strokes - You only live once
17. (NY) Architecture In Helsinki - Wishbone
18. (17) Promoe med Capleton - Songs of joy
19. (19) Swingfly - Save the trees
20. (12) Sator - Angelina & Sister Ray

Leaving the chart:
The Sounds - Tony the beat
Arctic Monkeys - The view from the afternoon
David & The Citizens - Are you in my blood?
Tiger Lou - Nixon
Morrissey - The youngest was the most loved
Nathan Larson w/Nina Persson - Dead leaves and the dirty ground

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) The Pipettes - "Your kisses are wasted on me"
02. (02) Primal Scream - "Country girl"
03. (03) Dub Sweden - "On your telly"
04. (04) Christian Falk w/Robyn & Ola Salo - "Dream on"
05. (NY) Peter, Bjorn And John w/Victoria Bergsman - "Young folks"
06. (05) The Sounds - "Tony the beat"
07. (09) Archie Bronson Outfit - "Dead funny"
08. (08) Arctic Monkeys - "The view from the afternoon"
09. (NY) Whyte Seeds - "Back in town"
10. (20) Danko Jones - "First date"
11. (13) David & The Citizens - "Are you in my blood?"
12. (NY) Sator - "Angelina & Sister Ray"
13. (NY) Supersci w/Remedeeh - "Get!"
14. (NY) The Strokes - "You only live once"
15. (07) Tiger Lou - "Nixon"
16. (NY) The Knife - "We share our mother's health"
17. (NY) Promoe w/Capleton - "Songs of joy"
18. (NY) Morrissey - "The youngest was the most loved"
19. (ÅT) Swingfly - "Save the trees"
20. (NY) Nathan Larson w/Nina Persson - "Dead leaves and the dirty ground"

Leaving the chart:
Supersci med Chords - "On the grind"
Schneider TM - "Pac man"
The Coup w/Talib Kweli & Black Thought - "My favourite mutiny"
The Raconteurs - "Steady as she goes"
Placebo - "Infra-red"
SLS - "Get back"
Hot Chip - "Boy from school"
Animal Five - "Sharks"
Tool - "Vicarious"
Wolfmother - "Dimension"

Stream the Led Zeppelin Polar Prize TV special from Sweden featuring The Soundtrack of Our Lives playing a few Zep classics with help from Nina Persson (The Cardigans) and Maja Ivarsson (The Sounds): http://www.tv4.se/player/categories.aspx?treeId=3013&pid=54314&more=1

The Sounds will be playing this year's Warped Tour. Dates here: http://www.the-sounds.com/tour.html