I got a nice big package of stuff yesterday from Startracks that I'll be adding to the store soon. Not only do I finally have the latest CDs from Tiger Lou (the "Nixon" CDS) and Kristofer Åström ("Black valley" EP), but I've also got a nice selection of back-catalogue stuff from the mighty Fireside and more! Sweet! Go shopping: [click here]

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"

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) The Pipettes - "Your kisses are wasted on me"
02. (02) Arctic Monkeys - "The view from the afternoon"
03. (NY) Dub Sweden - "On your telly"
04. (09) Primal Scream - "Country girl"
05. (06) Supersci ft. Chords - "On the grind"
06. (08) Christian Falk w/Robyn and Ola Salo - "Dream on"
07. (04) The Sounds - "Tony the beat"
08. (12) Justice vs. Simian - "We are your friends"
09. (03) SLS - "Get back"
10. (NY) Archie Bronson Outfit - "Dead funny"
11. (NY) SwingFly - "Save the trees"
12. (05) The Raconteurs - "Steady as she goes"
13. (07) Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
14. (14) Tiger Lou - "Nixon"
15. (NY) David & The Citizens - "Are you in my blood"
16. (NY) Hot Chip - "Boy from school"
17. (11) I'm From Barcelona - "Collection of stamps"
18. (13) Laakso - "Never satisfied"
19. (17) Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Dani California"

Leaving the chart: Dirty Pretty Things - "Bang bang you´re dead", Lil’ Kim - "Whoa", Up Hygh ft. Little Brother - "Keep on", Johnossi - "Execution song", The Fine Arts Showcase - "The shoplifter's union" and Sture Alléns Dansorkester - "Lita på mig".

Live report: Marit Bergman + Firefox AK @ Tack! Tack! Tack!, London UK 05/15/06

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

01. The Knife
02. Tiger Lou
03. Death Cab for Cutie
04. Belle and Sebastian
05. The Radio Dept.
06. Radiohead
07. Kent
08. The Postal Service
09. The Flaming Lips
10. Gnarls Barkley

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
02. Tiger Lou - Nixon
03. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
04. Band of Horses - The Funeral
05. I'm from Barcelona - We're From Barcelona
06. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken
07. Le Sport - it's not the end of the world
08. Alarma Man - Doctors, Listeners And Spectators Says Viva The Knife
09. Hell on Wheels - Come On
10. Sambassadeur - Kate

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Export Music Sweden has selected singles from Atomic Swing, Sara Rumar, Tom Levin, Le man, The Callahan and Tiger Lou to promote to international radio. Well, at least they got one of them right.

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

01. The Radio Dept.
02. Tiger Lou
03. Radiohead
04. Vapnet
05. The Flaming Lips
06. Death Cab for Cutie
07. Built to Spill
08. Belle and Sebastian
09. Bright Eyes
10. Kent

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Gnarls barkley - Crazy
02. Vapnet - Thoméegränd
03. The Radio Dept. - A window
04. Sambassadeur - Kate
05. Band of Horses - The Funeral
06. My Enemy - What is love
07. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
08. Built to Spill - Conventional Wisdom
09. Holy Madre - Shallow Bay
10. The Radio Dept. - Tell

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"Nixon" is Tiger Lou's latest single. It's also the song I have featured on "Reader's companion volume two". I've made it available as a free download today. I know it should be obvious, but I'll just come out and say it: I love Tiger Lou. I get all misty just thinking about them and the good times we've shared. So much so, that I'm putting my money where my mouth is and will be releasing a Tiger Lou 7" very soon. The a-side will be "Until I'm there" which TL mainman Rasmus Kellerman tells me is his favorite songs from his latest album "The loyal". Good stuff, I assure you. More details soon.

MP3: Tiger Lou - Nixon

"Nixon" is Tiger Lou's latest single. It's also the song I have featured on "Reader's companion volume two". I've made it available as a free download today. I know it should be obvious, but I'll just come out and say it: I love Tiger Lou. I get all misty just thinking about them and the good times we've shared. So much so, that I'm putting my money where my mouth is and will be releasing a Tiger Lou 7" very soon. The a-side will be "Until I'm there" which TL mainman Rasmus Kellerman tells me is his favorite songs from his latest album "The loyal". Good stuff, I assure you. More details soon.

Tiger Lou - Nixon

The video for Tiger Lou's latest single "Nixon" is now online: http://www.tigerlou.com/downloads.htm
I probably sound like a broken record, but this is yet another one of the great tracks that appears on "Reader's companion volume two".

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
02. (04) SLS - "Get back"
03. (02) Laakso - "Never satisfied"
04. (03) Arctic Monkeys – "The view from the afternoon"
05. (15) Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Dani California"
06. (05) Dirty Pretty Things - "Bang bang you´re dead"
07. (08) Supersci ft. Chords - "On the grind"
08. (11) Justice vs. Simian - "We are your friends"
09. (10) Lil' Kim - "Whoa"
10. (NY) I´m From Barcelona - "Collection of stamps"
11. (09) The Sounds - "Tony the beat"
12. (18) The Fine Arts Showcase – "The shoplifter’s union"
13. (07) Martha Wainwright - "Factory"
14. (NY) The Pipettes – "Your kisses are wasted on me"
15. (06) Plan B – "No good"
16. (NY) Tiger Lou - "Nixon"
17. (19) Up Hygh ft. Little Brother - "Keep on"
18. (16) Johnossi - "Execution song"
19. (NY) Sambassadeur - "Kate"
20. (20) Sture Alléns Dansorkester – "Lita på mig"

Leaving the chart: Las Palmas - "Du har mail", Ghostface Killah ft. Ne-Yo – "Back like that", Lo-Fi-Fnk - "Wake up" and Mystery Jets - "The boy who ran away".

Tiger Lou
Nixon CDS
Startracks

Sometime at the end of last year, my next-door neighbor emerges from his door and tells me he's on his way to see a band called Tiger Lou and that I should probably do the same. Operating under the assumption (sorry to say, but from the name of the band) that TL was probably just going to be another band of indie-rock sissies in horizontal stripes, I opted to go to a cheesy dance club in Malmö instead. Whoops. Tiger Lou are one of the more promising new bands to hail from Sweden within the last couple of years and exhibit a considerable aptitude for penning catchy pop tunes of a darker persuasion: while the songs on the "Nixon" single exude a sort of characteristic moodiness, they never quite veer into truly somber territory – at least not sonically. Most of the songs on the "Nixon" single can be found in one form or another on TL's full-length, "The loyal". The last two tracks are remixed versions of "The loyal" (by Martin Vogel) and "The war between us" (by Rupesh Cartel). The remix of "The loyal" is at best, a little dull: the only thing that salvages the track's tired electro-pop is the quality of the original song itself. The "War between us" remix is even worse as it epitomizes the awful b-side dance remix: imagine the Pet Shop Boys without the nuances that make the Pet Shop Boys well... palatable. The verdict? Ditch the single and buy the album.
- Jessica Numsuwankijkul

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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The new Tiger Lou single "Nixon" will be out on May 10 and will include the following tracks:

01. Nixon
02. A Lucky Escape (prev. unreleased)
03. The Loyal (Martin Vogel mix)
04. The War Between Us (Rupesh Cartel mix)

"Nixon" also appears on the forthcoming "It's a trap! reader's companion volume two" CD, which I should have in-stock is just a couple weeks. Listen to a stream of it at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tigerlou