Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) Beastie Boys "Ch-Check It Out"
02. (06) Marit Bergman "I Will Always Be Your Soldier"
03. (07) David & The Citizens + Mattias Alkberg "Big Chill"
04. (02) Morrissey "Irish Blood, English Heart"
05. (08) Strip Music "Desperation"
06. (03) The Embassy "Wearing Our Pop Art Hearts On Our Sleeves EP"
07. (04) The Von Bondies "Tell Me What You See"
08. (NY) Infinite Mass "The Thief"
09. (12) Outkast "Roses"
10. (13) My Red Cell "In A Cage (On Prozac)"
11. (14) Tiger Lou "Sell Out"
12. (09) Raymond & Maria "Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja"
13. (11) Franz Ferdinand "Matinee"
14. (16) Graham Coxon "Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery"
15. (17) The Tough Alliance "Make It Happen"
16. (05) Sahara Hotnights "Hot Night Crash"
17. (10) PJ Harvey "The Letter"
18. (NY) Svenska Akademien "Psalm För Mörkrädda"
19. (19) Ash "Orpheus"
20. (NY) Niccokick "Run Run Run"

Leaving the chart:
15. Kristofer Åström "The Wild"
19. Velvet Revolver "Slither"
20. Shout Out Louds "Oh, Sweetheart"

Tiger Lou has posted some updated European tourdates as well as some details from his recent video shoot: http://www.tigerlou.com/
In other news, Tiger reports that German label Pleasure Syndicate will rerelease his old Araki Ikara album on vinyl with special hand-screened covers. They should be ready in time for the upcoming tour.

I'm not sure why I haven't done it already, but here's the tracklists for those carious upcoming Startracks-produced Festival compilations:

Accelerator 2004
01. M. Craft – Sweet
02. The Shins – So Says I
03. Electrelane – The Valleys
04. Lali Puna – Faking the books
05. Broken Social Scene – Stars and sons
06. Explosions in the Sky – The only moment we were alone
07. Laakso – Blizzard
08. Jens Lekman – The wrong hands (prev. unreleased)
09. Jonas Kullhammar – Bebopalulia
10. The Go! Team - Panterdash
11. The Von Bondies – C'mon, C'mon
12. Existensminimum – The on and on
13. Franz Ferdinand – Take me out (Naum Gabo re-mix) (prev. unreleased)

Picknick
01. Kristofer Åström – Idiot talk
02. Richard Buckner – Jewelbomb
03. Tiger Lou – Rushmore (prev. unreleased)
04. Ane Brun – Are they saying goodbye?
05. Denison Witmer – Stations
06. Tomas Andersson Wij – Tommy och hans mamma
07. Christian Kjellvander – For the sake of the song (prev. unreleased. Zandt cover, recorded live at Mondo)
08. Anna Ternheim – Troubled mind
09. Nicolai Dunger – Slaves (we're together like)
10. Tomas Andersson Wij – En vän till mig
11. Ane Brun – Fight Song (prev. unreleased. Likely to be recorded for her next album due 2005)
12. Syd Matters – Have a nice day
13. Kristofer Åström – Cardiac (prev. unreleased, from the "There for" sessions)
14. Syd Matters - Bones
15. Richard Buckner – Put on what you wanna
16. Tiger Lou – Like you said
17. Nicolai Dunger - City sun

Finally! A bunch of stuff from Startracks just came in to the mailorder department: Kristofer Åström, Christian Kjellvander and Tiger Lou. Didn't I say 2004 is the year of the singer/songwriter? Yep, sure did.

Remember that news about the upcoming singer/songwriter festival Picknick? (Picnic? whatever) Well, Startracks is doing a comp for all the artists. Tiger Lou has confirmed his contribution will include an acoustic version of the new song "Rushmore" along with the track "Like you said". A full-band version of "Rushmore" will be released another time. In other Tiger-related news, he will be shooting a video for the new single "Sell Out" soon with Gustav from Studio 24. Magnus Renfors was originally slated to work on it, but he's too busy to fit it in his schedule. Official details about the festival are here: http://www.luger.se/nyheter.asp?PK_Id=112

Turns out that upcoming singer/songwriter festival Picnic is actually two dates: June 11 in Göteburg and June 12 in Stockholm. Again, artists scheduled to play include Nicolai Dunger, Richard Buckner (US), Denison Witmer (US), Ane Brun, Kristoffer Åström, Tiger Lou, Tomas Andersson Wij and Anna Ternheim.

Updated tourdates for Tiger Lou:

05/07 - Vinylbaren at Tivoli, Helsingborg (SWE)
05/13 - Herrgårn, Linköping (SWE)
05/16 - Smålands Nation, Växsjö (SWE) (solo) w/Mary Lou Lord
05/19 - Smålands Nation, Lund (SWE) (solo)
05/21 - Pustervik, Göteborg (SWE)
05/22 - some festival, Jönköping (SWE)
05/26 - Beat On The Brat, Uppsala (SWE)
05/28 - Popaganda, Stockholm (SWE)
05/29 - Immergut Festival, Neustrelitz (GER)
05/30 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
05/31 - Cookys, Frankfurt (GER)
06/03 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER) w/Rob & the Pinholestars
06/04 - Roter Salon, Berlin (GER)
06/05 - Orangehouse, München (GER)
06/06 - Blue Shell, Köln (GER)
06/08 - Scheune, Bardinale Festival, Dresden (GER)
06/11 - tba, Göteborg (SWE) (solo)
06/12 - Hågelby, Stockholm (SWE) (solo)
06/19 - 18:15 @ Stora Dans, Hultsfred (SWE)
07/22 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
07/24 - Tullakrok, Ängelhom (SWE)

Bands confirmed for the Blow Up a Panda Festival at Gula Villan in Haninge on July 31 - August 1: Tiger Lou, Phoenix Undead, The Steroids, Last Days Of April, Hank, The Sunshine, Twopointeight, Switchblade, The High Heeled Honeys, The End Will Be Kicks, Voice Of A Generation, Sparks Of Seven, C.Aarmé and The Legends. More info: http://www.blowupapanda.se/

Blackstar Foundation reports that they've received the master for the new Abandon album and should be sending it off for pressing soon. "78 minutes of pure anxiety." Sounds good to me. They also report that the new Araki album will be pressed as a double LP and should be ready by the end of May. That's Tiger Lou's old band, for those that don't know.

Lost at Sea review Tiger Lou: http://lostatsea.net/LAS/archives/reviews/records/tigerlou.htm

New pics of Tiger Lou and Weeping Willows up at Rockfoto.nu.

Streaming playlist: Mailorder

Some updated Swedish tourdates for Tiger Lou:

04/29 - Festivalborg, Örebro
05/06 - KB, Malmö
05/07 - Vinylbaren at Tivoli, Helsingborg
05/13 - Herrgårn, Linköping
05/19 - Smålands Nation, Lund (solo)
05/21 - Pustervik, Göteborg
05/28 - Popaganda, Stockholm
06/17-19 - Hultsfred Festival

Startracks will be releasing "Sell Out" as the next single/video from his fantastic album "Is my head still on?". As Tiger is way busy touring with Weeping Willows right now, he's got no time to record a new b-side so that means the album track "Warmth" will have to do. Previous collaborator Magnus Renfors will direct the video.

Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) Graham Coxon "Freakin' Out"
02. (04) Marit Bergman Feat. Cecilia Nordlund "Adios Amigos"
03. (02) Promoe "These Walls Don't Lie"
04. (05) The White Stripes "There's No Home For You Here"
05. (03) Teddybears Sthlm Feat. Mad Cobra "Cobrastyle"
06. (06) Infinite Mass "No.1 Swartskalle"
07. (10) Phoenix "Everything Is Everything"
08. (NY) The Streets "Fit But You Know It"
09. (07) Geeza "I Know You Don't Like Me (I Hate You)"
10. (NY) Her Space Holiday "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"
11. (11) Kanye West "Through The Wire"
12. (NY) Basement Jaxx "Plug It In"
13. (NY) Pitch Black "It's All Real"
14. (08) I Am Kloot "From Your Favourite Sky"
15. (09) Syd Matters "Black & White Eyes"
16. (15) Ima Robot "Alive"
17. (12) Nikola Sarcevic "Lovetrap"
18. (18) Swan Lee "I Don't Mind"
19. (13) The Vines "Ride"
20. (NY) Jens Lekman "You Are The Light"

Leaving the chart:
14. Tiger Lou "Oh Horatio"
16. The Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon"
18. Laakso "Aussie Girl"
19. Ash "Clones"
20. Gomez "Catch Me Up"

Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (04) Graham Coxon "Freakin' Out"
02. (02) Promoe "These Walls Don't Lie"
03. (03) Teddybears Sthlm Feat. Mad Cobra "Cobrastyle"
04. (01) Marit Bergman Feat. Cecilia Nordlund "Adios Amigos"
05. (NY) The White Stripes "There's No Home For You Here"
06. (05) Infinite Mass "No.1 Swartskalle"
07. (16) Geeza "I Know You Don't Like Me (I Hate You)"
08. (NY) I Am Kloot "From Your Favourite Sky"
09. (08) Syd Matters "Black & White Eyes"
10. (10) Phoenix "Everything Is Everything"
11. (10) Kanye West "Through The Wire"
12. (06) Nikola Sarcevic "Lovetrap"
13. (09) The Vines "Ride"
14. (11) Tiger Lou "Oh Horatio"
15. (14) Ima Robot "Alive"
16. (18) The Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon"
17. (13) Swan Lee "I Don't Mind"
18. (17) Laakso "Aussie Girl"
19. (ÅT) Ash "Clones"
20. (07) Gomez "Catch Me Up"

Leaving the chart:
15. Spring In Paris "Can I Stay"
19. Placebo "English Summer Rain"
20. Damien Rice "Volcano"