In related news, JuJu has launched a new offshoot label called Motrock. Their first release will be the debut album by roots-reggae group Helt Off. The group consists of Måns Asplund from the Breakmecanix along with Jens Resch (aka Chords) and features special guest Jason Diakité (aka Timbuktu). Download the track "Bla Bla Bla" right now: http://www.jujurecords.com/mp3/heltoff_blabla.mp3

Head over to the JuJu Records download section for new mp3 from Timbuktu entitled "Pisset 3": http://www.jujurecords.com/download.php

Finnish hip-hop artist Redrama reports that he just back from Sweden where he was working on some tracks with producers ICON Ken and Spotrunnaz (Breakmecanix), the men behind such artists as Timbuktu and Looptroop. No word on when that stuff will surface, but Red does have his first official mixtape on the way. More info when I get it.

Sweden's Timbuktu and Miss Universum will be going to Reykjavik, Iceland for a special Greenpeace benefit show on April 15. More info soon.

The winners of the Swedish Grammies for award categories I care about:

Best artist: Per Gessle - Mazarin
Best song: Per Gessle - Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)
Best pop, female: Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
Best pop, male: Per Gessle - Mazarin
Best popgroup: The Knife - Deep cuts
Best rock album, solo: Moneybrother - Blood panic
Best rock group: The Cardigans - Lone gone before daylight
Best composer: Per Gessle
Best lyrics: Timbuktu
Best producer: Joakim Berg and Simon Nordberg
Best newcomer: José González - Veneer
Best album: The Cardigans - Lone gone before daylight
Best folk music: Frifot - Sluring
Best hiphop/soul: Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!
Best hard-rock: The Haunted - One kill wonder
Best jazz: Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Seven days of falling
Best club/dance: Hundarna från Söder - Hundarna från Söder
Best open category: Pugh Rogefeldt - Pugh
MTV prize for best video: The Cardigans - You're the storm
Export prize: Esbjörn Svensson Trio

Read more: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,430898,00.html (in Swedish)
Who's got pics of The Knife accepting the award in gorilla masks?

The winners of the P3 Gold Awards:

Best male artist: Moneybrother
Best live artist (Guldmicken): Moneybrother
Best group: The Knife
Best song: Timbuktu - "The Botten Is Nådd"
Best female artist: Lisa Miskovsky
Best newcomer: Moneybrother
Best hip-hop/soul: Timbuktu
Best rock/metal: Nasum
Best dance: Jesper Dahlbäck
Best pop: Radio Dept.

The new Hives song they played is called "Walk Idiot Walk". It sounded okay.

Listen to the entire thing on-demand: http://www.sr.se/p3/p3guld/

Here are some of the nominees for the Swedish Grammies:

Best Pop Female:
Jill Johnson - Roots and Wings
Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
Miss Universum - Selfelected
Pauline - Candy Rain
Elin Sigvardsson - Saturday Light Naive

Best Pop Male:
Magnus Carlson - Ett Kungarike För En Kram
Per Gessle - Mazarin
José González - Veneer
Peter LeMarc - Det Som Håller Oss Vid Liv
Mauro Scocco - Beat Hotel

Best Pop Group:
Alcazar - Alcazarized
Bo Kaspers Orkester - Vilka Tror Vi Att Vi Är
Da Buzz - More Than Alive
David & The Citizens - Until The Sadness Is Gone
The Knife - Deep Cuts

Best Rock Album (solo):
Eagle-Eye - Cherry Sub Rosa
Christian Kjellvander - Introducing The Past
Lars Winnerbäck och Hovet - Söndermarken
Moneybrother - Blood Panic
Thomas Rusiak - In The Sun

Best Rock Group:
Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight Prayer
Broder Daniel - Cruel Town
The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
Fireside - Get Shot
Randy - Welfare Problems

Best Songwriter:
Karin & Olof Dreijer
Per Gessle
Lisa Miskovsky & Joakim Berg
Peter Svensson
Moneybrother (Anders Wendin)

Best Lyrics:
Timbuktu (Jason Diakté)
Per Gessle
Peter LeMarc
Nina Persson
Lars Winnerbäck

Best Producer:
Joakim Berg/Simon Norberg
Karin & Olof Dreijer
Pelle Gunnerfeldt
Jari Haapalainen
C. Öfwerman, C. Lundquist & P. Gessle

Best Hip-hop/Soul:
Advance Patrol - Utskrivna
Kaah - Jideblasko
Ken Det - Bortglömda
The Latin Kings - Omerta
Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd!

Best Hard Rock:
Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
Evergrey - Recreation Day
The Haunted - One Kill Wonder
Mustasch - Ratsafari
Opeth - Damnation

Best Jazz:
E.S.T. - Seven Days Of Falling
Rigmor Gustavsson - with I Will Wait For You
Nils Landgren and The Fleshquartet
Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - Plays Loud For The People
Oddjob - Koyo
Bobo Stenson/Lennart Åberg

Best Club/Dance Song:
Hundarna Från Söder - Hundarna Från Söder BAM
Koop - Waltz For Koop - Alternative Takes
Physics - First Flight NSD
Plej - Electronic Music From The Westcoast
Sophie Rimheden - Hi-Fi Mitek

Best Pop/Dance Band:
Barbados - Hela Himlen
Fame - Give Me Your Love
Jan Johansen - X My Heart
Jill Johnson - Discography
Lasse Stefanz - Det Här Är Bara Början

Go here for the full list: http://www.ifpi.se/02.images/01.top/02.subnav_pdf/08.grammis/pdf/Grammisnomineringar_2003.pdf

The end-of-the-year chart at MTV UpNorth:

01. The Rasmus - In The Shadows
02. Outlandish - Aicha
03. The Sounds - Rock n´ Roll
04. The Cardigans - You´re The Storm
05. Outlandish - Guantanamo
06. The Rasmus - In My Life
07. Killer - Naughty Boy
08. C21 - She Cries
09. A-Teens - Perfect Match
10. Mew - Comforting Sounds
11. Junior Senior - Rhythm Bandits
12. HIM - Funeral of hearts
13. Kashmir - Surfing The Warm Industry
14. The Cardigans - For What It´s Worth
15. Jon - Right Here Next To You
16. HIM - The Sacrament
17. Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
18. Redrama - Hang It Up
19. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
20. Winta - Emotions

The Hives will premiere their brand new single at the P3 Gold Awards on January 23 at Storan in Göteborg. Other acts set to play include Nicolai Dunger, Lisa Miskovsky, Patrik Isaksson, Elin Sigvardsson, Timbuktu, Broder Daniel and Soundtrack Of Our Lives. As for the awards themselves, here's the nominees:

Guldmicken (best live act):
José González
Moneybrother
Randy
Robyn
Timbuktu

Best song:
The Cardigans - "For What It's Worth"
Per Gessle - "Här Kommer Alla Känslorna (På En Och Samma Gång)"
Lisa Miskovsky - "Lady Stardust"
Timbuktu - "The Botten Is Nådd"
Broder Daniel - "When We Were Winning"

Best group:
Alcazar - "Alcazarised"
Bad Cash Quartet - "Midnight Prayer"
Broder Daniel - "Cruel Town"
The Cardigans - "Long Gone Before Daylight"
The Knife - "Deep Cuts"

Best male artist:
Per Gessle - "Mazarin"
José González - "Veneer"
Moneybrother - "Blood Panic"
Timbuktu - "The Botten Is Nådd"
Lars Winnerbäck - "Söndermarken"

Best female artist:
Lisa Miskovsky - "Fallingwater"
Miss Universum - "Selfelected"
Pauline - "Candy Rain"
Sophie Rimheden - "Hi-Fi"
Elin Sigvardsson - "Saturday Light Naïve"

Best newcomer:
José González
Miss Universum
Moneybrother
Pauline
Radio Dept.

Best rock:
Arch Enemy - "Anthems of Rebellion"
Cult Of Luna - "The Beyond"
Mörk Gryning - "Pieces of Primal Expressionism"
Nasum - "Helvete"
Satirnine - "Void of Value"

Best dance:
Jesper Dahlbäck - total production 2003
Eric Prydz - total production 2003
Forss - "Soulhack"
Hundarna från Söder - "Hundarna Från Söder"
Plej - "Electronic Music From The Swedish Leftcoast"

Best pop:
Franke - "Optimismens Hån"
The Knife - "Deep Cuts"
Radio Dept. - "Lesser Matters"
Sophie Rimheden - "Hi-Fi"
Tape - "Milieu"

Best hip-hop/soul:
Advance Patrol - "Utskrivna"
Fattaru - "Jordnära"
Ken - "Det Bortglömda"
Latin Kings - "Omerta"
Timbuktu - "The Botten Is Nådd"

For more info, go to P3 Gold's website.

The write-ins have been tabulated and the nominees for the 25th annual Rockbjornen have been announced. Here's the categories I care about:

Best Swedish male:
Per Gessle
José González
Moneybrother
Timbuktu
Lars Winnerbäck

Best Swedish female:
Carola
Lisa Miskovsky
Pauline
Robyn
Elin Sigvardsson

Best Swedish group:
Alcazar
Backyard Babies
Broder Daniel
Kent
The Cardigans

Best Swedish song:
Per Gessle - Här Kommer Alla Känslorna
Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
Broder Daniel - When We Were Winning

Best Swedish album:
Moneybrother - Blood Panic
Broder Daniel - Cruel Town
The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
Per Gessle - Mazarin
Lars Winnerbäck - Söndermarken

Best Swedish newcomer:
José González
Jamie Meyer
Moneybrother
Pauline
Elin Sigvardsson

Finland's The Rasmus is also nominated in the best international song, group and album categories. Go here to vote: http://www.rockbjornen.se

Here's the nominees for the NRJ Radio Awards categories that are relevant to this site:

Best Nordic artist:
Per Gessle
Outlandish
The Rasmus
Lene Marlin
Jay-Kid

Best Nordic song:
The Rasmus - "In The Shadows"
Outlandish - "Aicha"
Per Gessle - "Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)"
Beats And Styles - "Dynamite"
Lene Marlin - "You Weren't There"

Best Swedish male artist:
Per Gessle
Timbuktu
Bosson
Dr Alban
Jamie Meyer

Best Swedish female artist:
Sahlene
Robyn
Lisa Miskovsky
September
Dilba

Best Swedish group:
Kent
Da Buzz
The Sounds
Alcazar
Antique

Best Swedish newcomer:
September
Miio
User
Fame
Ana

Best Swedish song:
Per Gessle - "Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)"
Da Buzz - "Alive"
Alcazar - "Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint"
Timbuktu - "The botten is nådd"
Lisa Miskovsky - "Lady Stardust"

Winners will be announced during the live broadcast awards show on January 25 in Stockholm. Go here to cast your votes: www.nrjradioawards.com.

The new JuJu Records mixtape, ahem, CD is now available for ordering from the label. The compilation was put together by Swedish DMC Champion DJ Amato and features the the latest hip-hop sounds from Sweden and elsewhere, including a few exclusive cuts. Representing Sweden on the comp are Timbuktu, Chords, MBMA, Spotrunnaz, Looptroop, The Casual Brothers, Mange Schmidt, Colossos, Advance Patrol, Majestic 3, Nicholas L and more. Full details and tracklist are here: http://www.jujurecords.com/mixtape.php

Here's some great pics from Timbuktu's recent show at Trädgårn on November 7.

Winners of the Swedish Hit Music Awards for Swedish categories:

Best Swedish artist: Alcazar
Best Swedish song: Per Gessle - "Här kommer alla känslorna"
Best Swedish hiphop/r&b: Timbuktu
Best Swedish rock: Millencolin
Best Swedish video: The Knife - "Heartbeats"

Finland's The Rasmus also won for best foreign song with their track "In the Shadows".

Timbuktu is heading out on the road around Sweden in November with his live backing band Damn!:

11/07 - Trädgårn, Göteborg
11/08 - Globen, Stockholm
11/13 - Mejeriet, Lund
11/14 - KB, Malmö, Kb
11/15 - Mondo, Stockholm
11/21 - The Tivoli, Helsingborg
11/22 - Diezel, Halmstad
11/26 - Arena, Karlstad
11/28 - Hc, Sälen
11/29 - Katalin, Uppsala