This week's MTV UpNorth video chart:

01. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
02. The Rasmus - No Fear
03. Crashdiet - Breakin The Chainz
04. HIM - Wings Of A Butterfly
05. Kent - Den Döda Vinkeln
06. Darin - Why Does It Rain
07. The Legends - He Knows The Sun
08. Apulanta - Pahempi Toistaan
09. TwoPointEight - Red Eye
10. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
11. Stratovarius - Maniac Dance
12. Östermalm - Le Åt Allt
13. Svenska Akademin - Du Vill Så Du Kan
14. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
15. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Station To Station
16. Karl Larsson - Off The Cliff
17. Peshi - Hush Hush
18. Håkan Hellström - Gårdakvarnar och Skit
19. Thomas Dybdahl - If We Want It, It's Right
20. Laleh - Live Tomorrow

Challengers:
01. Timbuktu - Stirra Ner
02. Jupither - Love
03. The Cardigans - I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer
04. Hellacopters - I'm In The Band
05. Blindside - Fell In Love With The Game

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This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Peter LeMarc - Sjutton sånger - LeMarc sjunger LeMarc
02. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
03. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
04. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
05. Laleh - Laleh
06. Crashdïet - Rest in Sleaze
07. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
08. Peps Blodsband - Äntligen!
09. Musikal - Mamma Mia
10. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
11. Robyn - Robyn
12. Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
13. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
14. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
15. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
16. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
17. Darin - The anthem
18. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
19. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
20. Peter Jöback & Göteborgs Symfoniker - Storybook

PopMatters reviews José González: http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/g/gonzalezjose-veneer.shtml

Swedish hip-hop artists Looptroop, Timbuktu, Chords, DJ Large and Freestyle will all be touring together on The Carneval Tour (sic). Dates:

09/28 - Kulturetage, Oldenburg (GER)
09/29 - Musikzentrum, Hannover (GER)
09/30 - Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin (GER)
10/01 - KDW, Hamburg (GER)
10/02 - Soundgarden, Dortmund (GER)
10/03 - Filmhaus, Köln (GER)
10/04 - Kamp, Bielefeld (GER)
10/06 - Spot, Kassel (GER)
10/07 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
10/10 - Cooky's, Frankfurt (GER)
10/11 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
10/12 - Saarlouis, Saarbrücken (GER)
10/14 - Galvanik, Zug (CH)
10/14 - Remise, Wil (CH)
10/16 - Treibhaus, Innsbruck (AUS)
10/17 - Atomic Cafe, München (GER)
10/19 - Circus Maximus, Koblenz (GER)
10/20 - Kassablanka, Jena (GER)
10/21 - E-Werk, Erlangen (GER)
10/22 - Altes Zollamt, Stuttgart (GER)
10/28 - KB, Malmö, (SWE)
10/29 - Klubb Kaliber @ Björnes Magasin, Mariestad (SWE)

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
02. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
03. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
04. Peps Blodsband - Äntligen!
05. Laleh - Laleh
06. Musikal - Mamma Mia
07. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
08. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
09. Robyn - Robyn
10. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
11. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
12. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
13. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
14. Carola - Störst av allt
15. Darin - The anthem
16. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
17. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
18. Peter Jöback & Göteborgs Symfoniker - Storybook
19. Ulf Lundell - Högtruck
20. Di Leva - Själens krigare: Samlade sånger

Cake on Cake's new album has been delayed until September, but she informs me that the upcoming US tour from November 11 through December 22 will be confirmed shortly.

SVT2 is launching a new program called Musikbyrån: Live this fall that will be showing 30-minute clips from various bands. Here's a selection of the Scandinavian artists they'll be featuring this coming season:

09/02 - The Ark
09/09 - Moneybrother
09/23 - Looptroop
10/07 - Timbuktu & Damn!

The program airs at 21:30.

JuJu Records has posted the details for the new Timbuktu single "Stirra ner": http://www.jujurecords.com/news.php?id=42

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
02. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
03. Peps Blodsband - Äntligen!
04. Laleh - Laleh
05. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
06. Musikal - Mamma Mia
07. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
08. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
09. Darin - The anthem
10. Robyn - Robyn
11. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
12. Carola - Störst av allt
13. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
14. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
15. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
16. Peter Jöback & Göteborgs Symfoniker - Storybook
17. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
18. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
19. Ulf Lundell - Högtruck
20. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan

Hero Dishonest has posted all the details for their upcoming UK tour in late September: http://www.ifsociety.com/herodishonest/
The band is also now on myspace if you wanna be their friend: http://www.myspace.com/herodishonest

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
02. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
03. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
04. Peps Blodsband - Äntligen!
05. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
06. Musikal - Mamma Mia
07. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
08. Kina Jaarnek & Elvis Presleys Band - En hyllning till Elvis
09. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
10. Laleh - Laleh
11. Darin - The anthem
12. Robyn - Robyn
13. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
14. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
15. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
16. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
17. Carola - Störst av allt
18. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
19. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
20. Peter Jöback & Göteborgs Symfoniker - Storybook

Long-running Norwegian pop group A-ha has announced that they will release their brand new single "Celice" on October 4. The bands still-untitled eighth album, their first in 3.5 years, comes out November 7.

This week's MTV UpNorth video chart:

01. Apulanta - Pahempi Toistaan
02. Division Of Laura Lee - Dirty Love
03. Laleh - Live Tomorrow
04. TwoPointEight - Red Eye
05. Peshi - Hush Hush
06. Darin - Why Does It Rain
07. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
08. Alcazar - Start The Firt
09. Röyksopp - Only This Moment
10. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
11. JR Ewing - Fucking & Champagne
12. Tingsek - Egoflow
13. Brandon - What U See
14. Timbuktu - Det Löser Sig
15. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
16. Madrugada - Stories From The Streets
17. Östermalm - Le Åt Allt
18. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
19. Looptroop - Chana Masala
20. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be

Challengers:
01. Svenska Akademin - Du Vill Så Du Kan
02. Oscar Sharp / Melo - Runaway
03. Marion Raven - Break You
04. David Sandström - Here Is For Summer
05. Firefox - What's That Sound

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Swedish hip-hop artist Timbuktu finally has a proper website: http://www.timbuk.nu/

Timbuktu, Chords, DJ Amato and Damn! will doing three nights together at Mosebacke Etablissement on August 11-13 which will all be recorded for a DVD to be released later this year via JuJu Records. More info: http://www.jujurecords.com/news.php?id=40

This week's MTV UpNorth video chart:

01. Apulanta - Pahempi Toistaan
02. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
03. TwoPointEight - Red Eye
04. Division Of Laura Lee - Dirty Love
05. Peshi - Hush Hush
06. JR Ewing - Fucking & Champagne
07. Darin - Why Does It Rain
08. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
09. Venke Knutson - Just A Minute
10. Madrugada - Stories From The Streets
11. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
12. Looptroop - Chana Masala
13. Cheek - Liiku
14. Östermalm - Le Åt Allt
15. Timbuktu - Det Löser Sig
16. Movie - The Fool
17. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
18. Röyksopp - Only This Moment
19. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
20. Lilyjets - Going Blind

Challengers:
01. Tingsek - Egoflow
02. Brandon - What U See
03. Laleh - Live Tomorrow
04. Alcazar - Start The Firt
05. Cast - Problembarn

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This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
02. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
03. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
04. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
05. Kina Jaarnek & Elvis Presleys Band - En hyllning till Elvis
06. Robyn - Robyn
07. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
08. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
09. Di Leva - Själens krigare: samlade sånger 1980-2005
10. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
11. Darin - The anthem
12. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
13. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
14. Musikal - Mamma Mia
15. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
16. Carola - Störst av allt
17. Laleh - Laleh
18. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
19. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
20. Anna Ternheim - Somebody outside

This week's MTV UpNorth video chart:

01. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
02. Division Of Laura Lee - Dirty Love
03. Apulanta - Pahempi Toistaan
04. Darin - Why Does It Rain
05. Peshi - Hush Hush
06. JR Ewing - Fucking & Champagne
07. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
08. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
09. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
10. Röyksopp - Only This Moment
11. Östermalm - Le Åt Allt
12. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
13. Cheek - Liiku
14. Lilyjets - Going Blind
15. Madrugada - Stories From The Streets
16. Robyn - Be Mine
17. Movies - The Fool
18. Jim Stärk - Going Down That Lonely Road
19. Timbuktu - Det Löser Sig
20. Håkan Hellström - Dom Kommer Kliva På Dig Igen

Challengers:
01. TwoPointEight - Red Eye
02. Shout Out Louds - Very Loud
03. Briskeby - Miss You Like Crazy
04. Venke Knutson - Just A Minute
05. Looptroop - Chana Masala

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This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
02. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
03. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
04. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
05. Robyn - Robyn
06. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
07. Di Leva - Själens krigare: samlade sånger 1980-2005
08. Musikal - Mamma Mia
09. Carola - Störst av allt
10. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
11. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
12. Anna Ternheim - Somebody outside
13. Kina Jaarnek & Elvis Presleys Band - En hyllning till Elvis
14. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
15. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
16. Totta Näslund - Totta 8: Greatest Hits
17. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
18. Laleh - Laleh
19. Monica Zetterlund - Monicas bästa
20. Darin - The anthem

Mayhem's upcoming show at the Slottsfjellfestival this weekend will be filmed by the BBC for use in a documentary. In other news, the band is putting together an EP of cover tunes and rerecordings for release this fall before they head back into the studio early next year to record what will be their next full-length.