It's a review bonanza! Look over to the articles section on the right for a new batch of CD reviews as well as a live review of Turbonegro and The (International) Noise Conspiracy) in LA and Tack! Tack! Tack! organizer Nick Levine's take on the new Swedish-themed club night's first ever evening.

Live report: Turbonegro, The (International) Noise Conspiracy @ House of Blues, LA 10/16/05

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) Kristian Anttila - "Paul Weller"
02. (02) Tiga - "You Gonna Want Me"
03. (07) Hard Fi - "Hard to Beat"
04. (03) Death Cab for Cutie - "Soul Meets Body"
05. (04) Bloc Party - "Two More Years"
06. (NY) Tiger Lou - "The Loyal"
07. (06) Röyksopp - "What Else is There?"
08. (NY) CDOASS - "A Fair Resort"
09. (09) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "Loop Duplicate My Heart"
10. (NY) Princess Superstar - "My Machine"
11. (14) Pharrell - "Can I Have It Like That (med Gwen Stefani)"
12. (10) Kanye West - "Golddigger"
13. (11) Alf - "Sött/salt"
14. (12) Weeping Willows - "I'm Gonna Let Love Find Me"
15. (15) Audio Bullys - "I'm In Love"
16. (05) Acid House Kings - "Tonight is Forever"
17. (NY) System of a Down - "Question"
18. (NY) Paris - "Captain Morgan"
19. (NY) Lil' Kim - "Lighters Up"
20. (08) Svenska Akademien & Promoe - "En varning"

Leaving the chart: Franz Ferdinand, Jem, Panthers, Stars, Tegan and Sara and Turbonegro.

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) Kristian Anttila - "Paul Weller"
02. (02) Tiga - "You Gonna Want Me"
03. (08) Death Cab for Cutie - "Soul Meets Body"
04. (13) Bloc Party - "Two More Years"
05. (03) Acid House Kings - "Tonight is Forever"
06. (07) Röyksopp - "What Else is There?"
07. (05) Hard Fi - "Hard to Beat"
08. (06) Svenska Akademien & Promoe - "En varning"
09. (09) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "Loop Duplicate My Heart"
10. (04) Kanye West - "Golddigger"
11. (14) Alf - "Sött/salt"
12. (ÅT) Weeping Willows - "I'm Gonna Let Love Find Me"
13. (17) Stars - "Ageless Beauty"
14. (NY) Pharell - "Can I Have It Like That" (w/Gwen Stefani)
15. (NY) Audio Bully's - "I'm in Love"
16. (ÅT) Turbonegro - "City of Satan"
17. (ÅT) Panthers - "Thanks for the Simulacra"
18. (11) Jem - "Just a Ride"
19. (12) Franz Ferdinand - "Do You Want To"
20. (NY) Tegan and Sara - "Speak Low"

Leaving the chart: Embassy, The Greatest Hits, Hello Saferide, Randy, The Legends and They Live By Night.

Leavin the chart: Cat5, Her Space Holiday, Mattias Alkberg BD, Maxïmo Park, Ms Dynamite, The Cardigans, Turbonegro and Weeping Willows.

Nominees for the MTV European Music Awards:

Best Danish Act:
Mew
Carpark North
Nephew
The Raveonettes
Nik and Jay

Best Swedish Act:
Kent
Moneybrother
Timbuktu
The Hellacopters
Christian Walz

Best Norwegian Act:
Röyksopp
Marion Raven
Turbonegro
Thomas Dybdahl
Ane Brun

Best Finnish Act:
The Rasmus
HIM
Nightwish
69 Eyes
Apocalyptica

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) Acid House Kings - Tonight is Forever
02. (04) Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body
03. (05) Weeping Willows - I´m Gonna Let Love Find Me
04. (NY) Röyksopp - What Else Is There?
05. (NY) Kanye West - Gold Digger
06. (08) Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
07. (03) The Greatest Hits feat. Jesse - Give It To Me Baby
08. (NY) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Loop Duplicate My Heart
09. (12) Jem - Just A Ride
10. (14) Hello Saferide - If I Don´t Write This Song, Someone I Love Will Die
11. (16) Cat5 - Sexy
12. (NY) Turbonegro - City Of Satan
13. (02) They Live By Night - Truth Or Dare
14. (18) The Legends - He Knows the Sun
15. (06) The Cardigans - I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer
16. (NY) Panthers - Thanks for the Simulacra
17. (07) MS Dynamite - Judgement Day
18. (20) Maximo Park - Going Missing
19. (NY) Mattias Alkberg BD - Ragnar
20. (NY) Her Space Holiday - A Match Made in Texas

Leaving the chart: Tegan and Sara, Panthers, Lethal Bizzle, Jack Johnson, Embassy, Lucknow Pact and The Cribs.

PopMatters reviews Turbonegro: http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/t/turbonegro-partyanimals.shtml

The latest Aquarius Records new release list has a ton of Scandinavian stuff including Burning Saviours, Circle, Kemialliset Ystavat, Turbonegro, Nordvargr, Opeth and tons more of their usual choice selections: http://www.aquariusrecords.org/cat/newest.html

The (International) Noise Conspiracy will now be joining Turbonegro on their upcoming US tour (along with non-Scandinavians The Bravery). Updated dates:

10/04 - Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
10/05 - Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI
10/06 - The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
10/08 - Skoglund Athletic Center, Northfield, MN
10/09 - Regents Center, Decorah, IA
10/11 - Kool Haus, Toronto, ON
10/12 - Le Spectrum, Montreal, QC
10/13 - Avalon Ballroom, Boston, MA
10/14 - Avalon, Los Angeles, CA
10/15 - Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
10/16 - House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
10/18 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
10/19 - Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Scum, the international all-star band featuring Casey Chaos (Amen), Samoth (Zyklon,ex-Emperor), Faust (ex-Emperor), Cosmocrator (Mindgrinder) and Happy Tom (Turbonegro), will be doing a one-off show at the Underworld in London on September 9.

As promised, here's some new US dates for Turbonegro:

10/07 - Sonar Lounge, Baltimore, MD
10/08 - Rock & Shock Festival (Palladium), Worcester, MA
10/10 - Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
10/11 - Webster Hall, New York City, NY
10/14 - Avalon Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
10/16 - House Of Blues, Anaheim, CA
10/18 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
10/20 - Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
10/21 - Showbox, Seattle, WA

Turbonegro's new album "Party animals" will finally get its official US release on August 23. Look for tourdates to be announced soon.

Pitchfork reviews the latest Turbonegro album: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/turbonegro/party-animals.shtml

The upcoming album "Gospels for the sick" from Norwegian all-stars Scum (that means featuring members from Emperor, Turbonegro and Amen) has been given an actual street date of October 4 via Candlelight USA. You can also download a preview track right here: http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com/popup/Scum.htm