Promoe - Never follow (video)
Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35PPWoRkXbs
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Malena Ernman - Santa Lucia - En klassisk Jul
02. Sarah Dawn Finer - Winterland
03. Sanna Shirley Sonja - Vår Jul
04. Helen Sjöholm - Euforia: Helen Sjöholm sjunger Billy Joel
05. Christer Sjögren - En stjärna lyser i natt
06. The Playtones - Rock'n'roll Christmas party
07. Robyn - Body talk
08. Bo Kaspers Orkester - New Orleans
09. Nisse Hellberg - Tufft jobb - Nisse Hellbergs bästa 1994-2010
10. Peter Mattei - Jul med Peter Mattei
11. Orup - Född i November
12. Amy Diamond - Greatest hits
13. Håkan Hellström - 2 steg från paradise
14. Tove Styrke - Tove Styrke
15. Prästerna - Där du är
16. Caroline Af Ugglas - Vad var det jag sa
17. The Refreshments - Christmas wishes - The best of rock'n'roll X-mas
18. Flamingokvintetten - Tack & förlåt
19. E.M.D. - Rewind
20. Jill Johnson - The well-known and some other favourite stories
It appears that Sverige Topplistan has made their already hard-to-navigate site even worse, so I'd say it's pretty doubtful that I'll continue posting charts next year. Not that they matter much anyway.
New album from Lustans Lakejer in January
Swedish synthpop act Lustans Lakejer will return with the album "Elixir" on January 26, their first new release in 12 years.
Ralf Gyllenhammar: I am a big baby
Ralf Gyllenhammar of Mustasch flips out on a reporter from the Dala-Demokraten. More here: https://www.medievarlden.se/nyheter/2010/12/anvande-iphone-for-intervju-hotades-med-stryk
Robyn rates #15 on Pfork's album list
Robyn comes in at #15 on Pitchfork's top 50 albums of 2010: https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7893-the-top-50-albums-of-2010/4/
New 22-Pistepirkko album in spring
22-Pistepirkko are working on a new album called "Lime green Delorean" to be released in late March/early April.
The Men to Melbourne
Swedish mod-rockers The Men will fly down to Melbourne, Australia to play the "Pop Goes The Curfew" festival on January 16: https://www.princebandroom.com.au/gigs/info/pop-goes-curfew-the-men-sweden
2011 Watchlist
I have started my 2011 Watchlist: https://www.itsatrap.com/filter/2011-watchlist
Feel free to make suggestions. Or start your own filter list.
Silje Nes, The Concretes to Noise Pop 2011
Silje Nes and The Concretes will be playing this year's Noise Pop festival in SF: https://2011.noisepop.com/
Harrys Gym lining up European tourdates
has confirmed that Harrys Gym will be doing a bunch of international dates in 2011 starting off with the UK in February to be followed by Germany: https://splendour.no/
Pintandwefall - King of all the animals (video)
Pintandwefall get funky; not at all what I expected. From the new album "Time is right for Romans, baby", due out January 19.
And the Novell prize goes to...
The winner of this year's Novell prize from the Swedish mag of the same name for excellent story-telling in music goes to Johan Duncanson of The Radio Dept. for the song "You stopped making sense". Read more: https://magasinetnovell.se/2010/12/15/och-vinnaren-ar-2/ (in Swedish)
The Lionheart Brothers - The desert
A new song and video from The Lionheart Brothers plus a fan challenge to create their own version of the same: https://vimeo.com/17761903