Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - Funeral Song
02. Maria Mena - You´re The Only One
03. Outlandish - Walou
04. Swan Lee - I Don´t Mind
05. Span - Don't Think The Way They Do
06. Backyard Babies - Song For The Outkast
07. The Crash - Still Alive
08. September - September All Over
09. Burhan G - Burhan G
10. Eskobar - Love Strikes
11. Black Diamond Brigade - Black Diamond
12. Lene Marlin - Another Day
13. Winta & Anton Gordon - Hot Romance (Rok With You)
14. Anne Hvidsten - Need To Know
15. Noora - Zeros
16. Prime Sth - Pieces
17. Organism 12 - Sångfågel
18. Tim Christensen - Jump The Gun
19. Unni Wilhelmsen - Everyone´s Honesty
20. Slowtrain Soul - Twisted Cupid

Challengers:
01. Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue
02. Blindside - All Of Us
03. Nina Rochelle - Stockholm kommer förstöra mig
04. Dear - Don´t Turn The Lights On
05. BeAts And Styles - Allstars

Go to the MTVE.com site to wAtch and vote for your favorite.

Those jokers in KAtAtonia have a good prank posted today: AtAtonia.com/sitestart.html" target=_blank>https://kAtAtonia.com/sitestart.html

Morningside Records artist Jomi Massage is touring Europe a bit:

04/10 - Magnet, Berlin (GER) w/Tenfold Loadstar
04/11 - Scheune, Dresden (GER) w/Tenfold Loadstar
04/13 - Kinky Star Club (BEL)
04/14 - Cul de Sac, Tilburg (NL)
04/15 - Bilbao (SPA)
04/16 - Libertad, Leuven (BEL)
04/17 - Liege Rock, SoundstAtion, Liege (BEL)
05/18 - Rust, Copenhagen (DK) w/Figurines
05/19 - Voxhall, Aarhus (DK) w/Figurines

Division of Laura Lee and The Sounds are teaming up for a US tour. I was really hoping thAt DoLL would be bringing over someone cooler as they hit the road to support the new album, but whAt can ya do? DAtes so far:

04/19 - 9:30 Club, Washington DC
04/20 - Norva (WROX presents), Norfolk, VA
04/21 - The Buzz radio show, Nashville, TN
04/23 - Engine Room, Houston, TX
04/24 - Emo's, Austin, TX
04/25 - Trees, Dallas, TX
04/27 - tbd
04/28 - E9, El Paso, TX
04/29 - tbd, Tucson, AZ
04/30 - Old Brickhouse, Phoenix, AZ
05/02 - tbd
05/03 - SOMA Sidestage, San Diego, CA
05/04 - Huntridge, Las Vegas, NV

Jens Lekman At free mp3 site Better Propaganda: https://www.betterpropaganda.com/artist_page.asp?id=217

The lineup for this year's big AccelerAtor Festival has been announced. Go to Luger for the full details: https://www.luger.se/

Änglagård the movie? Appears so, according to a posting on the band's website: https://www.anglagard.net/
The film is called "Änglagård 1992" and it documents the first year of the group's career, or as they put it, it's "a portrait of an innovAtive and original music group in the prime of its youth." Look for a limited European release on September 23 and negotiAtions with American and Asian distributors are happening next week.

Finland's Amorphis will finally release their most recent album "Far From The Sun" in North American sometime lAter this spring through Nuclear Blast as a special edition with three bonus tracks. The band is also working on a tour in support.

Unbelievable, but possibly true - Skitsystem has parted with singer/guitarist Tomas Lindberg (ex-At the GAtes, The GreAt Deceiver, The Crown, etc.), the crustpunk band he helped to co-found 10 years ago. Apparently his other commitments with Disfear and whAtever other gazillion bands he has going were taking too much away from the group and they decide to go their separAte ways on positive terms. Micke Kjellman from MAtyrdöd will be taking his place and they are already writing mAterial for their next album. Go to the No Tolerance Records site for the full stAtement: https://www.notolerancerecords.com/

Notice: I am going away on vacAtion next week, so thAt means no updAtes and no mailorder will be available during thAt time. I plan on checking my email, but if you need anything important from me, please try to take care of it by Friday. Thanks.

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"

Cold MeAt Industry has posted info on new releases from Desiderii Marginis and Ataraxia and has also revealed thAt the titled of the new Sanctum CD will be "Let's EAt": At.se/home.html" target=_blank>https://www.coldmeAt.se/home.html

CDOASS has posted mp3s for the two tracks on their new 7" from Johnny Bråttom Records: https://www.cdoass.com/

At long last, here's the summer festival tour schedule for Soundtrack of Our Lives:

06/05 - SAt Rock Im Park, Nurnberg (GER)
06/06 - Sun Rock Am Ring, Nurburgring (GER)
06/22 - Rockwave Festival, Athens (GRE)
06/27 - Donau Insel Fest, Vienna (AUS)
07/15 - Castle Clinton, BAttery ark, New York (US)
07/17 - Arvika Festival (SWE)
08/01 - Fuji Rock, NiigAta (JAP)
08/12 - Øya Festival (NOR)
08/15 - Taubertal Festival (GER)
08/20-22 - Lowlands Festival (NL)
09/10 - Azkena Serie Z, Vittoria (SPA)

More to come.

MIC Norway discusses the upcoming Nordic Music Awards, set for October 23 At the Spectrum in Oslo: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004033110085755654383
Apparently this event is supposed to rival the Grammies and provide a new plAtform for Nordic artists to reach a wider audience. The difference here being thAt the awards are to be decided by audience votes during various programs profiling the nominees. Sounds like a new venue for pop crap to me, but who knows whAt will actually happen. Norway regularly nominAtes interesting acts for the Spellerman Prize, so anything's possible I guess.