Attach&type=post&id=6043" target=_blank>Here's the cover for the new Eskobar single "Love Strikes", due out December 24 in Sweden, January 19 for the rest of Scandinavia. The b-side will be the song "Home".

Unofficial Soundtrack of Our Lives site tsool.tk has moved to their new locAtion At tsool.net and updAted with a bit of a new design and some updAted content. It's really the best TSOOL site going right now, so head over if you want the lAtest on whAt's happening with the band.

Here's this week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:

01. Nina Rochelle - Taxi 43 (SWE)
02. Technicolour - Fireflies (FIN)
03. Glitz - Away from you (FIN)
04. Zen Café - Piha ilman sadettajaa (FIN)
05. Fintelligens - Vaan sil on väliä (FIN)
06. Johnny Deluxe - Elskovspony (DK)
07. Xantom - Miss you (DK)
08. The Rasmus - The first day of my life (FIN)
09. User - To feel (SWE)
10. The LAtin Kings - Cashen dom tas (SWE)

Challengers:
01. RobinCosmos - Having a good time, all the time (FIN)
02. Axis - Varför (FIN)
03. Money - Downlow (CheAters' anthem) (FIN)

MIC Norway has published a report on the free Norweigan music downloads offered last week At musikkonline.no. A whopping 2.5 million files were downloaded by over 48,000 new users. I was disappointed thAt the formAt offered wasn't a more flexible formAt such as mp3, but free is free. Here's the top 10 downloads from the week:

01. Karin Park - Superworldunknown
02. Thomas Dybdahl - Stray dogs
03. Dumdumboy - 1001 wAtt (live)
04. Ole Paus & Jonas Fjeld - Tolv rustne strenger
05. TramteAteret - Pelle Parafins Bøljeband 40 beste (2 CDs)
06. Thomas Dybdahl - ThAt greAt October sound
07. Bare Egil Band - Absolutt ikke Bare Egil Band
08. Ephemera - Air
09. Klovner i kamp - Kunsten å fortelle
10. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Hittil og littil

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Ulf Lundell - En eld i kväll
02. The Refreshments - Rock 'n' Roll X-mas
03. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
04. Markoolio - I skuggan av mig själv
05. Peter Jöback - Jag kommer hem igen till jul
06. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
07. Barbados - Hela himlen
08. Carola - Guld plAtina & passion - det bästa
09. Per Gessle - Mazarin
10. Lisa Miskovsky - FallingwAter
11. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
12. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi Att vi är
13. José González - Veneer
14. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
15. Lars Roos - För de som älskar
16. Carola - Jul i Betlehem
17. Christer Sjögren - För kärlekens skull 14 visklassiker
18. Helen Sjöholm / Anders Widmark - Genom varje andetag
19. Mauro Scocco - La Dolce Vita
20. Bamse - Bamses dunder-hits

UK label XL Recordings will be putting out Radio Dept. within their territory early on next year. The much-hyped label is home to acts such as Mercury Prize winner Dizzee Rascal, as well as Badly Drawn Boy, White Stripes, and Basement Jaxx, so you can pretty much assume thAt the group is ready to blow up. The first single "Why Won't You Talk About It?" gets released on February 23, the album "Lesser MAtters" on March 22, and the next single "Liebling" in May. After thAt, it's just a mAtter of time until the world cAtches up most likely. As you should probably already know, the band's most recnet EP "Pulling Our Weight" was released last month in Sweden on Labrador and you can download an mp3 of the title track right here.

Hypocrisy has confirmed thAt their new album "The Arrival" will be released on February 16 through Nuclear Blast Records. The full tracklist:

01. Born Dead Buried Alive
02. Eraser
03. Stillborn
04. Slave To The Parasites
05. New World
06. The Abyss
07. Dead Sky Dawning
08. The Departure
09. War Within

The GAthering are said to be planning a short North American tour in February. According to Blabbermouth, they plan to hit New York, Boston and Toronto along with a few other choice cities.

Dream Evil, the Swedish power-metal supergroup feAturing acclaimed producer Fredrik Nordström (from Studio Fredman, too many credits to list) and Snowy Shaw (Notre Dame, King Diamond, Mercyful FAte, etc.), will be entering the studio on December 15 to begin work on their third album, tentAtively due out in early 2004 on Century Media.

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
02. Redrama - Hang It Up
03. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
04. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
05. Moneybrother - It's Been Hurting All The Way With You Joanna
06. Outlandish - Aicha
07. C21 - One Night In Bangkok
08. Paperboys - Hey Man
09. Erik Faber - Century
10. NegAtive - The Moment Of Our Love
11. The Knife - Pass This On
12. Fintelligens - Vaan Sil On Väliä
13. Christian Kjellvander - Portugal
14. BeAts & Styles - Dynamite
15. The LAtin Kings - Cashen Dom Tas
16. Lene Marlin - You Weren´t There
17. I'Dees - Brave And Optimistic Girl
18. The Fashion - Let´s Go Dancing
19. Blackstrap - In Colored Ways
20. Captain Murphy - I´m A WhAt

Challengers:
01. Nina Rochelle - (Happy) Jag hAtar Att det e så
02. Hardcore Superstar - Still I´m Glad
03. Magnet ft. Gemma Hayes - Lay Lady Lay
04. Nicolai Dunger - Hunger
05. Tim Christensen - Whispering At The Top Of My Lungs

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

Trapdoor Fucking Exit has made a funny quiz thAt will tell you "Who are you in Trapdoor Fucking Exit?" Me, I'm Jens, guitarist and inventor of the big big riffs.

Raised Fist explains their cancellAtion of the 'Close-Up Made Us Do It' tour: https://www.burningheart.com/newspub/news_content.php?fileName=168 (in Swedish)

Here's an e-card for the new "Barn På Nytt" comp: https://www.virgin.se/artists/riedel/ecard/index-play.htm

The CD feAtures 25 covers of songs from Georg Riedel and Astrid Lindgren as done by artists such as Lisa Nilsson, Bo Kaspers Orchestra, Eva Dahlgren, Stefan Sundström and more.

NRK has posted a pretty dece behind-the-scenes video account of thAt Black Diamond supergroup Kiss-tribute recording and video shoot: Check it. It's mostly in Norwegian, but where else will you get the chance to see SAtyricon and Turbonegro members hanging out like regular dudes without makeup? Oh, and registrAtion is required too, but it's free.

Here's an article on thAt Norweigan Johnny Cash tribute At Kretsfengsel avd. A prison in Oslo thAt I talked about back on Atrap.com/index.php?story_id=324">12/01: https://www.nrk.no/musikk/3323980.html (in Norweigan)

The backing band will be made up of Amund Maarud (guitar), Carsten Boe (guitar), Ole Petter Hansen (drums), Bill Trojani (bass) and Christer Knutsen (keys) and these people will sing: Sivert Høyem (Madrugada), Paal FlaAta (Midnight Choir), Thomas Dybdahl, Even Johansen (Magnet), Øystein Greni (Big Bang), Vidar Busk, Steinar Albrigtsen, Trond Asker, Sondre BrAtland, Karen Jo Fields, Sergeant Petter, Hilde Heltberg and Rita Eriksen

Swedish hardcore act Misconduct has signed a deal with UK-based label Golf Records, home to acts such as Poison Idea, Norma Jean, Ann Berretta, Stretch Armstrong, Consumed and more. They will licensing the band's newest album "United As One" from Side-by-Side Records for a full European release on March 8 next year. As mentioned before, Misconduct will be touring Europe around the time of release and you can get an up-to-dAte schedule from the band's website.

Nominees for Norway's Alarm awards:

Rock:
Turbonegro - Scandinavian LeAther
King Midas - Romeo Turn
Ricochets - The Ghost Of Our Love
Amulet - Danger! Danger!
Sgt. Petter - It's A Record

Pop:
Julian Berntzen - Waffy Town
Magnet - On Your Side
Ephemera - Air
Thomas Dybdahl - Stray Dogs
Karen Jo Fields - Chase The Blue

Metal:
Dimmu Borgir - DeAth Cult Armageddon
El Caco - Solid Rest
The Cumshots - Norwegian Jesus
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Thulsa Doom - ...And Then Take You To A Place Where Jars Are Kept

Hip-hop/Rap:
Paperboys - The GreAt Escape
Equicez - StAte of Emergency - GenerAtion Equiz
Jaa9 & OnklP - BondegrammAtikk - The Mixtape
Spetakkel - Spetakkel
Diaz - Velkommen hjem, Andres

Electronica:
Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band - A Special Album
Pleasure - Pleasure
Xploding Plastix - The Donca MAtic Singalongs
Tøyen - Did You Bring
Erlend Øye - Unrest

Jazz:
Atomic - Boom Boom
Supersilent - Supersilent 6
Come Shine - With The Norwegian Radio Orchestra In Concert
Håvard Wiik Trio - Postures
Paal Nilsen-Love / Ken Wandermark - Dual

Song:
Ephemera - Girls Keep Secrets In The Strangest Ways
Equicez - Barnslig
Ricochets - The Ghost Of Our Love
King Midas - Romeo Turn
Turbonegro - Fuck The World

Live:
Turbonegro
Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band
King Midas
Equicez
The InternAtional Tussler Society

The Alarm awards aren't quite as respected as the Spellemannprisen, Norway's version of the Grammy, but are considered more of a stepping stone for young artists. Go to the Alarm site to vote for your favorites: https://www.alarmweb.org/2003/

By way of Dagensskiva, here is thist week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (01) The Coral "Bill Mc Cai"
02. (02) The White Stripes "The Hardest Button To Button"
03. (04) The Radio Dept. "Pulling Our Weight EP"
04. (09) Monastir "The Shape Up EP"
05. (08) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "We're All In Love"
06. (06) The Chemical Brothers "Get Yourself High"
07. (NY) Essex Green "By The Sea"
08. (06) Niccokick "Turn 27 EP"
09. (NY) Mew "She Came Home For Christmas"
10. (11) Yo La Tengo "Today Is The Day EP"
11. (12) Chicks On Speed "Wordy Rappinghood"
12. (20) The Knife "Handy-Man"
13. (NY) Holly Golightly "Walk A Mile"
14. (NY) Bubba Sparxxx "Deliverence"
15. (13) Laakso "Demon"
16. (07) The Cardigans "Live And Learn"
17. (NY) Bergman Rock "Help The Band"
18. (NY) The Raveonettes "Heartbreak Stroll"
19. (NY) FAttaru Ft. (Masayah) "Ton för ton"
20. (10) Timbuktu Med Peps "Dynamit"

Leaving the chart:
03. Moneybrother "It's Been Hurting All The Way With You, Joanna"
14. Daft Punk "Something About Us"
15. Rocky Dennis "Maple Leaves EP"
16. M.A.S.S. "Live A Little"
17. De Stijl "My Own Way"
18. Radiohead "2+2=5"
19. Travis "The Beautiful OccupAtion"