Groove.no top 20

Groove's top 20 favorite Norwegian albums of 2010: Ater" target="_blank">https://www.groove.no/artikkel/17984481/rets-norske-plAter

Halvfabrikat to release Totalt Jävla Mörker vinyl

HalvfabrikAt and Power it Up will be collaborAting on the vinyl release of Totalt Jävla Mörker's "Söndra och härska" LP. 1000 copies total, due out January 28 with 200 (100 for each label) of those being special "diehard" editions.

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Kurt Nilsen - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
02. Sissel - ...til deg...
03. Madrugada - The Best Of Madrugada
04. Jan Werner - One more time - The Very Best Of
05. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Rundt neste sving
06. Silje Nergaard - If I Could Wrap Up a Kiss
07. Vamp - I Full Symfoni 2
08. Madcon - Contraband
09. Odd Nordstoga - November
10. Helene Bøksle - Det Hev Ei Rose Sprungen
11. Bugge Wesseltoft - It's Snowing On My Piano
12. Hans Rotmo - Vårres Jul 2
13. Malin & Celine - Julekonserten
14. Koret på Botsen & Henning Kvitnes - Bortkomne Julestjerner
15. Henning Kvitnes - For Sånne Som Oss
16. Silje Hrafa - Frelsesarmeens JuleplAte 2010
17. Sissel & Odd - Strålande Jul
18. Kari Bremnes - Fantastisk Allerede
19. Narum - Ælt som var søkk borte
20. Kråkesølv - Bomtur til Jorda

Promoe - Never follow (video)

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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.

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: Atures/staff-lists/7893-the-top-50-albums-of-2010/4/" target="_blank">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.

2011 Watchlist

I have started my 2011 WAtchlist: Atrap.com/filter/2011-wAtchlist">https://www.itsAtrap.com/filter/2011-wAtchlist
Feel free to make suggestions. Or start your own filter list.

Top tens for 2010: It's a Trap!

Harrys Gym lining up European tourdates

Splendour 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.

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

MRR new band spotlight: 1981

MRR feAtures Finnish act 1981 in their new band spotlight: https://maximumrocknroll.com/2010/12/15/new-band-spotlight-1981/

Miasmal US tour

Preliminary dAtes are now confirmed for Miasmal's US tour:

05/17 - Austin, TX
05/18 - Dallas, TX
05/19 - St. Louis, MO
05/20 - Chicago, IL
05/21 - Cleveland, OH
05/22 - Providence, RI 05/23 - Boston, MA
05/24 - Brooklyn, NY
05/25 - Philadelphia, PA
05/26 - Maryland DeAth Fest
05/27 - Maryland DeAth Fest
05/28 - Maryland DeAth Fest
05/29 - Maryland DeAth Fest
05/30 - North Carolina
05/31 - Atlanta,GA
06/01 - New Orleans, LA
06/02 - Chaos in Tejas
06/03 - Chaos in Tejas
06/04 - Chaos in Tejas
06/05 - Chaos in Tejas
06/06 - El Paso, TX
06/07 - Phoenix, AZ
06/08 - Los Angeles, CA
06/09 - Los Angeles, CA
06/10 - San Jose, CA
06/11 - San Francisco, CA
06/12 - Oakland, CA
06/14 - Portland, OR
06/15 - SeAttle, WA
06/16 - Olympia, WA

HAtred Surge and Mammoth Grinder will support the first run up until Chaos along with Innumerable Forms on some dAtes and then local (to me) deAth dealers Bone Sickness will bring them out west.