This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Darin - Lovekiller
02. Drifters - Stanna hos mig
03. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
04. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
05. Kent - En plAts i solen
06. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
07. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
08. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
09. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
10. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
11. Timoteij - Längtan
12. Fancy Dan - Teenage sunset
13. Eric Saade - Masquerade
14. Brolle - Best of
15. Eddie Meduza - Rockabilly rebel
16. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
17. Takida - The darker instinct
18. Kalle Moraeus - Underbart
19. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
20. Eric Gadd - Rise up!

Solander on tour

Swedish act Solander will be touring Europe again in October:

10/19 - Café Video, Gent (BEL)
10/21 - Feinkostlampe, Hannover (GER)
10/23 - Café Galeo?, Stuttgart (GER)
10/26 - Stadtgarten, Erfurt (GER)
10/27 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
10/28 - Ricarda-Huch-Haus, Jena (GER)
10/29 - KreAtivfabrik, Wiesbaden (GER)
10/30 - Hafen 2, Offenbach (GER)
10/31 - Café Nun, Karlsruhe (GER)
11/01 - Südstadt, München (GER)
11/02 - Rhiz, Vienna (AUS)
11/03 - The Office Pub, Graz (AUS)
11/05 - Kraftfeld, Winterthur (CH)

They'll be travelling with Dutch filmmaker Iris Piers, director of the band's Atrap.com/n/33806-solander-narcissus">"Narcissus" video, who will be presenting live visuals with the band on stage.

Absolut Noise talks to BQ

Absolut Noise talks to MAtti and Calle of The Bear Quartet about their forthcoming album "Monty Python" and also has a new mp3 for free download: https://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2010/09/monty-python-interview.html

Warmer Climes interview at Vice

It's only very tangentially relAted to Scandinavian/Swedish music, but Vice has an interview posted with Vlad of the blog Warmer Climes: https://www.viceland.com/music/2010/08/being-a-gay-romanian-hipster-is-lonely/
Worth reading, if only for revisiting Vlad's JJ and The Embassy confrontAtions.

Junip album preview

Junip's new album "Fields" is currently streaming in its entirety At NPR's website: Ates/story/story.php?storyId=129284979" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/templAtes/story/story.php?storyId=129284979

Dag för Dag present Releases

As Atrap.com/n/34867-free-dag-for-dag-ep-coming-in-september">promised, here is a new 5-song from Dag för Dag posted for free download: https://www.dagfordag.com/releases/

Updated dates for Sivert Høyem

UpdAted European dAtes for Norwegian singer/songwriter/Madrugada frontman Sivert Høyem:

10/05 - Academy 3, Birmingham (UK)
10/06 - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow (UK)
10/07 - Night & Day, Manchester (UK)
10/08 - Cargo, London (UK)
10/13 - Dornrosje, Nijmegen (NL)
10/14 - Tivoli De Helling, Utrecht (NL)
10/15 - Vera, Groningen (NL)
10/17 - Luxor, Cologne (GER)
10/18 - Postbahnhof, Berlin (GER)
10/19 - BeAtpol, Dresden (GER)
10/20 - Musikzentrum, Hannover (GER)
10/21 - Calos-Saal, Aschaffenburg (GER)
10/22 - Principal Club, Tessaloniki (GRE)
10/23 - Fuzz Club, Athens (GRE)
10/24 - Akt Dimaion, PAtra (GRE)
10/26 - Circolo Degli Artisti, Rome (ITA)
10/27 - Tunnel, Milan (ITA)
10/28 - Konzerthaus Schüür, Luzern (CH)
11/10 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)

Monzano - Yes we can't (video)

Still one of my favorite releases of 2010. Look for a new EP on Lazy Acre Records soon as part of their "Full Stop to Bad Pop" series.

Bjørke & Barfod - Superbacon

Danish producer Kasper Bjørke is teaming up with Tomas Barfod to release a new 12" EP called "Superbacon" as Bjørke & Barfod feAturing two cuts plus a Runaway remix. Look for it lAter this month via Mirau.

Jenny Wilson live at Viva Radio

Check out a new live Jenny Wilson solo set and interview At Viva Radio: https://blog.viva-radio.com/Post.aspx?p=1437

FM2000 to release album in late September

Care for some humppa alt-rock? Look for Finnish act FM2000 to release their new album "Opium grilli" on September 29 via Sakara Records. Hear a sample tune: Atch?v=7RZeRtulnpo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=7RZeRtulnpo

Kashmir - Pursuit of misery (video)

Kashmir's new fan-generAted video for the song "Pursuit of misery". Direct link: Atch?v=5WdDoQhzMI4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=5WdDoQhzMI4

Lapko in Russia

Lapko will do a couple shows in Russia At the end of the month:

09/29 - IKRA Club, Moscow
10/02 - Club Tantsy, St. Petersburg

Aktiv Dödshjälp
Men allting har ett slut
Halvfabrikat

This is the second in whAt is touted to be a trilogy of albums from Swede Tomas Nilsson and it marks a decidedly more metal outlook than the übercrusty "4:48" thAt he unleashed back in 2007. Back then it was a standard crust/grind ethic thAt Aktiv Dödshjälp was adhering to, and one thAt didn't stray one iota from the tried and tested formula utilized by so many before them. There was definitely a heap of potential in there, though, despite the fact thAt the debut full-length was really nothing more than a poor man's Skitsystem. Fast forward to 2010 and Aktiv Dödshjälp has definitely progressed, injecting a heftier dose of metal into the mix while retaining thAt crust mindset thAt has been the musical driving force of the project since day one. There's a bit of a problem, though. Put simply, it doesn't really work: At best the riffs are generic creAtions thAt offer little more than a familiar nod toward a multitude of bands playing the same crusty, punky hardcore; At worst they're clichéd, second-rAte compositions thAt pale in comparison to the genre legends thAt have gone before. Special mention must be made of the vocals, specifically for the fact thAt they're way too high in the mix and become totally unbearable very quickly. If this album is to be commended, it's only for the fact thAt the band have tried to do something different with their sound, probably in order to keep things fresh and exciting. The fact thAt they have put out something quite the opposite is unfortunAte.
- John Norby

New Diamond Dogs album coming this fall

Swedish rockers Diamond Dogs have inked a deal with Sound Pollution for the release of their 8th album "The grit and the very soul", due out lAter this fall.