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

01. The Rasmus - Guilty
02. Snook - Mister Cool
03. Ana - We Are
04. Johnny De Luxe - Drømmer jeg
05. Tungtvann - Plan B
06. Kemopetrol - My Superstar
07. Maria Mena - Just A Little Bit
08. Saybia - Brilliant Sky
09. Ayesha - Fire
10. Beats And Styles - Dance Dance Dance
11. Melody Club - Take Me Away
12. Christian Walz - Wonderchild
13. Sondre Lerche - Days That Are Over
14. The Confusions - Window
15. Empire Dogs - Oh Lord
16. Erik Faber - Yesterday´s Call
17. Moder Jords Massiva - Out of My Hands
18. Maria Arredondo - Mad Summer
19. Venke Knutson - Kiss
20. Kleen Cut - Hands Up

Challengers:
01. Private Line - 1-800-Out Of Nowhere
02. Bring Me The Fucking Riot Man - The Riot Boys Got Your Soul
03. Moi Caprice - Riding In Cars With Girls
04. Anna Ternheim - To Be Gone
05. Bomfunk MC's - No Way In Hell
06. Sugarplum Fairy - Sweet Jackie

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

Here's an updated list of Scandinavian tourdates for Melody Club:

09/23 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
09/24 - Klubb Kaliber, Mariestad (SWE)
09/25 - Metropol, Hultsfred (SWE)
09/01 - Smedjan, Köping (SWE)
10/02 - Klubb La luna, Örebro (SWE)
10/06 - Stora Teatern, Göteborg (SWE)
10/07 - Platens Bar, Linköping (SWE)
10/08 - The Cod, Strömstad (SWE)
10/09 - Palace, Kalmar (SWE)
10/15 - Pipeline, Sundsvall (SWE)
10/16 - Nortull, Strängnäs (SWE)
10/21 - Vega, Köpenhamn (DK)
10/22 - Folkets Park, Huskvarna (SWE)
10/23 - Balders Hage, Älmhult (SWE)
10/26 - Garage, Bergen (NOR)
10/27 - Betong, Oslo (NOR)
10/29 - Nöjes Fabriken, Karlstad (SWE)
10/30 - Kullaberg, Överlida (SWE)
11/02 - Nalen, Stockholm (SWE)
11/04 - Nivå, Gävle (SWE)
11/06 - Wictoria, Karlskoga (SWE)
11/23 - Tavastia, Helsingfors (FIN)
11/24 - Klubi, Turku (FIN)
11/25 - O'Learys, Umeå (SWE)
11/26 - O'Learys, Östersund (SWE)
12/03 - Kino Bar, Karlskrona (SWE)
12/04 - Prisma, Västerås (SWE)

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

01. The Rasmus - Guilty
02. Snook - Mister Cool
03. Johnny De Luxe - Drømmer jeg
04. Kemopetrol - My Superstar
05. Saybia - Brilliant Sky
06. The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
07. Beats And Styles - Dance Dance Dance
08. Ayesha - Fire
09. The Confusions - Window
10. Melody Club - Take Me Away
11. Sondre Lerche - Days That Are Over
12. The Solution - I Have To Quit You
13. Moder Jords Massiva - Out of My Hands
14. Empire Dogs - Oh Lord
15. Tiger Lou - Sell Out
16. Erik Faber - Yesterday´s Call
17. Venke Knutson - Kiss
18. Maria Arredondo - Mad Summer
19. Kleen Cut - Hands Up
20. The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love

Challengers:
01. Maria Mena - Just A Little Bit
02. Christian Walz - Wonderchild
03. Brimstone Butterfly - Tunnelvision
04. Tungtvann - Plan B
05. Ana - We Are
06. Lake Placid - Is This Love

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

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
02. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
03. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
04. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
05. Stefan Sundström - Hjärtats melodi
06. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
07. Raymond & Maria - Vi ska bara leva klart
08. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
09. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
10. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
11. Melody Club - Face the Music
12. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
13. Sandelin & Ekman - I stereo
14. Caj Karlsson - Gud straffar somliga med en gång
15. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
16. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
17. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
18. Nic & the Family - Hej hej skiva
19. Di Leva - Tiden faller
20. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater

Via pHinnWeb comes word that J-P Parikka's 12-track album "Finish Dynamics" can be downloaded for a voluntary donation towards an African school right here: https://www.faventia.de/index.php?id=281
The site is in German, but hopefully it shouldn't be too hard to figure out.

According to MI, Push Music is priming Kamera for the international music market. I thought the new wave thing was kind of over and done with two years ago, but it seems like the hype for the new Faint and Melody Club records has not waned at all. Good luck guys!

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
02. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
03. Stefan Sundström - Hjärtats melodi
04. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
05. Raymond & Maria - Vi ska bara leva klart
06. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
07. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
08. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
09. Carola - Credo
10. Melody Club - Face the Music
11. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
12. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
13. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
14. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
15. Caj Karlsson - Gud straffar somliga med en gång
16. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
17. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
18. Nic & the Family - Hej hej skiva
19. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
20. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater

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

01. Snook - Mister Cool
02. The Rasmus - Guilty
03. Johnny De Luxe - Drømmer jeg
04. The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
05. Kemopetrol - My Superstar
06. The Confusions - Window
07. Beats And Styles - Dance Dance Dance
08. Moder Jords Massiva - Out of My Hands
09. The Solution - I Have To Quit You
10. Ayesha - Fire
11. Sondre Lerche - Days That Are Over
12. Tiger Lou - Sell Out
13. Empire Dogs - Oh Lord
14. Venke Knutson - Kiss
15. Lambretta - Kill Me
16. Erik Faber - Yesterday´s Call
17. Dadafon - My Brother´s Comeback
18. 21st Century Noise - Let´s Leave
19. Maria Arredondo - Mad Summer
20. Maria Solheim - Too Many Days

Challengers:
01. Melody Club - Take Me Away
02. Vidar Vang - Happy
03. The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love
04. Saybia - Brilliant Sky
05. Kleen Cut - Hands Up
06. Stonebridge feat. Therese - Put Em´ High

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

P3 has announced the lineup for the upcoming Sveriges Radio-festival at Kulturhuset in Stockholm on September 10-11: Magnus Uggla, Sophie Rimheden, Eskobar, Melody Club, Brainpool, Raymond & Maria, Olle Ljungström, Christian Walz, Jimmy Jansson, Fjärde världen, Ken, Miio, Dhani, Afasi & Filthy, Arash, Emmon, The Tiny, Anna Ternheim, Cirera, JaJu, Metro Jets and Richard Reagh & WWNB2. More info: https://www.sr.se/omsr/festival/index.stm

Now that the summer doldrums are coming to an end, there's finally some action in this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
02. Stefan Sundström - Hjärtats melodi
03. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
04. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
05. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
06. Melody Club - Face the Music
07. Raymond & Maria - Vi ska bara leva klart
08. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
09. Caj Karlsson - Gud straffar somliga med en gång
10. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
11. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
12. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
13. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
14. Günther & the Sunshine Girls - Pleasure Man
15. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
16. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
17. Europe - Rock The Night: The Very Best Of Europe
18. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
19. Per Gessle - Mazarin
20. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman

Head over to the new Impious website to download clips from their upcoming album "Hellucinate": https://www.impious.net/

Melody Club in the UK:

09/07 - Dublin Castle, London
09/08 - Little Civic, Wolverhampton
09/10 - Barfly, London

Here's an e-card for the new Melody Club album "Face the Music": Melodyclub/2004/juke/index.htm" target=_blank>https://www.emi.se/artists/Melodyclub/2004/juke/index.htm
As mentioned yesterday, it comes out August 25.

Melody Club have a new website online, just in time for their new album "Face the Music" which comes out August 25: Melodyclub.com/" target=_blank>https://www.Melodyclub.com/
It's been a long time since I've seen that many bad haircuts in one band. Did they hire their stylist away from The Ramones or Iron Maiden?

Cult of Luna has announced that they'll be releasing their new album "Salvation" on October 4 via Earache Records. Recorded as usual at Tonteknik in Umeå by member and staff engineer Magnus Lindberg, the record is described by guitarist/songwriter Johannes Persson as "a natural progression for the band, but we hope it will appeal to a much broader audience than the previous two releases, as the tracks are much more Melody-based." The band plans to do a headlining tour of the UK and will announce dates soon.

Eskju Divine - Darkness all around (Imperial Recordings)
The Melody of the first song sounds very similar the opening track on Tiger Lou's album, but it's taken in a much more polyphonic and embellished direction. Lead singer/songwriter Gustaf Spetz's voice has a similar timbre to Tiger as well. Both play excellent melancholic pop music, but Eskju Divine adds much more bombast and reverb to the proceedings. The wall-of-sound production also lends them a much more dreamy vibe, which is both good and bad. Good because it makes even the most simple passages of music more powerful, but bad because it also means the EP can pass by without leaving much of an impression, if not being listened to at full volume. This piano, bass and drums trio never falters for lack of a guitar either. In fact, it never even occured to me that the instrument wasn't there until I read the group's bio. Good stuff.

Eskju Divine
Darkness all around
Imperial Recordings

The Melody of the first song sounds very similar the opening track on Tiger Lou's album, but it's taken in a much more polyphonic and embellished direction. Lead singer/songwriter Gustaf Spetz's voice has a similar timbre to Tiger as well. Both play excellent melancholic pop music, but Eskju Divine adds much more bombast and reverb to the proceedings. The wall-of-sound production also lends them a much more dreamy vibe, which is both good and bad. Good because it makes even the most simple passages of music more powerful, but bad because it also means the EP can pass by without leaving much of an impression, if not being listened to at full volume. This piano, bass and drums trio never falters for lack of a guitar either. In fact, it never even occurred to me that the instrument wasn't there until I read the group's bio. Good stuff.
- Avi Roig