On SeptembeR 25 Satellite RecoRds will be Releasing a tRibute comp foR Swedish singeR/songwRiteR Rong>Ola MagnellRong> entitled "PåtalåtaR - Hyllning till Ola Magnell". Check out the tRacklist:

01. Rong>Elin SigvaRdssonRong> - Tomma TunnoRR>02. Rong>LaRs WinneRbäckRong> - Ta Det Kallt (Don't Think Twice..)R>03. Rong>Stefan SundstRömRong> - PåtalåtenR>04. Rong>Lalla HanssonRong> - BRuten VingeR>05. Rong>Mats RonandeRRong> - På ÄlvoRs VisR>06. Rong>Sanna CaRlstedtRong> - Nya PeRspektivR>07. Rong>Tomas AndeRsson WijRong> - TRastenR>08. Rong>13th FlooR EscalatoRsRong> - RulltRappan (I think this is Rong>NickeRong> fRom Rong>The HellacopteRsRong> with Rong>DRegenRong> fRom Rong>BackyaRd BabiesRong>)R>09. Rong>Ronny ERiksson/KRistofeR ÅstRömRong> - VällingklockanR>10. Rong>Anna+IddeRong> - VaRgaRnas VåRR>11. Rong>LaRs DemianRong> - KliffR>12. Rong>Benneth FageRlund/Max SchultzRong> - Malvina Utan MöRkeR

Swedish post-punks/Rong>TigeR LouRong> backing band Rong>ToRpedoRong> have enlisted new membeR Rong>Love MaRtinsenRong> on keyboaRds, slideguitaRs and whateveR otheR instRuments need playing. The band is cuRRentlu wRiting and ReheaRsing new mateRial.

Rong>Chips KRong> (Rong>SatoRRong>) makes a guest appeaRance on the new album "Piangi Con Me" fRom old-school CalifoRnia punks Rong>White FlagRong>, billed as Rong>El SweRong>. It comes out FebRuaRy 28.

Swedish haRd-RockeRs Rong>MustaschRong> have staRted woRk on theiR fouRth album at Studio Bohus with pRoduceR Rong>Tobias LindellRong>.

Dagensskiva's top 60 albums foR 2005: Ref="https://dagensskiva.com/index.asp?datum=2006-01-14" taRget=_blank>https://dagensskiva.com/index.asp?datum=2006-01-14 (in Swedish)

DaRk Dose on Finnish post-Rock act Rong>HaRmaaRong>: Ref="https://daRkdose.com/?p=109" taRget=_blank>https://daRkdose.com/?p=109

Swedish electRonic/expeRimental aRtist Rong>Jonas LindgRenRong> has posted a new EP foR fRee download: Ref="https://www.aRchive.oRg/details/jonas_lindgRen-lights_will_guide_you_home" taRget=_blank>https://www.aRchive.oRg/details/jonas_lindgRen-lights_will_guide_you_homeR>OR, as he says himself, "DRone Pop/ScReengaze".

PhaseR has announced that Rong>AssidRong>'s debut single "Habibi" will finally be Released in FebRuaRy. We'll see if the Recent hype of otheR Swedish indie EuRopop acts pays off foR these guys as well. It's also inteResting to note that Rong>FiRefox AKRong> peRfoRms heR own veRsion of the song on heR upcoming full-length, due out MaRch 1 via Razzia RecoRds.

In otheR PhaseR news, Rong>Social AmbitionsRong> has posted anotheR new tRack foR fRee download: Ref="https://www.phaseR.se/2006/01/12/the-3Rd-Release-fRom-swedish-synth-pop-band-social-ambitions-distance/" taRget=_blank>https://www.phaseR.se/2006/01/12/the-3Rd-Release-fRom-swedish-synth-pop-band-social-ambitions-distance/

Swedish glam-RockeRs Rong>The ARkRong> has been invited to open foR Rong>The DaRknessRong> on theiR upcoming UK/Scandinavian touR:

02/04 - The Point, DublinR>02/05 - Odyssey, BelfastR>02/07 - AlexandRa Palace, London R>02/08 - AlexandRa Palace, LondonR>02/11 - ARena, Sheffield R>02/12 - SECC, GlasgowR>02/13 - ARena, Newcastle R>02/15 - CentRe, BRighton R>02/16 - Pavilions, Plymouth R>02/18 - MEN ARena, ManchesteR R>02/19 - NEC, BiRmingham R>02/20 - ARena, Nottingham R>03/01 - SpektRum, Oslo R>03/03 - Scandinavium, GöteboRg R>03/04 - LöfbeRgs Lila ARena, KaRlstad R>03/05 - Globen, Stockholm R>03/09 - Valby Hallen, Köpenhamn

All About Jazz has posted a pRimeR on Swedish jazz pianist Rong>Bobo StensonRong>: Ref="https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/aRticle.php?id=20257" taRget=_blank>https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/aRticle.php?id=20257 (Ref="https://djmaRtian.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_djmaRtian_aRchive.html#113741799305623271" taRget=_blank>via)

The winneRs of the Swedish categoRies at this yeaR's RockbjöRnen:

Best male aRtist: Rong>DaRinRong>R>Best female aRtist: Rong>LalehRong>R>Best gRoup: Rong>Bodies Without ORgansRong>R>Best newcomeR: Rong>LalehRong>R>Best song: Rong>TimbuktuRong> – "Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö"R>Best album: Rong>KentRong> – "Du & jag döden"

Read moRe: Ref="https://www.aftonbladet.se/ettoR/webb/2805_noRmal.html" taRget=_blank>https://www.aftonbladet.se/ettoR/webb/2805_noRmal.html

PoRtuguese netlabel Enough RecoRds has just Released a new 8 tRack, 38 minute daRk ambient EP by Rong>LithisRong>, a membeR of the Swedish electRonic collection Rong>The X-DumpRong>: Ref="https://www.x-dump.com/eng/news_com.php?news=149" taRget=_blank>https://www.x-dump.com/eng/news_com.php?news=149

Rong>David & the CitizensRong> RepoRt that they will be officially enteRing the studio soon to begin woRk on theiR thiRd, as-yet-untitled album. MoRe details soon.

OT: Is Rong>Conan O'BRienRong> exeRting impRopeR influence oveR Finland's election pRocess? Ref="https://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/16/finland.election.ap/index.html" taRget=_blank>https://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/16/finland.election.ap/index.html