"Tone of Finland" is the name of a forthcoming compilation of music from, remixed and inspired by Ilppo Pohjola's documentary film "Daddy and the Muscle Academy" on Finnish gay artist Tom of Finland. The music will include the original score by Elliott Sharp as well as the complete soundtrack, remixes from various Finnish electronic musicians and sound designers and a couple tracks inspired by the subject. Some of the artists include RinneRadio, Circle, Giant Robot, juhani Liimatainen, Otto Romanowski, jimi Tenor, Pekka Lappi, Esa Kotilainen and Mika Vainio. More info about the film can be found here: https://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/catalogue/daddy/daddy.html

New streaming radio mix up on the right. Yeah, some of the dates have already happened, but that doesn't mean you still can't enjoy some quality live tunes from a number of artists. Big thanks to jason Christie for the concept and a couple of the tracks. Enjoy!

There's a new 'album of the month' here as well. Dialog Cet's new album "Like Animals" is strange, but not imposing. They take the precepts and idioms of what's considered indie math-rock and mold them into something uniquely their own, but they always remain melodic and compelling. Definitely a band deserving of much more attention. They just get better and better with every release.

The people from Moder jords Massiva have a couple new releases. First is their King Kong Puppet Theatre collaboration which was produced by Slummer and Pelle of MjM. Seven tracks of "instrumental thrilling and atmospheric dancehall monkey business." Next is a 12" from Hundarna Fran Soder. Their description:

The EP brings to you two new tracks from the prominent trio, "Carmen" and "Dovas", which pays tribute to two of Stockholmís finest hangabouts, plus "Abyss" and "Orgio" from their debut album. HFS has taken their original deep and dark sound to a whole new level, guaranteed to cause havoc at any dancefloor.

And lastly, the new MjMPropaganda full-length is finished and ready for delivery. Expect "hard-hitting feminist roots reggae."

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums from je/listor/hitlistan/svensk" target=_blank>Aftonbladet:

01. Agnetha Fältskog - My colouring book
02. Peter jöback - Det här är platsen
03. Petter - Ronin
04. Gyllene Tider - GT 25 – samtliga hits!
05. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
06. Nina & Kim - En annan tid
07. jens Lekman - When I said I wanted to be your dog
08. Teddybears STHLM - Fresh
09. The Hep Stars - Cadillac Madness 40 Years - 40 Hits
10. In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape
11. Björn Rosenström - Pop på svenska
12. E-Type - Loud Pipes Save Lives
13. Evergrey - The inner circle
14. Fredrik Kempe - Boheme
15. Eskobar - A Thousand Last Chances
16. Per Gessle - Mazarin
17. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
18. Promoe - The long distance runner
19. Roland Cedermark - Så skimrande var aldrig havet
20. Magnus Lindberg - På bergets topp

Marilyn Records will release the new album "My Dear Listener" from Achordian on May 26. Full tracklist:

01. Intro/Heartful of Rust
02. Indian Dollars
03. My dear listener
04. The Skiff
05. Esmeralda
06. 3 Dollar Heartache
07. Barry (the storm)
08. Bjällerup
09. Reason and Rhyme
10. You look so beautiful
11. Stumble
12. Hell

The band will play a record release party at Sydskånska Nationen in Lund on May 20.

Peggy Lejonhjärta, The Bukks, Gakko 3, Ossler, DeltaHead and Andreas Chadien will be playing the Dust Records DustFest at Arena in Karlstad on May 19. Guest Djs appearing will be Nickeand Strängen from The Hellacopters, Ebbot from Soundtrack of Our Lives, johanna and Maria of the Sahara Hotnights and Rodde and jejo from Infinite Mass.

Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (01) Morrissey "Irish Blood, English Heart"
02. (03) jens Lekman "You Are The Light"
03. (NY) Marit Bergman "I Will Always Be Your Soldier"
04. (14) Raymond & Maria "Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja"
05. (04) Strip Music "Desperation"
06. (05) Pj Harvey "The Letter"
07. (06) The White Stripes "There's No Home For You Here"
08. (NY) Sahara Hotnights "Hot Night Crash"
09. (12) Faithless "Mass Destruction"
10. (02) Franz Ferdinand "Matinee"
11. (07) The Tough Alliance "Make It Happen"
12. (11) Graham Coxon "Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery"
13. (NY) The Von Bondies "Tell Me What You See"
14. (08) Prince "Musicology"
15. (09) Bright Eyes Feat. Neva Dinova "Black Comedy"
16. (NY) Velvet Revolver "Slither"
17. (10) Kelis "Trick Me"
18. (NY) Beastie Boys "Ch-Check It Out"
19. (NY) Deportees "Arrest Me 'Til It Hurts"
20. (NY) Weeping Willows "You Weren't Even Close"

Leaving the chart:
13. OFX "France"
15. Willowtree "Always The Same"
16. Gary jules "Broke Window"
17. Pitch Black "It's All Real"
18. Alice In Videoland "Going Down"
19. Promoe "These Walls Don't Lie"
20. Her Space Holiday "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"

But P-fork does approve of Erlend Øye: j-kicks.shtml" target=_blank>https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/o/oye_erlend/dj-kicks.shtml

The Concretes have finally signed a major label deal in the US with Astralwerks and will release their album over here next month. Check out this mix thingy from the label with a sample track: https://www.astralwerks.com/highfidelity/hifiasn.html

Check out the e-card for the new Alf single "Gröna Linjen": https://www.emi.se/ecard/alf/alf-video.htm

Streaming playlist: On tour

I saw Division of Laura Lee last night. While it probably wasn't their best performance, I still enjoyed myself. I've been listening to the new record a lot recently and it was good to see them perform the material live. Drummer Håkan says his back isn't bothering him nearly as much as he thought it would, so that's a plus as well. As mentioned before, they just got off a stint across the US support The Sounds and are currently playing some gigs with Run Run Run and The Catheters. They plan to return to the US around August, but nothing is set yet. I'll be sure to keep you posted.

Threeman Recordings has finally nailed down international release dates for the last album "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate" from The Project Hate. It hits Europe on May 18, the US on August 24. As for the future, the band has booked three weeks in Soundlab Studios for December to work on their fourth album.

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

01. The Rasmus - Funeral Song
02. Kashmir - Aftermath
03. Paleface - Colgate Soulmate
04. Paperback Freud - Kate
05. HIM - Solitary Man
06. Blue Foundation - End Of The Day
07. Beats And Styles - Allstars
08. Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue
09. Fjärde Världen - Här i vårt kvarter
10. Dj Slow - I´m Over You Pablo
11. Tim Christensen - jump The Gun
12. Fenomenon - Time
13. Niccokick feat. josé González - I Want You Back
14. Swan Lee - I Don´t Mind
15. Infinite Mass - No.1 Swartskalle
16. The Cardigans - Live And Learn
17. Winta - I Want You
18. Lisa Miskovksy - Sing To Me
19. jokeren - Kvinde Din Mogluder
20. Petter - Fredrik Snortare och Cecilia Synd

Challengers:
01. C21 - All That I Want
02. Gemy - Aha Love
03. Amulet - We Are Thunders
04. The Unisex - Mushrooms and Broccolli
05. Ab Ovo - Give Me Punk

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