This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (07) Arctic monkeys - Brainstorm
02. (02) Asha Ali - Coward heart
03. (15) Kings of Leon - On call
04. (11) The Kooks - Ooh la
05. (NY) Vapnet med Jens Lekman - Håll ihop
06. (04) The moonbabies - War on sound
07. (14) maia Hirasawa - And I found this boy
08. (NY) maximo Park - Our velocity
09. (03) Badly Drawn Boy - A journey from A to B
10. (01) The Ark - Absolutely no decorum
11. (05) Lily Allen - Littlest things
12. (NY) Korn med Amy Lee - Freak on the leash
13. (12) Pelle Carlberg - I love you, you imbecile
14. (18) The Long Blondes - Giddy stratospeheres
15. (19) Jamie T - If you got the money
16. (08) Sahara Hotnights - Cheek to cheek
17. (16) Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the experiment
18. (13) Tingsek - Proud to be part of these days
19. (NY) The Honeydrips - (Lack of) Love will tear us apart
20. (09) Joss Stone - Tell me about it

Leaving the chart:
Regina Spektor - Samson
The Shins - Phantom limb
Cold War Kids - Hang me up to dry
Amerie - Take control

Paper Thin Walls on Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl: m/singlefile/item?id=530" target=_blank>https://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=530

The new Soviac single "I got the ribbah" is now on myspace: myspace.com/soviac" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/soviac
The new album "Hello bunny" comes out April 18 via I made This.

Antenna talks to Blasphemer about the new mayhem album: mayhem/news1.php" target=_blank>https://www.antenna.nu/mayhem/news1.php

Danish 80s shoegaze revivalist act Rumskib has signed with Darla and will be releasing their debut album on may 8. Listen to samples at myspace: myspace.com/rumskib" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/rumskib

Swedish punkrockers The Accidents have posted their new single "Hot hot city" on myspace: myspace.com/theaccidents" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/theaccidents
It comes out April 5 on Zorch Records.

meshuggah's next album is reportedly on track for a September release.

Octavia Sperati, Amon Amarth and Finntroll will tour the UK together in April:

04/14 - Rock City, Nottingham (UK)
04/15 - Temple Bar, Dublin (IE)
04/16 - An Cruiscin Lan, Cork (IE)
04/17 - Cathouse, Glasgow (SCO)
04/18 - Carling Academy, London (UK)
04/19 - Academy, manchester (UK)

Check out Isolation Years performing "Landslide" on Swedish TV: m/watch?v=Xk87sgZ5lc4" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk87sgZ5lc4

The 2nd and 3rd parts of my guestpost series at Brooklyn Vegan examing the various Scandinavian acts at this year's SXSW are now online. Here's Finland: m/archives/2007/03/7_bands_from_fi.html" target=_blank>https://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2007/03/7_bands_from_fi.html
And Denmark: m/archives/2007/03/7_bands_from_de.html" target=_blank>https://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2007/03/7_bands_from_de.html

Updated appearances for David Fridlund/David & the Citizens (who I believe is travelling Citizens-less?) at SXSW:

03/15 - 4pm @ End of an Ear, 2209 South 1st St.
03/15 - 1am @ Uncle Flirty's Loft, 512 Trinity St. (Nordic Night showcase)
03/16 - 1:40pm @ SOHO, 217 E. 6th St. (Pirate Promotions party)
03/17 - 3:45 and 4:30pm @ Homeslice Pizza, 1415 South Congress (15-minute solo sets between bands)
03/17 - 6pm @ the Yard Dog Folk Art Gallery, 1510 South Congress (Redeye Distribution 10th Anniversary party)

The entire new mary Onettes EP "Lost" is up for streaming on Last.fm: m/music/The+mary+Onettes/Void" target=_blank>https://www.last.fm/music/The+mary+Onettes/Void

The new album from Pain, the pop-metal project of Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy), will be called "Psalms of extinction" and will be out April 18 in Scandinavia and may 7 throughout Europe. Listen to the track "Zombie slam" at myspace: myspace.com/officialpain" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/officialpain

Babylon Bombs' new video for "Jaded heart" is now posted for viewing and download: mbs.net/downloads.htm" target=_blank>https://www.babylonbombs.net/downloads.htm

New European dates for Swedish hardcore act Traktor:

04/18 - Beteigeuze, Ulm (GER)
04/19 - Sunny Red, münchen (GER)
04/20 - United Club, Torino (ITA)
04/21 - Papperlapp, Bolzano (ITA)
04/22 - The Cage Club, Livorno (ITA)
04/23 - Csa Capolinea, Faenza (ITA)
04/24 - Keller 264, Freiburg (GER)
04/25 - Hirscheneck, Basel (CH)
04/26 - ISC, Bern (CH) w/ Alarma man
04/27 - Espace B, Paris (FRA)
04/28 - WBC, La Rochelle (FRA)

Bassist Fredrik will be forced to sit this one out as his girlfriend will soon give birth to their child. Robert Lindblom will fill in. In other news, the video for "Vultures" is now online: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2013558241" target=_blank>https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2013558241