Send your friends a Christmas card from The Hives: music.com/ecard/xmascard.asp" target=_blank>https://www.hivesmusic.com/ecard/xmascard.asp

Terror Pop has posted a Christmas song: https://www.terrorpop.nu/

Release the Bats! have posted a mammoth news update: m/rtb.html" target=_blank>https://www.releasethebats.com/rtb.html
Highlights include a new, super-limited cassette from Leafes, a new electronic record from noise-terrorists The Skull Defekts, new Tar... Feathers material and a 7" series.

Lasse Lindh has posted a cover of "Bigmouth strikes again" as his Xmas gift: musikmedia.html" target=_blank>https://www.lasselindh.se/musikmedia.html

Check out the Parker Lewis Christmas song: mas-Carol,NYC.mp3" target=_blank>https://www.kittylitterrecords.se/sound/Parker_Lewis-Xmas-Carol,NYC.mp3

Jettie has a new song posted on myspace: myspace.com/jettie" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/jettie

Swedish hip-hop artist Paragon has posted the new track "Aa just D" for download: mmalaget.nu/media/audio/paragon-aa_just_d.mp3" target=_blank>https://www.hemmalaget.nu/media/audio/paragon-aa_just_d.mp3
It features guest-spots from Henok and Cami and production courtesy of DJ Taro and Astma.

Burst will be posted a bunch of their old 90s-era material on myspace over the next week. Read more: https://www.burst.nu/news.php?id=89

This week's Norwegian top 20 album chart:

01. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Nåde
02. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
03. Sivert Høyem & The Volunteers - Exiles
04. Sissel - De beste 1986-2006
05. Odd Nordstoga - Heim te mor
06. Jan Werner - Stronger
07. Øystein Sunde - Sundes verden
08. Kristin Asbjørnsen - Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook
09. Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes og Askil Holm - Hallelujah - Live
10. morten Abel - Some Of Us Will make It
11. Åge Aleksandersen - Snöharpan
12. malin - malins Jul
13. Arve Tellefsen/Nidarosdomens Guttekor - Aria
14. Christian Ingebrigtsen - Paint Christmas White
15. Elisabeth Norberg Schulz - Hellige natt
16. Thomas Dybdahl - Science
17. Paal Flaata - Christmas Island
18. Diverse artister - Jul i Svingen
19. Leif Ove Andsnes - Horizons
20. 120 Days - 120 Days

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. markus Fagervall - Echo heart
02. Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier
03. Laleh - Prinsessor
04. moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
05. martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
06. Nils Landgren - Christmas with my friends
07. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
08. Darin - Break the news
09. magnus Carlsson - Spår i snön
10. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
11. Vikingarna - Bästa
12. Frans - Da man
14. The Refreshments - It's gotta be both rock & roll
15. Jill Johnson - The woman I've become
16. Abba - Number ones
17. Orup - Faktiskt
18. Agnes - Stronger
19. Lisa miskovsky - Changes
20. The Boppers - Jingle bell rock

Digitalmetal has the press release for a new Death Breath EP due out next spring: metal.com/news.asp?cid=7914" target=_blank>https://www.digitalmetal.com/news.asp?cid=7914
I've been listening to the album "Stinking up the night" a lot recently and look forward to more material. It's good to hear death-metal that harkens back to the day when the genre was more fun.

Little Big Adventure (nee Penny Century, one of many) has a new two-song single posted for free download: https://www.littlebigadventure.se/

Check out Angels in Jail, the new project of ex-monkeystrikes/Souls frontwoman Cecilia Nordlund: myspace.com/angelsinjail" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/angelsinjail
I've been wondering what she's been up to - it's been awhile since we've heard anything new and that last (well, only) monkeystrikes album was so good.

New European tourdates for Swedish singer/songwriter Kristofer Åström:

01/09 - Ampere, münchen
01/10 - Flex, Wien
01/11 - Treibhaus, Innsbruck
01/12 - Grabenhalle, St. Gallen
01/13 - El Lokal, Zürich
01/14 - Kaserne, Basel
01/15 - Rockhouse, Salzburg
01/16 - Posthof, Linz
01/17 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden
01/18 - Forum, Bielefeld
01/19 - Kino im JZE, Essen
01/20 - Objekt 5, Halle
01/21 - moritzbastei, Leipzig
01/23 - Palais in der Kulturbrauerei, Berlin
01/24 - Gleis 22, münster
01/25 - Prime Club, Köln
01/26 - Römer, Bremen
01/27 - Knust, Hamburg

Kris will also be going into the studio in February to record a new album, hopefully due out around April.

Top 10s for 2006: The Giant's Dream