Karisma Records has announced the signing of Norwegian act Gallery. Look for their debut album "Jas Gripen" to be released this spring. Listen to samples here: myspace.com/gallerytunes" target=_blank>https://myspace.com/gallerytunes

NmE votes Peter Bjorn and John's "Young folks" as the #2 single of the year: me.com/reviews/tracks/oftheyear" target=_blank>https://www.nme.com/reviews/tracks/oftheyear

Harmonica's video for "You gotta go" is now posted on myspace: myspace.com/harmonicatheband" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/harmonicatheband (scroll down, on the left)

Brotherhood of Broken Hearts have posted some new songs for download: https://bobh.se/
The band is currently relocating to malmö sans Arvid, their vocalist and will be looking for a replacement.

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) mando Diao - TV & me
02. (Ny) Ison & Fille - Hela dan varje dag
03. (Ny) Albert Hammond Jr - 101
04. (07) Laleh - November
05. (02) Johnossi - Glory days to come
06. (03) Regina Spektor - Better
07. (Ny) Babyshambles - The blinding
08. (09) muse - Knights of Cydonia
09. (06) Salem Al Fakir - Good song
10. (Ny) m Ward - Chinese translation
11. (10) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (hey oh)
12. (Ny) Panic! At The Disco - But it's better if you do
13. (17) 1990's - You're supposed to be my boyfriend
14. (13) Bodyrox med Luciana - Yeah yeah
15. (05) Koop - Come to me
16. (04) Gnarls Barkley - Who cares?
17. (Ny) Herman Düne - I wish that I could see you soon
18. (Ny) marit Bergman - Eyes were blue
19. (16) The Streets - Prangin' out
20. (Ny) Emmon - Wake up time

Leaving the chart:
Tingsek - World of it's own
melody Club - Destiny calling
Asha Ali - Fire fire
Juliette & The Licks - Sticky honey
The Knife - Like a pen
Chingy med Jermaine Dupri - Dem jeans
moneybrother - De vet ingenting om oss
Jeremy Warmsley - I promise

Swedish electronic artist Håkan Lidbo is embarking on a new music/performance-art project under the name 60.01.60. Read more: m/" target=_blank>https://www.600160.com/

Paper Thin Walls on Death Breath: m/singlefile/item?id=275" target=_blank>https://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=275

Labrador are giving away the [ingenting] single "Punkdrömmar" as a free download to celebrate that it made it to #17 on the P3 Tracks list: m/2006/12/early-christmas-present.html" target=_blank>https://stytzer.blogspot.com/2006/12/early-christmas-present.html
There doesn't appear to be anything about it on the actual Labrador site, so this link will have to do. I'm not that into most Labrador releases, but I like [ingenting] a lot so be sure to check it out.

Nominees for the Swedish categories of this year's Rockbjörnen:

Best newcomer:
Ola Svensson
Linda Sundblad
Basshunter
Sebastian Karlsson
Veronica maggio

Best male artist:
Darin
Ola Svensson
Lars Winnerbäck
Håkan Hellström
martin Stenmarck

Best female artist:
Agnes
marit Bergman
Linda Sundblad
Lisa miskovsky
Anna Ternheim

Best group:
BWO
Roxette
mando Diao
In Flames
Snook

Best song:
Boten Anna - Basshunter
7milakliv - martin Stenmarck
Perfect - Darin
Rain - Ola Svensson
Come Clarity - In Flames

Best album:
Break The News - Darin
Come Clarity - In Flames
Given To Fly - Ola Svensson
Ode To Ochrasy - mando Diao
Changes - Lisa miskovsky

Troels Abrahamsen, frontman for Danish act Veto, will release his debut solo album "I know that you know" on march 26. Download two tracks from his website: https://www.supertroels.dk/

Indie mP3 talks to Labrador records head/prolific artist Johan Angergård: mp3.co.uk/2006/12/legends.html" target=_blank>https://www.indie-mp3.co.uk/2006/12/legends.html

Hello Saferide's "The quiz" ranks at #48 on the Stylus top 50 singles of the year: magazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-singles-of-2006.htm" target=_blank>https://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-singles-of-2006.htm

Flora & Fauna reports that the new Chrysler single "Keep it spartan" is now available for free download: https://www.brilliant.nu/
The band's third album "The Benelux years" will be out in April.

mr. John Roger Olsson of IAT-faves The Grand Opening sent me an email to let me know that he is now playing drums with the band Leonwalls and their first recordings are now online for listening: myspace.com/leonwalls" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/leonwalls
It's not quite as dour as TGO, but it's definitely in the same dark/melancholy pop vein.

This week's m/group/itsatrap" target=_blank>It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 albums of the week:

01. The Knife – Silent Shout
02. The Pipettes – We Are the Pipettes
03. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans
04. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
05. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
06. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
07. Tiger Lou – The Loyal
08. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
09. Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
10. I'm from Barcelona – Let me Introduce my Friends

And the top 10 artists of the week:

01. Radiohead
02. The Knife
03. Sufjan Stevens
04. The Shins
05. moneybrother
06. Death Cab for Cutie
07. David Bowie
08. The Cure
09. The Beatles
10. Belle and Sebastian

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