This week's Norwegian top 20 album chart:

01. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Nåde
02. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
03. Sissel - De beste 1986-2006
04. morten Abel - Some Of Us Will make It
05. Jan Werner - Stronger
06. Odd Nordstoga - Heim te mor
07. Øystein Sunde - Sundes verden
08. Åge Aleksandersen - Snöharpan
09. Kristin Asbjørnsen - Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook
10. Arve Tellefsen/Nidarosdomens Guttekor - Aria
11. malin - malins Jul
12. Diverse artister - Jul i Svingen
13. Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes og Askil Holm - Hallelujah - Live
14. Thomas Dybdahl - Science
15. Paal Flaata - Christmas Island
16. Ole Paus - Hellige jul - Jul i Skippergata
17. Christian Ingebrigtsen - Paint Christmas White
18. marit Larsen - Under The Surface
19. Anne Nørdsti - Her vil jeg bo
20. maj Britt Andersen - Onger er rare

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier
02. Darin - Break the news
03. martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
04. magnus Carlsson - Spår i snön
05. The Refreshments - It's gotta be both rock & roll
06. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
07. Vikingarna - Bästa
08. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
09. Jill Johnson - The woman I've become
10. Nils Landgren - Christmas with my friends
11. Orup - Faktiskt
12. Eric Gadd - Gaddamn - The ultimate collection
14. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
15. Anna Ternheim - Separation road
16. Lisa miskovsky - Changes
17. Agnes - Stronger
18. The Boppers - Jingle bell rock
19. Roxette - A collection of Roxette hits! Their 20 greatest
20. mora Träsk - Bäst of

Swedish singer/songwriter Sofia Talvik will doing a few UK dates in January to promote her new album "Street of dreams":

01/17 - The Good Ship, Kilburn, London w/Tafra, DJ set by Nick (Tack!Tack!Tack!)
01/18 - Upstairs at The Prince Albert Pub, Brighton w/DJ set by Rob (Sweden made me)

Today's top 10 comes from Daggan of Novoton records who shares his top musical picks for 2006: m/index.php?article=248">[click here]
many are on his own label, but hey - what did you expect?

Looks like Daniel Fagerstroem (ex-Trapdoor Fucking Exit, Chronic Heist, The Je Ne Sais Quoi) has been made a member of Swedish all-star noise collective The Skull Defekts.

Swedish goth-metallers Therion on tour across Europe:

01/17 - Weststadthalle, Essen
01/18 - La Laiterie, Strasbourg
01/19 - Stadthalle, Lichtenfels
01/20 - Hof Ter Loo, Antwerpen
01/21 - mean Fiddler, London
01/23 - Elysee montmartre, Paris
01/24 - SDF Ramonville, Toulouse
01/25 - Razzmatazz 02/0Barcelona
01/26 - La Riveria, madrid
01/27 - Santana 27, Bilbao
01/28 - Ninkasi Kao, Lyon
01/29 - Alcatraz, milano
01/31 - VPK mediapark, Ljubljana
02/01 - Boogaloo, Zagreb
02/02 - Rockhouse, Salzburg
02/03 - Planet music, Vienna
02/04 - Petofi Hall, Budapest
02/05 - SKC, Belgrad
02/07 - Longhorn, Stuttgart
02/08 - Stadthalle, Langen
02/09 - Z7, Pratteln
02/10 - Alte Spinnerei, Glauchau
02/11 - New Backstage, munich
02/12 - Abaton, Prague
02/13 - Club 38, Krakow
02/14 - Stodola, Warszawa
02/15 - Columbia Club, Berlin
02/16 - O13, Tilburg
02/17 - Oosterpoort, Groningen
02/18 - markthalle, Hamburg

Holy shit! Legendary Umeå hardcore act Final Exit will play a one-off reunion show on march 14, exactly 10 years after their final show. more details to come! Check out our recent post on the band m/index.php?story_id=1119">here.

Norwegian rockers Turbonegro recently recorded some new tracks with ex-Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri: myspace.com/turbonegro" target=_blank>https://blog.myspace.com/turbonegro

The bands of Gävle has joined together to create a special Christmas album for charity. Read all about it: mallofus.se/" target=_blank>https://www.fromallofus.se/

Japanese label Quince Records will release Ariel Kill Him's album "Named after you" in their part of the world on December 20 with two previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Isolation Years have confirmed that their new album will be called "Sign, Sign". View pics from the recording sessions here: m/goodies.asp" target=_blank>https://www.isolationyears.com/goodies.asp

Norwegian singer/songwriter Ane Brun will be releasing a live album on February 5 that was recorded during her fall '06 tour with Nina Kinert and the DmF String Quartet. In celebration of said record, she'll be doing two exclusive shows with the same cast to promote it:

02/07 - Rival, Stockholm (SWE)
02/17 - Rockerfeller, Oslo (NOR)

Holiday With maggie's upcoming Russia/Baltic tour has been scrapped due to visa problems.

The new Ison & Fille video for "Hela dan varje dag", their third single from the album "Stolthet", is now up on myspace: myspace.com/isonfille" target=_blank>https://myspace.com/isonfille

Not only will Finnish noiserockers Fun (as heard on "Reader's companion volume one") be touring the US this coming march, they'll also be stopping by Electrical Audio in Chicago to record a new album with Steve Albini! A perfect pairing, I might add. Those dudes must be super stoked. Actual tourdates coming soon.