Noisedfisk on magga Stina, megas and a different, less traditional view of Iceland's history as described in song: m/2006/11/23/magga-stina-og-megas/" target=_blank>https://noisedfisk.com/2006/11/23/magga-stina-og-megas/

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. The Refreshments - It's gotta be both rock & roll
02. Orup - Faktiskt
03. martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
04. Caj Karlsson & Världens Bästa Band - När sanningar tränger sig på
05. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
06. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
07. Helena Paprizou - The game of love
08. Vikingarna - Bästa
09. Jill Johnson - The woman I've become
10. The Boppers - Jingle bell rock
11. Linda Sundblad - Oh my god!
12. Roxette - A collection of Roxette hits! Their 20 greatest
14. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
15. Anna Ternheim - Separation road
16. Lisa Nilsson - Hotel Vermont 609
17. Lisa miskovsky - Changes
18. melody Club - Scream
19. Hammerfall - Threshold
20. Europe - Secret society

This week's Norwegian top 20 album chart:

01. Jan Werner - Stronger
02. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Nåde
03. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
04. Odd Nordstoga - Heim te mor
05. Åge Aleksandersen - Snöharpan
06. Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes & Askil Holm - Hallelujah - Live
07. Øystein Sunde - Sundes verden
08. Kristin Asbjørnsen - Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook
09. Ole Ivars - Ole Ivars så klart
10. Thomas Dybdahl - Science
11. Aleksander With - Coming Home
12. marit Larsen - Under The Surface
13. maj Britt Andersen - Onger er rare
14. Knut Reiersrud/Iver Kleive - Nåde over nåde
15. Leif Ove Andsnes - Horizons
16. 120 Days - 120 Days
17. Hellbillies - Røta - Hellbillies' beste
18. Ole Paus - Hellige jul - Jul i Skippergata
19. Per Asplin - Putti Plutti Pott
20. I - Between Two Worlds

Tsukimono has a new 6-song EP coming out on the Glitchpunkyouth netlabel: m/2006/11/imagine-composer.html" target=_blank>https://yourson-shine.blogspot.com/2006/11/imagine-composer.html

Swedish art-damaged rockers Knife and Ape have a new website: https://www.knifeandape.se/
As I've stated before, if you're into stuff like Liars, you need to hear Knife and Ape.

Razzia has confirmed that the new Thunder Express album will be called "Republic disgrace". The titletrack will be the first single and it will be out in January with the record to follow in February.

Kasual Recordings has signed The Domus and will be releasing their debut album in February. Read more here or go to myspace to hear samples: myspace.com/thedomus" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/thedomus

Laleh's new album "Prinsessor" will be out December 6. If you understand Swedish, go here to read more: https://www.laleh.se/diary.asp

Kristofer Åström, one of my favorite Swedish singer/songwriters, is touring Europe with maria Taylor and Wolke:

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

Dark Tranquility reports that their new album is done and being sent off for mixing: m/realindex.html" target=_blank>https://www.darktranquillity.com/realindex.html

Swedish hardcore act The Process have confirmed that their debut EP will be released via Old School Kids (OSK) Records at the end of February, just in time for their European tour.

Download a four-song teaser promo from mnemic: mnemic.com/audio/mnemic-passenger-album-teaser.mp3" target=_blank>https://www.mnemic.com/audio/mnemic-passenger-album-teaser.mp3

Labrador has posted the new Loveninjas album "The secret of the Loveninjas" for streaming: m/music/Loveninjas/The+Secret+Of+The+Loveninjas?autostart" target=_blank>https://www.last.fm/music/Loveninjas/The+Secret+Of+The+Loveninjas?autostart
I have yet to hear it, but I did enjoy the first single "I wanna be like Johnny C" much more than I thought I would. Too bad the rest of the songs on said single did not impress me.

Dusted reviews Trentemøller: magazine.com/reviews/3272" target=_blank>https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3272

Pitchfork reports from Frida Hyvönen live debut in Chicago: media.com/page/news/Photos_Videos_Frida_Hyvonen_Chicago_IL_11_19_0#39814" target=_blank>https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/Photos_Videos_Frida_Hyvonen_Chicago_IL_11_19_0#39814