This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Sanna, Shirley, Sonja - Our Christmas
02. Per Gessle - Party crasher
03. Lasse Stefanz - Svängjul
04. ABBA - The albums (9CD box set)
05. Hans Alfredsson/Tage Danielsson/Lasse O'månsson - Lindemans låda - Fullare än någonsin
06. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
07. Vikingarna - Den sista dansen - Live från Arvika
08. Amy Diamond - En helt ny Jul
09. Ulf Lundell - Omaha
10. Lena + Orup - Dubbel
11. Charlotte Perrelli - Rimfrostjul
12. Carola - I denna natt blir världen ny - Jul i Betlehem II
13. Darin - Flashback
14. Anna Ternheim - Leaving on a mayday
15. Jill Johnson - Baby blue paper
16. Christer Sjögren - mitt sköna sextiotal
17. magnus Carlsson - Re:collection 93-08
18. Eldkvarn - Hunger Hotell
19. Takida - Bury the lies
20. Frida Hyvönen - Silence is wild

Zip licenses Little Red Snapper

Zip Records has licensed Swedish power-pop act Little Red Snapper for a US release. Expect to see their album "morning light" appear over here sometime in April.

RinneRadio celebrate 20 years

RinneRadio's 20th anniversary collection is streaming in its entirety at myspace: myspace.com/rinneradio" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/rinneradio
Read more about the collection (and the band) right here: m/news.htm" target="_blank">https://www.rinneradio.com/news.htm

The Sound of Arrows - M.A.G.I.C. (video)

Check out a mini-video for the new The Sound of Arrows single "m.A.G.I.C.": meo.com/2552849" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/2552849

Fiktion - Epoché

Frukt Records has a brand new album from the group Fiktion posted for free download: https://www.fruktrecords.se/

Marching Band to London

marching Band are doing a one-off gig in London at The Luminaire on January 8 with The Clientele.

Musik med Those Dancing Days

Live music with Those Dancing Days at PSL: musik-med-those-dancing-days/" target="_blank">https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/12/19/musik-med-those-dancing-days/

I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper get down to "Dark business"

Finnish act I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper are giving away their new mini-album "Dark business" as a free download: m/darkbusiness" target="_blank">https://www.iwatsw.com/darkbusiness

One Weekly Gun #39

Hits in the Car on the latest (and last?) song from Danish DIY artist One Weekly Gun: m/2008/12/one-xmas-song.html" target="_blank">https://stytzer.blogspot.com/2008/12/one-xmas-song.html

Lampshade - Stop pause play

Lampshade's new 6-track mCD "Stop pause play" is now confirmed for release on January 26. Preview/pre-order at the band's website: mpshade.dk/" target="_blank">https://www.lampshade.dk/

Paddington Distortion Combo live video

Watch a high quality video clip of Paddington Distortion Combo playing live in Berlin: m/watch?v=_V3ddSV_tkw&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V3ddSV_tkw&fmt=18

Scandinavian artists in Pitchfork's top 50 albums of 2008

Scandinavian artists in Pitchfork's top 50 albums of 2008 list: The Tallest man on Earth (#47), Lykke Li (#45), Air France (#14) and Lindstrøm (#12). Read more: media.com/article/feature/148001-the-50-best-albums-of-2008" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/148001-the-50-best-albums-of-2008

MP3: King Diamond - No presents for Christmas

It's a Trap! will be taking a short, much-needed break after today to recharge the batteries and put the finishing touches on a new site revamp. See you in 2009?

King Diamond - No presents for Christmas

Top 10s for 2008: Thomas Ekelund (Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words)

Turbonegro coming to PacNW in April 09

Turbonegro is coming to the Pacific Northwest in April:

04/12 - Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
04/13 - El Corazon, Seattle, WA
04/14 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC