This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Ane Brun - Changing of the seasons
02. Nordman - Djävul eller gud
03. Amy Diamond - Music in motion
04. Sibel - The diving belle
05. Jill Johnson - Music Row
06. Takida - Bury the lies
07. Kikki Danielsson - Kikkis bästa
08. Meshuggah - Obzen
09. Fernandoz - Anders & Git - En helt ny dag
10. The Cardigans - Best of
11. Tomas Andersson Wij - En sommar på speed
12. Carola - Främling 25 år
14. Eskobar - Death in Athens
15. Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava
16. Lykke Li - Youth novels
17. Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden
18. Maia Hirasawa - Though, I'm just me (new edition)
19. The Poodles - Sweet trade (new edition)
20. Tommy Körberg - Rakt upp och ner

Finnish act Amorphis will tour North America this fall with support from Samael, Leaves' Eyes and Virgin Black. Dates at Lambgoat: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=10463

See the video for the new Johnossi single "Party with my pain": https://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=30527904

Check out Swedish glam-metal act Crashdïet and their new video for "Falling rain": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86f0mgUNyio

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Swedish prog act Anekdoten will tour Europe in May. Confirmed dates at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/anekdoten

Norwegian artist Thom Hell will release his third album "God if i saw her now" on April 3.

The Vladislav Delay Quartet, featuring Vladislav Delay on drums along with fellow Finn Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic) on electronics, Derek Shirley on double bass and Lucio Capece on sax and bass clarinet, will make their live debut on April 11 as part of the 2008 "My Favourite Thing" Festival at Radialsystem, Berlin. Read more: https://www.vladislavdelay.com/site/?page_id=50

New European dates for Shout Out Louds: https://www.shoutoutlouds.com/shows.aspx

Norwegian avant/noise/experimental label Roggbif will have two new release out on May 31. First up is a split CD featuring Norway's Golden Serenades and Force Majeure, a collaboration of Swedish noiseniks Sewer Election and Treriksröset. The second is Origami Galaktika's long awaited album "Laos Vegas", an record that was originally slated to be released as an LP via Beta-Lactam Ring five years ago. Read more: https://www.roggbif.com/

New tourdates for Denmark's Late Night Venture:

04/17 - Astra Stube, Hamborg (GER)
04/18 - Intersoup, Berlin (GER)
04/29 - Loppen, Kbh (DK)
05/26 - Werk Stadt, Witten (GER)
05/27 - Café Mule, Leipzig (GER)
05/28 - Monkey Club, Berlin (GER)
05/29 - Steinbruch, Duisbirg (GER)
05/30 - TAC, Eindhoven (NL)
05/31 - Club Meander, Amsterdam (NL)
06/03 - Brasserie 911, Belvaux (LUX)
06/04 - d:qlique, Luxembourg (LUX)
06/06 - La Scène Bastille, Paris (FRA)

Have you been following Last Days of April as they blog about their current US tour? Read here: https://karltommy.blogspot.com/ (in Swedish)

Swedish hip-hop producer Erik L (Flyphonic/Supersci) is offering up a 6-track EP for free download in advance of his new solo record: https://www.flyphonic.com/flyphonic/

Swedish indie label Cosy Den has posted details for their next three releases from The Budgies, The Garlands and Erik Halldén: https://www.smallstepforward.com/cosy/wordpress/?p=36

Morningside Records has confirmed that the new Larsen & Furious Jane album "Zen sucker" will be out on May 19. Expect samples to be online soon.