This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Ingmar Nordströms - Ingmar Nordströms Saxpartyfavoriter
02. Andreas Johnson - The collector
03. Sophie Zelmani - Memory loves you
04. Timbuktu - Oberoendeframkallande
05. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
06. Jimmy Jansson - Sån e jag
07. Erik Segerstedt - A different shade
08. Sebastian - The vintage virgin
09. Lena Philipsson - Lena 20 år
10. Sanna Nielsen - Sanna 11-22
11. Calaisa - Calaisa
12. Sabaton - Metalizer
14. Caroline Af Ugglas - Joplin på Svenska
15. Tomas Andersson Wij - En introduktion till Tomas Andersson Wij
16. Weeping Willows - Fear & love
17. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
18. Veronica Maggio - Vatten & bröd
19. Laleh - Prinsessor
20. Säkert! - Säkert!

Nikola Sarcevic's most recent solo album "Roll roll and flee" will be released in Canada on April 23 via Freedumb Records. There is supposedly a tour in the works as well, but nothing is confirmed yet. In the meantime, feel free to buy imported copies from me: [click here]

Fat Planet on Swedish female MC Mazy: https://www.fatplanet.com.au/blog/2007/03/22/mazy-sweden/

Tenderversion Recordings will be releasing limited 3" CDs from both Audrey and Scraps of Tape in the near future. The Audrey disc will feature two previously unreleased tracks and Scraps will feature a 15-minute epic that was too much to tack onto their most recent album "This is a copy this is a copy". I'm not sure of the release date, but I'll definitely try to track down more than a few copies for resale.

In other Scraps of Tape news, the band is keeping a webdiary while they tour Europe: https://sottourdiary.blogspot.com/

Swedish indierockers The Idle Hands on tour in Germany with Chase the Dragon:

04/30 - Scope, Hamburg
05/01 - Wunder-Bar, Paderborn
05/03 - Riff, Magdeburg
05/04 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig
05/05 - Objekt 5, Halle
05/06 - Werkstatt, Mücheln
05/08 - Uni-Kum, Erfurt
05/09 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt
05/10 - Cafe Tagtraum, Ingolstadt
05/11 - Subway to Peter, Chemnitz
05/12 - Tabakstanne, Thalheim

Swedish act Willowtree is yet another band taking the plunge and relocating to Berlin. They'll be having a going-away show at Club Devolution in Stockholm on Friday.

Download a clip of the new Turbonegro single "Do you do you dig destruction": https://www.turbojugendusa.com/New%20Site%20Folder/New%20Site/download/media/doya_clip.mp3

David Åhlén (Namur) on tour in the US supporting Bradley Hathaway:

05/24 - Pianos, New York, NY
05/27 - tba, Bakersfiend, CA
05/28 - tba, Fresno, CA
05/29 - The Underground, Roseville, CA
05/30 - Dolores Park Church, San Fransisco, CA
05/31 - tba, Modesto, CA
06/01 - tba, Redding, CA
06/02 - The Revolution, Ashland, OR
06/03 - tba, Bend, OR
06/04 - The Noisebox, Camas, WA
06/05 - Q Café, Seattle, WA

Satanic Surfers are calling it a day after 17 years: https://www.satanic-surfers.com/news.asp
Ex-members Rodrigo, Fredrik and Daniel will continue on in the new band Enemy Alliance, Andy has a band called Sista Sekunden and Robert plays in Trenches.

Risky Dazzle's new 12" EP from Swedish electro duo Harlem is now available for ordering: https://www.riskydazzle.com/risks.html
It comes out March 28.

New Japan tourdates for Hello Saferide and Maia Hirasawa:

04/14 - Village Vanguard Shimokitazawa, Tokyo w/Clay Allison
04/15 - JZ Brat, Tokyo w/Cloudberry Jam, Clay Allison
04/18 - Shinsaibashi Club, Quattro w/Cloudberry Jam, Clay Allison
04/19 - Star Pine's Café, Tokyo

New Holiday With Maggie tourdates:

04/06 - Rocknroll, Tartu (EST)
04/07 - Zoccolo, St Petersburg (RUS)
04/08 - Apelsin, Moscow (RUS)
04/09 - acoustic show tba, Moscow (RUS)
04/10 - Depo, Riga (LAT)

Norwegian label Dbut Records has confirmed the new Blokk 5 album "Scandals and animals" for release on April 16. For more details, cover art and Norwegian tourdates, go here: https://www.dbut.no/

A few updated California dates for Daniel Cirera:

03/21 - The Hotel Cafe, Hollywood, CA
04/03 - Winston's, San Diego, CA
04/13 - Dagney's, Bakerfield, CA
04/19 - Alex's Bar, Long Beach, CA