This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
02. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
03. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
04. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
05. Kina Jaarnek & Elvis Presleys Band - En hyllning till Elvis
06. Robyn - Robyn
07. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
08. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
09. Di Leva - Själens krigare: samlade sånger 1980-2005
10. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
11. Darin - The anthem
12. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
13. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
14. Musikal - Mamma Mia
15. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
16. Carola - Störst av allt
17. Laleh - Laleh
18. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
19. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
20. Anna Ternheim - Somebody outside

New track today from Centimeter, a band that appears to have been kicking around Stockholm for the last few years, but only just now has released their first real single. It's not often that I get something totally new to me in the mail that I actually enjoy, but these guys are a strong exception to the rule. The most obvious (and lazy) point of comparison would be Kent, seeing as how these guys play dark, melancholy pop and sing in Swedish, but I think Centimeter is far more brooding and atmospheric. There's definite shoegazer tendencies too, that's for sure. The other demo tracks the band has up on their website are pretty dece as well, just a bit rougher production-wise. I look forward to hearing the full-length when it's finally released this fall.

The new Thomas Denver Jonsson album "Barely touching it" has been confirmed for a September 30 release via Kite Recordings.

New German tourdates for The Rasmus:

10/17 - Markthalle, Hamburg
10/30 - Live Music Hall, Köln
11/11 - Kaufleuten, Zürich
11/12 - Planet Music, Wien
11/17 - Backstage, München
11/18 - Zeche, Bochum
11/20 - Postbahnhof, Berlin

More soon.

50 Hertz has a single for download: https://www.50hertz.se/

The next single from Swedish new-wave act Paris will be for the song "Captain Morgan". A video is currently under production.

Check out Dungen's video for the song "Panda": https://dungen-music.com/flash/

Belpid Records will be releasing the new Magnus Bergman single "Duellera" on August 5. Listen to a sample here: https://www.belpid.com/m/01_mb_duellera.mp3
The track comes from the album "Reflektor", due out later this year.

Jenny from Ace of Base is the mother of a new baby boy.

Peaceville has confirmed the signing of Norwegian metal act Madder Mortem. Look for the already-finished album "Desiderata" to be released this fall.

The video for the new Nightwish single "The siren" has been posted online: https://www.nuclearblast.de/media/video/NB_1398.ram

Check out the video for "The new build" from Dark Tranquility: https://www.darktranquillity.com/media/download/dt_tnb.mov

Pitchfork reports on The Concretes recording a new album with Saddle Creek engineer-in-residence Mike Mogis: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-07/27.shtml#concretes

Clawfinger has signed with Nuclear Blast. Look for a new album this fall.

The Mystical Beast posts a short quip about the Moonbabies and their new EP "War on sound": https://mysticalbeast.blogspot.com/2005/07/three-covers-three-moonbabies-snow.html
I agree with his assessment that Moonbabies are a group just aching to break. They're certainly good enough - I guess it's just a matter of waiting for the "right" people to notice.