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Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Christer Sjögren - Love Me Tender
02. Darin - The anthem
03. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
04. Håkan Hellström - Ett kölikbarns bekännelser
05. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
06. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
07. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
08. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
09. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
10. Soilwork - Stabbing the Drama
11. Stefan Nilsson - Så som i himmelen (filmmusik)
12. Barbados - Best of Barbados 1994-2004
13. Ted Gärdestad - Sol vind & vatten - Det bästa
14. The Real Group - In the Middle of Life
15. Elin Sigvardsson - Smithereens
16. Wilmer X - 13 Våningar Upp
17. The Ark - State of the Ark
18. Elin Lanto - One
19. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
20. Rigmor Gustaffson and the Jacky Terrasson Trio - Close to You
Finland's most dysfunctional power-metal act Stratovarius has confirmed a number of North American tourdates:
09/17 - ProgPower USA, Atlanta, GA
09/19 - Jaxx, Springfield, VA
09/20 - Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
09/21 - B.B. King's, New York, NY
09/23 - Le Medley, Montreal, QUE
09/24 - Le Capitole, Quebec City, QUE
09/28 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL
More dates soon.
Ratatosk Online is a Dutch website on Scandinavian music and arts: https://ratatoskonline.net/
Finnish power-pop act The Sugarrush will release their debut five-song ep "Useless information" on March 6 via Kinkt Records. Check out the title track right here: https://mokomaki.com/kinkt/the_sugarrush_-_useless_information.mp3
It's been quite awhile since I've had a contest, so I figured it was due time for a new one. You like free stuff, right? Thanks to the good people at Chalksounds, we'll be giving away free copies of the brand new Anna Leong 7" coming out at the end of the month. To enter, just click the banner on the right and fill out the form. That's all there is to it! Winners be announced in a few weeks. In the meantime, do yourself a favor and download the title track over on the right as well. Anna Leong is yet another fine act from the melancholic pop scene of Umeå. As always, it's highly recommended so be sure to check it out.
Junior Senior's brand new single "Itch U Can't Skratch" will be officially released on March 7 via Crunchy Frog Records. More details here: https://www.crunchy.dk/asp/default.asp?News_Id=129
Denmark's Figurines are currently mixing their new album "Skeleton" for release on April 11 via Morningside Records. Samples should be online soon.
The tracklist for the new Viola album "Melancholydisco" has been revealed:
01. Sad Eyed Disco Dancers
02. Violentia (Boys Of Scandinavia Remix)
03. City Silhouette (Roger Remix)
04. Nostalgia Amnesia
05. Deepspeed (Kris Kylven Reconstruction & Remix)
06. Three Minutes Later (Iconcrash Remix)
07. Strange Delights
08. Kiss And Break Up (Verneri Lumi Remix)
09. Halo Goodbye (Alien Mindbenders Rework)
10. Dim Challenger
+ Violentia (video)
As mentioned before, it comes out March 23 via If Society.
Swedish hip-hop label Get Up! has a new website: https://www.getup.se/
EMI Sweden has new e-cards for Madrugada and Bohuslän Big Band: https://www.emi.se/nyheter.aspx?ssoid=1985&ssoid2=6899
The Dead Frog Records site is updated with a bunch of new demo reviews: https://www.deadfrogrecords.com/demos-reviews/
The Margarets have a new website online: https://www.themargarets.com/
MIC Norway profiles Annie yet again, this time for the highly anticipated international release of her album "Anniemal": https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005030212282335406271
Norwegian black-metallers 1349 are working a on a new album with the tentative title of "Hellfire". The band plans to enter the studio later this month and it should be ready for release this coming fall.
The video for "Lost to apathy" by Dark Tranquility has been posted online: https://mp4.centurymedia.com/dtLOSTlhigh.ram