MTVe lists the 100 top videos of 2004: https://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=5232
In the top 10 there's The Hives at #4 with "Walk idiot walk" and The Rasmus at #10 with "Guilty".
Tag: News
Neumu reviews Jens Lekman: https://www.neumu.com/fortyfour/
Pitchfork reviews Stina Nordenstam: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/n/nordenstam_stina/world-is-saved.shtml
Online label Thinner offers up the free downloadable "Demo(n) Cuts EP" from renown Finnish electronic artist Vladislav Delay: https://www.thinnerism.com/releases.php?r=thn066
Satyr of Satyricon talks to FourteenG about the Dimebag Darrell incident, the recording industry and more: https://www.fourteeng.net/satyricon.html
The folks from the UK-based Swedish music club night 'Sweden Made Me' have posted a page of their favorite free mp3 downloads from the year: https://www.swedenmademe.com/xmasmp3.htm
Today's top 10 is from Swedish singer/songwriter/webmaster Johan Bergqvist. Check it.
Again, if anyone is interested in contributing their own top 10 list, I'm all for it. My plan is to run a special reader-contributed list of the top 10 Scandinavian albums from 2004, so send in your recommendations!
Add some excellent industry drama to your day: Mattias Alkberg BD tells the Swedish Grammy jury to fuck off and refuses to accept the nomination: https://www.itsatrap.com/index.php?article=40
Aftonbladet is now carrying the story, too: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,576468,00.html (in Swedish)
German webzine Handle Me Down interviews The Je Ne Sais Quoi: https://www.handlemedown.de/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=246
Silence has announced that they'll be releasing new albums from Chick Habit, Fint Tillsammans and Dub Sweden next year, along with reissues of Bo Hansson's two 70s-era classics "Mellanväsen" and "El Ahrairah". Read more on the new Fint Tillsammans single "Min Fender" here: https://www.silence.se/nyheter/fint.htm
In other Silence-related news, Mattias Hellberg's debut solo album has licensed for release in Europe by the French label Fargo. More info to come.
Finnish electronic artist Lackluster now has his own online store: https://www.lackluster.org/shop/