Swedish webzine Flow Magazine is back with a new site: https://www.flowmagazine.net/news/
Tag: News
E-Type to appear in the new "Conan" film? Hmmkay: https://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=200741
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Origin I
02. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
03. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
04. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
05. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
06. Orup - Orup - Bästa
07. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
08. Stefan Nilsson - Så som i himmelen
09. The Refreshments - Easy to Pick Up, Hard to Put Down
10. Björn Skifs - Skifs Hits!
11. Lisa Ekdahl - Olyckssyster
12. Stina Nordenstam - The World is Saved
13. Brolle Jr. - Paradise Will Wait
14. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
15. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
16. Europe - Start from the Dark
17. Blacknuss - Gold
18. Mats Bergmans - Vänd dig inte omo
19. Anna-Lotta Larsson - Känn en doft av kärleken
20. Rebecka Törnqvist - Travel Like in Songs
PopMatters reviews the epic one-song Meshuggah EP "I": https://popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/meshuggah-i.shtml
Brand new US tourdates for The Hives:
11/20 - Webster Hall, New York, NY w/The Deadly Snakes, The Rogers Sisters
11/21 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
11/22 - The Norva, Norfolk, VA w/The Deadly Snakes, The Rogers Sisters
11/23 - The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA w/The Deadly Snakes, The Rogers Sisters
11/24 - House of Blues Orlando, Lake Buena Vista, FL w/The Deadly Snakes, The Rogers Sisters
11/26 - La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX w/The Deadly Snakes, The Rogers Sisters
11/27 - Gypsy Ballroom, Dallas, TX w/The Deadly Snakes, The Rogers Sisters
11/28 - New Daisy Theatre, Memphis, TN w/The Deadly Snakes, Reigning Sound, The Rogers Sisters
11/29 - Pops, Sauget, IL w/The Deadly Snakes, The Rogers Sisters
12/01 - Conan O'Brien Show, New York, NY
12/02 - Tweeter Center, Camden, NJ
12/03 - Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH w/The Deadly Snakes, The Dirtbombs
12/04 - The Eagles Club, Milwaukee, WI w/The Deadly Snakes, The Dirtbombs
12/05 - Aragon , Chicago, IL
12/06 - Granada, Lawrence, KS w/The Deadly Snakes, The Von Bondies
12/08 - Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, NM w/The Deadly Snakes, The Von Bondies
12/09 - Glendale Arena, Phoenix, AZ w/The Von Bondies
12/10 - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA w/The Deadly Snakes, The Von Bondies
12/11 - The Warfield, San Francisco, CA w/The Deadly Snakes, The Von Bondies
01/15 - The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (01) Bergman Rock - "I'm A Crab"
02. (03) Phoenix - "You Can't Blame It On. (Anybody)"
03. (NY) The (International) Noise Conspiracy - "A Small Demand"
04. (04) The Mo - "Howl In The Jungle"
05. (06) Sahara Hotnights - "Who Do You Dance For?"
06. (08) Ed Harcourt - "Born In The '70s"
07. (NY) The Go! Team - "Ladyflash"
08. (11) Starmarket - "Cologne"
09. (NY) [Ingenting] - "Här Kommer Solen"
10. (NY) Snoop Dogg Feat. Pharell - "Drop It Like It's Hot"
11. (16) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "#1 E.P."
12. (05) Baby Shambles - "Killamangiro"
13. (10) Deportees - "Not Tonight"
14. (17) Mos Def - "Sex, Love & Money"
15. (NY) Destiny's Child - "Lose My Breath"
16. (07) Kanye West - "Jesus Walks"
17. (NY) Doktor Kosmos - "Distance Equals Rate Times Time"
18. (NY) The Concretes - "Seems Fine"
19. (19) Talib Kweli Feat. Mary J Blige - "I Try"
20. (20) Embee - "Not Tonite"
Hot tracks outside the top 20:
Snowracer - "The Way I'm Watching You"
Beatnuts Feat. Akon - "Find Us"
The Faint - "I Disappear"
Leaving the chart:
(02) Le Tigre - "TKO/New Kicks"
(09) Kings Of Convenience - "Misread"
(12) The Solution - "My Mojo Ain't Workin No More"
(13) M.I.A. - "Galang"
(14) Goldie Lookin' Chain - "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do"
(15) Blacknuss Feat. Awa Manneh & ADL - "All Your Lovin'"
(18) U2 - "Vertigo"
Online label Racewillbegin is back again with a third release from Sophie Rimheden: https://www.racewillbegin.com
Christian Kjellvander will be touring Sweden at the end of November to begin testing new material for his next album. As you should already know, Christian took an extensive vacation in the US this past year to write and relax and also do a few West Coast dates with The Cardigans (plus one in SF that I personally set up). Joining up on these upcoming dates will be Anders Tingsek on bass and vionlinist Tomas Ebrelius. Dates:
11/28 - Öst 100, Stockholm
12/01 - Kino, Karlskrona
12/02 - KB, Malmö
12/04 - Tivoli, Helsingborg
12/05 - Bommens Salonger, Göteborg
Since "It beats me every time" was posted before, we're skipping straight to track #4 from the new Peter, Bjorn and John album "Falling out". Today's song is "Does it matter now?", a bit of a downtempo number. Be sure to check it out.
The Russian Burzum fanzite Burzum.org has published an extensive interivew with the man himself, Varg Vikernes about his life in prison, his escape attempt, his music, his various racist ideologies and much more. Read it here: https://burzum.org/eng/library/interview26.shtml
Whyte Seeds are currently in Copenhagen with producer/engineer Thomas Troelsen working on their second album. For a list of Thomas' credits, go here: https://www.deltalab.dk/NAV_CLIENTS.htm
Tomas Andersson Wij has written a song called "En svensk rockstjärnas död" for Totta Näslund's new album and guests on acoustic guitar on the recording. It comes out on November 17.
The National Anthems will be supporting Embrace (UK) on tour in Germany and Austria:
11/26 - Grünspan, Hamburg (GER)
11/27 - Zakk, Düsseldorf (GER)
11/28 - Elser-Zusatzhalle, München (GER)
11/29 - Szene Wien, Wien (AUS)
12/01 - Kalkscheune, Berlin (GER)
12/02 - Prime Club, Köln (GER)
The Cardigans have updated their web diary with pics and stories from the 'Chicks with Attitudes' tour: https://cardigans.com/microsites/tourdiary/