is putting out a Swedish hip-hop collection called "Evolutions", charting the local history of the genre from the 90s though present day, including skweee. The comp was curated by Gaffa journalist Ametist Azordegan along with The Salazar Brothers and should be available in late summer.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Håkan Hellström - Kann ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
02. TALK 1
03. Enforcer - Katana
04. Existensminimum - 1993
05. Ludwig Bell - Kärlek slutar alltid med bråk
06. TALK 2
07. Karla-Therese Kjellvander & The Rockridge Brothers - New season
08. Lapko - Summer nights
09. CEO - No mercy
10. Night Minutes - Lord I can never be your mirror
11. TALK 3
12. Dungen - Marken låg stille
13. My Brother the Wind - Electric universe
14. Rigas den Andre - W.A.S.P. (R2 remix)
15. TALK 4
16. Waklevören - Oslo spy
17. Okkultokrati - Tail of the snakewind
18. Haust - Vomiting
19. TALK 5
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka
02. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
03. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
04. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
05. Celine - Jentekveld
06. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen
07. Tre Små Kinesere - Kjærlighet på tunga
08. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries
09. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
10. Gitarkameratene - Kanon! Gitarkameratenes aller beste
11. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
12. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren
13. Liv Marit Wedvik - Solid Ground
14. Venke Knutson - Smiles - The Very Best Of
15. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
16. Divin' Ducks - Best Of
17. Steff Nevers - Ain't no bad life
18. StMorritz - Tusenvis av ting
19. Elg - Storm
20. Ost & Kjex - Cajun Lunch
Hur Högt, the Swedish all-star hip-hop/crossover project featuring Näääk, Nimo, Thomas Rusiak and Adiam Dymott have a new video for their eponymous single, the first official release off their upcoming album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB5Bf14NDJI
Things start to get a little ridiculous towards the end, but it's a good summer jam.
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Kent - En plats i solen
02. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
03. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
04. Håkan Hellström - Samlade singlar 2000-2010
05. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
06. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
07. Brolle - Best of
08. Kalle Mmoraeus - Underbart
09. Meduza Eddie - Rockabilly rebel
10. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
11. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
12. The Ark - In full regalia
13. Eric Saade - Masquerade
14. Timoteij - Längtan
15. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
16. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
17. Sabaton - Coat of arms
18. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
19. Kent - Röd
20. Johnossi - Mavericks
Nö Music reports that Hank von Helvete has quit Turbonegro: https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2010/07/09/hank-von-helvete-quits-turbonegro/
'Bout time they call it a day methinks.
Check out the Krazy Fiesta/Nils Bech collaboration "Drunk love" over at Discobelle: https://www.discobelle.net/2010/07/09/drunk-love/
Pitchfork reviews the new Diskjokke album "En fin tid": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14405-en-fin-tid/
artist Moddi is the third recipient of A-ha's million-kroner stipend fund: https://www.groove.no/html/news/85741988.html
I'll bet money that Casiokids will win out over Lars Vaular for the fourth and final coinpurse.
will be pressing Nekromantheon's debut demo EP "We're rotting" on 12" vinyl. The new edition will be limited to 500 copies and will include "a few" bonus tracks plus a new cover layout.
Champagne Riot are streaming a new track at myspace called "A friend of a friend" featuring guest vocals from Christina Roos (ex-Cat5): https://www.myspace.com/champagneriot
Gaffa reports that [ingenting] is launching a clothing and poster collection which will be debuted at Pet Sounds Bar in Stockholm on July 14: https://gaffa.se/nyhet/41190 (in Swedish)
Collaborating artists include Emma Löfström, Rina Donnersmarck, Karin Rönnmark and Giedre Domzaite.
Otur is giving away the new Sophie Rimheden remix of her latest single "Up": https://www.oturmusic.com/?p=791
Dummy interviews Robyn: https://www.dummymag.com/features/2010/07/05/robyn-interview-yeah-always-/
As a drummer, the audio sync issues are especially frustrating to me, but I do like the simple video concept of a band playing in a circle in their practice space. Download the song plus an exclusive b-side here: https://yamonyamon.bandcamp.com/album/the-darker-place
Direct link for the video: https://vimeo.com/13157105