Attention Sirius/XM listeners: this week's show (Dec. 21/22) will be a special punk/hardcore feature and the following week (Dec. 28/29) will be all jazz. Playlists will be posted (eventually). Regular programming will return in 2009.
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Sanna, Shirley, Sonja - Our Christmas
02. Per Gessle - Party crasher
03. Lasse Stefanz - Svängjul
04. ABBA - The albums (9CD box set)
05. Hans Alfredsson/Tage Danielsson/Lasse O'Månsson - Lindemans låda - Fullare än någonsin
06. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
07. Vikingarna - Den sista dansen - Live från Arvika
08. Amy Diamond - En helt ny Jul
09. Ulf Lundell - Omaha
10. Lena + Orup - Dubbel
11. Charlotte Perrelli - Rimfrostjul
12. Carola - I denna natt blir världen ny - Jul i Betlehem II
13. Darin - Flashback
14. Anna Ternheim - Leaving on a mayday
15. Jill Johnson - Baby blue paper
16. Christer Sjögren - Mitt sköna sextiotal
17. Magnus Carlsson - Re:collection 93-08
18. Eldkvarn - Hunger Hotell
19. Takida - Bury the lies
20. Frida Hyvönen - Silence is wild
Zip Records has licensed Swedish power-pop act Little Red Snapper for a US release. Expect to see their album "Morning light" appear over here sometime in April.
RinneRadio's 20th anniversary collection is streaming in its entirety at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/rinneradio
Read more about the collection (and the band) right here: https://www.rinneradio.com/news.htm
Check out a mini-video for the new The Sound of Arrows single "M.A.G.I.C.": https://vimeo.com/2552849
Frukt Records has a brand new album from the group Fiktion posted for free download: https://www.fruktrecords.se/
Marching Band are doing a one-off gig in London at The Luminaire on January 8 with The Clientele.
Live music with Those Dancing Days at PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/12/19/musik-med-those-dancing-days/
Finnish act I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper are giving away their new mini-album "Dark business" as a free download: https://www.iwatsw.com/darkbusiness
Hits in the Car on the latest (and last?) song from Danish DIY artist One Weekly Gun: https://stytzer.blogspot.com/2008/12/one-xmas-song.html
Lampshade's new 6-track MCD "Stop pause play" is now confirmed for release on January 26. Preview/pre-order at the band's website: https://www.lampshade.dk/
Watch a high quality video clip of Paddington Distortion Combo playing live in Berlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V3ddSV_tkw&fmt=18
Scandinavian artists in Pitchfork's top 50 albums of 2008 list: The Tallest Man on Earth (#47), Lykke Li (#45), Air France (#14) and Lindstrøm (#12). Read more: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/148001-the-50-best-albums-of-2008
Turbonegro is coming to the Pacific Northwest in April:
04/12 - Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
04/13 - El Corazon, Seattle, WA
04/14 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC
Finnish gothpop act The Rasmus will release their new single "Justify" on January 19.