Lasse Lindh's new single "Varje litet steg" will be released on February 14.

Lasse Lindh has posted a cover of "Bigmouth strikes again" as his Xmas gift: http://www.lasselindh.se/musikmedia.html

Lasse Lindh has posted some new demo tracks for free download: http://www.lasselindh.se/musikmedia.html

Lasse Lindh has posted some tracks from his new EP "Attica" on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lasselindh

Various Artists
Everyone sings along with the Acid House Kings
Labrador

Last year Acid House Kings did a nice little promotion when they launched their album "Sing along with..." by putting a karaoke spin on it. Now they've released an EP where five different artists interpret songs from the album. They got Magnus Carlsson (Weeping Willows) doing "Will you love me in the morning?" which isn't that different from the original. Les Trés Bien Ensemble render "My heart is a stone" in French and Lasse Lindh does a cool Swedish version of "That's because you drive me". Montt Mardié and Don Lennon with their own characteristic vocals both manage to make "Do what you wanna do" and "Tonight is forever" into their 'own' songs. Acid House Kings have managed to get a bunch of excellent artists to cover their songs, so if you like "Sing along..." and, like me, love cover versions, I think you have to buy this EP. Hopefully there'll be a volume two!
- Simon Tagestam

Swedish singer/songwriter Lasse Lindh will release the new EP "Attica" on April 19.

Lasse Lindh has posted a clip of his contribution to the upcoming "Everyone sings along with Acid House Kings" karaoke comp: http://www.lasselindh.se/mp3/lasseskyllersnippet.mp3

Lasse Lindh has posted a live set from a show at Nalen last October for free download: http://www.lasselindh.se/musikmedia.html

Labrador has confirmed the release dates and tracklists for two new upcoming CDs:

Irene - Baby I love your way CDS - 01/11/06
01. Baby I love your way
02. To be with you

Acid House Kings - Everyone sings along with Acid House Kings CDEP - 02/08/06
01. Magnus Carlson - Will you love me in the morning?
02. Les Très Bien Ensemble - Ce coeur est de pierre
03. Lasse Lindh - Jag skyller allt på dig
04. Montt Mardié - Do what you wanna do
05. Don Lennon - Tonight is forever

Labrador Records has announced that they will be releasing a new Acid House Kings EP entitled "Everyone sings along with Acid House Kings" on which Magnus Carlson, Les Très Bien Ensemble, Lasse Lindh, Montt Mardié and Don Lennon all contribute their own unique karaoke versions of their favourite AHK songs. Sounds fun. Look for it on February 8. In other AHK news, their US label Twentyseven Records will release a US version of the OOP "Do what you wanna do" EP which includes three non-album tracks plus a special US-only bonus track of AHK covering "Keep your love" by Loveninjas. That too comes out in February.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
02. Björn Afzelius - Björn Afzelius bästa
03. Laleh - Laleh
04. Peter LeMarc - Sjutton sånger - LeMarc sjunger LeMarc
05. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
06. Louise Hoffsten - From Linköping to Memphis
07. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
08. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
09. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
10. Musikal - Mamma Mia
11. Ebba Grön - Samlingen
12. Lasse Lindh - Lasse Lindh
13. Robyn - Robyn
14. The Latin Kings - Familia Royale
15. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten
16. Nocturnal Rites - Grand Illusion
17. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta Ballader
18. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
19. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
20. The Bear Quartet - Saturday night

Tons of new Scandinavian reviews on Aversionline today:

Ambulance - The end of our time
Icos - Walk with me
Auktion - D-beat rock'n'roll mayhem
Audiopain - Contagious
Audiopain - 1986

Lasse Lindh's new album has been confirmed for a September 21 release via Groover Recordings. The first single "Sommarens sista smak" has already been sent to radio.

The new "Jeans & Cover" compilation from Groover Recordings will be released on May 18. The disc contains seventeen Swedish artists performing a bunch of fun cover tunes. Check out the tracklist:

01. Grand Mal - Rich Girl
02. Lasse Lindh – Careless Whisper
03. The Sunshine - Who Loves The Sun?
04. The Flu – Hate To Say I Told You So
05. Hello Saferide - Teen Line
06. The Martial Arts – Hazard
07. Gerald Collier - Rock On
08. The Motorcycle Boy - Dreams
09. The Here and Now – Important In Your Life
10. Niccokick - Vega And Boston
11. Steve Reynolds – Love My Way
12. Timo Räisänen - Halo
13. Sofia Talvik – Nothing Compares 2 U
14. Callahan - Shake your blood
15. MC F-Shock (aka Frida Hyvönen) feat. Jonny Puma – In Public

Read more here, including all of the artist's reasons for their song selections: http://www.grooverrecordings.com/current/j&c.html

Bands confirmed for the Groover Recordings "Jeans & Summer 2" compilation: Bishop Allen (US), The Flu, Melpo Mene, The Sunshine, Roger Manning (ex-Jellyfish), Ashley Park, Lasse Lindh and The Martial Arts.

Okay, I think things here are pretty much back on track. After further discussion with my webhost it appears that yes, they bungled the switching of a hard drive this past weekend and lost about 5 days worth of database data. Luckily, Google had it cached and I've been able to recover most of it exactly as it was before. I'm still a bit peeved at the situation, but there's not much I can do. Anyhow, I only have one day's worth of data to recover and that ain't bad. Also, anyone who signed up for the newsletter after Monday needs to do so again, too. So yeah, now let's get back to your regular programming...

Magnus was kind enough to send me some pics from KVLR's recent show with Logh at Scharinska Villan in Umeå this past Saturday. Check 'em out.

Hardcore Superstar has posted a bunch of pictures and video clips from their recent video shoot for the track "Honey Tongue".

Morten from A-ha is thinking of going into the bakery business. No really! Read this.

Thearkworld.com has posted yet another live video from the band's Stockholm show on April 30, this time it's "Joy Surrender".

Backdraft has recruited Greg from Raging Slab to be their new singer. The band plans to concentrate on songwriting this summer and will enter the studio sometime in July to record an new album for an October release.

Parasol/Hidden Agenda Records will release Club 8's latest record "Strangely Beautiful" on June 17 in the US. It's the band's fifth album overall, the third to see a domestic stateside release. In care you didn't know, Parasol are the people who introduced The Soundtrack of Our Lives to the States along with other acts such as Thirdimension, Ronderlin, Acid House Kings, Starlet, Mans Wieslander, Permer, Lasse Lindh, and Waltz For Debbie.

IndieWorkshop lauds the US release of "C'mon Let's Pretend" from the Sahara Hotnights. If you thought the 2nd album (the first one released in the US) was good, you ain't heard nuttin.

PopMatters reviews the new retrospective comp from Division of Laura Lee.

Pitchforkmedia.com gives the thumbs-up to Junior Senior.

Sparks of Seven has confirmed their summer tour schedule:

07/04 - Fjällbacka, Mega Wakeboard Contest
07/10 - Arvika, Arvikafestivalen
07/23 - Stockholm, Fritz Corner, Kulturhuset w/José González
08/01 - Hässleholm, Sommarfesten
08/02 - Lindesberg, Augustibuller
08/07-09 - Rasslebygd, Emmabodafestivalen

Check out the entire program for the Stockholm Jazz Festival right here.

SVT has published the summer schedule for the program "Allsång på Skansen":

06/24 - After Shave, Buddaboys, Per Gessle and Jerry Williams & The Boppers
07/01 - GES (Glennmark, Eriksson and Strömstedt), Sanne Salomonsen and Staffan Scheja
07/08 - Alcazar, Håkan Hellström, Kalle Moraeus/Bengan Jansson, Robyn and Tommy Körberg
07/15 - The Ark, Björn Skifs, Jill Johnson and Micke Nord
07/22 - Charlotte Nilsson, Jeerk, Ludvig Andersson, Per Myrberg and Style
07/29 - Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson, Black Noise, Fame, Jörgen Mörnbäck and Rigmor Gustavsson
08/05 - Benny Anderssons orkester & Helen Sjöholm, Carola, Lasse Berghagen and Robert Gustafsson

The Knife has given two songs to Robyn for the American edition of her album "Don't Stop The Music"? Read more. (from Musikjournalen, in Swedish)

Randy, Nasum, The Haunted, Raised Fist, The Pricks, The Liptones, Sparks of Seven, Bowser, Misconduct, Orange Crunch and Alice in Videoland have all been added to the Augustibuller lineup.