According to a post in the band's ongoing studio diary, The Cardigans are now finished recording their new album. Read more: http://www.cardigans.com/

Magnus Sveningsson has posted that today is the first day of The Cardigans being back in the studio recording.

Top 10s for 2004: IAT! writers

Check out the microsite for the new "Live in London" DVD from The Cardigans: http://cardigans.com/microsites/live.in.london/

The top Scandinavian videos streamed last week at on-demand video service Musicbrigade.com:

01. Eric Prydz - Call On Me [Late Night Version]
02. Gunther feat. Samantha Fox - Touch Me
03. Elin Lanto - I Won't Cry
04. The Cardigans w/Tom Jones - Burning Down The House
05. Eric Prydz - Call On Me [Clean Version]
Requested Videos: 293,903
Total Streams: 458,801

Aftonbladet reports that The Cardigans have begun work on a new album: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,555686,00.html (in Swedish)

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

The Cardigans have updated their web diary with pics and stories from the 'Chicks with Attitudes' tour: http://cardigans.com/microsites/tourdiary/

The nominees for this year's Nordic Music Awards:

Best Norwegian artist: David Pedersen, Kurt Nilsen, Lene Marlin, Morten Abel and Odd Nordstoga

Best Norwegian newcomer: David Pedersen, Gaute Ormåsen, Kjartan Salvesen, Kurt Nilsen and Venke Knutson

Best Nordic artist: Agnetha Fältskog, Bo Kaspers Orkester, Lene Marlin, Lisa Nilsson and Outlandish

Best Nordic export: The Cardigans, Lene Marlin, Nightwish, Outlandish and The Rasmus

Full details: http://www.nordicmusicawards.no/

Atlanta alt-weekly Creative Loafing interviews the participants on the Liz Phair 'Chicks With Attitude' tour, including Nina Persson of The Cardigans: http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2004-08-05/vibes_feature.html

The Cardigans have updated their tour diary microsite with an interview with new live backup singer Emm Gryner: http://cardigans.com/microsites/tourdiary/emm_interview/

Lost at Sea reviews The Cardigans: http://lostatsea.net/LAS/archives/reviews/records/cardigans.htm

Bassist Magnus Sveningsson of The Cardigans has started working on new songs for his solo project Righteous Boy at Tambourine studios.

PopMatters interviews The Cardigans: http://popmatters.com/music/interviews/cardigans-040701.shtml

The Cardigans have updated their online tour diary with a bunch of new content: http://cardigans.com/microsites/tourdiary/