Check out the e-card for the new The Sounds album "Dying to say this to you": http://www.dyingtosaythistoyou.com/

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (ÅT) Martha Wainright - "Bloody Mother F***ing A**hole"
02. (03) Timo Räisänen - "Fear No Darkness Promised Child"
03. (04) Arctic Monkey - "When the Sun Goes Down"
04. (01) Dub Sweden - "We're so Loud"
05. (NY) We Are Scientists - "The Great Escape"
06. (NY) Youngblood Brass Band - "Nuclear Summer"
07. (NY) Mylo - "Muscle Car (Sander Kleinenberg remix)"
08. (02) Alf - "Manchester Man"
09. (20) Sandy Mouche - "Spiderweb suit"
10. (07) Architectures in Helsinki - "lt'5"
11. (NY) Cat Power - "The Greatest"
12. (NY) Tim Neu - "If U Let Me Go"
13. (10) Stars - "Your Ex-lover is Dead"
14. (ÅT) SwingFly - "Something Got Me Started"
15. (NY) The Bravery - "Fearless"
16. (NY) Firefox AK - "Madame, Madame!"
17. (ÅT) Irene - "Baby I Love Your Way"
18. (NY) Loney Dear - "The City, the Airport"
19. (NY) Hello Saferide - "Long Lost Pen Pal"
20. (NY) Sway - "Little Derek"

Leaving the chart: Christian Kjellvander w/Nina Persson, Whyte Seeds, Belle & Sebastian, Damian Marley w/NAS, The Go Team!, Dilated Peoples, Matiyashu, Novastar, Håkan Hellström, The Sounds, Death Cab For Cutie, Mattafix and Monastir.

The latest from The Tough Alliance regarding their fatwa on The Sounds:

"Mattias Wachtmeister from Warner Music Sweden asked Embassy to ask us to remove the fatwa on The Sounds. He was worried that it might disturb the marketing of their new album. Of course it's darklords in suits as Mattias, not marionettes like The Sounds, who are the real forces of evil in this world. People who work actively to manipulate and defile the art. People who work actively to maintain the spectacle.
So as you wish Mattias, whoever the fuck you think you are, now it's on you.
This will be the last words from TTA regarding this issue. There are limits to how far into the darkness you go even when someone tries to kill your friend. The fatwas (tell the retards it doesn't even mean anything) are hereby dissolved. Ahead lies only pure, glittering future. See you there..."

Here's the latest Swedish student radio top 20 chart:

01. (01) Dub Sweden - "We're so Loud"
02. (09) Alf - "Manchester Man"
03. (NY) Timo Räisänen - "Fear No Darkness, Promised Child"
04. (08) Christian Kjellvander w/Nina Persson - "Roaring 40's"
05. (02) Arctic Monkeys - "When the sun goes down"
06. (06) Whyte Seeds - "Bold as Love"
07. (NY) Architecture In Helsinki - "It'5"
08. (05) Belle & Sebastian - "Funny Little Frog"
09. (17) Damian Marley w/NAS - "Road to Zion"
10. (11) Stars - "You Ex-lover is Dead"
11. (NY) The Go Team - "Ladyflash"
12. (10) Dilated Peoples - "Back Again"
13. (NY) Matiyashu - "King Without Crown"
14. (NY) Novastar - "Never Back Down"
15. (ÅT) Håkan Hellström - "13"
16. (07) The Sounds - "Song With a Mission"
17. (13) Death Cab For Cutie - "Crooked Teeth"
18. (NY) Mattafix - "To & Fro"
19. (NY) Monastir - "So Defeated"
20. (NY) Sandy Mouche - "Spiderweb Suit"

Leaving the chart: Martha Wainright, SwingFly, Irene, Absentee, Maxïmo Park, Beth Orton, Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins, Ashanti and Daddy Yankee.

Apparently The Tough Alliance has declared a Fatwa on The Sounds: http://www.thetoughalliance.com/
I guess The Sounds and The Embassy got in a fistfight at the Göteborg Filmfestival and one of the Embassy guys ended up in the hospital.

The Swedish student radio top 20 chart is back from vacation:

01. Dub Sweden - "We're So Loud"
02. Arctic Monkey - "When the Sun Goes Down"
03. Martha Wainright - "Bloody Mother F***ing A**hole"
04. SwingFly - "Something's Got Me Started"
05. Belle & Sebastian - "Funny Little Frog"
06. Whyte Seeds - "Bold as Love"
07. The Sounds - "Song With a Mission"
08. Christian Kjellvander w/Nina Persson - "Roaring 40's"
09. Alf - "Manchester Man"
10. Dilated Peoples - "Back Again"
11. Stars - "Your Ex-lover is Dead"
12. Irene - "Baby I Love Your Way"
13. Death Cab For Cutie - "Crooked Teeth"
14. Absentee - "Weasel"
15. Maxïmo Park - "I Want You to Stay"
16. Beth Orton - "Conceived"
17. Damian Marley med NAS - "Road to Zion"
18. Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - "Rise Up With Fists"
19. Ashanti - "Still on it"
20. Daddy Yankee - "Rompe"

Check out an e-card for the new album "Dying to say this to you" from The Sounds: http://newlinerecords.com/bands/thesounds/flashplayer/

The new The Sounds single "Song with a mission" is available for streaming: http://www.mtve.com/artist.php?ArtistId=93

"Song with a mission" will be the first single from the upcoming sophomore album "Dying to say this to you" by The Sounds. The much-anticipated follow-up to "Living In America" was recorded in the SF Bay Area with producers Jeff Saltzman (The Killers) and Paul Koderie (Radiohead, Hole). The single comes out early next year and the full-length drops in March, but guess what? It's already been leaked. I listened to it once this morning and am, unsurprisingly, not impressed.

Fluxblog posts a track from The Sounds: http://www.fluxblog.org/2005/11/darling-were-fashion-dont-you-know.html

Finally, all the details for the upcoming tourdates for The Sounds:

11/09 - Last Call/Carson Daly, Los Angeles, CA
11/10 - Popscene, San Francisco, CA
11/12 - Element, Los Angeles, CA w/Shiny Toy Guns
11/17 - Hiro Ballroom, New York City, NY w/Shiny Toy Guns
11/29 - Club Metro, London, UK w/Stellastarr*
11/30 - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, UK w/Stellastarr*
12/01 - Late Room, Manchester, UK w/Stellastarr*
12/02 - Koko (Club NME), London, UK w/Stellastarr*

The new record from The Sounds will be called "Dying to say this to you" and was recorded with Jeff Saltzman (The Killers). Look for tracks to be posted on myspace page soon. In other news, the band will be doing Last Call with Carson Daly on November in addition to the aforementioed SF show on November 10 at Popscene and dates in LA and NYC tbc. They will also play a one-off gig in London at Club Metro on November 29.

The Sounds will play Popscene at 330 Ritch in San Francisco on November 10. More US dates should be announced soon.

Look for The Sounds to announce some new US tourdates soon.

The Sounds are currently in San Francisco recording their sophomore album. Check out some pics at the band's new website: http://www.the-sounds.com/
Anybody know what studio they are at?