New reviews of Scandinavian music from German webzine Sellfish:

C.Aarmé - s/t
Laakso - i miss you, i'm pregnant
Last Days of April - if you lose it
Pain of Salvation - 12:5

"You Are A Dead Box" and "Failures" are the names of the two tracks that C.Aarmé just recorded with Uffe (Entombed) and Tompa (Disfear).

The tracklist for the upcoming self-titled C.Aarmé album on Burning Heart:

01. Gasmask
02. Tu Puta Mi Casa
03. Visions
04. O'Neill Oh No
05. What's The Problem Mussolini
06. Aimless
07. High Tech
08. Moron
09. It Must Hurt Now
10. No Gracias
11. Baise Moi
12. The Gag
13. Worst Part
14. Total Trash
15. I Am A Princess

Some of the acts confirmed for the upcoming City Sound Festival in Göteborg on April 1-3: José Gonzàlez, Jens Lekman, The Mo, Mattias Hellberg, C.Aarmé and The Legends. The event is modelled after SXSW and will feature seminars and discussions as well as live music.

Okay, C.Aarmé has confirmed that the release party for their new record is going down at Playground in Pustervik, Sweden on February 27. There will be DJs and the first 100 people in the door get a free beer and CD. Or so they say anyhow. The debut self-titled album comes out February 25 on Burning Heart.

C.Aarmé's debut album will get an Australian release through Shock Records. As mentioned before, the European release is being handled by Burning Heart and it will be out on February 25.

New mp3 up today from up-and-coming punk rockers C.Aarmé. Look for their debut full-length on Burning Heart later on this year. Also added a new streaming radio show from Niklas Holmberg. He runs the very excellent Nicolai Dunger fansite at nicolaidunger.tk and The (International) Noise Conspiracy fansite at theblastoff.tk. His playlist is broken into four sections: rock'n'roll, melancholic, Refused-related and instrumental. All very cool, so be sure to check it out.

Speaking of C.Aarmé, they'll be teaming up with Uffe (Entombed), Tompa (Disfear, ex-At the Gates, etc.) and everyone's best friend Satan to record two new songs later this month.

Pics from C.Aarmé on the Close-Up tour with Entombed and Disfear: http://c.aarme.lofi.org/close_up_2003/

Rough Trade has put together a 2xCD compilation called "Counter Culture 2003" to be released in conjunction with Mute on February 2 next year and it features quite a few Nordic acts such as The Concretes, Kaada, Mugison, and C.Aarmé. Full track list: http://www.nme.com/news/106909.htm

And speaking of that Close-Up tour, Raised Fist has been forced to cancel due to sickness in the band. Nine will take their place and C.Aarmé will tag along for the ride.

Up-and-coming hyped punkrockers C.Aarmé will release their debut self-titled album on February 25 on Carcrash/Burning Heart Records. These guys seem to be pushing pretty hard recently, so I'd definitely keep an eye on 'em.

Here's this week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:

01. Glitz - Away from you (FIN)
02. Technicolour - Fireflies (FIN)
03. Nina Rochelle - Taxi 43 (SWE)
04. The Rasmus - The first day of my life (FIN)
05. Garbo - Won't be in your way (DK)
06. Xantom - Miss you (DK)
07. Johnny Deluxe - Elskovspony (DK)
08. Zen Café - Piha ilman sadettajaa (FIN)
09. User - To feel (SWE)
10. Jonna - Kaikki talossa (FIN)

Challengers:
01. The Latin Kings - Cashen dom tas (SWE)
02. Klovner i kamp - Konger i kamp (NOR)
03. Fintelligens - Vaan sil on väliä (FIN)

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
02. The Refreshments - Rock 'n' Roll X-mas
03. Markoolio - I skuggan av mig själv
04. Peter Jöback - Jag kommer hem igen till jul
05. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
06. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
07. Per Gessle - Mazarin
08. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
09. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
10. Lars Roos - För de som älskar
11. José González - Veneer
12. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
13. Mauro Scocco - La Dolce Vita
14. Carola - Jul i Betlehem
15. Christer Sjögren - För kärlekens skull 14 visklassiker
16. Helen Sjöholm / Anders Widmark - Genom varje andetag
17. Mats Ronander - Bästa
18. Bamse - Bamses dunder-hits
19. Broder Daniel - Cruel town
20. Lisa Ekdahl - En samling sånger

By way of Dagensskiva, here is thist week's Swedish student radio top 20:

Leaving the chart:
06. Paris "Rainy Day In London"
13. Bring Me The Fucking Riot...Man "Lolita Riotta"
14. The Legends "There And Back Again"
16. Guided By Voices "The Best Of Jill Hives"
17. Slow Train Soul "In The Black Of Night"
19. Primal Scream Ft. (Kate Moss "Some Velvet Morning"
20. The Bear Quartet "Ask Me, Don't Axe Me"

As you've probably already heard, the first couple bands for next year's Hultsfred fest have been confirmed: Broder Daniel, C.Aarmé, Rocky Dennis, The Legends, Snook and The Kid. The show isn't until next July, but tickets go on sale at the end of December. Details: www.rockparty.se

Up-and-coming Swedish punk rockers C.Aarmé got a few gigs lined up, including one in Scotland:

10/29 - Smålands Nation, Lund (SWE)
10/30 - King Tut's, Glasgow (UK)
11/01 - Debaser, Stockholm
11/08 - Rock Lobster , Svalöv (SWE)

Recent Burning Heart signees C.Aarmé just released their new 4-song 7" "The Gag" on Big Brothel records. "Do you remember the first time you stumbled upon punk or hardcore that excited you more than sex? Stuff that made you realize there was a different (and better) universe out there? Yup, this is THAT GOOD."