The Swedish Charts

"The"; definite article. "Sweden"; country in northern Europe known for it's impeccable music tastes. "Chart"; the worst way to rank musical success. So, here's a few of the more interesting picks from this weeks Swedish Album Chart.

2. "RallarsvÄng" by Lasse Stefanz



A "country-music inspired dansband". Yes, in Sweden they apparently like to dance to the jitterbug still. How indie is that! If you want to dance, then this is the stuff to do it to.

5. "10 År En SnÄll Mans BekÄnnelser" by Patrik Isaksson



I'm sure it would sound a lot different if I understood what he way saying, but from what I can tell he's got a lot of emotion and he's not afraid to let you know. I'll leave it to you to figure if that's a good or bad thing.

9. "A State Of Mind" by EMD

Every country has it's own boy band, and this is theirs. All three members have competed in a Swedish TV show called "Idol", one of those shows were people with telephones and too much time decide who has more musical ability, and from what I could tell none of them won. I suppose the only thing worse that being in a reality TV show is winning it.

Photography... The Lasse Stefanz tour bus was by Geir Arne Brevik and the one of Mr. Isaksson was by Bengt Nyman.