Tag Archives: Sweden

[Introducing] – Francis

Francis’ “This Must Be Blood” still has about a month before it sees the light of day but demonstrates the versatility of a band that have years of experience behind them and a promising future ahead.

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[Review/Listen] – Korallreven – “An Album By Korallreven”

Korallreven (meaning, I’m told, “coral reef” in Swedish) is a superb name for this project. It really is right on, because I think “An Album By Korallreven” may very well be the best tropical snorkel/scuba soundtrack ever made.

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[Review/Listen] – Jens Lekman – “An Argument With Myself”

TweetShare Listen to and buy Jens Lekman‘s “An Argument With Myself”: Amazon | iTunes | Secretly Canadian In his new EP “An Argument with Myself”, Jens Lekman ventures, to characteristically charming effect, into myriad flirtations with unfamiliar genres. On this first release in four years, as in all his older work, his lyrics carry the songs, entrancing listeners with his strikingly [...]

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[Listen] – New Song By First Aid Kit – “The Lion’s Roar”

TweetShare Listen to First Aid Kit‘s new song “The Lion’s Roar”, from their new album “The Lion’s Roar”. Sweden. Is there anything they have difficulty doing? I mean the people are gorgeous, the economy is strong, the government is probably awesome, and the music that comes from the blonde shores is nothing short of spectacular. Every time. [...]

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[Review/Listen] – I Break Horses – “Hearts”

TweetShare Buy the album on Amazon – MP3 | CD I Break Horses is the name of Swedish duo Maria Lindén and Fredrick Balck and a reference to one of Smog’s most famous, well-crafted and artful songs.  But while this reference may suggest similarities between I Break Horses and the band that produced their eponymous song, [...]

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[Album Review/Listen] – Little Dragon – “Ritual Union”

TweetShare Buy the album on Amazon – Vinyl | MP3 | CD Sweden has quite the reputation for producing outstanding electronic acts, among them Lykke Li, The Knife and, for the purposes of this review, Little Dragon.  Little Dragon was formed in 1996 by Swedish-Japanese vocalist Yukimi Nagano and three high school friends.  Since then, [...]

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[Listen/Download] – New Song By Air France – It Feels Good To Be Around You”

TweetShare This band, having been releasing stuff for the last five-plus years, still haven’t released a God-damn album yet. Two EPs and a single or two and that’s it. That’s the epitome of a musical cock-tease, if you ask me, but fuck it, I’ll take whatever Air France want to give us and by the [...]

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[Listen/Download] – New Song By The Tallest Man On Earth – “Weather Of A Killing Kind”

TweetShare This guy knows how to pull at those heartstrings. Maybe it’s a combination of certain things going on in my personal life right now, but The Tallest Man On Earth is the kinda music that accompanies it well first thing in the morning.  I’ve said this before but what he does isn’t anything groundbreaking, [...]

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[Watch] – New Video By The Concretes – “My Ways”

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[Watch] – New Video By Masquer – “Happiness”

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[Watch] – New Video By Ben Hogun – “Trick Of The Mind”

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[Listen/Download] – New Song By The Tallest Man On Earth – “In The Pockets”

TweetShare New music from The Tallest Man On Earth = old music from The Tallest Man On Earth. Any music from The Tallest Man On Earth = AWESOME! I’m fine with not saying anything else and leaving the post here, but I’ll give you a little back-story. Back in 2006 when Kristian Matsson was but a lad [...]

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[Watch] – Swedish House Mafia – “Save The World”

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[Watch] – New Video By The Kick – “Rubicon”

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[Watch] – New Video By Lykke Li – “Sadness Is A Blessing”

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[Watch/Download] – New Video by Elias Krantz – “Tody Motmot”

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