swedish

Swedish pop twins Taxi Taxi! have covered the folk song ‘Oh my darling Clementine’ on zither and accordion, backed by their dad on steel pedal. Video by Erik Wåhlström.

The Swedes know their thing when it comes to making electro pop (or melodic death metal, for that matter). The first single of Little Dragon’s sophomore release Machine Dreams. I heard they’ll be in Istanbul soon.

For our precious friend Emre Yerlikhan babel whom we lost today at the ripe age of 34. A devout literary fanatic and a bright mind, his place won’t be filled. May his ideas & ideals live on through his friends, and may he rest in peace.

Last time I listened to Victoria Bergsman aka Taken by Trees, she was making acoustic indie folk pop in her native Sweden, sounding not unlike her compatriot El Perro del Mar. East of Eden on the contrary sees a popified breed of Eastern music replacing generic indie folk, So what changed in two years?

Swedish psychedelic combo Dungen is back with a new one on Subliminal Sounds. Their 4th album aptly titled “4” is an extremely well crafted album of eclectic influences such as psychedelic pop, 60s soul, swedish folk, acid jam rock and jazz. The ingredients might sound a little awkward. Swedish folk, jam rock and soul?

eleased in February 2008, this is something I had to mention before delving into summermusic. Behind L&P is the talented Kristofer Ström whom we know before from his work with Kama Aina and Gregg Kowalsky. He’s taken home a bunch of awards with his animations as well as his music this year.

Anyways, today we have Vincent Black Shadow from Baltimore, with a gnarly stoner rock mixed with punk & psychedelics. NYC based I Love you Airlines is a nu-age rock/glam duo with electronics, didn’t like the other songs but this one is pretty catchy.

When I ponder on extraterrestrial life, I almost always think if they’re as selfish and crochety as our race the oh so self-righteous humans. Just look at this list on wikipedia – the list of active autonomous and secessionist movements, there’s not even one country who’s not having a problem with a minority group.