Viagra Boys
Swedish punk band Viagra Boys take on hyper-masculinity in the debut album Street Worms.
The album was released last year but deserves more attention. Hear a couple of songs: Just Like You and Sports.
Just Like You
Sports
Nina K
Nina Kinert is a Swedish singer/songwriter not yet well-known in America.
On her lovely new song Chapped Lips she teams up with Samuel T. Herring, the distinctive voice of the band Future Islands.
Chapped Lips
Pale Honey
Pale Honey is an indie duo out of Sweden making some noise outside of their homeland.
Their self-titled debut album features the song “Youth”.
First Aid Kit
Stay Gold is the title of the next album from the Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit.
Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes will once again produce as he did on 2012’s The Lion’s Roar.
“My Silver Lining” is the gorgeous first track.
Avicii
Avicii is one of the world’s great DJs.
This Swedish wunderkind has created unique EDM, none more than his new single “Wake Me Up!”
The song will be heard on his album #TRUE in September. The vocals are by American soul singer Aloe Blacc.
Cajsa Siik
Cajsa Siik’s first song debuted in Stockholm in August.
Expect the album Plastic House in December.
Singer, songwriter, cellist, “Was I Supposed to?” is delicious infectious pure pop.
First Aid Kit
Last year we featured a preview of First Aid Kit’s album The Lion’s Roar.
This is their first American-recorded album and their second full-length since their 2010 debut The Big Black & Blue.
These two Swedish sisters recorded in Omaha with Bright Eyes’ Mike Mogis producing.
“Blue” is the new single.
First Aid Kit
First Aid Kit is the name of a Swedish folk duo comprised of sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg, 21 and 19 respectively.
Their 2nd album, The Lion’s Roar, is due in early 2012.
Here is a video of the stunning title song.
Lykke Li
One of my favorite songs of last year was Lykke Li’s “Get Some”.
We featured it here in the October.
Her album Wounded Rhymes is due in late February.
The next single from this Swedish chanteuse is “I Follow Rivers” and is the Song of the Day.
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“I Follow Rivers” by Lykke Li
Peter Bjorn and John
The Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John, best known for the song “Young Folks”, are offering a free download of “Breaker Breaker” an angry rave-up from their forthcoming album Gimme Some.
Sign up for the download and see the video below.
Lykke Li: Free download
Lykke Li is a compelling Swedish singer who has one album and a number of EPs under her name, and has performed with the likes of Röykscopp, Kings of Leon, Drake, Kanye West and Amanda Blank. Her new song “Get Some” has an irresistible “I Want Candy”/Bo Diddley backbeat combined with overt sexual lyrical imagery. She is giving the single away for free here as well as the B-side “Paris Blue”. Dance to this Song of the Day.
Jens Lekman
Jens Lekman, the idiosyncratic Swedish musician currently residing in Australia, has recorded very little music since 2007. Suffering through a broken heart, he was inspired by the Obama victory in 2008 and emerged from his pain. Reminiscent of the melancholy sound of Morrissey, “The End of the World is Bigger Than Love” is available as a free download and is the Song of the Day.
“The End of World is Bigger Than Love” by Jens Lekman