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This week's top artists for the It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:
01. Håkan Hellström
02. Kent
03. Jens Lekman
04. Coldplay
05. Sufjan Stevens
06. The Postal Service
07. Death Cab for Cutie
08. The Arcade Fire
09. The Knife
10. The Strokes
Colplay?! Egads, man! Anyhoo, here's the top 10 tracks for the week:
01. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
02. Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone
03. Irene - Baby I Love Your Way
04. Cat Power - The Greatest
05. Håkan Hellström - Jag Vill Ha Allting
06. The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
07. The Postal Service - Sleeping In
08. Death Cab for Cutie - Your Heart Is An Empty Room
09. Tiger Lou - All I Have
10. Mew - Apocalypso
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This week's top artists for the It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:
01. Håkan Hellström
02. The Strokes
03. Death Cab for Cutie
04. Jens Lekman
05. Franz Ferdinand
06. Laakso
07. Sufjan Stevens
08. The Cardigans
09. Interpol
10. Elliott Smith
The much less interesting top 10 tracks for the week:
01. Håkan Hellström - Klubbland
02. Håkan Hellström - Precis som Romeo
03. Håkan Hellström - Jag Vill Ha Allting
04. Håkan Hellström - Augusti I Helvetet
05. Håkan Hellström - Går vidare
06. Håkan Hellström - Fade away
07. Håkan Hellström - Evert Taube
08. Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body
09. I'm from Barcelona - Treehouse
10. I'm from Barcelona - We're From Barcelona
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SvD on the upcoming Jens Lekman DVD "Kullaberg" first reported on here back in August: http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/noje/did_11447280.asp (via)
This week's top artists for the It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:
01. The Decemberists
02. Death Cab for Cutie
03. Bright Eyes
04. The Arcade Fire
05. Håkan Hellström
06. Laakso
07. Belle and Sebastian
08. Mew
09. Antony and the Johnsons
10. Jens Lekman
Top tracks:
01. Håkan Hellström - Klubbland
02. Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body
03. Laakso - High Drama
04. Cat Power - The Greatest
05. Death Cab for Cutie - Marching Bands of Manhattan
06. David Sandström Overdrive - Get on with your life
07. Håkan Hellström - Jag Vill Ha Allting
08. Håkan Hellström - Precis som Romeo
09. Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone
10. Håkan Hellström - Augusti I Helvetet
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This week's top artists for the It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:
01. Death Cab for Cutie
02. Belle and Sebastian
03. The Strokes
04. The Arcade Fire
05. Kent
06. Sufjan Stevens
07. Jens Lekman
08. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
09. Bloc Party
10. David Bowie
Top tracks:
01. The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
02. The Strokes - You Only Live Once
03. Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
04. Broken Social Scene - Fire Eye'd Boy
05. Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body
06. I'm from Barcelona - We're From Barcelona
07. The Strokes - Juicebox
08. Tiger Lou - Nixon
09. Mogwai - Folk Death 95
10. Broken Social Scene - Swimmers
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Jens Lekman talks to Pitchfork about his current musical hiatus: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-12/16.shtml#jenslekman
With a chorus borrowed from a song by The Tough Alliance and songs sounding like a mix between Jens Lekman and Moneybrother, this album could hardly have been done any other time and place than in Sweden 2005. But even though "Drama" is a very timely album, David Pagmar (who is Montt Mardié) has also constructed a great piece of music, in fact one of the best this year! There are some really outstanding "souly" tracks on here (e.g. "Huckleberry friend" - one of my favourite songs of 2005), and also a bunch of uptempo ones, and at the end of the album we get treated to a magnificent cover of Håkan Hellström's sucker punch of a song "Kom igen Lena" shrewdly called "Come on Eileen", which is done in a beautiful stripped-down fashion. I love this album and if I had the money and time I'd spend the rest of the year dressed up as Santa and walk around the streets giving away copies of it out to everyone I met.
- Simon Tagestam
It's taken me a long time to appreciate Jens Lekman. I still think his older material tends to be fairly weak, but I grudgingly admit that he has gotten much much better with time. In listening to his latest limited edition tour EP, I think I've figured out the reason for my change of heart: When Lekman eschews production tricks and lets his songs stand on their own, he shines. Whether it's the simple accompaniment of ukulele or piano, it works wonders for his material. On the other hand, the spoken word piece "How much you mean to me" is unlistenable garbage, but there's barely anyone who can pull something like that off, so I'll let it slide. I also think I prefer it when Jens sings in his native Swedish. He sounds so much more comfortable, more laidback. Keep making music like this and I'll definitely be a fan.
- Avi Roig
This week's top artists for the It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:
01. Death Cab for Cutie
02. Kent
03. Hello Saferide
04. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
05. The Cardigans
06. I'm from Barcelona
07. Franz Ferdinand
08. The Shins
09. The Arcade Fire
10. Coldplay
11. Jens Lekman
12. Iron & Wine
13. Laakso
14. The Decemberists
15. Bloc Party
16. Tiger Lou
17. Architecture in Helsinki
18. The Strokes
19. David Fridlund
20. Sigur Rós
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SKWBN's first album is a bit mellower and, to a certain extend, a more experimental affair than their previous two EPs (#1 and #2). Fortunately, it still has that Jens Lekman / Beat Happening / Jonathan Richman feel to it (quirky instrumentation and quirky lyrics where there's no shame in rhyming 'pretty' with 'Tom Petty'). This seems to be a style that tons of Swedish kids are trying to emulate at the moment (a bit like what the Strokes did to the American and British scene, but in a much smaller context, of course), but not a lot of them do it as well as SKWBN, Lekman or El Perro Del Mar (although Agent Simple and Montt Mardié are looking very promising). SKWBN haven't forgotten how to write hits either (e.g. "Noodles"), and this is in fact a very strong album that deserves all the attention it can possible get, from you, you, and you.
- Simon Tagestam
New mp3 today from Tape from their third album "Rideau", out next week on Häpna. As Jens Lekman says in his recent interview with PopMatters, "the most exciting stuff is happening on the Häpna label" and I'm inclined to agree. Surely you've heard some of the hype on now-departed organ/drum duo Sagor & Swing, but there's much more to be discovered. I find myself listening to a lot of droning ambient music these days now that I'm working from home and can listen to my choice of music without fear of annoying coworkers. However, I still have to worry about annoying my wife, so compromises must be made! This is the stuff that we can wholeheartedly agree on: it's inobstrusive enough that you can work without distractions, but not so much so that you can't enjoy it. And we all know that noise/drone is the new black, right? Get with it! I especially love this track for the buzz of the shakers - it reminds me of cicadas and summertime.
Montt Mardié