Jens Lekman New Zealand tour

Jens Lekman is playing New Zealand in late January:

01/25 - Secret show, lower North Island
01/31 - Wunderbar, Lyttelton
01/30 - The Harbourlight, Lyttelton w/Joanna Newsom
01/28 - Toto's Montecristo Room, Auckland

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Kent
02. Hello Saferide
03. Local Natives
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Jens Lekman
06. Port O'Brien
07. Taken By Trees
08. Efterklang
09. Laakso
10. Phoenix

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This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Kent
02. Mattias Alkberg
03. El Perro del Mar
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Jens Lekman
06. Jonathan Johansson
07. Local Natives
08. Loney, Dear
09. Markus Krunegård
10. Phoenix

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Air France in the US

Air France will be following Jens Lekman to Chicago to DJ following his NYE gigs and are also looking for additional gigs around the same time: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=63897182&blogId=517370739

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Kent
02. Jens Lekman
03. Håkan Hellström
04. Markus Krunegård
05. Hello Saferide
06. Loney, Dear
07. Kings of Convenience
08. Lake Heartbeat
09. The Bear Quartet
10. Bon Iver

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Jens Lekman NYE show sold out, adds two more

I didn't bother mentioning it when it was first announced, but Jens Lekman's New Year's Eve show in Chicago is sold out. But! He's added two more shows January 1-2 at the Empty Bottle.

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Markus Krunegård
02. Jens Lekman
03. Fever Ray
04. Ane Brun
05. Kent
06. The Bear Quartet
07. Håkan Hellström
08. The Tough Alliance
09. Taken By Trees
10. Loney, Dear

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Dossier interviews video director Marcus Söderlund

Bi-annual arts + culture journal Dossier talks to Swedish music video director Marcus Söderlund, known for his work for artists such as The Tough Alliance, Jens Lekman, Taken By Trees and so on: http://dossierjournal.com/music/new-romantic-interview-with-marcus-soderlund/

Two new Warmer Climes mixtapes

The Warmer Climes blog has new mixtapes from Jens Lekman and two of the guys from Endiamonds.

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. The Bear Quartet
02. Taken By Trees
03. Kings of Convenience
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Tiger Lou
06. The Big Pink
07. The Hidden Cameras
08. Jens Lekman
09. Phoenix
10. Kent

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Jens Lekman's song of the moment

You Were There, Too plays host to Jens Lekman's song of the moment: http://youweretheretoo.blogspot.com/2009/09/jens-lekman-song-of-moment.html

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Håkan Hellström
02. Jens Lekman
03. Anna Ternheim
04. Fireside
05. The Big Pink
06. Loney, Dear
07. Mew
08. Hello Saferide
09. Bon Iver
10. The xx

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Jens Lekman's 'Recife tropical emptiness'

Jens Lekman made a tropical mix for the blog You Were There, Too: http://youweretheretoo.blogspot.com/2009/07/jens-lekmans-playlist.html

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Hello Saferide
02. Håkan Hellström
03. Tiger Lou
04. A Camp
05. The Legends
06. Jenny Wilson
07. Jens Lekman
08. Shout Out Louds
09. The Fine Arts Showcase
10. Fleet Foxes

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This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. The Radio Dept.
02. Jens Lekman
03. Håkan Hellström
04. El Perro del Mar
05. Phoenix
06. Deportees
07. The Concretes
08. Anna Järvinen
09. Loney, Dear
10. Jonathan Johansson

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