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Comment on Refreshingly odd nautical pop from Gothenburg’s Ossian Ekenger (riyl Jens Lekman, Joel Alme, Magnetic Fields) by Ossian Ekenger – “There’s a Place” (Beatles cover) « Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:57:27 +0000

[...] I’ve been gone for about 10 days from Swedesplease. Honestly been having difficulty finding music that I want to post, or rather that I feel compelled to post. These two new songs from Ossian Ekenger fit the bill. The first is an odd take on The Beatles song “There’s A Place” and the second is a song about his troubled brother Ivan. I’ve written about Ossian before here and here. [...]

Comment on New music from Ossian Ekenger (riyl Ramona Cordova, Jose Gonzalez) by Ossian Ekenger – “There’s a Place” (Beatles cover) « Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:55:19 +0000

[...] and the second is a song about his troubled brother Ivan. I’ve written about Ossian before here and [...]

Comment on Jenny Björkqvist “To Heal Your Wounds” by Tim Scmidt – “Slower Things” « Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:08:33 +0000

[...] mentioned Tim Schmidt the other day in my post about Jenny Bjorkqvist and also back in May 2008. His debut solo record Slower Things is now finally available. It’s [...]

Comment on Romantic Indie Pop From Gothenburg’s Chuck Morgan by Best of 2009 Repost Series Gothenburg’s Chuck Morgan « Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:37:08 +0000

[...] don’t know if there’s a term for the sound of Chuck Morgan. The last post I did on this Gothenburg based troubadour tried to peg him as “romantic indie pop”. His [...]

Comment on Indie pop gem from Le Fever – “The Youth Blamed It All Over Me” (Self-released, Dec. 8) by Dance Me Dead « Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog

Dance Me Dead « Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:41:19 +0000

[...] Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog MP3 Blog @ Swedish Indie-Pop, Indie Rock, Electronica, Hip Hop, Twee… « Indie pop gem from Le Fever – “The Youth Blamed It All Over Me” (Self-released, De… [...]

Comment on Symfoniorkestern (or “waiting for Detektivbyrån”) by Stunning new ep from Symfoniorkestern – “Tänd eld på dig själv (för det du tror på)” « Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:11:52 +0000

[...] upstairs is too wonky for such an important post) and started typing. What to say is the question? In the past I have compared them to Detektivbyrän and listening to track 3 – “Del 3″ makes [...]

Comment on RIP The Bridal Shop (now who will save indiepop?) by youngfuck (indiepop + shoegaze = cocteau twins inspired dream pop) « Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:12:04 +0000

[...] other day when I heard of the demise of the band The Bridal Shop I asked the rhetorical question, “who [...]

Comment on {MP3} Masquer – Bang Bang (plus Hype Machine radio) by New songs from Masquer « Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog

New songs from Masquer « Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:07:57 +0000

[...] an update from Masquer who I wrote about first here. My original take was: Super lofi indie rock that reminds one of 1/3 Cure, 1/3 Siousxie Sioux, and [...]

Comment on Sarah MacDougall – “Crow’s Lament” (Feb. 22, Copperspine) by New video from Sarah MacDougall « Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:49:33 +0000

[...] indie alt-country artist Sarah Macdougall. I wrote about her release Across The Atlantic here. “Cry Wolf” is the new single from the record, the new video is below. And below that [...]

Comment on New song from Old Lost John (riyl Richard Buckner, J Tillman) by Old Lost John - “Faceless” (riyl Bon Iver, J Tilman, The Tallest Man On Earth) « Swedesplease - The Swedish Music Blog

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:01:39 +0000

[...] been a couple of years (here) since my last post about the Swedish indie folk artist Old Lost John. Not much has changed. On the [...]