Ola is very huge in Sweden, but his music seems to divide people. It can get repetitive and a bit too candy for some tastes but I think its genius.
Category: Swedish Music
New Music: Broken Door
New Music: Nick Ellis & The Noise
Watch out.. Andreas Moe will take you over…
I’ve made no secret of how much I like Andreas Moe. He’s making huge impact over in native Sweden for his effortlessly catchy and beautifully stylish songs. Anyway, he’s finally coming over to the UK to plug his sounds via his new debut EP Collecting Sunlight on June 25th, and so it feels only right to give it a mention.
Having played in several bands in Sweden, and having leant his voice to a number of dance tracks, he signed his first UK publishing deal in January 2011. His collaborations already include DJ Avicii (Fade into Darkness) and John de Sohn (Long Time).
But he still describes his sound as being The Script meets Robyn meets Prince: electronic but organic. Check out here.
Sometimes you enjoy a song more when you don’t understand the lyrics…
I’m a firm believer that you can fall in love with songs sung in different languages. I like to make up my own interpretations of lyrics in these cases, and that ends up making these songs even more personal to me than they were probably intended to be. This is one such song. It drums up images of church, sounds of hymns and general warmth. I like it.
If you’re looking for a nice Nordic pop album to buy…
… give this one a try. They’re one of my favourite Scandi duos and they deserve world domination. Here’s a bit of blurb… ‘
Wild arctic nature. Big city pulse. Fearless synthesizers, miles and miles of reverb, and delicate rhythms. Delicious swedish indietronica from Stockholm by way of San Francisco and the cold northern regions of Sweden. Long nights of dancing and long hikes in the mountains.
Single UR Road feels like a long fun summer distilled into four minutes of sweet electropop with bouncy hooks and lush vocals. There’s even some whistling in there as well.
Sameblod is one of Swedens most promising and exciting new acts – Frederick and Mikael in Sameblod have received lots of blog-attention, even more plays on Soundcloud and hopefully this is just the beginning.
Sameblod release their debut album april 20th through Norwegian indie label Riot Factory.
If Yelle was Swedish…
New Music: Rebecca Stella
Happy Friday!
Start the day with this fresh dancey cut of bliss courtesy of Blänk.
First Listen: Tone Damli feat Eric Saade ‘Imagine’
This is a special song because it mixes two big Scandinavian pop stars together- Norwegian Tone Damli and Swedish Eric Saade. The result is perfect, harmless pop.
Hur kan jag sakna nåt jag aldrig haft
It’s Swedish. And to be honest, I’ve been learning the language for almost two years but I don’t really understand what this song by Linda Sundblad is all about but it’s just too good not to listen to!
New Music: The Majority Says
This made me get up off my chair and dance
New Music: Zhala
With Stockholm as the physical base, but with the mindset of a modern day Transnational, Zhala’s music is futuristic, Cosmic Pop mixed up with Witchcraft Indie – for the ones who grew up with a little bit of everything, whether it was Rave, Bollywood or RnB. Check out here.
New Music: Josefina Sanner
New Swedish indie pop produced by Andreas Dahlbäck (who’s done stuff for Anna Ternheim). Check out here.
First Watch: Erik Hassle ‘Stay’
The song premiered a few days ago and now here’s the video to the amazing Erik Hassle’s new single, ‘Stay’. So beautiful.
New Music: Helena Gutarra
This lady comes from the Swedish version of hit show ‘The Voice’, and her debut track is very delicious. It’s a dirty electro pop track that’s so amazing and fun I could eat it up. Check out here.
First Listen: Erik Hassle ‘Stay’
He’s back he’s back he’s back! So excited! One of my favourite artists of recent years, Erik Hassle is back with a beautiful track that gets catchier as the track goes by- much like ‘Hurful’ was. I really can’t wait to hear more.
New Music: Miriam Bryant
This has to be the one of the best songs I’ve heard probably all year- its so intense and epic and thrilling all at the same time. English born and Swedish raised Miriam Bryant, 21, found herself secretly visiting the remains of her family’s burnt down house a couple of years ago. Singing herself thrilled by the moody environment, and reminiscing a childhood with constant presence of music, this was when and where she realized she would spend the rest of her life expressing herself through singing and performing.
Over the next years Miriam will have to overcome her aerophobia when being welcomed to the bigger stages.
With childhood friend Victor Rådström, 20, writer & producer, Miriam is now releasing her debut single, “Finders, Keepers”. Check out here.
New Music: Jonas Oakland
I’ve been meaning to feature Jonas Oakland for some time, so I guess now’s as good a time as any! Keeping the proof that Swedes so electropop best, this song goes crazy when the bridge kicks in. Check out here.