This is a preview from up and coming Swedish pop hunk Jon Ink. Fans of Melodifestivalen may recognise the face from this year’s contest where he went by the name of Jonas Matsson. He’s definitely going in a better direction! Check out here.
Category: Swedish Music
New Music: The Fiery Piano
The Fiery Piano started out in 2011, releasing his first collection of songs on the self-released Sirens EP. Guitar melodies, distorted vocals and electronical details share ground on elaborate DIY pop songs, everything recorded and mixed in a small apartment in Stockholm. Check out here.
New Music: Linnea Henriksson
A former Swedish Idol alum, Linnea sings in Swedish. I struggle a bit to understand what she’s on about but her debut song has that unique element of love-or-hate. I’m not sure. I loved it when I first heard it, then I hated it, and now I’m sort of middling around. Check out here.
Free Download: Ansiktet ‘X (Cocotaxi Remix)’
If you don’t know much about Ansiktet then visit my post about them here. This is a ska remix of a Swedish soul track. I know it’s a random thing to blog about, but it’s a really good sound, so download it!
Bananas + Champagne = Swedish electro
Heard of Dada Life? You might have already- they’ve been around for a bit. I can see this track making them bigger than before though. Their trademark shows involve lots of bananas and champagne, which can only be fun. Ah, those Swedes. Check out here.
Viktorious is here!
New Music: LCTRISC
Some raw Scandinavian sounds here. “The dream would be to make a whole motion picture of this song” says LCTRISC. It has a clear cinematic touch with a story set in a dystopian scandinavian landscape. A girl and a boy tries to find refuge from an autocratic society. Don’t expect a sunny tale. Check out here.
John Dahlback ft. Erik Hassle ‘One Last Ride’
A very unusual collaboration but one that works for sure. This song samples Erik Hassle’s beautiful ‘Last Rider’ and gives it a big dance kick. Listen to the gorgeous original here. Love!
New Music: Little Jinder
New Music: Melo
New Music: Ulrik Munther
Swedish 17 year old kid who’s made a buzz for himself for winning a talent show in Sweden and also doing a pretty decent cover of Gaga’s Born This Way. Album’s due out later this month in Scandinavia. The track above isn’t a lead single but I love it. Beats Justin Bieber to a pulp. Check out here.
New Music: Newkid
You don’t need to understand Swedish to like this: this kid has something very special in him. Since June this year the clip you’re watching’s been viewed nearly 400,00 times. Check out here.
Some Swedish tracks for a sunny Saturday
The weather in London has been psycho this week. Heavy rain on Thursday, and then clear sunshine yesterday and today. I had a bit of a blitz on my Last.fm radio last night- if you don’t have a Last.fm account you really should get one. It’s like iTunes’ Ping only ten times better. I’ve discovered so many artists through it. These three seem to have been around for a while in Sweden so just thought I’d share. They’re all a bit sombre with a bit of a pick up, but that’s sort of how I feel in bed today. You’ve got some Monty, Daniel Ray-Adams, and Albin Gromer.
New Music: The Kixx
Electropop boyband who are singing a song originally written by the amazing Erik Hassle, who happens to be one of my absolute favourite artists.
I don’t know how I feel about them taking this song for themselves to be honest. It doesn’t sound anywhere near as good as the original but anything to raise Erik’s profile is good with me. Check out here.
New Music: Katharina Nuttall
Based in Sweden but hailing from Norway, Katharina Nuttall has been around for a few years but I only found out about her this last week. It’s not the usual Scandi music I feature on here; it’s a lot darker but is good to listen to! Check out here.
Funny video cover of Robyn
Few clips make me giggle out loud, and this is one of them. Check out Radio 1‘s Greg James do a better than expected version of Robyn’s video to ‘Call Your Girlfriend’. Spot the difference, eh!
New Music: Ola
The Swedish summer invasion continues. Ola is a recent Swedish pop institution- he’s been a staple at Melodifestivalen (Sweden’s biggest TV show) for some years and he’s now bringing his sound to the UK with the release of ‘All Over The World’ later in August. Check out here.
New Music: Chris Mhina
Chris Mhina will be massive, you just know it whether you like him or not. Think Chris Brown before he went crazy on Rihanna. I really like this song. Check out here.
Robyn covers Coldplay’s ‘Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall’
Last week it was Friendly Fires making good noise with a Lady Gaga track, this week it’s Robyn covering what is in my view one of the best pop songs of 2011 by Coldplay. It’s got that minimal, cold Scandi vibe Robyn does so well.
New Music: Grenades for the Wall
More cute new Swedish musical goodness here. I haven’t really heard anything like this before; it’s sort of laid back catchy electro pop. Definitely some potential there! Check out here.