I am ridiculously happy for Sweden and Loreen winning this year’s Eurovision over the weekend. It was about time and the song deserved to win. In all it’s Swedish amazingness, watch the Swedish Royal Guard perform the winning song. It’s great!
As we’re Scandi-obsessed, we’ll be launching a microsite soon following the run up to Sweden 2013!
The is the standout track of the week. This Stockholm kid is so talented it’s scary to think what he’ll sound like in ten years time! Check out here.
Swedish indie/dance/electronica from this Stockholm duo. Check out here.
Swedish electro pop. Check out here.
Three months ago I featured this super cute Swedish electro duo and now the video to their brilliant single, ‘Kill It With Love’ is out.
I don’t know what’s going on here but it sounds really good, so I thought I’d share. Check out here.
I’ll be honest, some of the delights thrown in this mixtape are a bit too bizarre for my liking but it’s a good listen nonetheless.
This is refreshingly beautiful and airy and lovely, by twins born and raised in Sweden and Australia. Check out here.
I don’t usually plug new albums but Revl9n hold a special place in my heart, as they are responsible for one of my favourite songs from my uni days, which is nice.
This Swedish band have a new record that’s been described as ‘the sound of neon-soaked cab rides in search of cheap thrills, of lives full of sex and frustration, danger and euphoria. It’s a scream in the dark, a howl from the heart, an absolute rush.’ So there you go. Album’s out May 14th 2012.
It’s those two cheeky Swedish geniuses. They’re back with one catchy piece of electropop that’s been on my iPod all week…
A beautiful sound reminiscent of Florence & The Machine. Check out here.
Catchy new Swedish pop. Check out here.
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.
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.
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.
