Swedish Music - New Music

New Music: Badlands

Haunting, cold beats from Sweden. Check out here.

First Listen: Sam Sparro ‘The Shallow Ground’

A glimpse into upcoming Sam Sparro goodness, with a cameo from Swedish supertalent Erik Hassle. Happy Monday folks.

Lions!

This will either make you cheery or annoyed but I hope it makes you smile. It’s fresh.

Lykke Li and Miike Snow make a song together

Two Swedish heavyweights making one epic track. So excited for Miike Snow’s upcoming record.

Swedish indie pop. The Slytest, consisting of young Swedes Dan Axelsson and Simon Larsson has had a fascination for American music since birth. The band manage to put some local colour to the recording with what in Sweden is considered “the Gothenburg sound” – indie choirs and vibrant distorted guitar melody lines in the vein of Broder Daniel and Håkan Hellström – two of Sweden’s major underground pop stars. Check out here.

New Music: Pavlov

Yes, it’s in Swedish. But it’s such a great song I’m sure you’ll enjoy it too. Carries along the same veins as Oskar Linnros and Daniel Adams-Ray. Check out here.

New Music: Emma Lewin

Swedish pop. This would fit in to Eurovision nicely. Check out here.

Swedish country music (it’s better than it sounds…)

I think one of the reasons Swedes do music so well is that they take the best out of genres and improve on them ever so slightly. I mean, this song is country. But it sounds poppy at the same time, but it’s still really country. And I like that. Check out First Aid Kit if you like.

Let’s finish the week off with a mixtape

Courtesy of those Swedish electropop geniuses Icona Pop.

1. NT89 – Lyfe
2. The Dø-Slippery Slope
3. Justin Martin & Ardalan – Lezgo
4. Dada Life/Staygold – Video, Kick, Snare
5. Depressed Buttons – Ow! (Para One Remix)
6. Savage Skulls/Sprinkle Juice/Tony Senghore – Caravan
7. Surecut Kids feat Cheasleauen -Drunk In This (TJR Vox Remix)
8. Brodinski – Let The Beat Control Your Body (feat. Louisahhh!)
9. Yung Humma – Leme Smang It (Edo remix)
10. Knife Party – Internet Friends

New Music: Jasmine Kara

Swedish retro pop. Keep her away from hammers. Check out here.

Take it to the top of the world

This is one of those songs that makes you think you can take on the world and come out winning. Whether you end up succeeding is another matter, but this is done with two Swedish pop superpowers and is worth having on your iTunes.

New Music: Simian Ghost

Beautifully life-affirming music from a super talented Swedish newbie. So happy to have discovered this. Check out here.

Those cheeky Swedish hiphoppers are back…

I love Ansiktet, even though they bust their vibes in Swedish which can be a bit problematic at times. The video is a bit out there but the song’s pretty awesome.

Mix a bit of Robyn with some Whitney and you get a good start to the week…

Courtesy of one of the most amazing Scandi blogs around, this will be my wake up alarm for the next week. A blend of the finest Robyn and Whitney Houston. Come on peeps, smile… Life’s good!

The most listened to track in Sweden last year

It’s just gone 7 times platinum. Good song, maybe an English version would make a lot of people happy?

1. Veronica Maggio ”Jag Kommer”
2. Bruno Mars ”Grenade”
3. Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull ”On The Floor”
4. Daniel Adams-Ray ”Gubben i lådan”
5. September ”Mikrofonkåt”
6. Adele ”Rolling in the deep”
7. Chris Medina ”What Are Words”
8. Pitbull – feat Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer ”Give Me Everything”
9. Alexandra Stan ”Mr. Saxobeat”
10. Eminem & Rihanna ”Love The Way You Lie”

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