Swedish Music - New Music

The song that’s been on rotation all week for me…

Its the opening track from Oskar Linnros‘s new record. The whole album’s a good follow up to his debut from 2010. Well worth a listen.

Kwaai

Swedish/ South African collective featuring Syster Sol, Driemanskap, Mofeta, Kristin Amparo, Cleo & Kanyi.

What Swedish soccer players do on the side…

This is Swedish midfielder Christophe Lallet. He plays for a team called Hammerby. And now he’s released a pretty cute pop track which I happen to really like. Check out here.

First Listen: Karl X Johan ‘Never Leave Me’

One of my favourite emerging Swedish acts, this is a new track from Karl X Johan.

First Listen: Elliphant ‘Music Is Life’

I feel 11 years old again when I hear this new throwback from Elliphant. This is definitely her most radio-friendly song yet.

Nadia Nair – The Bon Voyage EP

I’ve featured Nadia Nair a fair few times on here. She’s from the same team that looks after Miriam Bryant; who’s turned into Sweden’s biggest new artist.

There’s no hiding from the fact that Nadia Nair has one of the biggest voices to come out of Sweden, and her tracks really push the pop boundary- they’re raw, hard and atmospheric as hell.

Check out an interview I did with the lady right here.

First Listen: The Lonely Island feat Robyn ‘Go Kindergarten’

I hate this. Until Robyn kicks in.

Then I love it.

Then she stops and I don’t like it any more. It’s a big tune from The Lonely Island though.

So, this is a very special post. Linus Svenning was unknown to me right up until a friend near forced me to watch his videos while I was in Sweden last week. I’ve never seen, or heard anything quite like this.

There’s a ton of videos over on his YouTube and they’re all amazing (some have hit 200k views). Chances are this kid won’t stay singing in the dark for much longer… Check out here.

New Music: Kids On The Run

Swedish folk pop. Check out here.

New Music: Johan Klingwall

This makes me smile, although I don’t really know why. It’s happy and uplifting to listen to. I don’t really understand the lyrics, but that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying it. Check out here.