Sweden

Frida Hyvönen & Jens Lekman @ Bowery Ballroom in 2006 (thisismecl) As previously announced, Frida Hyvönen is playing shows in NYC tonight/Tuesday and Wednesday…

DOWNLOAD: Frida Hyvonen – Enemy Within (MP3) Sweden’s Frida Hyvonen will be spending some time in the United States this month. Not only is she playing the Zipper Factory in NYC tonight (November 1st), but after visiting Chicago, Philly and DC, she is back in NYC to play Googie’s Lounge (the upstairs part of Living Room) on November 11th and then Monkey Town in Brooklyn two days later…

Bao told me that…Lykke Li‘s affectuous pop paired with her bouncing dance moves were the highlight of the evening. El Perro Del Mar ended the Swedish Invasion night with an inspired, yet less energizing set…

DOWNLOAD: Anna Ternheim – To Be Gone (MP3) The gloomy Swede, starved for sunlight, is a cliché, she insisted. It takes resolve not to mention that the cover photograph for Ms…

the LK @ Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, Mar 22, 2008 (Jason Combs) The best tip that came out of Avi’ March Swedish run-down this year is without a doubt The LK…

DOWNLOAD: Jens Lekman – The Opposite Of Hallelujah (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Still get around (MP3) Ida Maria (SWE) From Norway, operating out of Stockholm and currently making inroads in the UK – an international success waiting to happen…

DOWNLOAD: Tough Alliance ~ Something Special (Alfie Special Summer Mix) (MP3) With SXSW on the horizon, we’d like to turn our attention the one of the bands we’re excited to see…

This May, three of Sweden’s most talented women – El Perro Del Mar, Lykke Li, and Anna Ternheim – are embarking on a two week North American tour together…

DOWNLOAD: Melpo Mene – Hello Benjamin (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Melpo Mene – Good With The Mothers (MP3) When I was offered the opportunity to do a monthly spotlight on a band that I think deserves to be heard, I knew immediately who I would present…

This is a whole bunch of of Swedish awesome….