Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Special to Chicagoist from Sarah Cobarrubias It’s no surprise Jens Lekman ’s NYE Empty Bottle show sold out only moments after tickets hit the box office. Our Swedish sweetheart’s melancholy lyrics, warm yet wavering croon, and gentle string and horn melodies along with the venue’s intimate ambiance will make for a magical midnight kiss. If you’re really...
highwayfive (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Night Falls Over Kortedala sounds effortless. It glides like a kite of angel wings on a soft summer breeze, all twinkling keys, kettle drum rolls, soaring strings and Lekman’s glorious croon. It belies the difficult genesis of the record. Three years in the making, the songs were honed live, written and rewritten until they sparkled. Lekman was so disenchanted at one point that...
kingblind (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... Lost 17 Turkey Sandwich - Mika Miko 18 Poet, Fool or Bum - Lee Hazlewood 19 Hultsfred ‘98 - Jens Lekman 20 Seigneur Apprends Moi - Hermas Zopoula (via twentyfourbit)
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
If you're looking for something a bit more low-key than dancing with a thousand sweaty bodies at the Congress to the raucous antics of Girl Talk , then pencil in Swedish indie pop singer-songwriter Jens Lekman 's New Year's Eve show at the Empty Bottle. Lekman's bittersweet melodies have won our hearts and we think they'd make the perfect soundtrack for stealing a midnight kiss...
What's On The Hi-Fi (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Lake Heartbeat "Golden Chain" From Trust in Numbers Service (2009) Listen to "Golden Chain" MP3 Trust in Numbers is the debut release from Swedes Lake Heartbeat. The Gothenburg-based duo is made up of Janne Kask (formerly of Brainpool) on vocals and Kalla Kåks on guitar / bass. Put out by Service (home of bands such as The Embassy, The Tough Alliance and Jens Lekman),...
Pedestrian.tv (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... turn blue and yellow - the launch consists of being surrounded by beautiful Swedish denim while Jens Lekman mans the ones and twos. Check out the launch details below... Somewhere Store and Gallery - Level 2, Royal Arcade, 314 Little Collins Street.
The Music Lovers Monthly Review (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
This show originally aired in November 2007. The Octopus Project - Truck Radiohead - Bodysnatchers Sunset Rubdown - Winged-Wicked Things Blackball False, Truth! - Knives Chau Luvs LCD Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You Vampire Weekend - Mansard Roof Samamidon - Saro Grizzly Bear - Alligator (Choir Version) Silver Seas - Imaginary Girl Dr. Dog - The Girl (Beck Remix) Johnossi - Man Must Dance...
The Music Digest (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Sweden is a place where more indie music artists could be found per square mile than any other place in the world. The Swedish music scene has gradually and steadily infiltrated the music world through performers like Jens Lekman, The Cardigans, The Hives, and Peter Bjorn and John.
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... be avant-garde doom metal group Yakuza, the surf-punk Teen Idols , and Scott Lucas and the Married Men , a group which features Aaron Duggins and Becca Manthe of the Tossers in his lineup as well. [Ed. note: Lucas is gonna be busy that night, since he's playing a headlining set at Double Door later that evening!] The tab for this eclectic set of artists runs $30 and does not include an open bar,...
What's On The Hi-Fi (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... del Mar, Lake Heartbeat, Air France, The Tough Alliance and The Embassy (and the birthplace of Jens Lekman and José González). Fontän lead us in a game of frenetic musical hopscotch across their excellent release Wintherhwila - never content to stay with any singular sound for very long. As a result, Fontän's musical ADD is our beguiling reward. Watch (fan...
The Opening Acts (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... East Side 2) The Arcade Fire – Born On A Train 3) The Shins – Strange Powers 4) Tracey Thorn & Jens Lekman – Yeah! Oh Yeah! 5) Portastatic – Josephine Previously: Let’s Listen To Some Magnetic Fields Covers – Part One Let’s Listen To Some Magnetic Fields Covers – Part Two
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... band. Here’s a little additional info on the new album from their press release: According to frontman Jason Rabinowitz, I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On is “a modern prom playlist.” Of course, prom is not without its awkward, painful moments. Written during a time of personal difficulty for band members, I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On is about remembering that there is always something to celebrate, even...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... - In Rainbows (self-released, 2007) 44 The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music (Lost Highway, 2003) 43 Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (Secretly Canadian, 2007) 42 Jay-Z - The Blueprint (Roc-A-Fella, 2001) 41 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (Capitol, 2007) 40 TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (Interscope, 2006) 39 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Merge, 2007) 38 Gentleman Jesse...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... In Rainbows [Self-released] (2007) 44. The Jayhawks: Rainy Day Music [Lost Highway] (2003) 43. Jens Lekman: Night Falls Over Kortedala [Secretly Canadian] (2007) 42. Jay-Z: The Blueprint [Roc-A-Fella] (2001) 41. LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver [Capitol] (2007) 40. TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain [Interscope] (2006) 39. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible [Merge] (2007) 38. Gentleman...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Jens Lekman, Times New Viking, Girls, Pet Shop Boys, Kurt Vile, Karen O and The Kids, and Arcade Fire included.
