Who is your favorite Swedish artist, and why? The world, and I, want to know more about the people reading this blog. Therefor i now open the blog for guest entries!
Email me at swedishmusicfordummies[at]gmail.com and i will publish your story.
Showing posts with label Guest entry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guest entry. Show all posts
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Guest | Laura's favorites
What a great question! Of course...favorite? That's like choosing a favorite child. I think Peter Moren put it best when he said that Sweden, by percentages, has more great bands then any other place on earth. (I'm not a math genius...but I'm pretty sure the numbers work out.)
I was first introduced to Swedish music when a friend, horrified that I didn't know anything about her own country, handed me a CD book filled with disks. Okay, handed isn't the right word...she was so excited it was tossed...with all the glee of a music lover knowing she's about to turn a new fan. Two weeks later, we went to see José Gonzales and the rest, as they say, is history.
Current favorites? Anything on Labrador. I love the uniformity in sound and purpose. Between Club 8, The Legends, Radio Dept, Acid House Kings...well, for a kid raised on the pop-delights of the Beach Boys -- it's tough to beat. Does Stockholm put something in the water?
Other favorites: Jens Lekman, Montt Mardié, and Elias and the Wizzkids, all who manage to take the perceived (at least from an American view point) Euro-chic persona and turn it on its head. I'm the worlds biggest geek, so it's always nice to have a bit of company.
Of course, I'm always up to at least sample something a bit experimental. Recently Dieter Schöön e-mailed us [us means wouldbehipster] with his album. It's seriously freaky and wonderfully out of control.
Cheers!
Laura (a.k.a. LMS)
wouldbehipster.com
Elias and The Wizzkids - Young and Hairy
Montt Mardié - Paraply
Club 8 - Missing You
I was first introduced to Swedish music when a friend, horrified that I didn't know anything about her own country, handed me a CD book filled with disks. Okay, handed isn't the right word...she was so excited it was tossed...with all the glee of a music lover knowing she's about to turn a new fan. Two weeks later, we went to see José Gonzales and the rest, as they say, is history.
Current favorites? Anything on Labrador. I love the uniformity in sound and purpose. Between Club 8, The Legends, Radio Dept, Acid House Kings...well, for a kid raised on the pop-delights of the Beach Boys -- it's tough to beat. Does Stockholm put something in the water?
Other favorites: Jens Lekman, Montt Mardié, and Elias and the Wizzkids, all who manage to take the perceived (at least from an American view point) Euro-chic persona and turn it on its head. I'm the worlds biggest geek, so it's always nice to have a bit of company.
Of course, I'm always up to at least sample something a bit experimental. Recently Dieter Schöön e-mailed us [us means wouldbehipster] with his album. It's seriously freaky and wonderfully out of control.
Cheers!
Laura (a.k.a. LMS)
wouldbehipster.com
Elias and The Wizzkids - Young and Hairy
Montt Mardié - Paraply
Club 8 - Missing You
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Guest | Paul's favorites
Thanks for asking - and its a good question!
My current favourites are Anna Ternheim and Miss Li; both for their distinctive voices and the immediate appeal of their songs, although two more contrasting performers I can hardly imagine.
I enjoy the tunefully strange rock of bob hund, and the various (retro pop?) projects of Henrik Andersson: Ray Wonder, Hank, Vicky and most recently, The Clown.
My all time favourites remain ABBA and Komeda; for their musicianship, charm, and the nice places their music takes me to.
Cheers,
Paul
Miss Li - I Heard of a Girl
The Clown - Back to the Root
My current favourites are Anna Ternheim and Miss Li; both for their distinctive voices and the immediate appeal of their songs, although two more contrasting performers I can hardly imagine.
I enjoy the tunefully strange rock of bob hund, and the various (retro pop?) projects of Henrik Andersson: Ray Wonder, Hank, Vicky and most recently, The Clown.
My all time favourites remain ABBA and Komeda; for their musicianship, charm, and the nice places their music takes me to.
Cheers,
Paul
Miss Li - I Heard of a Girl
The Clown - Back to the Root
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