Deriving their name from two cultural icons of the 1980s, the cheekily-named trio Michael Zaxxon is Sweden’s latest musical export. Debut single, “My Body is Dead,” is a technicolor post-punk flashback breathlessly voiced by Johan Angergård (The Legends). To be…
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A sharp knife inflicts no pain. A properly-honed edge enters and exits before one knows the damage is done. Like said metallic instrument, Sweden’s Sofia Härdig cuts deep on “Sitting Still.” The first single from the forthcoming two-part EP The…
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Issuing a Christmas song as a single from an album slated for a summer 2016 release — a comeback album, no less — is a risky gambit. If you are Swedish quartet Red Sleeping Beauty, why not throw everything you have on…
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A mother’s lament, “Cold Cold Feet” from Swedish singer/songwriter Sofia Talvik, is a somber yet heartbreakingly beautiful Christmas tale of wishing for a better life. Talvik is touring Germany through January before playing US dates in February. Full schedule here….
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Akin to Ennio Morricone conducting The Moody Blues circa On the Threshold of a Dream, Sweden’s Days of Elisa take listeners on a symphonic trip via “Under Control,” the latest single from the band’s forthcoming debut LP, As Opposed to…
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The throbbing menace and intoned vocals of “Our Love Falls Out Of” from Swedish trio The Black Sun’s Darling run counter to the band’s jaunty debut single, “This One’s For You.” With the recent addition of Andreas on drums, Julia…
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There’s a verdant hopefulness within the icy folk of “Deep Wind,” the new single from Sweden’s Olgwi. The solo project of Olof Widenfalk, Olgwi was birthed in 2010 before delivering minimalist songs in 2012. Working with co-producer and multi-instrumentalist Nicke…
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Sweden’s The Amazing will release their third album, Picture You, on 17 February 2015. The followup to 2012’s Gentle Stream features the title track as its first single, a bifurcated composition that begins as a sedate folk interlude before giving…
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With a trio of solo albums under his own name and now two under his latest guise, Sweden’s Thomas Jonsson has delivered Avian, his second release as I’m Kingfisher. Eschewing the American perception of Swedish musical fare, Jonsson began building a solid…
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After releasing 79 in 2012, Swedish singer/songwriter Karl Larsson’s Last Days of April will soon issue its eighth LP, Sea of Clouds. The album’s hopeful first single, “Someone for Everyone,” is shimmering guitar pop. As with 79 and 2010’s Gooey,…
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Now known as I’m Kingfisher, Swedish singer/songwriter Thomas Denver Jonnson is set to release his latest album, Avian, on 17 September. The second release under the I’m Kingfisher moniker, Avian is the middle album in a planned trilogy that began…
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Sweden’s Hillman Lighthouse keep churning out singles at a steady clip, beginning with “Change Your Mind” back in January. Having released their self-titled debut LP last month, the band has issued “Twenty-Nine,” a Grateful Dead meets power pop jam that…
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