Video | Jonsi, “Go Do”

Alright, most of you know I’m not a big a fan of the cold, but for some reason I want to visit all the Scandinavian countries. The music coming out of these countries are some of the most refreshing and original stuff I’ve heard in a long time.  Artists such as Denmark’s Quadron to Sweden’s [...]

Event | Movits! Swing Jazz meets Hip Hop at Stonefly, Saturday, January 30th

Photo Credit: Fredrik Larsson (hayvosh.net) I continue to say this: Sweden’s music scene is crazy.  From the country that gave us Abba, this country is producing some amazing artists within last 4 years in all genres. Artist such Lykke Li, Miike Snow, Kissey Asplund, Red Astaire, El Perro del Mar, Peter Bjorn & John, Mando [...]

Don’t Sleep On: Quadron

For the last couple of years, Swedish artist have been dominating my personal playlists.  Now it looks like Sweden’s neighbor to the south, Denmark, is trying to squeeze in. The Danish duo is named Quadron, and I first heard of them through our fam over at The Couch Sessions. Quadron’s sound is what I would [...]

Video: Lykke Li, “Breaking It Up”

One of two of my favorite Swedes (the other one is Kissey Asplund) Lykke Li is about to take America by storm.  Her album Youth Novels is due out later this fall and she will be in Chicago sometime in September or October.  Check out the latest video for “Breaking it Up”

Video: One Woman Band

I found this really cool video of this Swedish born, New Orleans transplant Theresa Andersson over at Wired.com. She played all the instruments and then looped them in the video.

Freebie: Lykke Li, “Everybody but Me (diskJokke Remix)

Lykke Li (pronounced Licky Lee) at the tender age of 22 is continuing mesemerizing audiences with her organically grown electronics and her icey but soothing voice.  We have her song “Little Bit” from her Little Bit EP in rotation on RadioMilwaukee.  The guys over at rcrdlbl.com post a free remix of the tune “Everybody But [...]

Video: Lykke Li, “I’m Good, I’m Gone”

Sweden’s Lykke Li is now one of my favorite artists. Basically, if Bjork was to have a daughter, Lykke would be her. At a tender age of only 21, she has caught the internet world by storm. She is even putting her “Youth Novels” album out on her own record label LL Recordings (take that [...]

Not Just for Meatballs: The Swedes got it on Lock

I don’t know what it is. It could be the air, or the water, or all the meatballs. It really doesn’t matter. The Swedish music scene is crazy right now especially the Hip hop, electronic and soul scene. The music that is coming out of there is amazing. Tell you the truth, America barely can [...]

A Recommendation…Little Dragon

Just stopping to check in here on an artists new on the station, Yukimi Nagano and her band Little Dragon. Don’t sleep on this album, it’s called Off The Wall and for more than a few it’s being hailed as an album of the year type of material. And while I think it’s too early [...]