I guess I’m a simple guy. I kind of like reliving the music that mattered to me. In the 80′s it was synth pop like Yaz, Depeche Mode, and Pet Shop Boys. So when I hear something remotely similar it brings me back. Death In The Afternoon h... more info

I have three loves in my life: Swedish music, chiptunes, and the HBO show Game of Thrones. Improbably a Swedish artist by the name of KompositKrut has managed to combine all three. Game of Thrones P.S. Here’s the technical side of things: This ... more info

I prefer my punk to be more Wire and Gang Of Four than Black Flag or The Descendents. I just need a little bit of harmony mixed in with the angsty noise. The Retractables from Gothenburg come pretty close to my ideal mix. Here’s their song R... more info

Here’s something new from Stephan O’Bell. At once sounding a bit like The Swell Season with his soaring often high pitched vocals but production that is more fitting for indie folk. I can’t link to a download but here’s a stre... more info

Are you sitting in your bedroom and wondering about whatever happened to bands like The Cranberries or The Cardigans? If so wonder no longer because the Belljars will provide you that jolt of indie pop you’ve been waiting for. Although this ep&... more info

If your idea of Swedish music is something exotic like Lykki Li, First Aid Kit, and/or Jens Lekman the music of might surprise you. On the whole the new record hews closer to Big Star meets Wilco dad rock than the drum and bass electronica music comi... more info

I believe I’m the worldwide expert on Klifton Filente (posts here and here). With that said I really know very little about him. The band is really just Jonas Lundvall from Gothenburg. In the past I have compared his sound to that of Paul Simon... more info

Halina Larsson is an ex-pat from Sweden who has lived in LA and now resides in Brooklyn. She’s go a diverse sound and a variety of influences including Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, Erykah Badu, Feist and Elliot Smith. She’s a trained jazz v... more info

Here’s a little indie folk a la Sufjan Stevens courtesy of Gothenburg’s Claes Strängberg. Tomorrow Dear more info

More electronica, this time of the space age variety; trippy and interstellar. What begins with a muted Miles Davis solo quickly becomes a diaspora of synthy beats, weird samples, and otherworldly chants. Here’s “The Icarus Vessel” ... more info