We All Want Someone To Shout For — Jens Lekman played a show in L.A. a few days ago, and he debuted a new song about actress Kirsten Dunst. The song is about when Jens tried to find her during his time in Sweden for the Way Out West Festival. Kristen was apparently filming a movie at ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by Ian Cohen, photos by Graeme Flagenheimer & Sonny Gerasimowicz Jens Lekman debuted a new song, at his performance in Los Angeles on Saturday (12/4), inspired by a failed attempt to stalk Kirsten Dunst while she spent time in... more info

Altsounds — Fire Records are extremely excited to announce the signing of Danielson (aka Danielson Famile, Br. Danielson) and the release of their new album "Best of Gloucester County" - the follow up to 2006's acclaimed "Ships" album. The album features Suf... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the just-added December 9th Jens Lekman show (December 10th is sold out) go on sale today, Wednesday, 11/17 at noon EST. Tickets are on AmEx presale for the Decemberists show happening at Beacon Theater. Tickets are on AmEx... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jens Lekman - Øyafestivalen 2007 I was kicking myself the other day. I knew in advance that Jens Lekman was playing a show at Green Union Building (located at 450 Union Street) in Brooklyn on Friday, December 10th, but before... more info

Guardian Music — From Björk to Konono No 1, a variety of modern artists have embraced the ancient spirit of mbira musicWhat are they? "Thumb piano" is a generic, westernised name for a range of different sub-Saharan lamellophones (instruments played by plucking tune... more info

The Yellow Stereo — While listening to the collection of Jens Lekman great covers over at Pop Tarts Suck Toasted, I realized that I wasn’t able to mention Lekman’s new song that was released as a free download towards the end of July — due entirely to my extended ... more info

Stereogum — After reminding us “The End Of The World Is Bigger Than Love” (aka the summer is best experienced in 3/4 time), Lekman appeared on the Australian game show Spicks And Specks dressed like Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider (or Gary Numan’s Swedish ... more info

Guardian Music — From George Formby to Jens Lekman, the four-stringed sibling of the guitar has had champions both comical and conventionalWhat is it? A tiny, four-stringed guitar that can look comical or cute when strummed, first popularised in early 21st-century Ha... more info

Guardian Music — This Kentucky lad's creepy ballads and twisted hymns provide a surreal soundtrack to Smallville USAHometown: Lexington, Kentucky.The lineup: James Friley (vocals, keyboards).The background: We're sure it wasn't deliberate on his part when it came to ... more info