Consequence of Sound — A breezy song to try and bring a smile to your face in these heavy times. more info

Stereogum — Jens Lekman recently released a great new album, Life Will See You Now, and today the Swedish musician is offering up his contribution to the anti-Trump Our First 100 Days project. It's called "Your Laugh," and it's a light-hearted song about finding... more info

Music For Ants — It’s felt like Spring for a while outside (at least here in the Southwest) but now the calendar agrees, Spring has officially sprung. This is a season of change and renewal and in keeping with those themes, I’ve made a mix of 25 stirrin... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Jens Lekman has done it again with his increasingly joyful new album Life Will See You Now, which was released in February via Secretly Canadian. Late last year we saw him test out some new songs during his most memorable solo show at Music Hall of W... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's shows include Eric Clapton/Gary Clark Jr, Jens Lekman, Tennis, Night Train and more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Wilco, Jens Lekman, Ezra Furman, Breakdown, and more NYC-area show options for your Saturday night. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Last summer we shared "New Tradition," a spare and languid ballad from husband-and-wife duo the Saxophones' If You're On The Water EP. The track's reverb-drenched guitar balladry and bold woodwind accompaniment creates a sense of dramatic intimacy on... more info

Stereogum — The Swede-pop charmer Jens Lekman's song "How We Met, The Long Version" traces the story of a relationship in a vast and cosmic sense. It's a strutting, disco-informed number that begins with the actual birth of the universe and goes right up through... more info

KEXP Seattle — Highlights this week include the latest from Swedish singer/songwriter Jens Lekman. KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls Lekman’s fourth LP, “a smartly crafted set of buoyant orchestral dance-pop inflected with disco, calypso, samba and other styl... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Ryan Adams' Prisoner is his strongest album in years. Other releases I can recommend include Jens Lekman's Life Will See You Now, Mind Over Mirrors' Undying Color, Nikki Lane's Highway Queen, and Strand of Oaks' Hard Love. Vinyl reissues... more info