Panda Toes — So summer's almost over or is over or something, which of course means that it's almost sweater season! Yay, sweaters! Cardigans and hoodies and sweaters and sweaters and more sweaters! Taylor and I are gonna frolic around in the woods (I don't even ... more info

Guardian Music — (Universal)After taking SXSW by storm, Of Monsters and Men hit the US top 10, a feat that has eluded fellow Icelanders Björk and Sigur Rós. The reasons for their success are simple: terrific songs that combine the folky with the epic, and instantly... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — My Tiger My TimingFrom: London, United KingdomLondon synth pop combo My Tiger My Timing are a riddle wrapped up in a mystery covered in a conundrum. How do you define their musical stew of quirky organic rhythms and danceable experimental hypnotic-po... more info

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicIn the newsJohnny Marr quashes talk of Smiths reunion, saying: 'I got things to do'Nicki Minaj doesn't want children singing along to her explicit lyricsCan you feel it? It's a new Jacksons album... more info

Guardian Music — Lovefool was the first song Nina Persson ever wrote – and it became a global hit. She discusses the pressures of writing, and the difference a co-writer makesIt's more than 15 years since the Cardigans first wrapped themselves around the world with... more info

Swedesplease — 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’s ... more info

Guardian Music — 02 Arena, London"There are many songs you might go to the bar for," says the singer James Dean Bradfield. "But this one, I think, everyone stays for." Correct on both counts. In a three-hour show, it's inevitable that some numbers will signal an exod... more info

Guardian Music — (Village Green)The Dø had a No 1 album in France last year with A Mouthful, which showed off their frothier take on combining the Knife-style eccentricities and the melancholy MOR of the later Cardigans albums. This, their followup, is finally ge... more info

We Like it Lossless! — LL Recordings / 2008It's hard not to think of the recent musical output of Sweden as being a pop production line, turning out a hyped new artist once every six months or so - El Perro Del Mar, Taken By Trees and most successfully, Robyn. Sweden's bee... more info

The Vinyl Villain — An absolutely wonderful bit of pop music with an indie bent, all the way from Sweden:-mp3 : The Cardigans - Rise & ShineThe debut single by The Cardigans released in Sweden in 1994.  But this is the more widely known re-recorded version from the fol... more info