Possibly the only time Swedish songstress Frida Hyvönen’s songs will EVER be compared to the vast musical output of Hulk
Hogan. Adam Elmahdi takes a closer look at the sophomore from the former touring partner of Jens Lekman.
Frida Hyvönen – Silence Is Wild
TLOBF 2008 :: Gigs of the Year
Eight of TLOBF’s most obsessive gig-goers list their picks of the year’s live music. Bon Iver, Tom Waits and Neil Young all feature…
Jens Lekman confirms London date, Bon Iver supports!
Jens Lekman has now added a London date to his previously announced UK tour in May. Lekman will appear with his full backing band at Scala on May 20th. Support comes from Bon Iver.
Jens Lekman announces full band shows in May.
And there was much rejoicing. After Jens Lekman’s brief solo tour of the UK and Ireland in December last year, the Swedish crooner returns in May with his full band to play an eleven date tour.
Jens Lekman – The Luminaire, London 11/12/07
Intimacy is what Jens does best and he was obviously in his comfort zone last night as he performed a sterling greatest hits set to a packed Luminaire.
Jens Lekman confirmed for ATP Festivals
Butlins here we come! The mighty Swedish troubadour Jens Lekman has been invited by both Pitchfork and Explosions In The Sky to play their All Tomorrow’s Parties festivals next year, which will take place on May 9-11 at Camber Sands and May 16-18 at Minehead respectively. It hasn’t been confirmed whether Lekman will be joined [...]
Jens Lekman gets Kocky with new collaboration [Download]
No stranger to the odd collaboration, Jens Lekman has recently worked with the much lauded Swedish producer Kocky to produce, quite frankly, a ‘banging’ electro floor filler. Who’d have thought it? The track, entitled “Be Part” appears on Kocky’s most recent release Kingdom Come avaliable now via La Vida Locash records. mp3:> Kocky ft Jens [...]
Josh Rouse and Jens Lekman tour the UK
Josh Rouse heads out on the road in November and December in support of recent effort Country Mouse, City House. Support on all the UK dates comes from Jens Lekman. Nice double bill wouldn’t you say? There are plans for a handful of Lekman headline shows though only one has surfaced so far, which is [...]
Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala
Childhood innocence is a marvelous thing. I can look back almost twelve years ago at what I thought was my first love. The tender moments of holding hands, love letters, a kiss behind the bike shed. These feelings obviously stay with you in adulthood, but the naivety is stripped away and replaced with reality. Jens [...]
Jens talks bonus material, slates myspace.
Photograph by Andri Örn. Fans who pre-ordered Jens Lekmans new album Night Falls Over Kortedala from his webshop or Swedish label are in for a bit of a treat in the form of a bonus CD entitled Kalendervägen 113.D. Jens explains the limited edition release over on his official website: I’m slowly moving out of [...]
An interview with Jens Lekman
Photograph by Dani. Jens Lekman is back after a two year break with new album Night Falls Over Kortedala. The twelve tracks see Jens tread on the familiar ground of his previous work. Tales of heartbreak, first kisses and love affairs interweave against a backdrop of the most joyous pop that would crack even the [...]
20 Questions with…Jens Lekman
Photograph by Dani Well, today’s the day. Jens Lekman returns with the digital release of his brand new single Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo. What better way to mark this rather exciting occasion, than to invite the great man to sit down and get a big, oversized marker pen, and shout “BINGO!” at the [...]
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