Tag Archives: Peter Bjorn and John

Do Young Folks “Lykke” Mushrooms?

Last Saturday L.A.-based emcee and music aficionado Micah James re-posted the video for “Run Run,” a Summer favorite from last year by Swedish girl-group Those Dancing Days, on his Facebook wall. Earlier the same day I resolved to finally delete Swedish Indie-Pop Lolita Lykke Li’s outstanding 2008 debut Youth Novels off my iPod to […]

Like Stockholm Syndrome, in Reverse!

Yesterday evening I got a Facebook message from a friend of mine—a DJ, producer and soon-to-be label-head—expressing enmity for a certain band who will go unnamed. I defended their right to exist and he conceded to most of my points, but maintained that if—like him—I lived closer to their stomping grounds I’d be “begging […]

“You’re the Best, Around…” (El Keter’s Favorite Albums of 2008, Day Three)

  Out of all the records I enjoyed during 2008 I chose 20 of them as my favorites.  I put them all in alphabetical order and wrote about them.  Here are another five… Adorably precocious Swedish Indie-Pop chanteuse Lykke Li out-Feist-ed Canadian Indie-Folk femme Leslie Feist simply by being…well…more feisty. The nigh-unpronounceable newcomer’s initially self-released debut Youth Novels […]

Don’t Try Pronouncing Her Name, Just Try Listening to Her Music

Once known mostly for meatballs and pornography, the Scandinavian nation of Sweden has emerged as one of the most prolific producers of profoundly proficient Pop musicians per capita on the planet. The last couple of years in particular have seen Swedish bands dominate not only the playlists of my radio show and personal listening habits, […]