Thanks to a new FADER initiative that pairs up rappers with producers for new remixes, the rap-besotted Swedish Balearic drug-pop duo jj have taken on "Cheers," a song from the gruffly emotive…   Read Story »

Cover mavens jj return with a deconstructed version of the Outfield's "Your Love," where jj member Elin Kastlander plucks an acoustic guitar in a spa. Oh, those Swedes. How they love their…   Read Story »

If you were going to cover a Blondie song, you'd probably pick one of the classics, right? Something off Parallel Lines, or maybe "Atomic"? Well, that's why you are not Swedish pop iconoclast ceo.…   Read Story »

The new track from the enigmatic Swedish haze-pop duo jj is called (deep breath) "You Don't Know How Much It Would Hurt Me If You Said That You Were In Love With Me." The song doesn't have any of the…   Read Story »

We took last month off from our Monthly Mix series in favor of our midterm flashback/annual summer jams compilation Cruel Summer, which you should grab if you haven't. But it is a new month -- the…   Read Story »

The Adult Swim Singles series throws corporate dollars at indie artists in a cash-for-cred swap that has, to its credit, yielded some memorable collabs. Last year around this time it was Washed Out…   Read Story »

Last month jj gave us “no one can touch us tonight” & “ice” to celebrate Spring (and life). This time it's "Celebris," a song apparently celebrating everything: "Thank you for your…   Read Story »

June's started on a hot streak: It made sense to counter the sweat by opening this Monthly Mix of recent standout free MP3s with a few chillier tracks. You don't want to hide out in the air…   Read Story »

As they're apt to do, prolific, resolutely chill(y) hip hop and Manson-sampling Swedish pop duo jj have just released a free, downloadable single with very little fanfare. It's apparently to…   Read Story »

... and then it was 2011. Hopefully your New Year's celebration involved doing something more celebratory than being berated by a solo Ariel Pink from a makeshift stage in a Bushwick warehouse, and…   Read Story »