By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy You know what sucked for every band following Les Savy Fav yesterday? The fact that they had to follow Les Savy Fav yesterday. Under intensely blazing Indio heat, Harrington and his hockey blogging... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on April 26, 2008 in (21 comments)
Tags: Aphex Twin | Black Kids | Black Lips | Coachella | Cut Copy | Diplo | Jack Johnson | Jens Lekman | Les Savy Fav | M.I.A. | Marla Hansen | Sharon Jones | Tegan And Sara | The Breeders | The Dap-Kings | The National | The Raconteurs | The Verve | Vampire Weekend
Dinner time in Austin, time to munch tacos and figure the night sched. As the picture suggests, tonight's the night for Jens Lekman fans: y'all have two chances to catch the Swedish troubadour (Emo's at 8PM, Mohawk at midnight). For... CONTINUE READING SXSW: THURSDAY FEATURED SHOWCASES»
Posted on March 13, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Black Mountain | Blood On The Wall | Citay | Dark Meat | DeVotchKa | Evangelicals | Gil Mantera's Party Dream | Islands | Jay Reatard | Jens Lekman | Luke Temple | Man Man | Phosphorescent | Sian Alice Group | SXSW | The Octopus Project | The Raveonettes | The Weakerthans | Throw Me The Statue | Tim Fite | White Hinterland
Secretly Canadian-signed songwriter Dave Fischoff, whose solo material draws upon the likes of Beach Boys and Burt Bacharach, wrote this weekend to inform us of a new project he's launched in an effort to work more collaboratively, as remixer and... CONTINUE READING NEW JENS LEKMAN - "I'M LEAVING YOU BECAUSE I DON'T LOVE YOU (SPOOLWORK REMIX)"»
Posted on January 21, 2008 in (2 comments)
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Yesterday we mentioned Take-Away founder Vincent Moon in reference to his R.E.M. project, but today it's Jens Lekman who's on the otherside of La Blogothèque's cameras, strutting his Mr. Indie Rock stuff in Portland, Oregon. Though, actually, Vincent didn't shoot... CONTINUE READING JENS PLAYS AN EMPTY BAR AND OUTSIDE A HOTEL»
Posted on January 3, 2008 in (2 comments)
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Finally, a list you'll hopefully enjoy -- after all, you made it. This year's Gummy voters came out in record numbers, meaning more statistically sound results than ever (the album rankings surer, the hotties hotter). But before we get... CONTINUE READING WINNERS OF THE 2007 GUMMY AWARDS»
Posted on December 12, 2007 in , (0 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Feist | Human Giant | Jens Lekman | Justice | Radiohead | The National
You read it right: Swedish troubadour Jens Lekman is getting some Grammy love! You probably missed his name on yesterday's nomination list because, it wasn't on yesterday's nomination list. Before you start tipping your cap to NARAS's unexpected show of... CONTINUE READING JENS LEKMAN GETS NOMINATED FOR GRAMMYS, SINGS SOLO»
Posted on December 7, 2007 in (8 comments)
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"So I am Jens Lekman, and you are New York City. It's nice to meet you." From the start of Saturday night's set at Webster, Jens led his seven-deep, white-clad backing band (six women and one DJ dude, as... CONTINUE READING JENS LEKMAN @ WEBSTER HALL, NYC 10/27/07»
Posted on October 29, 2007 in (5 comments)
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Jens Lekman dropped by WNYC to chat with Soundcheck host John Schaffer and strip his "Burt Bacharach meets Donna Summer" sound for a solo acoustic performance. Jens discusses real life inspiration for his character sketches -- e.g., "Shrin"'s Iraqi immigrant... CONTINUE READING JENS LEKMAN COVERS PAUL SIMON»
Posted on October 19, 2007 (2 comments)
Tags: Jens Lekman | Paul Simon
Cello-wielding one-man disco Arthur Russell has received an amazing amount of indie-realm (and otherwise) attention these past years, long after his AIDS-related death in 1992, due largely to the excellent reissues/issues by super NY label Audika. The visionary Downtown composer... CONTINUE READING JENS LEKMAN COVERS ARTHUR RUSSELL»
Posted on October 5, 2007 in (2 comments)
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This charming man, he's got a way with his words. Jens's Night Falls Over Kortedala ode to his remembrance of things past is paired with this here short excursion piloting the TF-FUN, a red propjet he takes high in the... CONTINUE READING NEW JENS LEKMAN VIDEO - "SIPPING ON SWEET NECTAR"»
Posted on September 21, 2007 in (10 comments)
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We've been upfront about our love for Jens Lekman's Night Falls Over Kortedala, so we were more than happy to stumble upon a video of the silent one performing "The Opposite Of Hallelujah" on Swedish television. Looks like it was... CONTINUE READING NEW JENS LEKMAN LIVE VIDEO - "THE OPPOSITE OF HALLELUJAH"»
Posted on September 7, 2007 in (12 comments)
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Epistles of love for the Dan are nothing new to these parts, so quite obviously the Becker/Fagan freaks 'n' geeks in us perked up upon hearing Kanye had plans to appropriate the Steely ones on his recent quest to sample... CONTINUE READING KANYE AND JENS LEKMAN LEARN TO LOVE THE DAN»
Posted on August 20, 2007 in (4 comments)
Tags: Jens Lekman | Kanye West | Steely Dan
Jens Lekman's pretty deft at making folks weak in the knees with his charming blog tales and soulful, smart (and often silly) Swedish croon. On his third album Gothenburg's most important non-melodic death metal export may also cause a bit... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: JENS LEKMAN - NIGHT FALLS OVER KORTEDALA»
Posted on August 17, 2007 in (12 comments)
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You've been around Jens's not-so-silent stylings long enough to know how he works: deft wordplay, wry wit, dressing his misery in breezy throwback pop. The excellent Night Falls At Kortedala has plenty more Lekmanic (think we just coined that) novelties... CONTINUE READING NEW JENS LEKMAN - "THE OPPOSITE OF HALLELUJAH"»
Posted on August 14, 2007 in (8 comments)
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"Gonna gather up a few of my friends," sings Jens Lekman on the first single from the forthcoming Night Falls Over Kortedala, which is just he did for his third LP, rounding up Frida Hyvonen and El Perro Del Mar... Night Falls Over Kortedala Album Art)'">CONTINUE READING NEW JENS LEKMAN - "FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE DRIVE IN BINGO" (AND NIGHT FALLS OVER KORTEDALA ALBUM ART)»
Posted on July 25, 2007 in , (23 comments)
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That Pitchforkmedia must be doing something right; 19,000 people a day hit up their Festival for 18 hours of music over two days, despite some serious heat and humidity. Whether that's a testament to the awesome lineup or the show-going... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006 PHOTOS»
Posted on August 3, 2006 (42 comments)
Tags: Aesop Rock | Art Brut | Band Of Horses | Danielson | Destroyer | Hot Machines | Jens Lekman | Liars | Mission Of Burma | Mr Life | Os Mutantes | Silver Jews | Spoon | Tapes 'N Tapes | Ted Leo | The Walkmen | Yo La Tengo
Jens Lekman's Department of Forgotten Songs is "a repository of demos, unreleased and hard-to-find material beloved by friends, fans and everyone at Secretly Canadian." A few choice cuts, w/ commentary by Jens... "Do Impossible Things" "(from the first demo i... CONTINUE READING JENS LEKMAN'S DEPARTMENT OF FORGOTTEN SONGS»
Posted on December 22, 2004 (8 comments)
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Catbirdseat points us to an MP3 from the new Jens Lekman EP. Jens Lekman - "You Are The Light" Recommended if you like Stephin Merrit or Belle & Sebastian. Jens' first full-length When I Said I Wanted to Be Your... CONTINUE READING I HEAR HE'S BIG IN SCANDINAVIA»
Posted on August 18, 2004 (2 comments)
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