"Summer is exhausting me with its exhaust fumes and empty promises." Jens Lekman's new album is called I Know What Love Isn't, and its first single "Erica America" is true to that title: meet Jens…   Read Story »

Northside registered some memorable moments this year, from Kitty Pryde living the meme at Knitting Factory to a sold out Cameo Lounge for Stereogum's showcase (hat tip to Guards, for winning the…   Read Story »

After a long time away, the great Swedish indie-popper Jens Lekman returned last year with his An Argument With Myself EP, but he still hasn't released an album since 2007's Night Falls Over…   Read Story »

Swedish indie-popper Jens Lekman recently recorded an acoustic in-studio session for BBC Radio 1. During the session, Lekman played three new songs, including recent favorites "Waiting For Kirsten"…   Read Story »

The perma-charming Swedish indie-pop big dog Jens Lekman is the latest participant in NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts video series. In the video below, he plays acoustic versions of three songs, including…   Read Story »

Last week, Swedish indie-pop wonder Jens Lekman played Chicago's Lincoln Hall and played a new song, one he didn't deign to name. It's a characteristically sparkly number that opens with the line…   Read Story »

The Swedish indie-pop truth-teller Jens Lekman has been quiet in the game for altogether too long, and now he's finally just about ready to release his new EP An Argument With Myself, his follow-up…   Read Story »

Night Falls Over Kortedala was back in 2007, which has deprived fans of their fill of Lekman for many years, but has given music writers many-a-hacky opportunity to say that he's been "oh so silent"…   Read Story »

Jens Lekman has a five-song EP called An Argument With Myself due out in September. Lekman describes it as "a little taste of what's not to come." Some words from the label and the tracklist: In the…   Read Story »

Jens Lekman's premiered a soft-spoken new track "Cowboy Boots" via comedian/Secretly Canadian signee Tig Notaro's podcast "Professor Blastoff." Take a listen: (Via TwentyFourBit) You can…   Read Story »