The Lemur Blog will return to business as usual in 2010!
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by The Lemur
This year’s summer compilation is a mixtape comprising 24 tracks by Swedish artists and bands where each track represents one hour of a typical Swedish summer day. I did not mean to patronize or canonize my own country’s music and culture - but with a risk of coming across as, dare I say nationalistic, this [...]
Posted on April 28th, 2009 by The Lemur
Awesome remix by Justice! OMG it’s so good! I freaking love it! The beat is tight, the slap bass is dope and the chainsaw synths are sick! What can I say? They have done it AGAIN! Is there anything Justice can’t do right? I don’t think so. And if there is… I don’t wanna hear [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2009 by The Lemur
Xplo-Sean has been playing in the same loveable league as both Kalle J and Parker Lewis for a few years now (I discovered him last year, what do I know?) when it comes to juvenile occasional pop sprees that have made my heart do flips. His first single release on Mad For It, Lambada, was [...]
Posted on April 17th, 2009 by The Lemur
Hammarin & Robin spit out a preview track from their upcoming first EP in a trilogy: Superlove Part 1. Spit is a curious pop song loaded with playful percussion and that playful flair that only the pop from the 80s could have. Although it doesn’t strike me as hard as Hell Knows I’m In Love [...]
Posted on March 22nd, 2009 by The Lemur
I was incredibly happy to get the chance to interview my favourite band in 2009: Hammarin & Robin! The duo is releasing their debut EP on April 17, of course through everyone’s favourite Swedish netlabel Mad For It! So before that I wanted to give them some exposure and their audience to get to know [...]
Posted on March 7th, 2009 by The Lemur
My Swedish compatriot Fredrick Carlsson is kicking out two great remixes. One is a surprising choice and one is an already over-remixed track. Hammarin & Robin are added into the alternative dancefloor scene through his remix and Digitalism’s Taken Away receives the best remix I’ve heard so far of it.
Hammarin & Robin - Lingering Regret [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by The Lemur
I’m absolutely dead serious with the post title. Hammarin & Robin takes all things that are great with Swedish pop and blow it up in a way that no other Swedish artist has dared or could. Theatrical and heavily emotional, Hammarin croons and twists his powerful vocals with elegance and a raw passion. His friend [...]