1. Nordpolen - På Nordpolen

2. Jonathan Johansson - En Hand I Himlen

3. The Knife - Silent Shout

4. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

5. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala

6. Glasvegas - Glasvegas

7. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime

8. Justice - Cross

9. Burial - Untrue

10. Asa - Asa

11. Björk - Vespertine

12. Arcade Fire [...]

Well the post title pretty much says it all. It’s clear now. The decision has been made. På Nordpolen by Nordpolen was the best album of 2008. Without any doubt. I guess it’s slightly easier for me to relate to Pelle Hellström than the Glasgow-an quartet whose tremendous debut album I initally announced as the [...]

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 [...]

Tracklist
1. Turn Back Time (3:13) <— <3
2. Under The Pavement, Under The Beach (3:31)
3. Will You Talk (If I Listen) (3:51)
4. When They Come (4:47)
5. When I Feel Too Free (3:32)
6. Tell It To Me Like You Told It To Them (5:16) <— <3
7. Back To Nature (3:40)
8. Wherever I Lay My Head Tonight (5:56)
9. [...]

Another great way to kick-start the summer is to download Fredrick Carlsson’s new mix. There’s a whole bunch of cool tracks on there, including the infamous Aeroplane remix, his own original tune Crystal Boy and also his remixes of Thieves Like Us, Jonathan Johansson and They Live By Night. You can download the JJ remix [...]

There’s not much to do if you’re seeking to improve on Jonathan Johansson’s En Hand I Himlen. but Fredrick Carlsson is the man who might just come at least close to making it. By putting one foot in the spacey dancefloor grave, he twists Johansson’s airily fresh a-hand-in-the-sky theme and thusly creates one of the [...]

A sky photo of a small part of my hometown: Sigtuna
I got a sudden urge last evening to go out biking. The time was around 19:10 and I knew it would be light outside at least for a couple of more hours. Now, I live in a small town - a really small town. For [...]

This will be a new recurring feature every Wednesday. The title pretty much says it all. So lean back and enjoy!
The Phantom Band - Crocodile
Empire Of The Sun - Without You
K’naan - Fatima
Moto Boy - U
Aphex Twin - 08 (Lichen)

The Tough Alliance - Make It Happen

Jonathan Johansson - Högsta Taket, Högsta Våningen
Asa - 360°
Nordpolen - [...]

Jonathan Johansson’s lyrics from the album En Hand I Himlen (A Hand In The Sky)
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1. En Hand I Himlen (A Hand In The Sky)
We’re taking off now
in another space
in another light
over a thousand dancefloors
and we float into
and out of each other
in another light
Chorus
A hand in the sky
a hand
somewhere else
a hand…
And they turn on the lights
we [...]

From time to time it’s hard to be a resident of Sweden. At least when you’re a globally minded anti-nationalist like me. Because from time to time there arrives Swedish artists that make such impressing music that a deeply hidden nationalistic pride can’t stop itself from bubbling up to the surface. With his second album, [...]