A Swedish Summer Day With You

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 [...]

Parker Lewis - The Cynicals

Posted on May 10th, 2009 by The Lemur

Parker Lewis released a new EP today! It’s called The Cynicals and of course it’s based around the third track off his eponymous debut: Bash The Cynicals, which was one of my very favourites tracks. You’re immediately a bit stunned when looking at this white-haired feller on the cover art, don’t you think? While his [...]

<3 Xplo-Sean <3

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 [...]

10 Great Tracks You Couldn’t Find On Hypem #3

Posted on April 2nd, 2009 by The Lemur

I know I meant this feature to appear every Wednesday, but it was an active choice not to post it yesterday since it was April 1… Anyway here are another ten great tracks you couldn’t find on Hypem before this post was made! Isn’t it just beautiful how many new songs you’re likely to discover [...]

Hammarin & Robin <— Best music this far this year!!! HYPE!!!

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 [...]