Via Jens Lekman ho appena scoperto questo Swedish Music Landscape , interessantissimo volume (e anche app per iPad) che raccoglie ritratti di musicisti svedesi. Lo ha curato il fotografo francese Julien Bourgeois, che ha raccontato per immagini e parole il suo amore per la Svezia, "a country I didn't know, my only guide being the answers offered by the musicians to this request: show me a place inspiring your music". Tra le band coinvolte, anche svariati nomi cari a questo blogghetto: Frida Hyvönen (nell'immagine qui sopra), Dag för Dag, El Perro Del Mar, Loney Dear, Peter, Björn & John, Svensson ...

[ Gelezen in NRC Handelsblad, zaterdag 19 mei 2012, geschreven door Pieter Steinz. ] Bij Waterloo begon de victorie – althans voor ABBA, het Zweedse viertal dat van het midden van de jaren zeventig tot het begin van de jaren tachtig de hitparade domineerde en daarna zou uitgroeien tot een van de invloedrijkste popgroepen aller tijden. Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus en Agnetha Fältskog wonnen op 6 april 1974 in Brighton het 19de Eurovisiesongfestival met Waterloo, een kauwgomrocknummer over een smoorverliefde vrouw. ‘Bij Waterloo gaf Napoleon zich over’, zongen de blonde Anna en de bruinharige Frida tweestemmig nadat rollende gitaren het liedje ...

Just saw the dispiriting news that Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the incomparable German baritone who set the gold standard for lieder singing, died Frida ...

Last year I wrote about Frida Selander's excellent debut album "Try Again Baby". Now she's back with her great rock voice in the new single "Mountains Define You". She's recently toured the inland of the north of Sweden and as a bonus we get a video from this journey with the song "Geography". Follow Frida on her site and on ...

Take a trip around Västerbottens inland with Frida Selander in her new video "Geography".

I dag blev det klart att Frida Hyvönen spelar på Way Out West. För er som missat så släppte Hyvönen alldeles nyligen en riktigt fin skiva, som inte riktigt fått den uppmärksamhet den förtjänar – om ni frågar mig. Men, det är inte bara Hyvönen som är klar. Även Ane Brun och Mark Lanegan kommer [...]

A new 2-track single from Umeå's Frida Selander.

Artist: Frida Hyvonen Album: To The Soul Released: 2012 Style: Pop Format: MP3 320Kbps / FLAC Size: 114 Mb Tracklist: 01 – Gas Station 02 – Terribly Dark 03 – The Wild Bali Nights 04 – California 05 – Saying Goodbye 06 – Farmor 07 – Picking Apples 08 – Hands 09 – Enchanted 10 – Postcard 11 – In Every Crowd 12 – Gold DOWNLOAD LINKS: RAPIDGATOR: DOWNLOAD FILEZPRO: DOWNLOAD UPLOADED: DOWNLOAD FLAC (300 Mb): RAPIDGATOR: [...]

The collaborative Fiat 500 by Gucci was conceptualized and customized by Gucci’s Creative Director Frida Giannini in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Gucci brand. In this whimsical “graphic rhythm” short directed by Chris Sweeney, Gucci pours some of their most iconic high heel, handbag, and perfume bottle styles into vacuum-forming molds that make [...] Read more at Hypebeast.com

Duon To All My Friends (Frida Alkestrand och Tove Möller) släpper sitt andra album Ride With Me med en tydlig vinkel. Folkpop ska väl handla om ensamma cowboys, vägvisor, romantiska landskap och ljuv kärlek. Typ. Detta ackompanjerat av en mängd traditionella instrument. Helst sådana som man plockar fram vid lägerelden. Så när man uppmanas till [...]

One reader offers us a relentlessly pop-tastic selection of songs. Think you can do better? Get in touch Each week, we invite a reader to share a playlist they've been listening to recently. This week it's the turn of Scott Mildenhall, who blogs at In at Number 40 . Follow him on Twitter here . Loreen – Euphoria Euphoria, Sweden's entry to this year's Eurovision, is the best kind of melodramatic nonsense: wrought declarations of love in the verses leading into - yes - euphoric house chords in the chorus. The live performance is probably better than the record itself, with ...

Preorder "Swedish Music Landscape", a new French-authored photobook on the Swedish indie music scene featuring pics and interviews with artists such as Frida Hyvönen, Dear Euphoria, Jens Lekman, Peter Bjorn and John, Kristofer Åström and lots more: http://www.microcultures.fr/swedishmusic

Oh hell, I'll just give you the cd that came with the very latest issue of Sonic Magazine , since the one I posted yesterday turned out to be popular. Have at it. (zip) V/A - Sonically Speaking Vol 62: April 2012 (106 mb) 1. Lightships - Sweetness in her spark 2. Dr John - Revolution 3. Jonas Lundqvist - Rum i Göteborg 4. Fibes, Oh Fibes! - Cerahtonia 5. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Reality show 6. Hannah Cohen - The crying game 7. Musette - Coucou Anne 8. Loosegoats - Monatananas 9. Kristian Anttila - Hisingen-Manhattan 10. Södra Sidan - Alla 11. Frida Hyvönen - Gas station 12 ...

Don't have anything to post, so I'll just share this: the compilation cd that came with Sonic Magazine last month. Some good shit on here. Frida Hynönen designed the album cover if that helps you. (zip) V/A - Sonically Speaking Vol 61: Februari 2012 (112 mb) 1. Fanny - Intro 2. Chairlift - Amanaemonesia 3. Spoek Mathambo feat. Yolanda - Let them talk 4. Yast - Believes 5. Simian Ghost - Wolf girl 6. Markus Krunegård - Everybody hurts 7. ASAP Rocky - Peso 8. Ruffest ft. Posh - Come and go 9. Tennis Bafra - Halal haircut 10. Mattias Hellberg & Fur Heads - Honey drippin' (rainbow skies ...

If I had actually gone into Flatstock at SXSW, I would have stopped at Frida Clements' booth.