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In an attempt to save you (not to mention ourselves) from the general Monday-morning awfulness that tends to follow a lovely spring weekend, Flavorwire has compiled a playlist of indie/rock/generally guitar-based songs that are genuinely funny. These are 20 of the flat-out wittiest and most amusing songs we know - and we guarantee that at least one of them will make you chuckle. (Note: we're discounting actual comedy songs here, so no Lonely Island/Flight of the Conchords/etc.) Keep the hilarity going by adding to our list in the comments. [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-11T09:01:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4944769/ve-sanc-ge-saatlerde/
Altkrkbete vapur ve sanc ge saatlerde eski savalar vesair gemiyor bulutlardan iek alp eve gtryoruz bunun bir delilik olduunu bile bile en ssz duygularn ucunda karakollar.. "smet zel" Jens Lekman - The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love The Rifles - The Great Escape]]> text/html 2013-05-07T15:11:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4937123/commercial-watch-jens-lekman-chromatics-cut-copy-and-more/
Its time for another edition of Commercial Watch , where I feature the latest hip, indie tracks that modern day Don Drapers and Peggy Olsons are using to persuade consumers to buy more smartphones and sports cars. Watch / listen below: Amazon Kindle: Beaches MP3 Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself *** Calvin Klein: Dark Obsession MP3 Chromatics - In The City [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-30T11:25:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4922930/nbhap-presents-immergut-festival-2013-line-up-complete-win-tickets/
Only one month left until the small but charming IMMERGUT FESTIVAL, North of Berlin, is about to take our hearts once again. Which seems to be the right amount of time to reveal the final announcements. If you still need a reason to join the lovely IMMERGUT-family at the end of may, you might be The post NBHAP presents Immergut Festival 2013 - Line-up complete, win tickets appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .]]> text/html 2013-04-30T05:50:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4926915/new-jens-lekman-regarding-a-package/
Jens Lekman just finds way to keep busy. He always seems to be releasing new material no matter if he has any scheduled releases planned. He's definitely caught up with the times. His latest song is "Regarding A Package", a contribution to ESOPUS magazine's themed audio compilation "Customer Service", where artists penned songs about experiences with customer service. Lekamn took on the task, and wrote a bout various odd things that fans had sent them, that got detained by Australia customs before he ever got them. One of the packages included a dead [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-26T14:40:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4917169/jens-lekman-received-a-dead-bird-in-the-mail-wrote/
Jens Lekman @ T5, Oct. 2012 ( more by Greg Cristman ) When I was living in Melbourne I used to get some really weird (but occasionally really fun) packages from some fans who had been able to track down my new address. There were packages with food, dust, wooden sculptures, fluids, bottled air from Ohio and on at least one occassion - a dead bird. Sealed in a plastic bag apparently but still a dead bird. I say apparently because Australia has some of the strictest quarantine rules in the [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-25T17:04:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4915603/jens-lekman-regarding-a-package/
Jens Lekman - Regarding a Package]]> text/html 2013-04-25T14:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4914743/jens-lekman-mails-in-song-about-dead-bird/
Regarding A Package by Swedish indie-pop singer/songwriter Jens Lekman is a sparse and brief novelty song, appearing on a strangely specific Esopus Magazine compilation album. The twice-yearly New York arts and culture journal commissioned 12 musicians to write songs inspired by a customer service experience for an album appearing with the magazines issue no. 19. Music Player: [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-24T19:02:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4913196/jens-lekman-regarding-a-package/
The New York-based magazine Esopus is working on some interestingly-themed compilation mixtapes - for their most recent one, they asked a diverse array of artists to write songs generally relating to "customer service." Jens Lekman contributed this song, "Regarding a Package," about - seriously - dealing with Australian customs after being sent a package containing a dead bird by a fan (maybe Gob Bluth ?). We're loving Jens ' harpsichord-heavy take on the experience; those delicate instrumentals lend the track a little moody whimsicality. Check it out. Read [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-24T12:37:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4912083/review-of-shout-out-louds-optica-and-giveaway/
Frode & Marcus I get why people have such affection for Shout Out Louds' 2005 debut Howl Howl Gaff Gaff ; the way it tapped into the scrappy, garage-rock sound in vogue at the time but rather than the insouciant attitude that typically came with the aesthetic, it offered a wide-eyed and sincere charm and stood apart from the pack for it. That said, it was only with 20072s Our Ill Wills , which polished up their pop and expanded it to widescreen dimensions, that I [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-24T12:33:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4912123/listen-jens-lekman-regarding-a-package/
Always one to create charming music from seemingly banal subject matter, Jens Lekman has been at work once more, contributing towards a forthcoming ESOPUS magazine themed audio compilation called "Customer Service." Bringing together songs about the contributing artist's experience with customer service, Lekman uses the fan mail he received while living in Australia as inspiration. About it, Lekman wrote: "When I was living in Melbourne I used to get some really weird (but occasionally really fun) packages from some fans who had been able to track down my new address. There were packages with food, dust, wooden sculptures, [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-24T09:49:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4911855/listen-to-regarding-a-package-by-jens-lekman/
Jens Lekman has recorded a song inspired by being sent a dead bird in the mail, though the unfortunate creature would have to end its journey at Australia's strict customs service. The song details Lekman's contact with the service after various weird packages arrived from fans without their objects, but only a note attached saying what it was and why it'd been removed. The track was written for New York's Esopus Magazine, for an album they've put together with songs inspired by artists' customer service experiences. The best section of the witty lyrics start, "Yes, [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-24T08:56:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4911816/listen-jens-lekman-regarding-a-package/
Jens Lekman was recently commissioned by New York based Esopus Magazine to write a song based on the theme of "customer service" which is set to be included on the magazine's cover mounted CD (issue 19). In addition to Lekman's ode to international customs, the disc also contains contributions from Richard Swift and Dirty Beaches. In Lekman's own words : When I was living in Melbourne I used to get some really weird (but occasionally really fun) packages from some [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-23T18:47:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4910425/jens-lekman-regarding-a-package/
A forthcoming issue of the New York arts and culture magazine Esopus will come packaged with a new compilation, and the magazine has asked the artists in question to write songs "inspired by a customer service experience." The comp includes songs from Dirty Beaches, Richard Swift, Black Pus, Cakes Da Killa, and the charmingly specific Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman, the latter of whom is exactly the guy you want writing your customer-service-experience song. Lekman has turned in "Regarding A Package," a spare and pretty song about the time a fan sent him a dead [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-23T18:47:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4910452/jens-lekman-regarding-a-package/
A forthcoming issue of the New York arts and culture magazine Esopus will come packaged with a new compilation, and the magazine has asked the artists in question to write songs "inspired by a customer service experience." The comp includes songs from Dirty Beaches, Richard Swift, Black Pus, Cakes Da Killa, and the charmingly specific Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman, the latter of whom is exactly the guy you want writing your customer-service-experience song. Lekman has turned in "Regarding A Package," a spare and pretty song about the time a fan sent him a dead [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-23T18:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4910265/jens-lekman-streams-new-tune/
Enjoy 'Regarding A Package' via SoundCloud. Watch 'Become Someone Else's' here. Purchase Jens Lekman items via Insound. MP3: Jens Lekman - Olivia & Maddy]]> text/html 2013-04-22T22:08:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4908486/listen-jens-lekman-regarding-a-package/
Everybody's favourite Swedish balladeer and apparently one-off wedding singer, Jens Lekman ,has put out a new song for New York publication Esopus Magazine (I'm looking to do the same for my wedding so Jens , if you're reading this: stay alive and keep making music until I find someone).The song is part of a compilation, " Esopus 19: Customer Service ", by the magazine revolving around, you guessed it! The customer service experience. It's due to come out with the magazine's Esopus 19 issue. What's that? You [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-19T13:34:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4903049/im-leaving-you-because-i-dont-love-you-a/
...continued: mp3: The Next Day: 1 mp3: Chin Up, Cheer Up 2 mp3: I Can't 3 mp3: Listen 4 mp3: She Just Don't Want To Be With You Anymore 5 mp3: I Don't Know Why [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-17T12:23:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4897864/im-leaving-you-because-i-dont-love-you-a-conversation/
...continued: mp3: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want 1 mp3: I'm Sorry 2 mp3: I Love You But I Don't Know What To Say 3 mp3: Please Do Not Let Me Go 4 mp3: Was It Something I Said? 5 [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-08T12:31:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4878629/an-argument-with-myself/
Ada vapurlarnn bir ksm zelleti. Daha dorusu "Mavi Marmara" denilen, vapur deil tekne ileten irkete verildi. Sait Faik ne gzel anlatr, yazn stanbul'da beyaz donlaryla denize inen "halk kesimi"ni. Hani u Mine Krkkanat' Radikal gazetesinden attran mehur Halk ve Vatanda ayrmn her yaz tekrar idrak ederiz. "Gn grmemi vcutlar, beyaz donlar ile katranl iskelenin zerinde hayaletler gibi duruyorlar" diyor Faik, Bele Plaj hikayesinde. Ada vapurlar bir lde zelleti. Artk bisikleti de insan sayp para almaya baladlar. O yzden bele plajclarn yaz aylakl biraz zorlat. Genelde gmen ailerin en kk olan ouklardrlar. Abiler ve ablalar alr. O okur. [...]]]>