Artist: Lassus

Who is this faceless person pictured above in the under-developed photograph? If you are even a casual fan of the various music scenes around Sweden and/or follow some of our occasional offerings from this musically blessed country, today's featured artist is someone you will definitely want to know about. Lassus is the longtime music project of multi-instrumentalist Andreas Lassus from

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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show: 01. Theresa Andersson - Birds fly away 02. TALK 1 03. Nitad - Pengaproblem 04. Parken - Jar har varit vilsen, Lisa 05. Hello Saferide - Anna 06. Alouatta - Animal 07. TALK 2 08. Bloodbath - At the behest of their death 09. Anders Teglund - I whisper, he lives 10. Familjen - Huvudet [...]

"Har du hört den förut? 29 Svenska artister tolkar Förmögenhet" - 29 of Sweden's best underground artists paying tribute to a band you've never heard of. It's actually a fascinating, ballsy concept -- Förmögenhet has released a grand total of one 7" (that's 11 songs) and played maybe 3 shows, yet here they are, immortalized because they made it happen. I'd say that's near-genius. Even better: the music is great. In the same way that the "This is love" comp from a few years back showed how a multitude of artists (some of which reappear [...]

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