
What are you listening to ? My family are big music fans, so I've grown up with great music. This means I have a really eclectic taste. At the moment I'm in the middle of writing a movie, so I've been listening to a lot of Krzysztof Penderecki and Pino Donaggio (turn off all the lights, wack the volume up and scare yourself to death). I've also really been getting into Rodriguez , Blessa , Findlay and Harrison . I love Random Impulse , too. I [...]

The Teddybears in Jamaica, featuring; Beenie Man, Natalie Storm, Mr Lexx, Ninjaman, Cutty Ranks, Ward 21, Baby Trish and Busy Signal

Apesar de já estar certo para nós que o The Royal Concept será uma das bandas mais legais de 2013, os suecos acabam de subir um pouco mais no nosso conceito com esta série de covers que estão começando a fazer no Youtube, atendendo a pedido dos fãs. E a primeira apresentação contou com nada menos que "Cobrastyle", single dos suecos Teddybears e que mais tarde foi regravado pela Robyn . Se você já achava que as duas versões eram energéticas o suficiente, considere mudar de opinião quando ver o que os caras [...]
The Royal Concept contribute to a steadily - growing pile of 2013 covers with a take on their Swedish compatriots Teddybears' hit, "Cobrastyle." Is it possible to shred on a keyboard? Because we think that's what's happening in this video. Stream it above. Apparently this is the first of several fan-requested covers the band will be recording. Until the next one comes out, though, you can grab the Royal Concept's self-titled EP, out now on Universal Republic .

When it comes to music from Sweden you know that there's a 99.13% chance that you'll abso-fucking-lutely love it. They churn out the hits like a strip club churns out the tits. One of the lesser-known bands is Teddybears , starting off as a Grindcore band in the '90s and evolving into a more electronically-charged indie-rock-hip-hop ensemble who have released six albums to date. Today, as a wee Christmas gift, South Of France gave us their cover of Teddybears' best-known song "Yours To Keep" , kicking it up a gear [...]
Right in time for the holidays beloved Californian indie-pop duo SOUTH OF FRANCE is also in the mood for giving away presents. The band - which recently performed a fancy live session and who we featured on our Nothing But ... Indie-Pop sampler - presents a free new track. Yours To Keep is a cover version by
New indie label offers artists true artistic freedom.

Sadly one of the most overlooked releases of 2011 was without a doubt Southern Maryland native and rapper Kelow's free debut album "Colored Pencils" (download here ) on which she delivered a great piece of future in 13 tracks. Kelow's carefree, confident and expressive raps shines through in great tunes like 'Give It to Me', 'Press Buttons' ft. Robyn and 'LOUD!' to name a few and over all the album felt very ahead of it's time. It showcased something unique and fresh that shouldn't have to be labelled unique and fresh at all: a girl being herself, living her [...]

Photo by Olivia Locher “In Europe in general, I think London’s probably the top place for us to play as a band,” states Matthew Dear as he sits at a table in the Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, nursing a tea and preparing for his performance later this evening. “The support and the energy that people bring, it’s always consistent, so it’s always a good thing.” And he’s not wrong. It may be a Monday evening, but this corner of East London is bustling, the bar overflowing with eager spectators turned [...]
As a big Family Guy fan I'm looking forward to this: Ted is the big screen debut for Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane . MacFarlane has written and directed the film and also stars as the voice of the teddy bear, Ted . As you can see in the trailer above, the film is a live action/CG-animated comedy and tells the story of John [...]
A little while ago, we heard a new single called " Time To Time " from the minds of Joakim Ahlund (Teddybears) and Björn Yttling (Peter Björn & John), who have formed the all-Swede indie pop superduo Smile. They've got an album out this week, and today we're sharing the vertigo-inducing clip for "Eating Dirt," a glowing electronic instrumental. Watch below. Read More...
Stereogum A little while ago, we heard a new single called " Time To Time " from the minds of Joakim Ahlund (Teddybears) and Björn Yttling (Peter Björn & John), who have formed the all-Swede indie pop superduo Smile. They've got an album out this week, and today we're sharing the vertigo-inducing clip for "Eating Dirt," a glowing electronic instrumental. Watch below. Read More... [...]
Aunque los muchachos de Peter Bjorn and John son más conocidos por cierta "canción del silbidito" que por cualquier otra cosa, lo cierto es que los suecos tienen ya una larga carrera y un nombre no sólo en su natal Suecia sino en buena parte del mundo. Lo mismo podemos decir de Teddybears , una banda que más allá de la nacionalidad no tiene realmente mucho en común con la primera, excepto que ahora uno de sus miembros, Joakim Ahlund , se ha unido con el Björn (Yttling) de los poperos para crear una [...]
What do you get when a couple of Sweden's brightest musical lights step away from their primary projects and come together under a new band banner? In the case of Joakim Ahlund of electro auteurs Teddybears and Björn Yttling of indie-pop heroes Peter Bjorn & John, you get Smile, a duo that incorporates elements of both [...]

Sweden's indie-pop overlords are banding up. Ingrid is a new collective label founded by Lykke Li, Miike Snow, Peter Bjorn & John's Björn Yttling, and the Teddybears' Joakim Ahlund. Yttling and Ahnuld also have a new project together called Smile, and they'll soon release their debut album A Flash In The Night on the label. Below, we've got a taste of it called "From Time To Time." It's a sugary motorik track; call it krautpop. Read More...
Details are still scant here, but the confirmed list of artists involved in Smile points to a rising Swedish indie-electronic powerhouse. Smile is the newly formed group of Björn Yttling, from Peter Bjorn and John, ... read more

Ingrid es el nombre del nuevo proyecto que reúne a una serie de reconocidos artistas de origen sueco, entre los que se destacan Lykke Li , Miike Snow , Peter Bjorn and John y Teddybears . Bajo este flamante sello, los músicos editarán sus próximos lanzamientos, aunque también continuarán haciéndolo con sus actuales sellos, respetando cada contrato. Según anunciaron sus creadores, " Ingrid fue [...]

A group of Swedish artists, including Miike Snow, Lykke Li, Peter Bjorn and John, and The Teddybears, have formed a new collective/record label called Ingrid. According to an official statement , the organization was "created over numerous cups of pitch black coffee at Mellqvist's in Stockholm" with the intention of "creating straight from the heart right to the people without any middle hands," thus affording artists an "opportunity for creation, collaboration, and compilation sonically and visually." Watch two promotional films for Ingrid below. Each of the artists participating in Ingrid will continue work with their existing record labels.
Los artistas suecos Peter Bjorn and John, Miike Snow, Lykke Li y Teddybears han unido fuerzas para crear un nuevo colectivo y sello discográfico que lleva el nombre de Ingrid . La razón detrás de la formación de este sello es simple: crear con el corazón y llevar esas creaciones directamente hacia las personas, sin ningún intermediario. Ingrid se convertirá en un hogar para nuevos músicos y artistas, donde será posible colaborar, crear y compilar tanto de forma musical como visual. La idea y el concepto suenan muy interesantes, sólo queda estar al [...]
Your day is about to get a lot better as Laura Marling has a new video out for one of the best songs off A Creature I Don’t Know , “All My Rage”. A warning though, that this video might creep some out, as tons of inanimate objects come to life and start to sing along. I personally love when teddy bears and puppets help me sing along in my room. Laura Marling - “All My Rage”