As I was posting about Pelle Carlberg last weekend, it occurred to me: I've been neglecting our fair-haired "broders" and "systers" of the Swede pop world. Thus, while OK Computer v. Nevermind is in halftime, I thought I'd take a moment and give you the latest releases from our favorite purveyors of crash-safe cars, low-cost furniture and bright, contagious sound. THE FAINTEST IDEAS - What Goes Up Must Calm Down The Faintest Ideas (formerly the Javelins) sometimes seem like [...]

Swedish band, The Faintest Ideas (formerly Javelin and now signed to Magic Marker Records) grace us with their first impressions of SXSW. Not a bad group of acts in one long day. "Got here at noon, Texas turned out to be rainy and not very warm. Nice though, and somewhat looking a bit Swedish, strangely enough. After dumping our stuff at the place where we'll stay (fantastic place, fantastic people!) we went downtown to get out our badges and wristbands. We quickly found out that SXSW ia about standing in lines and getting expensive looking flyers [...]

Spring is coming... soon . !!! must be the moon !!! yadnus wilco what light? david vandervelde nothin' no spielerfrau vulgar tongue [rough mix from upcoming album] i'm from barcelona this boy [feat. loney, dear] elvis perkins while you were sleeping [...]
Avi Roig is a Scandinavian music expert. In fact it's all he writes about on his website It'a a Trap . He even puts out records too . Below he talks about eleven Swedish artists that are visiting the U.S. this month to play SXSW and elsewhere. --- DOWNLOAD: Marit Bergman - No Party (MP3) Consensus has it that Marit Bergman 's latest album "I think it's a rainbow" [...]
Andy Partridge : "I Lovely Cosmonaut" [mp3] from Monstrance (out April 3rd) other music blog posts: @elbo.ws @hype The Faintest Ideas : two tracks [mp3] "Capitol Between Brackets" [mp3] from What Goes Up Must Calm Down @myspace other music blog posts: @elbo.ws @hype Gomez : 2007-02-26, Dallas [mp3,ogg,flac] "Wharf Me" [mp3] [...]

Gothenburg, Sweden I like The Faintest Ideas more and more every day. Check these guys out if you love Guided By Voices or The Buzzcocks. "Dexter's Got A Sinister Heart" The Faintest Ideas on MySpace

The Faintest Ideas Hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden, The Faintest Ideas (formerly the Javelins) are the kind of jangly noise pop that brings to mind bands like Boyracer or Television Personalities. Their new album What Goes Up Must Calm Down somehow slipped under my radar when it was released by Magic Marker back around late October. I've got ahold of it now though, and I think I'm in love. If you like your twee pop to be a little dirty, a little more [...]