Blog: SwedesPlease

Funny Xtranormal Wrestling Video

Jan 21, 2011, 7:02pm SwedesPlease
My son and I made this xtranormal video about his wrestling team. It's pretty funny. He badgered me to put it on my blogs so we'll get more hits. So here goes:
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Swedish Straight Edge Hardcore – Stay Hungry

Jan 21, 2011, 9:33am SwedesPlease
Swedish Straight Edge Hardcore – Stay Hungry I guess I should have asked for a couple of more songs from the Swedish straight edge hardcore band Stay Hungry since this one clocks in at only 1:27. Still it's a perfect use of a minute and twenty seven seconds. Nothing is wasted in this band's minimalistic aggro punk. I'm not a hardcore expert and am far removed from the scene but to me these guys have it. Whatever "it" is? The new record is called Against The Wall and came out in November. Stream the new record [...]
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Artist:Stay Hungry
Title:03 Against the wall
Link Text:Against The Wall
File Name:Against the wall.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

The Scrags playing out in the Swedish winter

Jan 19, 2011, 11:01am SwedesPlease
The Scrags - Cold Wind - live at Fältskärsleden 18
According to It's A Trap this is new music from The Scrags . I'm just impressed they set up and played in the bitter Swedish winter. They get mega points for that.
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More Swedish folk – John Hawks and the 7 Song Seesion Tape

Jan 18, 2011, 2:28pm SwedesPlease
More Swedish folk – John Hawks and the 7 Song Seesion Tape Say what you will about Swedesplease but at least give me some credit for being on top of the Swedish indie folk revolution. Like twee in the early oughts, or indie rock in the 90's, or pop before that; I think that the twenty-teens will be represented by folk based bands like TTMOE, Tim Schmidt, Old Lost John, Johan Brännstöm, and Shotgun language. John Hawks can be added to that short list. He has just releases an 8 song ep in which he is accompanied on guitar by audible tape hiss. The results are lofi campfiresque [...]
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The best music from around the world for the month of January (MAP)

Jan 15, 2011, 10:36am SwedesPlease
To download all 35 songs in one file click here ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Les Mentettes Orchestra - Cosmic Sidewalks Les Mentettes Orchestra is the augmented version of Les Mentettes, a psychedelic pop band from Buenos Aires that features more than 20 musicians live on stage. A couple of years ago we featured one of their early recordings, but now it's time to unveil [...]
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Chiptune from Sweden – Chetreo

Jan 13, 2011, 4:57pm SwedesPlease
Chiptune from Sweden – Chetreo Swedish chiptune/blip-pop mixed with somewhat cheesy vocals = win win for everyone. Chetreo is the name Niklas Dahlstrand has given to his project that combines his love of video games with his love of music. Lots of music available for free over on Bandcamp; follow him on Twitter. Here's a track from his 2010 release A Year Of Change . The Boy Without A Fairy
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Artist:Chetreo
Title:The Boy Without A Fairy
Link Text:The Boy Without A Fairy
File Name:The_Boy_Without_A_Fairy.mp3

Swedish Video Roudup – The Indie Pop Edition (Happydeadman, Strawberry Fair, Cloudberry Jam, A SMile And A Ribbon, Bare Knees, The Bridal Shop, The Budgies, Nixon)

Jan 12, 2011, 2:01pm SwedesPlease
Cloudberry Jam - You And I
Someone with a screename of Theblissfulyears has uploaded a bunch of indie pop including a couple from these very hard to find artists: Happydeadman - Silent Sigh City Strawberry Fair - "I Can't Do Anything" Cloudberry Jam - "You and I" Plus: A Smile And a Ribbon - "Book Cover" (Live in Gothenburg) Bare Knees - "Fidelity" The Bridal Shop - "Violation" [...]
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Catchy power pop from Swedish band Weston

Jan 10, 2011, 12:37pm SwedesPlease
Catchy power pop from Swedish band Weston This is a little pop gem from a band (just one Swedish guy) called Weston. While the song is peppy and seemingly upbeat the song is about the pressures on a young woman to be something that she is not. It's pretty perceptive and has a bunch of topical references (facebook, etc). Best place to find out a little more about Weston is here via his Bandcamp download page. So Sorry
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Artist:Weston
Title:So Sorry
Link Text:So Sorry
File Name:So_Sorry.mp3

New experimental Swedish muisc from Viking Jews and Smycken (plus something new from Der Teenage Panzerkorps)

Jan 6, 2011, 2:10pm SwedesPlease
New experimental Swedish muisc from Viking Jews and Smycken (plus something new from Der Teenage Panzerkorps) We've got some radical experimental music from Sweden for you today. These songs come to us by way of Release the Bats record label. The label was originally set up for the band Release The Bats but grew from there into an important outlet for experimental music. These songs come from a split lp from the bands Viking Jews and Smycken. "Boneless" from Viking Jews is the more out there of the two songs. The label describes the band thusly (sp?): Melancholic and rhythmic stuff melted through cheap keyboards, [...]
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Artist:Der Teenage Panzerkorps - V3
Title:Der Teenage Panzerkorps
Link Text:V3
File Name:v3.mp3
Year:2011
Artist:Smycken - Marble Slabz
Title:Smycken
Link Text:Marble Slabz
File Name:Marble_Slabz.mp3
Year:2010
Artist:Viking Jews - Boneless
Title:Viking Jews
Link Text:Boneless
File Name:Boneless.mp3
Year:2010

Swedish Shoegaze from Zeit

Jan 4, 2011, 12:34pm SwedesPlease
Swedish Shoegaze from Zeit Is there enough great shoegaze in the world? I'd argue there isn't. Zeit's new self titled album is a start. The band hails from Gothenburg and their new album can be purchased through Bandcamp here for $5. Here's the song "She Came To Stay" She Came To Stay
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Artist:Zeit
Title:She Came To Stay
Link Text:She Came To Stay
File Name:She_Came_To_Stay.mp3

New video/free album download from Klifton Filente

Dec 27, 2010, 3:08pm SwedesPlease
Klifton Filente - It Takes A Thorn To Remove A Thorn
Klifton Filente is one of the under appreciated, unsigned, and relatively unknown artists from Sweden that I am keeping my eye on. I have written in the past about his music here and here . This song/video is from the album Common Ground ; download the album here . It Takes A Thorn To Remove A Thorn Video:
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Artist:Klifton Filente
Title:It Takes A Thorn To Remove A Thorn
Link Text:It Takes A Thorn To Remove A Thorn
File Name:It_Takes_A_Thorn_To_Remove_A_T horn.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2010

**Best of 2010 Repost Series** Ji Nilsson

Dec 23, 2010, 4:48pm SwedesPlease
**Best of 2010 Repost Series** Ji Nilsson Yeah, it's a bunch of Swedish girls in a row. So sue me! I love Ji Nilsson and hope that my continued support will help her achieve her dreams. --------- What I like about Swedesplease (and of course I'm rather biased) is the variety. Over the last 3 or 4 posts we've showcased music that ranges from experimental noise to orchestrated pop to punk inspired rock to dj driven beats. Today we take it to the extreme with Disneyfied cabaret right out of the 40's. This [...]
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**Best of 2010 Repost Series** De Montevert (aka Ellinor Nilsson)

Dec 20, 2010, 6:29pm SwedesPlease
**Best of 2010 Repost Series** De Montevert (aka Ellinor Nilsson) If you've read this blog in the past and then listen to this song and/or watch the video than you'll see why I had to highlight this again. Enjoy! ----- Last week was quiet around here. I was actually waiting to get approval and a song from a particular artist I had emailed. Turns out I forgot to hit send. Once I got that resolved it was near impossible to select just one song by De Montevert (aka Ellinor Nilsson). Her style is [...]
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Artist:de Montevert
Title:High On You
Link Text:High On You
File Name:High_On_You.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps

**Best of 2010 Repost Series** – Big Fox

Dec 16, 2010, 1:13pm SwedesPlease
**Best of 2010 Repost Series** – Big Fox There's still not much to go on when it comes to Big Fox. But her music and her potential stuck out this past year. This is one of probably 2 or 3 Swedish female singers that will be in this group of best music from Sweden in 2010. -------- It's been 4 days since my last post. But I hope to have made up for my absence with the results from my scouring of the web for brilliant Swedish pop. I think I've found it in [...]
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Best Music From Around The World – December M.A.P. (35 songs from 35 countries)

Dec 15, 2010, 10:17am SwedesPlease
To download all 35 songs in one file click here ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Nairobi - Minerals Nairobi is a dub band based in Buenos Aires. Approaching dub from a diverse perspective, they create vibrant climates and fresh interpretations of the genre. This song is the first single from their second album, Wet, which was mixed at Mad Professor's studio in London and features [...]
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Link Text:A Dark God Heart
File Name:Sleep_Party_People_-_A_Dark_Go d_Heart_-_Denmark.mp3
Link Text:Amigo
File Name:2010-11-06T11_29_01-07_00.mp3
Link Text:Brandy - Angel In Disguise (Fantastic Mr Foxs Nature Boy Rerub)
File Name:BrandyAngelInDisguiseFantastic MrFox.mp3
Link Text:Eggshells
File Name:Rachel-Sermanni-Eggshells-Scot land.mp3
Link Text:Empty Universe
File Name:Image_-_Empty_Universe_-_South _Korea.mp3
Link Text:Lisa y llanamente
File Name:Los_Nadie_-_Lisa_y_llanamente_ -_Chile.mp3
Link Text:Opin Fyrir Morði
File Name:Nora_-_Opin_fyrir_mordi_-_Icel and.mp3
Link Text:Printsess  Page
File Name:Multiphonic_Rodent_-_Printsess _Page_-_Estonia.mp3
Link Text:Ruleta Rusa
File Name:Viniloversus.RuletaRusa.Venezu ela.mp3
Link Text:Terry Torry A List
File Name:Abbie_Gale_-_Terry_Torry_A_Lis t_-_Greece.mp3
Link Text:The Tenth Wave
File Name:Winterhorde_-_The_Tenth_Wave_- _Israel.mp3
Link Text:Ya No Existes
File Name:hn7qeo.mp3
Artist:(m+a)
Title:(we)
Link Text:(we)
File Name:m a_-_we.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Capzula
Title:Capzula - Lo Dejamos Asi
Link Text:Lo Dejamos Asi
File Name:Capzula-Lo-Dejamos-Asi-new-Sin gle-2010.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Dizzy Errol
Title:Pride
Link Text:Pride
File Name:DizzyErrol-PrideGermany.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:James McMorrow
Title:If I Had A Boat
Link Text:If I Had A Boat
File Name:James_Vincent_McMorrow_-_If_I_ Had_A_Boat_IRELAND.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Kelelawar Malam
Title:Suara Kegelapan
Link Text:Suara Kegelapan
File Name:Kelelawar_Malam-Suara_Kegelapa n-Indonesia.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Kid Solano
Title:Solano Swing
Link Text:Solano Swing
File Name:Kid_Solano_-_Solano_Swing_-_Pe ru.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Makunouchi Bento
Title:Anchorshaped Siren
Link Text:Anchorshaped Siren
File Name:Makunouchi Bento - Anchorshaped Siren (Romania).mp3
Artist:Minta & The Brook Trout
Title:Large Amounts
Link Text:Large Amounts
File Name:Minta_the_Brook_Trout_-_Large_ Amounts_-_Portugal.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Miracle
Link Text:A Big Jet Plane
File Name:A-Big-Jet-Plane1.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Nairobi
Title:Minerals
Link Text:Minerals
File Name:Nairobi-Minerals(Argentina).mp 3
Year:2010
Artist:Olenka and the Autumn Lovers
Title:Sparrow
Link Text:Sparrow
File Name:OlenkaAndTheAutumnLovers-Sparr ow.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Painted Palms
Link Text:All Of Us
File Name:MAP - December 2010 (USA) Painted Palms - All Of Us.mp3
Artist:Pikachunes
Title:Nervous
Link Text:Nervous
File Name:Pikachunes-Nervous.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Rainbow Danger Club
Title:Neighbors on the Rooftops
Link Text:Neighbors On The Rooftops
File Name:Rainbow Danger Club - Neighbors on the Rooftops (China).mp3
Year:2010
Artist:Reburn
Title:Outta My Mind
Link Text:Outta My Mind
File Name:Reburn_-_Outta_My_Mind_-_South _Africa.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Tempo Tantrick
Title:Psychoblabber
Link Text:Psychoblabber
File Name:Tempo_Tantrick_Psychoblabber_I ndia.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Artist:THE BENELUX
Title:Pet Needs Friends (BEAR remix)
Link Text:Pet Needs Friends (Bear remix)
File Name:thebenelux-petneedsfriends.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:The bianca Story
Title:Coming Home
Link Text:Coming Home
File Name:The-Bianca-Story-Coming-Home-S witzerland.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:The Friend
Title:New Berlin Wall
Link Text:New Berlin Wall
File Name:the_friend_new_berlin_wall_fin land.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:The Lard Brothers
Title:Wish You'll Never Leave Time (Ownself remix)
Link Text:Wish Youll Never Leave Time (Ownself Remix)
File Name:the-lard-brothers-wish-youll-n ever-leave-time-ownself-remix- singapore.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Troker
Title:Planeta Terror
Link Text:Planeta Terror
File Name:TrokerPlanetaTerror.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Uno Møller
Title:Your Quiet Little House
Link Text:Your Quiet Little House
File Name:Uno_Moller_-_Your_Quiet_Little _House_-_Norway.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2010

**Best of 2010 Repost Series** – Tim Schmidt & Jenny Björkvist

Dec 13, 2010, 5:49pm SwedesPlease
**Best of 2010 Repost Series** – Tim Schmidt & Jenny Björkvist "To Heal Your Wounds" by Jenny Björkqvist is one great song. It successfully straddles the worlds of indie and folk; the song would be as comfortable hanging out with Nick Drake or Jose Gonzalez as it would be spending time with Dylan or Guthrie. Friend Tim Schmidt contributes vocals as well on this track. To Heal Your Wounds I mentioned Tim Schmidt the other day in my post about Jenny Bjorkqvist and also back in May 2008 [...]
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**Best of 2010 Repost Series** Francis – “I Was Never Bored At All”

Dec 10, 2010, 10:42am SwedesPlease
**Best of 2010 Repost Series** Francis – “I Was Never Bored At All” Since this isn't a regular music blog we won't be doing a regular top 10 list. Instead we'll revisit some of the best music of the year by reposting what we loved the most. First up is something from Francis. ---- I know it's only Thursday but I can't possibly hope for any more exclusive Swedish goodies so this will serve as the end of the week for Swedesplease. Here in all its glory is the new song from Francis . Not much info beyond [...]
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Swedish Video Roundup – Swedish Rock Groups from the Sixties

Dec 8, 2010, 10:32am SwedesPlease
S H A N E S - I Don't Want Your Love
This is a completely random overview of just some of the great 60's rock from Sweden that by and large we missed here in America. Some of this crossed the channel and had an impact in the UK but by and large these groups seemed to stay in Sweden and were embraced by a rabid mod public. The Shanes Tages Steampacket [...]
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New electronic music from Kriget and Harald Björk

Dec 7, 2010, 10:45am SwedesPlease
New electronic music from Kriget and Harald Björk I wrote about the odd sounds of Kriget back here . The band has taken their original sound and made it even odder. Besides the drum kit nearly every instrument on the new record is distorted beyond recognition. I Tried My Best But My Best Tried Not Bonus: If your tastes run a little bit more to standard electronica than the new ep from Harald Björk might be up your alley. Congratulations to Harald for his recent P3 Gold [...]
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Artist:Harald Björk
Title:Bigfield
Link Text:Bigfield
File Name:Bigfield.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Kriget
Title:I Tried To Do My Best But My Best Did Not
Link Text:I Tried My Best But My Best Tried Not
File Name:I_Tried.mp3
Year:2010

Mutual Friends – “The Cabin”

Dec 3, 2010, 9:50am SwedesPlease
Mutual Friends – “The Cabin” I think it's great that this year's version of Jose Gonzalez is The Tallest Man On Earth. Both artists deserved the small amount of fame and adulation they received. But at the same time I'm annoyed that we only have room in our hearts for one Swedish folk/roots act at a time. I'm lucky that I don't have any such restriction and that I can write about the new record The Cabin from Mutual Friends. "Dressed Up For Halloween" starts out as a folk song powered by banjo and harmonica. But [...]
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Artist:Mutual Friends
Title:Dressed Up For Halloween.mp3
Link Text:Dressed Up For Halloween
File Name:Dressed_Up_For_Halloween.mp3.m p3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2010
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