Diane Sagnier Tame Impala's second album Lonerism topped more than a few 2012 year-end lists, and while it doesn't do much for me - despite on paper being exactly the sort of thing I should like - if you were to say that Kevin Parker was behind one of the year's finest psychedelic pop records, I would be inclined to agree with you. Except that I would be talking about Melody's Echo Chamber . Describing Melody's Echo Chamber as the [...]
We began our night of covering the Austin music scene over at Mohawk on Tuesday night, greatly anticipating the return of Jens Lekman to Austin. Openers did their job, if only to warm us up for our favorite Swede. Read on for more words and photos. Big Search opened up the evening, though we were only able to catch the last four songs due to early door opening. The band is the project of Matt Popieluch, who also works in Foreign Born [...]
Date Tuesday, November 13th Location Mohawk Doors 6:30 PM Tickets $20 @ Mohawk Those of you searching for a blissful pop evening are going to be in luck with two great acts coming to the Mohawk on Tuesday night: Jens Lekman and Taken By Trees . It's going [...]
Jens Lekman: charmer, storyteller, and admirer of R&B? Who knew.
Photos and words by Leslie Kalohi A sense of relief fell over the Fonda Theatre on Election Day Tuesday as the results were announced, soothing and inspiring each of the performers that night. Foreign Born’s Matt Popieluch began the evening with his current musical endeavor, Big Search. He and his bandmates also returned as support for Victoria Bergsman, aka Taken By Trees. Formerly of Swedish band The Concretes, Bergsman set was awash with the dreamy, tropical sounds of Polynesia from latest album, Other Worlds . Fellow Swede Jens Lekman proved classically charismatic, [...]
Check out my photos of Jens Lekman at the Fonda Theater over at Stereogum .
The Swedes continue to invade America as charm-pop specialist Jens Lekman stopped by the Fonda Theater in Hollywood in support of his latest album, I Know What Love Isn't . Lekman was in good spirits, congratulating the audience on the Obama victory and injecting his usual anecedotes before some songs. Fellow countrywoman Victoria Bergsman provided support under the Taken By Trees moniker. Bergsman's backing band pulled double duty as Matt Popieluch opened the evening with his Big Search project. Check out the photos in the gallery.
Cat Power performs Showbox SoDo on Saturday / photo by Hilary Harris We finish out October with Halloween and a strong week of shows ahead, and we swing right into November with a ton of other great choices. Monday starts pretty damn string with Robyn Hitchcock and the Young Fresh Fellows at Triple Door, Dark Dark Dark, Emily Wells, and Eternal Fair at Crocodile, and Nneka at Tractor Tavern. Some scary choices Tuesday night at Chop Suey with Twerps, Witch Gardens, Crypts, Ononos, Haunted Horses, and [...]
Nina Mouritzen As a confirmed musical Scandiphile - I don't know if that's a real world but I like it regardless - I like to think each nordic country has a particular strength and style to them: Swedes excel at mating melody to melancholy, the best Icelandic music is evocative of the mystery and otherworldliness of the environment from which it springs, and Norway has given us black metal and a-ha. But Denmark... for a long while, they gave us Aqua. And also Mew and The Raveonettes, sure, but only recently have I began to detect a particular [...]
Our amazing photographer Blake Howell went to Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill last night to see Jens Lekman w/ Taken By Trees. Not only did he get amazing shots, but he came back raving it was "the most fun, upbeat show I've been to in awhile!" Here's some of our favorite shots. You can see the whole set here: Jens Lekman ! [...]
Frank Yang Technically, the Swedish consulate in Toronto is in the office tower on the northeast corner of Yonge and Bloor, but on Thursday night it was unofficially relocated to the Phoenix Concert Theatre, and their ambassadors for the evening were Jens Lekman and Victoria Bergsman of Taken By Trees , both with acclaimed new records just out - Lekman with I Know What Love Isn't and Bergsman with Other Worlds . As mentioned when this show was originally [...]
The Swedish electronic pop outfit Taken By Trees - featuring singer Victoria Bergsman, formerly of The Concretes - is opening for Jens Lekman at Union Transfer this week, and today just released a new video for its song "Large," the new single from its 2012 release Out of This World. The conga groove of the ... Continue reading
Frank Yang Maybe it's because I tend to exist in a very Brit/Scandi/indie-centric music bubble that I figured by the time Niki & The Dove's first proper North American tour rolled into Toronto, they'd have already been the buzziest thing going; this based on both the power of their performances at Iceland Airwaves last year and at SXSW this Spring, the overall impressiveness of their debut Instinct . So while they did indeed sell out the Drake on Tuesday night, I had expected demand would [...]
Kristen Lidell Many adjectives can and have been used to describe the songwriting of Swedish troubadour Jens Lekman - wry, witty, classic, charming, hilarious, to list but a very few - but "personal" is not necessarily one of the first you'd use. He's a masterful storyteller in song, and no doubt the seeds of many of his songs come from his own life experiences or observations, but in crafting his perfect little narratives he's usually able to distance himself from them, always a character whether he's operating in the third person or the first. This isn't [...]
This lofty new dream pop single from Taken By Trees comes from their upcoming album Other Worlds . The album is slated for release October 3, which will shortly follow the beginning of their tour with Jens Lekman . Grab Other Worlds Oct. 3, via Secretly Canadian .
Taken By Trees at Knitting Factory BK (02/17/10) Photo : Jon Klemm ( more ) Other Worlds , the new album by Taken By Trees (Victoria Bergsman) comes out on Oct 2 via Secretly Canadian. The first single off of the new record entitled "Dreams" will be released as a 123 on Aug 7 (that's Tuesday). The 123 features an extended instrumental and dubbed out remixes by Henning Fürst of The Tough Alliance. Victoria will be heading out on the road [...]
Kristin Lidell It may sound a bit heretical at first but there've been genuine problems with Jens Lekman's visits to Toronto. These aren't to do with the performances themselves, which have more than ably showcased the droll with and songcraft that have earned the Swedish troubadour legions of fans worldwide, or even a comment on the fact that they've been so few and far between, with just three shows in the past seven years. No, the real problem is that despite having no shortage of those aforementioned legions of fans located in Hogtown, [...]
The delightfully jazzy new Jens Lekman song, "Erica America", gets the video treatment today. This superbly understated video gets a lot of mileage for its lo-fi style; you won't be seeing any special effects or costumes. The single combines folk music with shimmery dream pop. Lekman is also set to begin touring with [...]
You probably know what to expect from Jens Lekman at this point. Pretty boring dude with an acoustic guitar but an amazing songwriter nonetheless. His new video for "Erica America" is above; tour dates for his upcoming string of shows with Taken by Trees is below. Jens Lekman tour dates: Dates marked * w/ Taken By Trees 07/28/12 - Castelbasso, IT - Soundlabs Festival 09/10/12 - Helsinki, FI - Tavastia 09/11/12 - Århus, DK - Train 09/12/12 - Copenhagen, DK - Vega [...]
Jens Lekman Jens Lekman released the official video for "Erica America" today, which can be viewed in this post. The track is from his album, I Know What Love Isn't , out September 4, 2012. Lekman will be joined on the North American leg of his Fall 2012 tour by Taken By Trees, whose album, Other Worlds , is out on October 4, 2012. Tour Dates 07/28/12 – Castelbasso, IT – Soundlabs Festival 09/10/12 – Helsinki, FI – Tavastia [...]
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