Some incredible folk artists have been emerging from Sweden during the last few years. Idiot Wind is the pseudonym of singer-songwriter Amanda Bergman. She's married to Kristian Matsson aka Tallest Man On Earth, and without drawing too many comparisons to their styles; they most definitely share a skill in writing original songs that ... Continue reading
Wow. First Aid Kit has a new song out today called " Wolf " and it is undoubtedly going to be the song you'll be humming for the rest of you week. The track is a little more upbeat than previous First Aid Kit songs- its got a nice drum beat behind it and a real catchy hook to it. What a great taste for whats to come from the Swedish duo. I have never been more happy about this Swedish invasion that has been going on. In fact, I [...]
After opening for Bon Iver in 2008, Kristian Matsson garnered countless comparisons to Bob Dylan because of his folky wanderlust and romantic, husky crooning. Matsson’s last release, The Wild Hunt , built the foundation of his music around his potentially abrasive vocals, allowing his lyrics to shine through. There’s No Leaving Now , his third album as The Tallest Man On Earth , is hardly a departure [...]
The Tallest Man On Earth proves the power of consistency on his third full-length album. WATCH THE REVIEW
In what seems like no time at all we've gone from a lack of new material from The Tallest Man On Earth , to having a single or two, a bunch of tour dates, and now we're only a week or so away from his new album becoming a Summer stalwart on our turntables and trips to the beach. 20102s "The Wild Hunt" was on regular rotation at LBYB HQ for a good year and as we've mentioned before, he doesn't need to go to extremes with [...]
Listen to the new single from the Tallest Man on Earth.
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El segundo album de larga duracion de The Tallest Man On Earth es otro de esos lanzamientos a los que se les tiene una brutal expectativa por la increible atencion que genero con su album debut editado hace poco mas de dos años y si, en lo personal me parece que esto no es para menos ya que independientemente de las comparaciones que se le hayan llegado a hacer como con Bob Dylan, me parece que este tipo tiene su propio estilo y sabe como crear verdaderas joyas con tan solo un par de elementos musicales como su [...]
Listen to The Tallest Man On Earth 's new song "19043 below, from his new album "There's No Leaving Now" . From his debut album "Shallow Grave" in 2008 to the followup "The Wild Hunt" in 2010, Kristian Mattson, known to most of us as The Tallest Man On Earth , went from strength to strength. "Shallow Grave" is a fantastic album, though I mostly find myself going back and listening [...]
Listen below to The Tallest Man On Earth 's Record Store Day exclusive release, a cover of Paul Simon 's "Graceland" . The Swedish singer/songwriter returns with a limited 123 Record Store Day release of his single, "King of Spain" off of his second full-length, 20102s "The Wild Hunt" , the b-side of which is a cover of the Paul Simon staple, "Graceland" , originally off of his 1986 album of the same name. The cover was originally recorded in 2010, but [...]
Listen to The Tallest Man On Earth 's new song "Bright Lanterns" below, from his new album "There's No Leaving Now" . From his debut album "Shallow Grave" in 2008 to the followup "The Wild Hunt" in 2010, Kristian Mattson, known to most of us as The Tallest Man On Earth , went from strength to strength. "Shallow Grave" is a fantastic album, though I mostly find myself going back and [...]
Tweet Watch the new video for Porcelain Raft 's song "Something In Between" below, taken from the album "Strange Weekend" . Connect with Porcelain Raft: Facebook | Twitter | Website | Bandcamp
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Tweet Watch The Tallest Man On Earth perform a brand new track "Little Brother" in Capetown over the weekend. His third album is rumoured to be coming out in June, and if you're unfamiliar with him check out his beautiful album "The Wild Hunt" . Connect with The Tallest Man On Earth - Facebook | Twitter | Last.fm ( via )
Tweet This guy knows how to pull at those heartstrings. Maybe it's a combination of certain things going on in my personal life right now, but The Tallest Man On Earth is the kinda music that accompanies it well first thing in the morning . I've said this before but what he does isn't anything groundbreaking, but what he does do he does it extremely well, and that's hopeful, mournful, poetic, joyous, somber, pining Indie-Folk balladry. His last album [...]
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Tweet New music from The Tallest Man On Earth = old music from The Tallest Man On Earth. Any music from The Tallest Man On Earth = AWESOME! I'm fine with not saying anything else and leaving the post here, but I'll give you a little back-story. Back in 2006 when Kristian Matsson was but a lad he released a self-titled EP, a swirling, soaring Indie-Folk strum-along, harnessing the early years of Bob Dylan but without the political slant. Another [...]
This week sees the return of Ear Worm with an alternative Eurovision special Nessy Monaghan - France I first found out about Christophe Willem about five years ago while I was in Paris. He was everywhere. Every television channel, every radio station was pumping out a slick pop song called 'Double Je'. Christophe Willem had won 'Nouvelle Star', the French version of American Idol and while the format by which he was discovered is known the world over, there are many things that make Christophe distinctly French. He wears geeky glasses [...]
Artist : The Tallest Man On Earth Hometown : Leksand, Dalarna, Sweden Members : Kristian Matsson Formed : 2006 Released : 2010 Genre : Indie, Folk Label : Gravitation, Dead Oceans Singles : "King Of Spain" [...]
Wait, what? An entire new EP by one of the most average-sized men on Earth, otherwise known as The Tallest Man On Earth? The only time those will be unwelcome is if he takes a Milli Vanilli route and gets all dread-locky and shit. Thankfully it's really difficult for Swedish people to grow dreadlocks (they're allergic to them) so he'll never go that way, but today my good buddy over at TwentyFourBit broke the good news to me. Five new songs (with the freebie actually being a reworking of a bonus track from his latest album "The [...]
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If you're unaware of what Music Monday is, it's a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to not only find new music themselves but help others find new music too. Using the hashtag (#) followed by "MusicMonday" you can easily find new music posted by the thousands of people making recommendations each week. Every #MusicMonday I upload a playlist of 20 songs that I've been listening to (new and old) over the past week [...]
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All of the songs listed below were personally chosen by the artist or blogger above. I got in touch with a lot of artists and bloggers who were all kind enough to get back to me and take part in Desert Island Discs. If you're unaware of the concept behind Desert Island Discs , check out the basic pitch I gave the artists and bloggers I got in touch with. If you're an artist or blogger and want to take part, just send your submission with the eight pieces of music [...]
![[Listen] – #MusicMonday – 20 Songs Of The Week – June 14th](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2669813_lg.jpg)
If you're unaware of what Music Monday is, it's a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to not only find new music themselves but help others find new music too. Using the hashtag (#) followed by "MusicMonday" you can easily find new music posted by the thousands of people making recommendations each week. Every #MusicMonday I upload a playlist of 20 songs that I've been listening to (new and old) over the past week [...]
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