Video: SMILE - CLEAN GLOVES, DIRTY HANDS

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 [...]

SWEDISH SUPERGROUP LABEL INGRID ANNOUNCES FIRST RELEASE NEW LABEL INGRID TO PREMIERE EXCLUSIVE COMPILATION FEATURING LYKKE LI, MEMBERS OF MIIKE SNOW AND PETER BJÖRN AND JOHN AND MORE ON APRIL 21st WATCH THE VIDEO FOR SMILE'S "CLEAN GLOVES, DIRTY HANDS" Swedish creative collective and record label Ingrid will be making their official debut on Record Store Day this April 21st with a 15-track compilation, aptly titled Ingrid Volym I . The release will feature new original tracks from Nordic musicians and label founders Lykke Li, Joakim Ahlund of Teddybears, Miike Snow and Björn Yttling [...]

I forget who exactly is in Smile , but I'm pretty sure it's folks from Caesars and Peter Bjorn and John or something along those lines. Anyhow, apparently this is label collective Ingrid 's first-ever music video. File under: friend rock.

When Lykke Li , Miike Snow & Peter Bjorn and John announced the launch of record label  Ingrid,  it excited a lot people and non so more than myself. Now we have the first release from the label, Smile's "Clean Gloves, Dirty Hands". continue reading >>

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 �