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The Best Videos of April 2013
This April we lived it up alongside some promising up-and-coming artists from around the world. We danced along with Denmark's Quadron, partied with Stockholm's...
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Quadron — “Hey Love”
Danish electro soul duo Quadron takes it to the land of 1,000 dances in the video for “Hey Love.” Singer Coco O’s sultry voice keeps things strictly baller.
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Observing Sweden’s Elusive Deer Tracks
We have had the opportunity to study, observe, and even interview the elusive creatures of Swedish synthpop known as The Deer Tracks. When we photographed them, we found...
Interview
We Hunted Down The Deer Tracks
We corralled David Lehnberg and Elin Lindfors, the two free-spirited Swedish geniuses who make up The Deer Tracks, to talk frosty, magical electropop and the rationale...
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“Lazarus”, A Love Story from The Deer Tracks
If you were to count how many times a week we posted new music from Sweden, you'd feel just as inspired as we do whenever we get hit with another tune from a Swede....
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Sin Fang is All Grown Up
Words and Interview By Laura Studarus.
Ethereal. The word haunts nearly every description of Sindri Már Sigfússon’s work as Sing Fang. And with good reason. Over his...
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Sebastian Mikael: Jetsetter, Street Crooner, Swedish Heartthrob
Sebastian Mikael fought long and hard for our Artist of the Week slot, and the honor is beyond deserved. The Swede, who moved to the states for music school and is...
Live
Sondre Lerche – “Airport Taxi Reception”
During Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche's visit to MTV Iggy HQ he told us how Tyler the Creator had tweeted his love for Lerche's song "Airport, Taxi,...
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Sebastian Mikael’s Newjack Swing
Name: Sebastian Mikael
Where he’s From: Gothenburg, Sweden
When He Started: 2010
Genre: Pop soul
Most Similar: Daley, Miguel
Sounds Like: Collegiate...
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Top 10 Reasons Why We Are So, So Ready for 2013
2012, let's not even get into it. You are over and we are really fine with that. Barack Obama got re-elected and, hopefully, we'll never have to think about Mitt...
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Sin Fang’s “Young Boys” is the Best Thing Ever this Week
Iceland's Sin Fang has announced the release date of his third album Flowers with a ridiculous avalanche of rainbows and unicorns called "Young Boys." It's a legend of...
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Jens Lekman: The Old Soul with the Boyish Face
One of the more lovable characters to come out of Gothenburg, Sweden is Jens Lekman, a decade-long industry veteran who has garnered comparisons to Belle & Sebastian due...
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Global Goth: 10 Tunes To Keep It Creepy This Halloween
Is goth the new black? It’s seem like everyone from J-pop princess Kyary Pamyu Pamyu to the US's Jhene Aiko is adding a touch of creepy to their videos. Maybe it's...
Music Video
First Aid Kit — “Wolf”
Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg go pagan in their video “Wolf” off their latest album The Lion’s Roar. It was only a matter of time before their chilling...
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Watch Little Dragon Rock Out in a Cape Town Township
The whole "live acoustic video shot in a cool location on nice DSRL camera" thing has been blowing up in music-land over the last few years, but few do it better than...
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Spend a Night in the Dark With Karin Park
Name: Karin Park
Where She’s From: Dalarna, Sweden
When She Started: 2003
Genre: electro pop
Sounds Like: An all-night jam session between Lykke Li and...
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Karin Park — “Thousand Loaded Guns”
We wouldn’t want to be the guy that pissed Karin Park off. In her latest video for “Thousand Loaded Guns,” the Swedish electro-pop singer gets some serious revenge on...
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Norway’s UngdomSkulen Will Rock You
Name: UngdomSkulen
Where They’re From: Bergen, Norway
When They Started: 2003
Genre: psychedelic prog rock
Most Like: Jefferson Airplane meets...
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Pop Montreal Festival Line-up Announced
There are a lot of music festivals for discerning fans to choose from lately. But this line-up would definitely make Pop Montreal 2012 (Sept 19-23) one of those...
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Sigur Rós Releases World’s Slowest Music Video
For the visual component of their new album Valtari, icelandic mood-wizards Sigur Rós has this really cool idea. Dubbed the "Mystery Film Experiment," they gave each...