Here’s a summer pop song in Swedish from Julia Järnerud, who’s now recording her debut album. Follow Julia on Facebook or on her blogg.

Äntligen

Zonen is a tight hip hop-trio that have produced music together since 2003. As late as last year they changed the band name to Zonen (“The Zone”). They play an energic hip hop with a nice sense of humour and they vary quite a bit between styles often including nice samplings and fun hooks.

Listen more on Spotify and on their Soundcloud page. Follow their blog or their Facebook page to keep track on new songs.

Vidare, Snabbare

The band Alex Carole and the Crush, hailing from Fagersta, was formed in 2009 at the initiative of the singer and guitarist Anders Pietsch, aka Alex Carole. The members came from bands like CDOASS, Bruket and The Savages.

In April they released their debut album “Vol 1.”, an album full of nice, messy  rock’n’roll, sometimes with vibes from The Clash, sometimes from more contemporary indie rock.

Listen to the albumet on Spotify and follow the band at their site.

Will I Get It?
And Know About Me

Andreas London is someone that unusual as a feministic  singer/songwriter, who has released his debut album “Andreas London”. He swings hard in many directions, and reminds us, at least here in Sweden, that ten years ago, every politician, nomatter what party, called themselves feminists. It’s also an irony that this is performed by a man in one of the most male industries there is, the music industry.

Musically there is one comparison in front of all others: Bob Dylan. And Dylan from the years of 64-65, well performed with Andreas’ somewhat draggy voice, like a mix of Plura, Anders F. Rönnblom and Håkan Hellström, made for delivering this. It works really well with his poetry readings, which also opens up for more personal stories.

You can listen more on Spotify or on his Bandcamp page or on Facebook.

Individ (“Individual”)
Men det är faktiskt synd om män också (“But also men should be pitied”)

Juni Järvi takes me back to the early sixites, to grand orchestra ballads and pop tunes with ageless melodies, lush strings and horns. I hear a breath from girl groups like Shirelles et al, but also from constume-wearing gentlemen like Jim Reeves and Paul Anka.

I’m listening to Juni’s album “The Gospel” from last year, which is a great company, and performed in a very personal way. One of the highlights from the album is a duet with Annika Norlin in the song “(I Love It When You Call Me” Baby)”, which you can listen to here below in a Youtube-clip. Markus Krunegård also appears in a song on the album.

Juni writes that next weel, on the 1st of June at  22.30 will stream live from his concert at Södra Bar in Stockholm. You can watch the show on his Bambuser channel or on Juni Järvi’s blog.

Listen more to Juni Järvi on his site or on Spotify.

Looking at You Is Like Looking at the Sun