Sweden's Jens Lekman emerged from relative obscurity to quickly establish himself as the darling of the global indie pop set, winning widespread acclaim from fans and critics for his uncommonly witty and well-crafted pop songs. Born February 6, 1981, in Gothenburg, Sweden, Lekman exhibited little interest in music as a child, but at 14 was recruited to play bass in a friend's cover band. Within weeks he was writing his own original material, quickly accumulating hundreds of songs. Assuming the alias Rocky Dennis (borrowed from the disfigured protagonist of the 1985 American film Mask), Lekman recorded and released a series of limited-edition CD-Rs beginning with 2001's The Budgie-Album. A year later, he compiled a collection of highlights and mailed the sole copy to the U.S. indie label Secretly Canadian, but remained largely unknown until the 2003 EP Maple Leaves became something of a cause célèbre on Internet file-sharing services. The Swedish indie Service Records reissued Maple Leaves later that same year, and after abandoning his pseudonym once and for all with 2004's Rocky Dennis in Heaven EP, Lekman issued his acclaimed full-length debut, When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog, distributed in the U.S. via Secretly Canadian. The LP generated the Swedish Top Ten hit "You Are the Light," and in 2005 Lekman traveled the globe, issuing several tour-only EPs and collecting his previous singles, B-sides, and compilation tracks as Oh You're So Silent Jens. Following this flurry of activity, he announced on his website plans for an extended hiatus from performing, scrapping a planned sophomore LP and reportedly accepting a position at a local bingo parlor; Lekman nevertheless quit after just two days on the job and fully rededicated himself to his musical pursuits.
Thank you very much for accepting the invitation, your music is beautiful, especially the theme "Your Arms Around Me" seems to me very beautiful, affectionate greetings.
Vi är ett italienskt band med svenska ambitioner och vårt album, the regency, inspelat mellan Italien och Stockholm, kommer ut i Sverige 16 november. Vi behöver en entusiastisk publik för våra första spelningar i Sverige/Danmark! 2 december - Bodoni (MALMÖ) 3 december - 1 night at Huset (KÖPENHAMN). Info om ytterligare spelningar finns på vår Myspace sida.
I would like to invite you to spend 4 minutes of your time listening to a new track I have up called, Making This Heavy. It features Sam Kassirer of Josh Ritter's Band. It's a gorgeous little song with a pretty cool middle part. Let me know what you think!
CHECK OUT MY NEW REMIXES FROM TAYLOR SWIFT, KATY PERRY,SEAN KINGSTON, LMFAO, AND MORE ON MY PAGE. THESE BEATS ARE FOR SALE PLUS I HAVE MORE BEATS HIT ME UP 4 INFO.
hawke these combinations have not been before (8th dimension promo) emanative/wah-chu-ku mtronix version when on earth (futuristica promo) hyusfall ephen (peacelounge) hawke my mom is your dad (8th dimension promo) sally shapiro/bogdan irkuk miracle wamdue project wildflower (demo) TRACK OF THE MONTH hawke the silver sun is setting (8th dimension promo) hawke everything is happening at the same time (8th dimension promo) mayer hawthorne/classix green eyed love (stones throw promo) jens leckman/bogdan irkuk slipping on the sweet nectar lama nineteen ninety three
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hawke in the clouds (8th dimension promo) american analog set/telefon tel aviv remix the green green grass (cool d:vision) hawke inside job (8th dimension promo) prefab sprout looking for atlantis zwicker strangeways.(compost) Raah project will you be there (summer dawn) hawke hold on to what you got (8th dimension promo) elegia/joshua collins remix to become (elevation promo) alexi delano/charles webster mix round round (statra promo) robert strauss odyssey man (BBE promo)
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