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A note from one of our Scandinavian boyfriends
Submitted by imaginary liz on June 7, 2007.
As we gushed a month or so ago, we dig on the Scandinavians -- specifically David and the Citizens, Jens Lekman, Dylan Mondegreen and about 327 other brilliant musicians from that part of the world.
In an obvious effort to make our hearts flutter, Dylan Mondegreen (which is actually a band name -- his name is Børge Sildnes -- that's not confusing at all!) emailed us to let us know he's got a new single out, "Wishing Well." You can own it forever and ever by purchasing it on iTunes, or if you just want to gaze into his eyes from afar, you can hear it on his MySpace page. There's other new songs posted as well. I think that Dana is going to especially fancy "My Favorite Songs" -- it's got that soft rock sensibility she is defenseless against.
Ah, a little Thursday love from sunny Oslo.
There's still no plans for him/them or David and the Citizens to come to Seattle anytime soon... but that wont hamper our indie-pop daydreams! We here at imaginary headquarters have a summer and fall full of delectable indie-pop. Hmm... should I start to name names? We don't want to jinx anything, but it looks like indiepop notables from Cleveland, Australia, Madison, will be gracing our Seattle stages in the coming months. We can hardly stand all the excitement.
Joseph Riippi said on June 7, 2007:
New Scandinavians that are awesome and coming soon:
Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators "Keep Reachin' Up". The Soul Investigators are the funkiest, coolest Finnish soul band ever. And Nicole Willis has a diva-licious voice from Brooklyn. Look forward to it from Light in the Attic.
imaginary dana said on June 7, 2007:
Oh yea, we got that CD recently and it sounds really good! You wanna review it, Joe? ;)
toby said on June 7, 2007:
Speaking of Swedes, have you heard the Pelle Carlberg record? Sheer pop genius in Belle & Sebastian, Smiths and Billy Bragg kinda way. It's been out on Labrador for a while, but is getting US release via twentyseven. He was recently over to the US for a short tour, though sadly nowhere near Seattle.
imaginary liz said on June 7, 2007:
I've been reading all about him and have been meaning to go find some MP3s or MySpace or something. I guess he rocked it at the NYC PopFest, right? I love sheer pop geniuses.
toby said on June 8, 2007:
mp3's? there's a post at my blog with a couple mp3's from Pelle's new record.
saundrah said on June 7, 2007:
YAYYY!!! *swoon*