Listen to “Dance” here

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

BUY HERE

Rebecca Scheja and Fiona Fitzpatrick are the Swedish DJs turned electro-pop princesses taking over blogosphere waves around the world. The duo takes after fellow Swede, Robyn, with synth-laden “Dance.” When the song begins, it undoubtedly could be mistaken for their country counterpart’s “Dancing On My Own.” But despite the similarities, there is one, Read the full story

Listen to “The Lion’s Roar” here

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

BUY HERE

Ever since that Youtube cover of Fleet Foxes’ “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” hit my laptop, First Aid Kit has been on my radar. The Swedish sisters manage to construct an alchemy of vocal harmony Read the full story

Listen to “Still Don’t Know” here

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

BUY HERE

Icona Pop are Swedish babes, Caroline Hjelt & Aino Jawo. Their native country, never lacking in accessible chart toppers, has released “Still Don’t Know” from its artful clenches. Despite their pop sound–not to mention, their name–the two-some seem to have an experimental taste for bells and whistles, Read the full story

Listen to “Ritual Union (Tensnake Remix)” here

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

 BUY HERE Little Dragon could make a geek feel badass. That bass. Oh, that bass. It is the fire-spitting bands’ signature beat dropping on a smooth surface of cool and collected vocals and tribal sounds that we know and love so much. “Ritual Union” is certainly not the first feature for these indie chart-topping Swedes. Read the full story

Listen to “Next to You” here

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Dante (drummer of Swedish indie pop band, The Concretes) took his drums and Clarence Carter’s 1973 hit “Next to You,” and turned mellow into modern. The cover is still a story of love, heartbreak, and yearning. And who couldn’t relate? The transformation is a beautiful testament to the power of synth pads, the string-affected keyboard, and to a slapping beat. This guy’s got a lovin’ feeling Read the full story

If Pippi Longstocking and Ingmar Bergman had a love child, it would be Mia Mäkilä. The Swedish artist scours our nightmares for inspiration, painting haunting childlike demons that would even make Tim Burton weep. Makila is particularly known for her Boschian (Hieronymus Bosch) style in her Read the full story