Archive for the ‘Jens Lekman’ Category

7.19.2011

Jens Lekman releasing new EP, playing Hollywood Forever

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Friend of Rawkblog Andrew Hall interviewed hero of Rawkblog Jens Lekman, his first sit-down in as long as I can remember. The details:

* The An Argument With Myself EP, due Sept. 20, will include the title track, “Waiting for Kirsten” and “New Directions,” all live favorites, as well as two more songs.

* He’ll play the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Sept. 28.

* It sounds like he’s re-recording his whole album, arghhhh! Read the full interview at Secretly Canadian.

6.22.2011

Jens Lekman played a Denver dining room last week

Per attendee Mel, “It was hot, it was crowded, it smelled like beer and cigarettes and a little pot. The lights sometimes changed colors in alarming ways. The dining room was like a sardine can. In other words, it was magical and I wouldn’t change a minute of it.”

Yup, sounds like a Jens Lekman show. His forthcoming LP/EP are still aggravatingly close to being done.

6.8.2011

Jens Lekman grows aggravatingly close to announcing new album

Jens LekmanJens has promised us an album and an EP this year, and now this, from his blog: “As I am listening to the final mixes for a new EP in the first rays of sunshine…”

I’m tearing my hair out over here.

Previously: New Music: Jens Lekman – ‘Every Little Hair Knows Your Name,’ ‘Cowboy Boots’ | Jens Lekman’s new album: mixed, maybe?

Photo by David Greenwald

6.6.2011

New Music: Jens Lekman – ‘Every Little Hair Knows Your Name,’ ‘Cowboy Boots’

Jens Lekman – Every Little Hair Knows Your Name (Live at Nettlefold Hall) from The Line Of Best Fit on Vimeo.

As we wait for Jens Lekman to put the finishing touches on his next album, here’s a pair of live takes on potential tracklist incusions: hear “Every Little Hair Knows Your Name,” above, which proves that Jens and I are doing the same work-out routine, and stream the absurdly great “Cowboy Boots” over on pal/comedienne Tig Notaro’s Professor Blastoff podcast.

5.23.2011

Jens Lekman’s new album: mixed, maybe?

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Jens Lekman / photo by David Greenwald

Some Smalltalk from the elusive Mr. Lekman from May 16:

It was good to release some energy after sitting with my mixes for several weeks, I feel focused now, monday morning and back to work.

And from March 16:

I think there’s roughly 30 songs circulating in my head at the moment, thirty songs to be juggled and constantly kept in the air.

It bears remembering that the singer’s last full-length, 2007′s Night Falls Over Kortedala, was a summer release. Having survived the Rapture, we can dream…

Previously: Videos: Jens Lekman at Mondrian SkyBar | Jens archives

12.15.2010

Best of 2010: Songs of the Year

Best of 2010: EPs/Singles | Songs | Albums | Rawky Awards

In the five years or so I’ve been doing this, I can’t remember a better year for songs. I actually spent most of Saturday ordering a top 100, went a little crazy and decided nobody needed me to rank seven hours of tracks. So here’s a top 50. Every single one of these tracks is incredible, and yes, even Ke$ha. For the record, I allowed two songs per band in a few special cases because not including both Sally Seltmann jams would be a lie (though I did cut two Best Coast songs). Also, No. 51 is Lady Gaga (“Telephone”) and if Nicki Minaj had done all the verses on “Monster,” it’d be No. 1 (but you already knew that). Have at it: Read the rest of this entry »

12.7.2010

Live: Jens Lekman @ Mondrian SkyBar, 12.04.10

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Announcing you’ve just seen a great Jens Lekman concert’s a bit like saying you really enjoyed last week’s Mad Men, but my favorite Swedish songwriter brought plenty of Twitter-worthy material to the Mondrian SkyBar on Saturday night: he played fresh/future favorites “The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love,” “An Argument with Myself” and debuted (?) “Waiting for Kirsten,” a surreal ditty about attempting to meet apparent Lekman fan Kirsten Dunst at a Gothenburg bar and subsequently getting drunk outside her hotel over the summer. That he ties this handily into the political situation in Sweden only raises his game. Viktor Sjoberg assisted on beats, Tig Notaro started the evening with laughs and I tried not to pee my pants when he played “Maple Leaves.” (I was successful.) Watch most of the show via YouTube on yesterday’s post.

12.6.2010

Videos: Jens Lekman @ Mondrian SkyBar, 12.04.10

“The End of the World is Bigger Than Love” (above)

On Saturday night, Jens Lekman played poolside at the Mondrian SkyBar and it was pretty much the best. Luckily, some members of the Internet sacrificed their enjoyment of the evening (guys, seriously, at least go have a drink or something) to YouTube almost the entire show, which you can watch after the jump (Via TwentyFourBit). Four (count ‘em!) new songs, phew.

My photos and a full explain of Jens’ song about Kirsten Dunst tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »