The first single from the new BWO album ‘Big Science’ is “Right Here Right Now” and features the delicious vocals from ‘The Queen’ of Swedish pop: Velvet.

“Right Here Right Now” will be released in the UK on August 31, 2009.

BWO consisting of Martin Rolinski (lead vocals), Marina Schiptjenko (laptops, backing vocals) and Alexander Bard (laptops, backing vocals) is a laptop-based electro band from Stockholm, Sweden. The band was formed in 2003 and has since released three studio albums: ‘Prototype’ (2004), ‘Halcyon Days’ (2006), ‘Fabricator’ (2007), and the compilation album ‘Pandemonium/The Singles Collection’ (2008).

Velvet’s last single, “Chemistry” was a favourite on the Scott Mills Floorfillers show on Radio 1.

BWO have become famous not only for their capacity to score one hit single after another (they have delivered more hit singles in the Pan-European Singles Chart than any other artist in the 21st century), but also as the latest representation of the proud tradition of Scandinavian tongue-in-cheek pop for the masses, following in the footsteps of their native role models Abba, Roxette and The Cardigans.

Watch “Right Here Right Now” video:

Buy Music:

BWO on amazon.co.uk

“Right Here Right Now” will be released 31st August 2009
‘Big Science’ will be released 14th September 2009

BWO MySpace
BWO Electro Nordica Official Website
BWO on Twitter

There must be something in that icy water that they drink, as Scandinavians seem to have a particularly keen ear for melody and harmony.

Sweden, in particular, has given birth to a number of great popular music acts recently: Robyn, The Knife, Peter Bjorn & John, The Concretes, and Andreas Kleerup.

Kleerup was half of the act responsible for the UK number 1 hit single, “With Every Heartbeat”. The other half was, of course, the feisty asymetrically fringed Robyn. His melancholic electro-pop framed Robyn’s ballad about break-up perfectly and secured it as one of the UK’s most prolific pop moments.

As they wrote the song together they agreed to call it ‘Robyn with Kleerup’ on her album and ‘Kleerup with Robyn’ on his album. He is already a massive star in his native home having won no less than three awards Best Newcomer, Best Composer and Best Producer at Sweden’s 2009 Grammis music awards recently (the equivalent of our Grammys).

Ok, so he’s huge back home, is friends with Robyn and has had a number one single in the UK. So what, you may ask. Well this bearded lothario with grungy locks is about to embark on an assault of the US with his own self-titled album.

Kleerup features collaborations with Lykke Li, Marit Bergman, Titiyo (Neneh Cherry’s younger sister) and of course includes his hit collaboration with Robyn.

Kleerup’s songs are a mixture of his familiar formula of electronica and Swedish female vocal. Good thing this is a formula with proven results as each one is pure electro-pop perfection. The lead single with Titiyo, “Longing For Lullabies” encapsulates his warm and melancholic sound flawlessly.

On the emotive “Until We Bleed”, Kleerup draws a surprisingly warm performance from the blog friendly Lykke Li.

Then there are the songs when Andreas himself steps up to the mic. The jolly “On My Own” has echoes of electro-pop classic Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star”, while on “Misery” he beefs up the drums and goes all Depeche Mode on us. But that’s not the full story. Tracks such as “Hero”, “Thank You For Nothing”, “Tower of Trellick” and “Iris” showcase Kleerup’s different shades. Taking in Kraftweft-esque rhythms via Vangelis inspired soundscapes, they work flawlessly tying the album together.

So there you have it, a skillfully constructed and solid debut that should firmly establish Kleerup as an act to be reckoned with.

Buy Music:

Kleerup on amazon.com

Kleerup on amazon.co.uk

Out July 28, 2009 on Astralwerks

Currently, you can hear the album on MySpace!

More On Kleerup:

Kleerup Official Website
MySpace
Kleerup on Twitter

Fresh from the huge success of her massive pop smashes “Cry For You” and “Can’t Get Over”, Swedish superstar September returns triumphantly to the summer airwaves with the surefire hit “Until I Die”, released through Hard2Beat records on July 20, 2009.

Watch “Until I Die” video:

With an array of glittering worldwide hits under her belt and an amazing debut UK album out this summer, September is fast becoming a pop tour de force to be reckoned with.

“Until I Die” is a euphoric and infectious slice of sexy dance pop heaven that perfectly showcases her distinctive vocal sound. September became an instant pop phenomenon last year when she hit #5 on the official charts with the huge “Cry For You”, spending eight weeks in the Top 10 and over 4 months in the Top 40. The song was the most played dance record of 2008 on UK radio and received a massive 5.3 million views on You Tube. The Swedish pop princess followed this earlier this year with the storming “Can’t Get Over”, an A List record at Radio 1 and a No.1 Dance Chart smash.

September, a pseudonym for the stunning Petra Marklund, is a proud owner of a Grammis, the Swedish equivalent of a Grammy. She recently embarked on HARD2BEAT’s massive ‘Dance Nation’ UK Arena tour, performing to over 50,000 fans. This was September’s second major UK arena tour appearance in under a year, after playing on the huge ‘Clubland Live 2’ Arena Tour in late 2008.

This summer sees September move to London for the rest of 2009 to concentrate on promoting her debut album across the UK, showing how much of a priority she feels this country is for her music.

HARD2BEAT records, the hottest dance label of the moment, have had an all conquering twelve months. Scoring huge hits with Basshunter (including the number one smash “Now You’re Gone” and the platinum album of the same name) Sash! (Platinum sales of “The Best of” & Top 10 smash “Raindrops”) plus Platnum (#2 smash “What’s It Gonna Be” and huge hit “Love Shy”), the label are now continuing their success well into 2009 with September’s summer plans.

With her UK debut album ready and “Until I Die” set to take over the airwaves, September’s profile is destined to go supernova this Summer. Get on board for the ride.

“Until I Die” single out 20th July, album ‘Cry For You’ set for release 27th July, 2009.

Buy Music:

September on amazon.co.uk

September on MySpace
September on Twitter

In anticipation of her new album, ‘Leaving on a Mayday’, Anna Ternheim teamed up with iTunes to release an exclusive bundle including her new single “What Have I Done”, the music video for “What Have I Done”, and “What Have I Done” (El Perro Del Mar remix).

This bundle is currently available and can be seen by clicking HERE.

Check out the video below of Anna Ternheim and Bjorn Yttling acoustically performing “What Have I Done” off of ‘Leaving on a Mayday’.

Watch video:

NEW ALBUM HITS STORES THIS AUGUST

Anna Ternheim’s sophomore US release, ‘Leaving on a Mayday’, will be released this summer!

Produced by Bjorn Yttling (of Peter, Bjorn, and John), ‘Leaving on a Mayday’ will be in US stores August 11, 2009.

Having recently won Swedish Grammys in 2009 for Best Female Artist and Album of the Year (Leaving on a Mayday), this is an album that is not to be missed.

Buy Music:

Anna Ternheim on amazon.com

Anna Ternheim on amazon.co.uk

For more information, please visit:

Anna Ternheim Official Website
Anna Ternheim Facebook

Timbuktu & Damn! in London for the first time ever!

Scandinavia’s greatest live act are heading over to England – this is a show not to be missed!

Support: Tingsek
DJ for the night: DJ Dainja

The concert will be held at the venue 229, Thursday May 21st, 2009
Ticket price: £20 + handling fees
Ticketsales
Time: 21.00 Doors Open: 20.00
Age limit: 18+
Hosted by: AIR Productions & JuJu Records
Address: 229 Great Portland Street, W1W 5PN, London
229 Official Website

Three Swedish Artists in one night + DJ: Timbuktu & Damn!, Tingsek and Dj Danja

Tingsek Official Website

Damn MySpace
Damn Official Website

Timbuktu Official Website
Timbuktu MySpace

Swedish band Mando Diao has been around since 1999 with notable (UK) GOLD releases ‘Bring Em In’, ‘Hurricane Bar’, and ‘Ode To Ochrasy’.

10 years down the line of solid music making, the band has delivered a feel good, can’t help but dance track, “Dance With Somebody”, which has taken over the radio airwaves in Europe (Top 5 in Germany, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland) along with their new album that can not be denied – ‘Give Me Fire’ (released in Europe in Feb ’09 – currently Germany #1, Sweden #2, Austria #4, Switzerland #8, European Billboard Chart #8) hits the US July 14, 2009.

Watch “Dance with Somebody” video:

Buy Music:

Mando Diao on amazon.com

Mando Diao on amazon.co.uk

Mando Diao Official Website
MySpace

Last night I had the pleasure of attending one of the best shows that I’ve seen in a long time. I was looking forward to going to The Jericho Tavern for a change – as opposed to the Carling Academy now the O2 Academy in Oxford. Actually, after listening to Baskery’s music on their MySpace page and watching one of their videos, I was quite surprised that their show was being held at the smaller venue, The Jericho.

From what I had heard before seeing them live, I thought either the Swedish band isn’t quite known here yet and the venue won’t be very busy on a Tuesday night, or the place will be packed to the rafters with fans. Unfortunately the place wasn’t very busy – but made for an intimate night of music.

Stevie One Bloke, One Mandolin opened the show. His name speaks for himself – except that “harmonica” isn’t included in the title. Stevie seems like an interesting character, with his colourful stories about life and friendship along with his descriptive lyrics and the unique combination of mandolin and occasional harmonica. It’s no surprise that he has a busy tour schedule this year.

InLight was next. The Oxford based band was stripped down to an acoustic set with just two members, Charlie Cooke and Mike Riddle. I’m not sure why they used the term acoustic though, since they were playing electric guitar and keyboard. Mike played an acoustic guitar for a couple songs – maybe that warranted the term? They sounded good, with witty banter at times, nice vocals and instrumentation. “Bridges” was a stand out song. I would look forward to seeing the full band at some point.

After their set, my anticipation high, I looked around the room and was surprised to see that people weren’t flooding in for the final act, Baskery. I had to keep reminding myself that they’re a new band and that not many people know about them yet.

As the girls were on stage, tuning up their instruments, something caught my eye. Why was the banjo player, Greta, setting up the snare drum on its side, on the floor, next to the kick drum? Well, as I soon found out, get this, she plays SLIDE banjo while sitting at the drums, playing the kick drum and the snare with her bare feet, sometimes while playing harmonica, and sings brilliant harmonies alongside her equally talented sisters, Stella on upright bass, and the youngest, Sunniva Bondesson on acoustic guitar.

The minute they started playing and singing their self-described “High voltage, Killbilly, Banjopunk, Blues-grass, Mud-country” music, with the tightest harmonies that I’ve ever heard live, I knew that I was in for a startlingly great night of music. That anticipation that I was feeling before they played was there throughout the set, after each song. Sometimes they would switch lead vocal parts, but thankfully, would always come back to those harmonies – harmonies so good that if you could see them, they might have looked like gold dust sparkling in the air.

That night we were treated to a Grammy Award winning performance by a very talented band that hopefully a lot more people will know about in the near future.

Baskery on amazon.co.uk

Baskery on amazon.com

Baskery Official Website
MySpace

By: Jenny May – Band Weblogs

The Baskery review is also featured on Oxford City Guide

Tweet. Meet. Give.

On 12th February 2009 175+ cities around the world will be hosting Twestivals which bring together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water.

The Twestival is organized 100% by volunteers in cities around the world and 100% of the money raised from these events will go directly to support charity: water projects.

Swedish cities participating in Twestival: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Norrköping, Linköping.

Stockholm Twestival:

Venue: Timbro offices, Kungsgatan 60.
Time: 19-21
Ticket price: 150 kr per person
Capacity: 115 people

Program:

Key speakers:

* Roland Poirier Martinsson – Timbro Media Institute “Social Media Phenomenon”
* Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson – akvo.org “Water, Sanitation and Akvo”
* Magnus Lindkvist – Trend spotter “social entrepreneurship, and the future of the developing region”

Music:

* Sofia Talvik
* The Deportees

Refreshments: light refreshments served.

Special thanks to our sponsors Timbro, Tweetmeetup and Bluewals.com for making this charitable event possible.

For tickets to Twestival Stockholm and the latest details about the event please visit:

Stockholm Twestival

Twitter: @sthlmtwestival

Twestival Official Website

charity: water

Twitter

New band Little Majorette are Petter Winnberg, Nils Tornqvist and Zoe Durrant. They met in Stockholm late 2006 and decided to form Little Majorette in 2007.

The music sounds sexy cute with a playful sound of a French summer in the 60’s, but having been recorded in the middle of a dark Swedish winter ensured Zoe didn’t lose her British grey undertones and after a lot of business-class Ryanair flights between London and Stockholm, they now have a growing catalogue of infectious songs.

You can buy their single “London” on 7″ vinyl from www.myspace.com/littlemajorette and they will be releasing an album soon.

For music and more information, go to:

Little Majorette MySpace

Pictured: Fredrik

Two new Kora Records October releases are coming up! Ithaca, NY’s The Piano Creeps and Malmo, Sweden’s Fredrik.

On October 28th, 2008 it’s the album ‘Na Na Ni’ by Fredrik from Malmo, Sweden.

Fredrik is a new remarkable pop outfit, casually capturing the spirit of classic storybook drama through a highly personal, foresty brand of experimental pop. Despite the name, Fredrik is actually a small orchestra of six, sporting input from some of the very finest of the swedish pop and experimental underground (Band in Box, Scraps of Tape, Vit Päls, The LK).

Download “Black Fur” Mp3

Drawing on traditional European folk influences like The Fairport Convention or Bo Hansson, crooning songwriters as well as a host of eclectic references like Moondog, Steve Reich, Jim O’Rourke, Maja Ratke or Barbara Morgenstern, Fredrik forges a sound that is both eclectic and homecomingly soothing.

Watch Fredrik – “1986″ video:

The band makes its way to America for their first ever US tour this November.

Fredrik November 2008 Tour Dates:

11.5.08 – DC – DC9
11.6.08 – Baltimore – Metro Gallery
11.7.08 – New York – Cake Shop
11.9.08 – Pittsburgh – Brillobox
11.12.08 – Boston – TT the Bear’s
11.13.08 – Portland, ME – Space 538
11.15.08 – New York – Piano’s
More to be announced.
(updates posted at Kora Records – Shows)

Tuesday, October 14, 2008, Kora Records is releasing ‘Future Blues (for me and you)’ by The Piano Creeps, the collaboration of Billy Coté, Mary Lorson and Kathy Ziegler.

Coté and Lorson were the songwriter and lead singer of 90’s alt-pop band Madder Rose. That band made four albums, three of which were really good, and toured the world, headlining the Melody Maker stage at England’s Reading Festival, doing a John Peel session, and enjoying critical approval if not staggering sales. After Madder Rose, Coté created the nihilist slack-hop project Jazz Cannon with vocalist Don Greene while Lorson explored her inner auteur on three Saint Low discs with UK label Cooking Vinyl.

The pair have also joined forces to create several original film scores (including HBO’s “What Remains” about the photographer Sally Mann) and one very amusing young male human. Their songs have been placed in numerous films and television shows, including the last season of “The Sopranos,” “Alias,” “Felicity,” “Skins” (UK) and others too forgettable to mention.

While all this was going on, Kathy Ziegler was touring as a multi-instrumentalist with Abra Moore, Jim Lauderdale, and Donna the Buffalo, winning international songwriting competitions and finding time to write and produce three excellent solo cds. Ziegler produced the track “Spider” on Lorson’s third Saint Low CD, “Realistic.” She also knows how to build and fix guitars. Ziegler and husband songwriter Jairo van Lunteren will relocate with their two young children to the Netherlands, and will continue to tour, both with the Piano Creeps and their solo projects.

A glimpse at their past – Madder Rose performing at Glastonbury in 1994.

The Piano Creeps MySpace

Fredrik MySpace

The Kora Records

Every week until the release of my new album ‘Jonestown’ I’m inviting a new guest artist to perform one of my songs with me. When all the live videos are released there will be a competition where you can win a box with albums from all the guest artists.

This week’s guest artist: William Crafoord

Watch video: Sofia Talvik / William Crafoord – Clown:

When William called me on his way over to shoot this video, he asked me if he should bring a red clown’s nose. As it turned out he didn’t, but it might have been great fun, and the fact that he thought of this says a lot about him as an artist and performer. You could easily say William isn’t afraid of making anything a show. This is why I’m so happy to announce him as this week’s guest artist.

William Crafoord is an old time idol of mine. When I was about 12, William had a Swedish rap band called “Just D”. It’s safe to say I had all their albums and was somewhat obsessed Anyway, William has come a long way since then and has released several albums, both as part of the group “Just D” and as a solo artist.

Lately William has put together several musical and theatrical shows, with well known artists such as Salem al Fakir as well as with his dog Django (who also participates in this video). Here you’ll see him singing my song “Clown” from my upcoming album ‘Jonestown’ with me. Enjoy!

/Sofia Talvik

William Crafoord Myspace
William Crafoord Official Website

Sofia Talvik Official Website

Sofia Talvik previews the upcoming album ‘Jonestown’ with her friends.

From Sofia Talvik:

The 27th of August, 2008, I’m releasing my third album ‘Jonestown’. To give you a preview of the songs from the album I have gathered 12 of my favorite Swedish artists who will each perform one song from the album live with me on video. Once a week a new video is released, with a new song and a new guest artist. You will get the opportunity to meet well known artists as well as up and coming new stars, and when the videos are all released we’ll turn it into a competition where you can win a set of 13 albums, one from each guest artist, and of course my new album ‘Jonestown’.

First you’ll meet Jonna Lee, and be sure to stay tuned to see who comes next.

Here you will find the first video featuring Jonna Lee: “Diamonds”

Be sure to check out Jonna Lee at:

Jonna Lee Official Website
Myspace

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Sofia Talvik will be performing at the big Lollapalooza festival in Chicago on August 1st, 2008. Other acts are set to include Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West, Wilco, The Raconteurs, Louis XIV, Love and Rockets, Gnarls Barkley, Bloc Party, The Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, Lupe Fiasco, Flogging Molly, Mark Ronson, Cat Power, The National and more.

For more information, go to:

Sofia Talvik Official Website

Critically praised Swedish artist El Perro Del Mar is back with her sophomore LP ‘From The Valley To The Stars’, set for North American release on April 22, 2008 by The Control Group. The single “Glory To The World” is available now on iTunes.

Sarah Assbring, the sole member behind El Perro Del Mar, began working on ‘From The Valley To The Stars’ during the spring and summer of 2007. The recordings were done in her own studio in Gothenburg.

Sarah explains that she “tried to let the recording process be as free and organic as possible. Many takes are first ones. In contrary to my first album which generally was guitar oriented, I mostly play the piano or organ on this one. I myself have been in charge of all recording, production and mixing.”

Having already released an LP and several EP’s, Sarah focussed on making ‘From The Valley To The Stars’ “something that in its character might appear more like a hymn or a psalm but in a pop costume.” However, this is not to take away anything from her beautiful voice and music.

Download “Glory To The World” MP3

In addition to the April 22nd North American release of ‘From The Valley To The Stars’, El Perro Del Mar will be touring North America with Lykke Li and Anna Ternheim starting in early May.

El Perro Del Mar 2008 North American tour dates:

Dates could be added or changed! Go to El Perro del Mar’s Official Website for the latest tour dates and information.

May 6 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
May 7 – Joe’s Pub – New York, NY
May 8 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
May 9 – Middle East – Boston, MA
May 10 – Lambi – Montreal, Quebec
May 11 – Mod Club – Toronto, Ontario
May 12 – Schuba’s – Chicago, IL
May 14 – Red Room – Vancouver, British Columbia
May 15 – Triple Door – Seattle, WA
May 16 – Dough Fir – Portland, OR
May 18 – Bimbo’s – San Francisco, CA
May 19 – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA

Photo credit (top): Johanna Hedborg

El Perro Del Mar – From the Valley to the Stars on amazon.co.uk

El Perro Del Mar on Myspace
El Perro Del Mar

Johnny Cash, the Man in Black (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003). Happy birthday, Johnny.

Sony BMG is set to release ‘Johnny Cash Live At Osteraker Prison’ on 3rd March 2008 in the UK.

After 35 Years, this legendary concert can now be owned on CD – featuring 12 bonus tracks not featured on the original LP.

This rediscovered gem is now available to buy on CD. The lost prison album has been resurrected which is bound to delight fans of Johnny Cash ‘Live From San Quentin’ and ‘Live From Folsom Prison’. ‘Johnny Cash Live At Osteraker Prison’ has been expanded with new liner notes and remastered with 12 bonus tracks. The album shot into the top 30 when it was released in Sweden. In fact, the liner notes are written by Borje Lundberg – co-author of Hello, Sweden! I’m Johnny Cash.

This electrifying concert recording includes a raucous instrumental version of “I Walk The Line” as well as other classics such as “Folsom Prison Blues”, “Me & Bobby McGee”, “San Quentin” and “Blue Suede Shoes” by Carl Perkins.

Johnny Cash opened with “A Boy Named Sue” for a fully-seated auditorium and for the next hour continued with some of his biggest hits and fan favorites. To commemorate the day, Johnny had learned a few Swedish words: “Thank you my friends, I hope you like our music.”

He was a passionate man, but the country star was particularly interested with the downtrodden. Prisoners. Though playing shows in prisons was not unusual to Johnny (San Quentin, Folsom State Prison) – he had never performed at a prison outside the U.S.A. when he took the stage at 1:10 p.m. on October 3, 1972 at Osteraker Prison north of Stockholm, Sweden.

One of the last great Johnny Cash albums to finally see a release on CD, this truly is a must-have for all fans of the man who walked the line

‘Johnny Cash Live At Osteraker Prison’ track listing:

1. I Walk The Line (instrumental) *
2. A Boy Named Sue *
3. Sunday Morning Coming Down *
4. Osteraker [San Quentin]
5. Me and Bobby McGee
6. Orleans Parish Prison
7. Jacob Green
8. Life Of A Prisoner
9. The Prisoners Song
10. Folsom Prison Blues
11. City Jail
12. Help Me Make it Though the Night
13. That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
14. The Invertebraes
15. Lookin’ Back in Anger
16. I Saw a Man
17. High Heel Sneakers (Carl Perkins) *
18. Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) *
19. Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog
20. Wreck of The Old 97
21. I Promise You *
22. Nobody Cared
23. San Quentin *
24. Folsom Prison Blues (instrumental) *

* Not on the original LP. Previously unreleased.

Original album released by Columbia Records in 1973.

Original recordings produced by Larry Butler & Charlie Bragg

Pa Osteraker: Live at Osteraker Prison, Sweden 3; 35th Anniversary Edition on amazon.co.uk

Pa Osteraker on amazon.com

Johnny Cash on Myspace
Johnny Cash Official Website

His sound was different – too different to ignore. Musicians took note, not only in his country but in Germany and Japan. The media responded too, going overboard with effusions that, at the request of this somewhat self-effacing artist, we won’t repeat here.

It’s strange, when you think about it, because Kristoffer didn’t play that many gigs. In fact, he didn’t even play any instruments, other than drums, and yet managed to cut a solo demo that won him his first record deal. Soft-spoken, with a wry sense of humor, he thrived primarily in recording studios, where he apprenticed to staff engineers on sessions and then applied their lessons to his own projects, working after-hours until crashing on the nearest couch.

On his U.S. debut, Sweet Bills, Kristoffer bundles the results into one of the most idiosyncratic packages heard since the advent of Beck. Each track veers unpredictably to the next: The wall-of-sound pop of “Lonely Lane,” broadcast by roaring guitars and thundering drums, gives way to the simmering funk of “Doctor, Give the World a Smile.” Mellow horns and backward guitar samples on “Sweet Bills” explode into a complex groove that nudges surreal lyrics – “My girl wants to be an astronaut/My boss wants to be a talent scout” – through “Born as a Lion.”

You can also sense a chronology to Sweet Bills. Echoes of sixties garage rock permeate “Never Get Used to You,” an eighties electronic dance hook slices through “Man Overboard,” and on “Keila” the music is timeless and the message playfully twisted: “I’ve been waiting for you to call the last seven years,” Kristoffer intones. “You see, honey, we’ve got a problem …”

Sweet Bills is, Kristoffer insists, a project he can introduce without hesitation into the unsuspecting American market. “It’s very intimate – naked, even. I’m not trying to be smart or anything. I’m just doing what comes naturally. Sweet Bills is one hundred percent me.”

One hundred percent Kristoffer: As the world will soon discover, music doesn’t get any hotter than that.

Here’s what some people have been saying:

“Think an eclectic blend of Beck, Finley Quay, Roxy Music, Supergrass, but none of these references does it any justice. You just need to listen for yourself to decide.”

-Bruce Warren @ WXPN

“On his U.S. debut, Sweet Bills, Kristoffer bundles the results into one of the most idiosyncratic packages heard since the advent of Beck…one hundred percent Kristoffer: as the world will soon discover, music doesn’t get any hotter than that.”

-Filter Magazine

“Sweet Bills is a great mix of radio worthy rockers, subtle love songs, and spacey psych-rock. Every song on the album is wonderfully catchy, whether fronted by Ragnstam’s rockstar voice or a clever falsetto– both of which are remarkably appealing.”

-www.iguessimfloating.com

Kristoffer Ragnstam is currently on tour in the US:

11-8- Triple Door- Seattle, WA
11-9- Mojito’s Café- San Francisco, CA
11-10- Monterey Live- Monterey, CA
11-11- Rocks- Santa Barbara, CA
11-13- Hotel Café- Los Angeles, CA
11-15- Knitting Factory Tap Bar- New York, NY
11-17- World Café Live- Philadelphia, PA
11-18- Fire Station 8- Gaithersburg, MD

For the latest information and tour dates, go to the official Kristoffer Ragnstam website and his myspace page.

Press: bluehammock music