Emerald Park
Sweden is home to many fine musical exports. The country that brought us ABBA, The Hives, Dugen, and The Ark continues to churn out amazing new acts on a seemingly daily basis. Somehow many of these hot up-and-comers find their way onto OurStage. Take the poppy, seven-pieced Shotgun Crackers for example. They stormed up the Indie Rock Channel in June with “Runner Runner” and won big with a SideCho Media digital distribution deal. It’s only a matter of time before a full-fledged Swedish invasion storms the states! Here’s a taste of the best OurStage artists Sverige has to offer. Now if only you could find that Allen wrench to put the rest of your IKEA Jerker desk together…
Emerald Park is a boy-girl indie pop outfit from Malmö. Their lush orchestral style arrangements are destined to win over fans of Broken Social Scene and Arcade Fire.
If you’re looking for a Swedish triple threat then Jonay is your man. As an artist, producer and songwriter Jonay is a self-propelled Swedish popstar machine. His hip-hop ode to his home country’s divas, “Swedish Ladies,” is an OurStage office favorite.
Stockholm singer-songwriter Sofia Talvik’s “My James Dean” is a hauntingly beautiful love song. While better known on OurStage for her acoustic offerings, this track with full band is strongly recommended for fans of fellow Swedes, The Cardigans.
For those of you wondering if there was a Swedish equivalent to The Brian Jonestown Massacre look no further than Adams Apple. Expect more great music to come – the band is expected to self-release their debut LP soon.
Adams Apple
Can’t get enough spunky energy from Los Compesinos and Architecture in Helsinki? You Say France & I Whistle’s “When Lovers Die” is sure to get your feet moving and your hands clapping to the glockenspiel.
You can listen to “Stay” by Oh My! while waiting for The Strokes to record a fourth studio album. They’re the perfect Scandinavian solution to keeping your Julian Casablancas addiction at bay.
Fans of the glitchy one-man-electronic-band, Max Tundra, would be fools not to check out Djurpark. This electro-pop artist has been making waves in the Swedish club scene and is starting to break out in the rest of Europe.
