Young Galaxy is Canadian, but okay.
I capped this at 25, but maybe we can have a part 2 later.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 February 2011 15:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm casting a write-in vote for Witchcraft.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 13 February 2011 15:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
Cor, Swedish music really is brilliant, isn't it? Asking me to choose between The Knife and Studio is like asking me which of my eyes I'd like to lose sight in, so I'm going to cast my vote for the under-rated Radio Dept instead.
I really like Marit Bergman but she can be prone to schmaltzy Lilith-Fair arrangements at times.
― o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Sunday, 13 February 2011 16:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
I heard a Jens Lekman song once and it was pretty good
that's all I really have to say about this poll, from which I will be abstaining
― blond BBQ teen chipotle while angus bacon movies (crüt), Sunday, 13 February 2011 16:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Black Cab" is a great song, but I've never really been able to get into much of Lekman's stuff. He makes a nice sound, though.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 February 2011 16:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
jens jens jens
― out comes stanley, Sunday, 13 February 2011 17:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow hard vote. sweden is awesome.
― Captain Ahab, Sunday, 13 February 2011 18:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Swedish music really is brilliant, isn't it?
im white btw
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Sunday, 13 February 2011 19:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
Two of my favorite Swedes making music right now are black, but they've hardly broken outside of Sweden, so I didn't include them. (see Adam Tensta and Henok Achido)
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 February 2011 19:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
(would also include Lazee, but his shit is WAY hit or miss)
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 February 2011 19:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
the answer is studio. easy.
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Sunday, 13 February 2011 19:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
lykke li's been growing on me lately
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 13 February 2011 19:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
No love for Jose Gonzalez? Well I'll rep for him then. He's lovely.
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Sunday, 13 February 2011 22:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
voted studio over jens, love is all
― balls, Sunday, 13 February 2011 23:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
If a similar poll was to be made about Norwegian acts, which metal acts (other than Dimmu Borgir, Satyricon, Darkthrone and Ulver) would belong in the list? I believe I am aware of the rest.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 14 February 2011 01:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
ulver r oldish iirc
― itv digital manqué (nakhchivan), Monday, 14 February 2011 01:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
Darkthrone probably more so. They debuted in 1990. Took some time to reach audiences outside a small cult though.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 14 February 2011 01:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
Would've voted for Fever Ray if it'd been on the list, but I guess I'll vote for The Knife instead.
And Robyn had already broken before the 00s, "Show Me Love" was a bigh it in 1997.
― Tuomas, Monday, 14 February 2011 07:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
"bigh it" = "big hit"
Whoops, sorry, I see Roz already mentioned that about Robyn (though the year was wrong).
― Tuomas, Monday, 14 February 2011 07:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
I voted for the Hives because I love them.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Monday, 14 February 2011 11:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Voted Jens Lekman - he just hits the a perfect spot for me even though I usually don't like anything that twee. Also figured the Knife and Studio don't need any more votes.
― I just threw some kazoo on this bitch (Whitey on the Moon), Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
all good to great imo:
The ConcretesJens LekmanThe KnifeThe Mary OnettesThe Radio Dept.RobynSahara HotnightsSambassadeurStudio
gonna vote for the knife here but might have voted for club 8 if they'd been included.
― omar little, Thursday, 17 February 2011 02:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Would've voted El Perro Del Mar had she been listed. Went for Robyn, boringly.
― Danzig, with tears in my eyes (DavidM), Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 18 February 2011 00:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Studio it is.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 February 2011 00:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
oops i thought the tough alliance weren't there. i'd have made them my underdog pick too.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 18 February 2011 00:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
I've never heard anything by Studio, what a boring artist name! What are they/he/she like?
― Tuomas, Friday, 18 February 2011 08:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://soundcloud.com/futureclassic/studio-lifes-a-beach-1
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 February 2011 08:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
What did you think of Studio, Tuomas? Everybody in the world could do with "West Coast" in their life.
― o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Thursday, 3 March 2011 15:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
So how did Waterbug do, anyway? This video is pretty cute. I get this sense that a shitload of Pixies albums landed in the nordic countries at some point in the 90's...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GPWz3DphUUs
― dlp9001, Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:52 (1 year ago) Permalink