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