This is my song for the weekend. I love this track but won’t play it while driving b/c I don’t wanna end up making out w/ my car.

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Here’s a track for the stupid fun I’m planning for the weekend.  Hope you have a similar agenda!

St. John’s Dance is like a Swedish hip hop supergroup consisting of Stor, Adam Tensta, Eboi & Dida.  Check it out if you’re into Madskillz and Maskinen.

St. John’s Dance – “The Plot”

St. John’s Dance – “The Plot (Swiss Chriss RMX)”

Get The Plot EP at iTunes

Remix via Deftjams

Hey, check it out, I’m writing my first prog house post.  It’s about the Axwell remix of Adrian Lux’s “Teenage Crime,” itself a house track.

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ceo is the new solo project from The Tough Alliance’s Eric Berglund.  “Come With Me” is the first single from the forthcoming ceo album, White Magic, which comes out late June on Modular.  Sounds less aggressive than TTA but just as catchy.

ceo – “Come With Me”

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I love Brit pop from Sweden.  Bye Bye Bicycle’s “Northpole” sounds somewhere between The Smiths and New Order – shit, I bet that would have been the most clichéd way to describe bands around that time had there been blogging then.  “Northpole” resides in the upbeat, catchy area of that overlap.  This single comes from their debut album Compass, out on Bonjour Recordings.

Bye Bye Bicycle – “Northpole”

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Familjen is one of the artists – Swedish, of course – that I kind of cover on this blog.  I’m into the music and relate to the one bro studio set up.  I’ve been proud when the album artwork for Mänskligheten started making the rounds in design/art/Kanye blogs in the last few days but sad to see it paired without enthusiasm for the tunes.  Not cool.  Mänskligheten is a legit album.

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“Southbound” is the latest single from Lake Heartbeat, and it’s even more watercolored than the band’s first releases, “Mystery” and “Golden Chain.”  Not sure I can even claim these tracks are first – they’re all from the same album.  But, yeah, “Southbound” is dreamier than those two.  If that’s still too hard for your massage, try the Kisses version.  The LA duo remix/relax “Southbound” and move it away from the original’s lush, cloud-filled space.

Lake Heartbeat’s debut has been pressed into limited edition vinyl for record store day, which is next week.

I love featuring bands with beautiful artwork – basically From and Lake Heartbeat.  lol me.

Lake Heartbeat – Southbound

Lake Heartbeat – Southbound (Kisses Remix)

You can count on Maskinen for fun, driving/party music.  Their latest single “Kärlek Vid Sista Ögonkastet” can and should be blamed for taking turns too fast and refills too soon.

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French pop star Alizée is back with a cute new single.  It’s catchy, bilingual, and updated with Goldfrapp/Ladytron influences.  It’s not a huge change; “Les Collines” is much closer to Euro pop than experimental electro.  The sound isn’t as much of a departure from her early work as “Limelight,” the teaser single.

What elevates it is Alizée’s subtle performance.  She doesn’t do the brash, sexed up club vocals typical to the genre.  I just wish the hook came sooner – you have to wait to 1:08 for it – but it’ll def work for a driving mix.

The video was directed by Hawaii Fantôme, and the new album Une Enfant du Siècle comes out March 29.

Alizée – Les Collines (Never leave you)

Alizée – “Limelight”

Get Alizée’s music on iTunes

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Here’s the concept: a one-girl electro pop band stages a video with inflatable, crayon-colored balls and sings about youth in the US.

Name the Pet’s “American Boys” could very well be an inverted Swedish version of From’s “American Girl,” but I’m too close to the subject to judge.  Hanna Brandén is a much more accessible singer than I am, and our aesthetics are quite different as well.  I love high end fashion, innit.  So yeah, this song has been popular on the Swedish radio station I stream.  RMX below.  It’s my Valentine’s present to Annie and Robyn fans.  Observing holidays is a popular blog past time.  The other track is for Prexy Day and reminds me of Hot Chip’s “Ready for the Floor.”

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