Why? Is it in the water?

Gentle Touch
Sally Shapiro
Moto Boy
The Tallest Man on Earth
The Knife
SMK
etc.

Please enlighten me on other amazing Swedish musicians.

10/30/2009 1:21:31 AM

Shout Out Louds

I kind like The Sounds, too.

10/30/2009 1:54:51 AM

did you make this thread as an excuse to post the names of obscure swedish bands that no one has heard of?

10/30/2009 2:32:49 AM

Timbuktu
Lykke Li
Kleerup
Sahara Hotnights
Takida
Robyn
Lars Winnerback
Hakan Hellstrom
The Ark
Peter Bjorn and John

10/30/2009 2:42:12 AM

ABBA

10/30/2009 2:58:30 AM

Quote :

"All the good swedish music is from Sweden "

fixed

10/30/2009 3:28:36 AM

^^^^
Sort of.

Otherwise, I'm genuinely interesting in suggestions of similar bands, as I tend to enjoy most everything I've heard come out of that particular music scene. IS THAT SO WRONG?

10/30/2009 3:43:02 AM

how has no one mentioned the goddamned hives

that's like saying detroit has a great music history and not mentioning the mc5

10/30/2009 6:27:50 AM

In Flames

10/30/2009 6:35:26 AM

I can't believe it got this far without mentioning the best band to come out of Sweden: Opeth.

Also definitely worth listing is Meshuggah

10/30/2009 7:51:55 AM

Günther and the Sunshine Girls

10/30/2009 7:58:06 AM

You're welcome.

10/30/2009 8:06:53 AM

I can't believe I forgot Meshuggah and lesser so, The Hives. Goddamn, I love that country.

^I will be forever in your debt.

[Edited on October 30, 2009 at 9:20 AM. Reason : .]

10/30/2009 9:20:03 AM

Swedish music generally sucks.

But I guess there's nothing to do there in the winter except write music, so they have a disproportional number of bands. Kind of like Canada.

10/30/2009 9:55:50 AM

Apocalyptica...

close enough..

10/30/2009 9:57:43 AM

MILLENCOLIN

10/30/2009 9:58:28 AM

The Field

10/30/2009 11:09:07 AM

Quote :

"MILLENCOLIN"

10/30/2009 11:10:24 AM

fever ray

i think its just the girl from the knife

10/30/2009 11:14:54 AM

ya

this whole thread is dildos

10/30/2009 11:51:09 AM

extremely true observation

i used to follow this one blog-site, but its pretty dead lately

http://www.hellosurprise.com/

i've very much enjoyed records from the following swedish artists off the top of my head

The Knife
Love is All
Dungen
The Legends (first album only)
I'm from barcelona (first album only)
Peter Bjorn and John
Club 8
Jens Lekman
El perro del mar
Loney, dear
The Concretes
Cake on cake

10/30/2009 12:15:22 PM

ugh, i forgot Cult of Luna earlier. From the same city as Meshuggah.

10/30/2009 12:23:39 PM

i love me some jens lekman.

10/30/2009 1:05:21 PM

darn this thread, I keep remembering more, or looking up some that I can't remember which country they are from:

At The Gates
Blindside
Burst

10/30/2009 1:10:57 PM

http://www.swedesplease.net/

good site for this stuff

also, I love:
Jens Lekman
The Concretes
Peter Bjorn & John
Hello Saferide
The Radio Dept.
Pelle Carlberg
I'm from Barcelona
Marit Bergman
Robyn

10/30/2009 1:40:32 PM

no death metal?

10/30/2009 3:52:48 PM

MORE LIKE TWEEDEN

10/30/2009 3:58:55 PM

^^ I listed both Opeth and At the Gates and someone else listed In Flames...Both play/played variants of death metal at one point in time.

[Edited on October 30, 2009 at 4:13 PM. Reason : ]

10/30/2009 4:12:50 PM

10/30/2009 4:44:08 PM

Quote :

"I can't believe it got this far without mentioning the best band to come out of Sweden: Opeth. Also definitely worth listing is Meshuggah"

Yea not to mention:

Dark Tranquility
Arch Enemy
Amon Amarth

and as stated previously In Flames.

10/30/2009 5:25:52 PM

MANDO DIAO

10/31/2009 11:04:47 AM

Quote :

"Meshuggah"

Isn't this a jew word for a dumbass or something?

10/31/2009 11:14:13 AM

nah it means crazy or irrational which fits their song structures perfectly heh. might be used as slang for what u said tho /shrug

10/31/2009 11:34:18 AM