Pinto

MicrophoneFrontman Andreas of Swedish band Pinto describes his sound as “Abba crossed with Nick Drake”. He then declares that that is really Evan Dando, not him. Nevertheless he has been garnering praise for sensitive indiepop that shares some traits with other recent Scandinavian acts (such as Loney, Dear and The Lovekevins); a querky and quizzical lyrical style, ingenious mixture of acoustic instruments and bleepy synths and a genuine grasp of melody (a much neglected component of really good pop).

Hanif

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Swedish band Hanif released their debut album Blame it on El Niño October 18th 2004. In February that same year Hanif released a critically acclaimed EP - Stitch Of Happiness - produced by Björn Olsson, former member of Soundtrack of Our Lives and Spain.

On Blame it on El Niño, their long awaited debut album, they worked with producer Paul Bothén (whom among his many credits have produced the legendary Bear Quartet album Moby Dick and Fireside singer Kristofer Åström's beautiful solo effort Northern Blues), and guest musicians like Gunnar Frick (Alimony, Bad Liver, Psychotic Youth etc) and Stefan Sandberg (who has toured with acts like Ike Turner and Peps Persson).

The result was one of that years strongest releases in the americana genre, pop blended with country as well as a touch of Swedish melancholy, and something as disparate as a lavish independent production.

Hanif was gigging clubs like legendary Debaser and supporting Robert Plant at Cirkus, both venues in Stockholm, Sweden. The band also managed to contribute with a song to a Finish Tv-commercial for fire places.

In the fall of 2007 the band broke up.

Hanif's songs are so strong, so strong. When the choruses flourish with Andreas Magnusson's melancholy voice in harmonies, you lose your breath. (Billy Rimgard, Sonic)

Alexandra Wennersten

Alexandra Wennersten, born in 1986, grown up in small town Lerum, Sweden. Songwriter, compositian and musician. She started writing music at age 16, and has developed her own sound; a mix of Soul, Folk and Pop. With two cultures in her family (mother from Uruguay), she is strongly inspirated by both Swedish and Latinamerican music. She is fascinated by stories and tales, and likes to distort and romanticise the reality in what she writes. 
In a long list of inspirations we find artists like Joni Mitchell, Ron Sexsmith, Lisa Ekdahl, Etta James, Feist, Astrud Gilberto and Andrew Bird.

 

Bosco

In the middle of swedish nowhere you’ll find Surte, a small village with a population of 5.464 persons. Concidering the size of this place you’ll be surprised to find out that both The Coca Cola bottle and Marcus Jönsson (Bosco) hails from Surte. Bosco plays sensitive acoustic songs that will remind you of Neil Casal or even Ryan Adams.

Jeanette Pettersson

Lilla Edet is famous for two things, its drinking water and the higest suicide rate witin the country with most suicides. Knowing this you’ll be surprised to discover the livefullness of Lilla Edets’ greatest singer/songwriter. Strong lyrics and a straight forward musical approach makes Jeanette Pettersson more than just great.