Tagged: Service
Interview: Jens Lekman
Jens Lekman, the great songwriter from Sweden, came to New York last month in support of his third album, I Know What Love Isn’t, out now. After he played a few songs for FADER TV, … read more »
By the Numbers: Service
In By The Numbers, FADER looks at a big record release and breaks it down in basic digits. In FADER #82, we actually took on a record label: Gothenberg, Sweden’s Service, which, with 19 albums … read more »
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Four years ago my friend Kevin and I went on a trip to La Paz, the capital city of Baja Del Sur, Mexico. It’s difficult to get there direct, so we flew into Los Cabos … read more »
Video: Jens Lekman, “I Know What Love Isn’t”
In a live performance of his new album’s title track, “I Know What Love Isn’t,” for the Guardian last month, Sweden’s most poignant troubadour Jens Lekman explained the song’s unusual genesis: This song is about … read more »
Stream: The Embassy, “Roundkick”
Last September, The Embassy, leaders of the past decade in Swedish pop and one of the era’s few great bands still in tact, released a collection of rarities and B-sides, a house-cleaning which could’ve either … read more »
Interview: Ikons
Next month, the beloved Swedish label Service will release Life Rhythms, the second LP by their most straightforward rock group, Ikons. The band’s members have fluctuated over the years, but Ikons always stays large, like … read more »
Video: Ikons, “Sister”
On the heels of their recent 10-year anniversary compilation, Service has released a new video for Gothenburg’s Ikons, cleverly edited from footage of the incredible flying nuns from Riff Raff fan Harmony Korine’s film, Mister … read more »
Download Service’s 10-Year Anniversary Compilation
One of the past decade’s secretly most influential labels, Service, home to impossible-to-appreciate-enough drivers of the experimental pop sea change like The Tough Alliance, The Embassy and Jens Lekman, celebrates their tenth anniversary with a … read more »
If You Love Swedish Pop, This is Your New Homepage
Some of us (no need to name names) are mildly obsessed with Swedes and their music, specifically the incredible incubator that is Gothenburg, home to The Tough Alliance, jj, Air France, The Embassy, Love Is … read more »
