Jens Lekman

Jens Lekman singing Arthur Russell's "A Little Lost" at Bimbo's in San Francisco on 3/22/08. Photos taken by....me.

Just got back from Jens Lekman's SF show at Bimbos...I love this guy, but unfortunately...I think he was tired. last time was better...way better. He started out in charming fashion playing air-chimes and dancing along to his songs with choreographed hand motions-- A for Adorable. But as the set progressed the band (violin, cello, laptop guy, bass, drums) disappeared and Jens was looking a little droopy as he whistled through Friday Night at the Drive-in Bingo and whispe... MORE

So, getting pretty excited about ATP this year. I am going to the Explosions one: Friday 16th May to Sunday 18th May. The line up is below. And a song by Jens Lekman, who I have a bit of a crush on. Awesome! EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, IRON AND WINE, DINOSAUR JR, ADEM, ....AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF THE DEAD, POLVO, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, A HAWK AND A HACKSAW, ELUVIUM, OLA PODRIDA, LAZARUS, THE PAPER CHASE, FOUR TET, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, WESTERN ... MORE

Just posted Hallelujah by The Helio Sequence yesterday. The Opposite Of Hallelujah, Jens Lekman isn't quite catchy. But name of track is enough to get me feel "What a Hallelujah!" p.s. don't want to be rude but this cover just blow me away.

Just posted Hallelujah by The Helio Sequence yesterday. The Opposite Of Hallelujah, Jens Lekman isn't quite catchy. But name of track is enough to get me feel "What a Hallelujah!" p.s. don't want to be rude but this cover just blow me away.

It's been a while MOGgers, but one of my New Year's resolutions is to be a little more prolific on the MOG-o-sphere in 2008. Are you kids still even using that term? My, how MOG has changed in the short few months I've been gone... Anyway, here's my picks for the top 10 albums of 2007 for you to agree/disagree with at your leisure. Selections were chosen using a secret formula based on an album's "objective goodness," originality, number of times listened to, and...who a... MORE

I cannot seem to say this enough, I am in love with this town and I had another great experience last night. I decided to break my Minneapolis show cherry by seeing Jens Lekman and Dave Fischoff at the Triple Rock Social Club, such a great way to do so. Going into the show I knew that Jens Lekman was amazing and had heard from others that he was even better live, so I had high expectations. As far as Dave Fischoff, hadn't really heard of him till I went to his Myspace to... MORE

Rating: (at the risk of losing all my street cred) 8.5 I like to consider myself an equal opportunity music aficionado. There were times in my ignorant youth that, when asked, I would declare my love for "everything pretty much..except rap music. and country." It was later in life, when I discovered the joys of acquired taste, that I forced myself to sit down and actually digest music from these respective categories. I soon found that once you wipe away the contem... MORE

I find my self listening to Jens Lekman more and more everyday. His songs are just SO charming...offbeat, unique, often funny but always heartfelt...he is a breath of fresh air to say the least. Long live Jens!

This song is suweeeeeeeeeeeet! I love it. It's Jens in full-on cheery mode.

I am in such awe of good songwriters. They make it seem so easy. But have you ever tried to tell a story with emotion and melody in under five minutes? Not so easy at all. I am have been listening to Jens Lekman almost non stop for all of this week. The guy is so gifted when it comes to crafting a song...here is one of my favorite tunes of his...This song really speaks to me too...I had a great friend in college, she was a lesbian..i had to play the part of her boyfriend... MORE

I have had this Jens Lekman album FOREVER and have just been sitting on it...not so smart. It would have been a great summer album...the arrangements and the lyrics are bouncy without being overtly poppy...the guy can really craft a song. And this one I especially love...

Jens Lekman has extended his once tiny tour schedule into a four month affair. Jen is touring in support of his recently released album Night Falls Over Kortedala. Most of the tour will take place over in Europe but Jens snuck a 12 city U.S. visit in the middle of the tour. The first U.S. show is October 23rd in Bloomington, IN, the last one takes place in Hollywood on November 10th.

09-06 Uppsala, Sweden - Konsert & Kongress09-14 Bergen, Norway - Phonofestivalen09... MORE

I was on xanga the other day (Yeah I have a xanga, fool. I don't happen to be into being stalked by creepy people on myspace and facebook.) and I was just minding my own business, browsing some cool people's blogs, when I ran across this one broad's xanga. My Mac started downloading something from her page and at first I freaked out thinking it was some kind of harmful something, then I realized it was a song. Apart from being a delightful gesture of givingness, (by that I... MORE