These dreamy Swedes, this bearded man and High Green's finest.

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Oi folks! I've been digging melancholic stuff these past days. Yesterday, for example, I revived Sigur Rós' epic 2002 album (), which I haven't heard for ages. I've also got some new tunes in that department.


Swedish outfit jj have been making noise on music blogs quite frequently the past year, and their dreamy sound with elements of electronica, Balearic, drone and r'n'b is quite unique. The past week, they fed us with a pair of new tracks, which are pretty sweet. Take a swing at 'No One Can Touch Us Tonight', which is sort of Caribbean-tinged, and the mellow and beautiful 'Ice'.


Bon Iver, oh, where to start? He just announced his European fall tour, and I'm delighted to see it brings him to Copenhagen in November. That's just bloody awesome. Even more awesome; he's put out a cut from the imminent eponymous album. Track is called 'Calgary', and are you at all surprised it's startlingly beautiful? This is clear-cut my most anticipated release of the year, I can tell you that for sure!


Lads, we're gonna take a wee break from all the melancholia whine, aren't we just? High Green, Sheffield's finest, tyke pride Arctic Monkeys have premiered a few tunes off their new album, Suck It And See, on the mighty Mr. Jools H.'s show last week. Some of it is good, some isn't - check it out!


Okay sweetpeas, back to the melancholic alley with Japanese artist Jesse Ruins, and new cut 'Sofija', which is really sweet - sounds like it could have been a b-side to M83's iconic Saturdays = Youth. I haven't heard of this dude before, so thanks to the awesome Gorilla vs. Bear for that!


Nobody knows who iamamiwhoami is yet, but the mysterious artist/outfit has just put out a new track, '; john', with an amazingly beautiful video to boot! I guess the closest fitting resemblance would be The Knife, although almost all dark and alluring electro has a pinch of The Knife kinship.


Finally (whoa, that was a long post!), everyone's darling James Blake has released a new Martin de Thurah-directed vid for his tune 'Lindesfarne'. I'm not crazy about Blake, but this tune, which is pretty obviously inspired by some of Bon Iver's stuff, is definitely my fave on his debut album, which was released earlier this year.


That was a load of stuff to get the rest of yer week going! I ordered some new (and old) albums yesterday - more on them later on!