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jambands.com
Jens Lekman, The Olivia Tremor Control, Beach Fossils and More Added to ...
jambands.com
Sweden's Jens Lekman, The Olivia Tremor Control, Ultramagnetic MC's, The Thermals, Future of the Left, Beach Fossils are among the 100 bands just added to this year's Northside Festival, set to take place June 14-21 across venues in Brooklyn, ...
Northside Festival Adds Jens Lekman, Olivia Tremor Control and More to 2012 LineupThe L Magazine

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New York Times
Lazy, Hazy Summer Days: A Guide
New York Times
Jens Lekman, Of Montreal, the Thermals and Beach Fossils will perform that day (doors open at 4 pm; $33.50), as part of the busy fourth annual Northside Festival. The festival's 70 musical acts are spread among more than 25 sites in Williamsburg and ...


 
ClashMusic.com
That Kind Of Pop Star: Allo Darlin'
ClashMusic.com
I was very much influenced by Jens Lekman, and I thought that was a cool, lovely thing that he did.” “So I wrote a bunch of those, like 'Henry Rollins', then 'Kiss Your Lips' and 'Heartbeat Chilli'. They all came kind of from a similar time, ...


 
Still Flyin' - On a Bedroom Wall 22 May 08:53
Drowned In Sound
There's enough interesting, Eighties influenced, sounds to be 'on trend' (even to be a sincere homage to the era), whilst the vocals have the hurt inflection of Jens Lekman. It's the perfect mesh. As it opens with 'Elsie Dormer' the prolonged build ...

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The Dream of the 90s Is Alive in Williamsburg Park
NBC New York (blog)
There's also some indie rock (it is Brooklyn, after all) with Jens Lekman, The Thermals, Beach Fossils and Of Montreal performing as part of the 2012 Northside Festival. There are also shows by punk stalwarts OFF! and Refused and a free comedy night ...


 
Village Voice (blog)
Q&A: Allo Darlin's Elizabeth Morris On Rejecting "Twee," The UK Indie Scene ...
Village Voice (blog)
I think I was inspired a lot by Jens Lekman at the time and his appropriating of chord progressions and samples, and I liked the style. But I haven't written a song like that for a long time. The new album is called Europe, but two of you are ...

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musicOMH.com
Allo Darlin' - Europe
musicOMH.com
Morris has joined the likes of Jens Lekman, Stephin Merritt and Jonathan Richman in alternative pop music's great storytellers that deserve better than the constraints of the indie-pop tag. Beautifully poignant, it feels less like a set of songs and ...

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