Swedish Ska! - The Beat From Palookaville

With every other music blog and their brother writing about Swedish music (note this week’s b l o g a s m about the new video from The LK) it’s getting harder to bring you the newest/best/original Swedish music. That’s been the intent of this blog since the beginning. But lately bands like Lykke Li, Sally Shapiro and The LK are getting coverage left, right and center for every (bowel) move(ment) that they make. The bands and the music are by and large the same great stuff but the amount of coverage and the press machine working in the background has really grown out of control. My answer is to do the same that I’ve always done and that’s focus on Swedish music that is deserving but not overhyped, unusual but not contrived, and experimental but grounded in pop. ——————- The Beat From Palookaville are a ska, r `n’ b, jump blues, early rock and roll outfit from Stockholm. ...