A forthcoming issue of the New York arts and culture magazine Esopus will come packaged with a new compilation, and the magazine has asked the artists in question to write songs "inspired by a…   Read Story »

Jens Lekman has released a freebie called "Olivia & Maddy." The track is inspired by all the help he and his pianist, Jonas, received after Jonas got stuck in New York during Superstorm Sandy —…   Read Story »

The Swedes continue to invade America as charm-pop specialist Jens Lekman stopped by the Fonda Theater in Hollywood in support of his latest album, I Know What Love Isn't. Lekman was in good spirits,…   Read Story »

Last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Swede-pop singer-songwriter Jens Lekman made his first-ever American TV appearance. He played "I Know What Love Isn't," the title track from his new album,…   Read Story »

Thus far, Jens Lekman has released three music videos for songs from his new album I Know What Love Isn't, and he's worked with director Marcus Söderlund on all three of them. They've all shown…   Read Story »

Jens Lekman hasn't released a new full-length album since 2007's Night Falls Over Kortedala, but that changes next week, when the introspective and funny Swedish indie-pop crooner unleashes his new…   Read Story »

Jens Lekman's recent "Erica America" video was a single shot that started with a tight close-up on the singer-songwriter before gradually roaming around and showing the rest of Lekman's band playing…   Read Story »

In a recent Progress Report, Jens Lekman keyed us into what he was going for with his forthcoming I Know What Love Isn't: I think that for this record for example I eventually had a lot of…   Read Story »

Name: Jens Lekman Progress Report: Lekman chats about his long-awaited new record, I Know What Love Isn’t. It’s been five long years since Swedish charmer Jens Lekman put out a record, but…   Read Story »

"Summer is exhausting me with its exhaust fumes and empty promises." Jens Lekman's new album is called I Know What Love Isn't, and its first single "Erica America" is true to that title: meet Jens…   Read Story »