Playlist by Andres Lokko
Unfiltered and unbound
We start off with the new project from Henning Fürst (one half of noughties indie situationists The Tough Alliance), now in trio 9entle with Elin Kastlander and Alexander Havelda. ”One thing” is their first single, a steel pan infused indie dance tune of the highest order.
And then straight into a collaboration between two of Stockholms most interesting new bands, Cockhouse and Civil Polis. Together they make a furiosuly political racket on the drum’n’bass-rock’n’roll of ”New Music Friday” and thus - already - perfectly summarizing The Sound of Young Stockholm 2026.
The running theme for the remaning three tracks is a love of House Music (in its original Chicago form):
On ”Increasingly Obsolete” Kortedala’s heartbreak troubadour and slightly reluctant wedding singer Jens Lekman ever so smoothly morphs a gossamer indie song with Larry ”Mr Fingers” Heard’s Acid House classic ”Can you feel it”.
Playlist
- 9entle – One Thing
Cockhouse & Civil Polis – New Music- Friday
Jens Lekman – Increasingly - Obsolete
Mythologen – After Clubs
Jo - Bubbles – Compass Point
As Jo Bubbles Stockholm based house producer Jonas Dahlström presents an electronic hommage to the Nassau recording studio Compass Point, released on his debut album for the ever reliable Studio Barnhus label.
And on ”After Clubs” Gothenburgs Mythologen (AKA Alexander Palmestål), taken from his excellent ”Eurovision” album, affectionately samples a monologue on club culture by the sadly departed and much missed Andrew Weatherall.
The music may be produced by Swedes but, apparently, refuses to accept any boundaries or borders.
Andres Lokko