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The Year's Greatest Musical Obscurity

We make no secret about our affection for the music of Sweden. And lately, one artist in particular has been making us giddy. The “band,” or whatever, is called JJ and we know almost nothing about him/it/them, though we prefer to imagine the act as a boy-girl duo like the Eurythmics. In any event, JJ’s 2009 album jj n° 2 (whatever that means!) is probably the year’s greatest obscurity. There are at least nine reasons to buy this album, because there are nine songs, none of them bad. So join us as we go track-by-track in an attempt to persuade...  read more

Sunn O))): Real. Comfortable. Jeans. (And Drone Metal.)

Move over, Brett Favre; there's a new face, er, sound, in jean advertisements. Sunn O))) is being featured in an ad for Norwegian jean company Anti-Sweden....  read more