Photo by William Kirk"Let's get away from it all," offers do-gooder Jens Lekman to pal and electronic music-maker Viktor Sjöberg in a message on his website. And so the two shall, on a whirlwind tour of the Asian continent that begins later this month.Lekman and Sjöberg will trade "The Cold Swedish Winter" for the more inviting...

Motown Philly's back again, this time in the Swedish hands of Jens Lekman. It's true, the silent one did a cover of Boyz II Men's "Water Runs Dry" a couple nights ago at Google Googie's Lounge as part of his "special guest" role for countrywoman and labelmate Frida Hyvönen . Boys II Men's original showcased their four voices and flowing white l...

Jens Lekman played a few songs ahead of fellow Swede Frida Hyvönen's set Tuesday night at Googie's Lounge in New York, BrooklynVegan reports. As shouldn't be too surprising from a guy who had a roomful of Williamsburgers dancing to Mariah Carey during his CMJ set less than a month ago, one of those songs was a Boyz II Men cover. Lekman...

Photo by William KirkNorthampton, Massachusetts high schooler Clara Gardner was recently struck by a car driven by an alleged drunk driver, resulting in the loss of both of her legs. Her friends came together to organize a benefit concert for Gardner, which will take place November 1 (tomorrow!) in the auditorium of the Northampton High School.N...

Well, this is it. For any Jens fan who also reads blogs that post about the Black Cab Sessions, getting Jens to croon this tune for the series was always to be the apex of punny possibilities. We couldn't resist mentioning it when Death Cab played for Black Cab, and according to the note that accompanies this performance, neither could the BCS's...