Wow.

I have been in consistent contact with the Swedish girl who, it turns out, is my second cousin. As will happen in the course of conversation with me, we got to talking about music, and I asked if there were any cool Swedish bands that haven't blown up in the US yet that I needed to know about. She promptly provided a handful of bands, all of which I really enjoyed. However, there was one band that stands out, and they're called Mando Diao. It doesn't sound the slightest bit Swedish, I know, but man are they amazing. Picture the best parts of garage, soul, and pop music all blending together to make a band of good looking Swedish hipsters, and this is the product of that equation.