I-Bands Records presents
JENS LEKMAN & VIKTOR SJOBERG - ASIAN TOUR
Music Concert
Tue 9 December, 8:30pm (Doors open 8pm)
The Annexe Gallery
Admission RM30 (Limited to 150 people only. To book a place, send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Annexe Gallery is proud to be a very intimate host venue for Swedish singer songwriter Jens Lekman's last gig of his eight-city Asian Tour. If you don't know who Jens is, here's something we filched from his MySpace page.

"Sweden's Jens Lekman emerged from relative obscurity to quickly establish himself as the darling of the global indie pop set, winning widespread acclaim from fans and critics for his uncommonly witty and well-crafted pop songs. Born February 6, 1981, in Gothenburg, Sweden, Lekman exhibited little interest in music as a child, but at 14 was recruited to play bass in a friend's cover band. Within weeks he was writing his own original material, quickly accumulating hundreds of songs. Assuming the alias Rocky Dennis (borrowed from the disfigured protagonist of the 1985 American film “Mask”), Lekman recorded and released a series of limited-edition CD-Rs beginning with 2001's “The Budgie-Album”. A year later, he compiled a collection of highlights and mailed the sole copy to the US indie label Secretly Canadian, but remained largely unknown until the 2003 “Maple Leaves EP” became something of a cause célèbre on Internet file-sharing services. The Swedish indie Service Records reissued “Maple Leaves” later that same year, and after abandoning his pseudonym once and for all with 2004's “Rocky Dennis in Heaven EP”, Lekman issued his acclaimed full-length debut, “When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog”, distributed in the U.S. via Secretly Canadian. The LP generated the Swedish Top Ten hit "You Are The Light," and in 2005 Lekman traveled the globe, issuing several tour-only EPs and collecting his previous singles, B-sides, and compilation tracks as “Oh You're So Silent Jens”. Following this flurry of activity, he announced on his website plans for an extended hiatus from performing, scrapping a planned sophomore LP and reportedly accepting a position at a local bingo parlor; Lekman nevertheless quit after just two days on the job and fully rededicated himself to his musical pursuits." ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Update: Jens did finish that second album and it’s called “Nights Fall Over Kortedala” released in 2007. It didn’t disappoint.

Jens will be performing with his accompanist Viktor Sjoberg. Opening for Jens will be Stoned Revivals and Silent Scenery, playing acoustic sets.