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This autumn, as Night Falls Over Kortedala-- and Malmö, and Moscow, and Nottingham, and Cleveland for that matter-- eager audiences can look forward to being smacked upside the head. Not by muggers, mind you, but by some of the sweetest, catchiest, cleverest, heartfeltest pop songs you're liable to hear this year.

Those superlative-worthy tunes come courtesy of Mr. Jens Lekman, who's tricked out his touring itinerary with a whole bunch of new shows since our last dispatch. In addition to that stretch of Swedish dates with laugh-meister Todd Barry, Jens will also tour Sweden solo, take that previously mentioned dip into North American waters, and close out the year with a run through the UK. With Josh Rouse. Um, who killed the party this time?

Oh you're so worldly, Jens:

09-06 Uppsala, Sweden - Konsert & Kongress
09-14 Bergen, Norway - Phonofestivalen
09-15 Olso, Norway - John Dee
09-16 Salisbury, England - End of the Road Festival
09-19 Gothenburg, Sweden - Nevertiti $
09-20 Gothenburg, Sweden - Nevertiti $
09-21 Hässleholm, Sweden - Markan $
09-22 Malmö, Sweden - Inkonst (early show)
09-22 Malmö, Sweden - Inkonst $
09-26 Gävle, Sweden - Spegeln $
09-27 Linkoeping, Sweden - Herrgarn $
09-28 Stockholm, Sweden - Kagelbanan (early show)
09-28 Stockholm, Sweden - Kagelbanan $
09-29 Moscow, Russia - IKRA Club
10-02 Skelleftea, Sweden - Pinkerton
10-03 Umeå, Sweden - Scharinska
10-04 Norrköping, Sweden - Hugo Konsert Republik
10-05 Helsingborg, Sweden - The Tivoli
10-06 Jönköping, Sweden - Bongo Bar
10-23 Bloomington, IN - Jake's #
10-25 Washington, DC - Black Cat #
10-26 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church #
10-27 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
10-29 Boston, MA - Paradise #
11-01 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom #
11-02 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium #^
11-03 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club #^
11-06 Seattle, WA - Nectar #
11-07 Portland, OR - Someday Lounge #
11-09 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club #
11-10 West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour #
11-27 Manchester, England - Sacred Trinity Church
11-28 Leeds, England - Holy Trinity Church
11-29 Sheffield, England - The Plug %
11-30 Manchester, England - Academy 2 %
12-01 Glasgow, Scotland - QMU %
12-03 Gateshead, England - The Sage 2 %
12-04 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms %
12-05 Bristol, England - Academy %
12-07 Oxford, England - Academy %
12-08 Brighton, England - Concorde 2 %
12-09 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire %
12-11 London, England - The Luminaire
12-12 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's

$ with Todd Barry
# with Viktor Sjöberg (closing set)
^ with Dave Fischoff
% with Josh Rouse