Hej Hej Music

Hej Hej DJs Get Minty

2009-10-07T14:40:05Z

Love Scandinavian pop & rock but have trouble leaving your comfy couch on a Tuesday night? Well, your problem is solved.

Come dance to Lykke Li, Ida Maria, ABBA, The Sounds, Datarock and more this Saturday at the Rock and Roll Hotel when the Hej Hej DJs take over Peppermint. Your Scandinavian favorites will be complemented by dance-y songs from other parts of the world.

FREE | The Hotel Bar (2nd floor) | 9: 30 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. | 21+

Congratulations to DJ Milk on his wedding!

About Last Night

2009-04-22T17:39:16Z

Thanks to everyone who came out to Cafe Saint-Ex last night! Here are some pictures, courtesy of our guest DJs, Swedish Columbia (Shelby and Linda).
Short DJs unite!

It's time to bring this website back to life...

2009-03-18T14:33:51Z

...with some very exciting news. Next time you see DJ Melissa, congratulate her. In just a few months, she will be bringing a brand new little viking into this world. While she's on maternity leave, DJ Natalya will be joined by guest DJs. Next up: Mark Zimin (Mousetrap).

Swede-tastic week continues with Hej Hej tonight!

2008-10-21T16:58:18Z

Did you see Lykke Li on Sunday?
Checked out Hello Saferide and Firefox AK last night?
Got plans to check out Ane Brun, Tobias Froberg and Theresa Andersson tonight?

Don't want the Swede-tastic fun to stop?? Make Hej Hej your afterparty this evening!

Come out to Café Saint-Ex tonight to enjoy the best of Scandinavian pop & rock music.

Café Saint-Ex
1847 14th Street, NW
Tuesday, October 21
10 p.m. - close
No cover

Music from Lykke Li * Hello Saferide * Firefox AK * I'm From Barcelona * The Sound of Arrows * Ida Maria * Club 8 * Peter Bjorn & John * Division of Laura Lee * Radio LXMBRG * The Raveonettes * The LK * Jens Lekman * The Hives * The Honeydrips * Robyn * Bjork * Teddybears * Datarock * Marit Bergman * and many more.

Drink specials on Viking beer and Reyka vodka all night.

Good clean Viking fun

2008-09-18T18:09:05Z

Songs we played on June 17

2008-07-26T01:38:39Z

The Hej Hej DJs had a busy June -- doing our thing at Saint-Ex, spinning at Beyond Happy Hour, and seeing Datarock at the Rock and Roll Hotel. How awesome were Datarock? For us, it was Nordic nirvana.

Here are some of the songs we played on June 17:

Shout Out Louds - "The Comeback"
Gentle Touch - "The View"
The Mary Onettes - "Explosions"
The Perishers - "Carefree"
Tribeca - "The Sun Always Shines On TV"
Le Sport - "Loveboat"
Robyn - "Handle Me"
Familjen - "Nu händer det igen"
Karin Ström - "Psykos (Lo-Fi-Fnk Holiday Remix)" [download]

Songs we played on May 20

2008-06-06T01:00:59Z

Thanks to everyone who joined us this month, and hope to see you again soon.

Natalya (10 - 10:30)

Firefox AK - "Where Are We Going?" (Sweden)
Club 8 - "Spring Came, Rain Fell" (Sweden)
Lykke Li - "Complaint Department" (Sweden)
Rigas - "Born Not to Run" (Sweden) [download]
The Knife - "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Ratatat Remix)" (Sweden)
The Cardigans - "Erase/Rewind (Kleerup Remix)" (Sweden)
Kleerup - "Longing for Lullabies (feat. Titiyo)" (Sweden) [watch video]
PYT - "Tropical Heat" (Sweden) [download]
Karin Ström - "Silent Night" (Sweden)

Melissa (10:30 - 11)

Acid House Kings - "This and That" (Sweden)
The Charade - "Monday Morning" (Sweden)
Acid House Kings - "Tonight Is Forever" (Sweden)
Club 8 - "Heaven" (Sweden)
ABBA - "Another Town Another Train" (Sweden)

Billie Vision & The Dancers - "I'm Pablo" (Sweden)
Marit Bergman - "Walcott" (Sweden)
Real Ones - "Lonesome Town" (Norway)
Radio LXMBRG - "Feel the Heat" (Sweden)
The Radio Dept. - "Freddie and the Trojan Horse" (Sweden)

Natalya (11 - 11:30)

First Aid Kit - "I Want to Cross Oceans" (Sweden)
Shout Out Louds - "Very Loud" (Sweden)
Lykke Li - "Little Bit" (Sweden)
Moto boy - "Young Love (Chris Price Remix)" (Sweden)
Peter Bjorn & John - "Up Against the Wall" (Sweden)
Jens Lekman - "The Opposite of Hallelujah" (Sweden)
The Legends - "The Kids Just Wanna Have Fun" (Sweden)
Caesars - "Our Time Is Near" (Sweden)

Melissa (11:30 - 12)

Kuryakin - "Still Here" (Sweden)
Sally Shapiro - "I'll Be By Your Side" (Sweden)
Jenny Wilson - "Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward" (Sweden)
Lykke Li - "Let It Fall" (Sweden)
Kleerup - "Until We Bleed (feat. Lykke Li)" (Sweden)
Zeigeist - "Bunny" (Sweden)
Kocky - "Be Part of It All (feat. Jens Lekman and Rosanna)" (Sweden)
Robyn - "With Every Heartbeat (Punks Jump Up Remix)" (Sweden)
Annie - "Girlfriend" (Norway)

Natalya (12 - 12:30)

David & The Citizens - "Summer Is No-Man's Land" (Sweden)
The Hives - "Well All Right!" (Sweden)
The Sounds - "Seven Days a Week" (Sweden)
Lissi Dancefloor Disaster - "Copyriot (share this song)" (Sweden) [download]
Juvelen - "Don't Mess" (Sweden)
Lasse Lindh - "Damage Done" (Sweden)
Bjork - "Venus as a Boy" (Iceland)
The Hives - "Hate to Say I Told You So" (Sweden)

Melissa (12:30 - close)

Junior Senior - "Take My Time" (Denmark)
Fibes, Oh Fibes - "Can't Be So" (Sweden)
Datarock - "Fa Fa Fa" (Norway)
Alphabeat - "Fascination" (Denmark)
Maia Hirasawa - "And I Found This Boy" (Sweden)
Those Dancing Days - "Tasty Boy" (Sweden)
I'm From Barcelona - "We're From Barcelona" (Sweden)
Sometime - "Catch Me If You Can" (Iceland)
Sven Bit - "All Your Base Are Belong to 707" (Iceland)

Songs we played on April 22

2008-05-15T23:59:05Z

Thanks to everyone for coming out, getting excited about the new El Perro Del Mar album and answering our Scandi-trivia questions. Here's what we played:

Melissa (10 - 10:30)

Peter Bjorn & John - "Amsterdam" (Sweden)
Sondre Lerche - "Two-Way Monologue" (Norway)
The Whitest Boy Alive - "Fireworks" (Norway)
Starlet - "When The Sun Falls On My Feet" (Sweden)
Club 8 - "Heaven" (Sweden)
Husky Rescue - "Summertime Cowboy" (Finland)
Shout Out Louds - "Normandie" (Sweden)
The Sounds - "Much Too Long Now" (Sweden)
Sarah Hepburn - "Hey . . . OK!" (Denmark)

Natalya (10:30 - 11)

Niccokick - "The Poet" (Sweden)
The Sounds - "Song with a Mission" (Sweden)
Shout Out Louds - "The Comeback" (Sweden)
Caesars - "It's Not the Fall That Hurts" (Sweden)
Gentle Touch - "Once You Used To" (Sweden) [download]
The Cardigans - "Your New Cuckoo" (Sweden)
Peter Bjorn & John - "Start to Melt" (Sweden)
The Wannadies - "You and Me Song" (Sweden)
The Raveonettes - "Black Satin" (Denmark)
Marit Bergman - "Mama, I Remember You Now" (Sweden)
Kasban - "Flyta Med" (Sweden)
Robert Church and the Holy Community - "Steve" (Sweden)
Ida Maria - "Oh My God" (Norway)

Melissa (11 - 11:30)

Funky Nashville - "Gone Away" (Denmark) [download]
Mando Diao - "The Wild Fire" (Sweden)
Anna Leong - "After the Forest Fire" (Sweden)
Teddybears - "Punkrocker" (Sweden)
Alphabeat - "10,000"
Konie - "Are You O.K.?" (Sweden)
The Kid - "Portion Control" (Sweden)
The Knife - "Heartbeats" (Sweden)
The Knife - "Silent Shout" (Sweden)
Those Dancing Days - "Those Dancing Days" (Sweden)
Robyn - "Who's That Girl?" (Sweden)
Bang Gang - "Like Whoa" (Iceland)

Natalya (11:30 - 12)

Springfactory - "Stingy Friday Afternoon" (Sweden)
Alibi Tom - "Fire" (Sweden) [download]
Don Agbai vs. Evergreen Days - "A Last Resort" (Sweden) [download here]
The Legends - "Lucky Star" (Sweden)
Annie - "Chewing Gum" (Norway)
Gentle Touch - "The View" (Sweden)
PYT - "Classy" (Sweden) [download]
Parker Lewis - "Disappear Here" (Sweden) [download EP]
Blood Music - "Eagles In the Water" (Sweden)
Marit Bergman - "Out on the Piers" (Sweden)

Melissa (12 - 12:30)

Gus Gus - "Ladyshave" (Iceland)
Montt Mardié - "Metropolis (feat. Fredrik Hellstrom)" (Sweden)
The Mary Onettes - "Lost" (Sweden)
Jens Lekman - "Maple Leaves" (Sweden)
Club 8 - "Everlasting Love" (Sweden)
The Concretes - "You Can't Hurry Love" (Sweden)
Dear Martin - "Call For Justice (DJ Weekend's PartyMore Remix)" (Sweden)

Natalya (12:30 - close)

Lacrosse - "Sunshinier" (Sweden)
Jens Lekman - "Into Eternity" (Sweden)
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "Trumpets and Violins" (Sweden)
Club 8 - "Missing You" (Sweden)
The Sound of Arrows - "Danger! (Panache Remix)" (Sweden)
El Perro Del Mar - "Somebody's Baby" (Sweden)

After Dark

2008-05-15T16:42:30Z

Ask a Straight Girl

2008-04-30T21:31:38Z

The New Gay, our favorite local forum for non-mainstream gay culture, has been a big champion of Scandinavian music lately. Recent interviews include The Raveonettes' Sharin Foo and Jose Gonzalez. And, for their "Ask a Straight Guy/Girl" feature, they asked our own DJ Natalya some questions. Check it out here.

Pop music and glögg

2008-04-22T20:06:52Z

Swede Nothings: Hej Hej Dance Night

There's nothing better than Scandinavia. They've got volcanoes, Vikings, a buttkicking luge team and a drink known as "Glogg." Oh, and they have awesome, fun pop music, most of which will be spinning at St. Ex tonight at Hej Hej (which means "Hi! Hi!" in Swedish.)

Hej Hej is D.C.'s only all-Scandanavian dance night, founded by DJs Natalya Minkovsky and Melissa Gilmore Vivari after a trip to Iceland.

» Cafe St. Ex, 1847 14th Street, NW, Tue., 10 p.m., free; 202.265.7839. (U St.-Cardozo)

Songs we played on March 25

2008-04-16T01:00:55Z

Thanks as always, everyone!

Natalya (10 - 10:30)

Taken By Trees - "Taken Too Young (The Tough Alliance Remix)" (Sweden) [listen here]
PYT - "Who Do You Think You Are" (Sweden) [download]
Lykke Li - "I'm Good, I'm Gone (Sumo Re-edit)" (Sweden) [download here]
Gentle Touch - "Once You Used To" (Sweden) [download]
Henry Morgans Solokarriär - "The Good Ones" [download EP]
Karin Ström - "Silent Night (Pacific! Remake)" (Sweden)
Viola - "Since Forever Now" (Finland) [download]
The LK - "Stop Being Perfect" (Sweden) [watch video]
Oh! Custer - "States" (Sweden) [download]

The Cardigans - "Good Morning Joan" (Sweden)

Melissa (10:30 - 11)

The Whitest Boy Alive - "Done With You" (Norway)
The Sound of Arrows - "Danger!" (Sweden) [download]
The Moonbabies - "Take Me to the Ballroom" (Sweden)
Club 8 - "Everlasting Love" (Sweden)
Laakso - "Italy vs. Helsinki" (Sweden)
Mew - "Special" (Denmark)
The Raveonettes - "You Want the Candy" (Denmark)
Real Ones - "Disharmonic Ears" (Norway)
Bang Gang - "Like Whoa" (Iceland)
Jens Lekman - "Into Eternity" (Sweden)

Natalya (11 - 11:30)

Vapnet - "Aldrig Dar" (Sweden)
Caesars - "Strawberry Weed" (Sweden)
Those Dancing Days - "Disc-Hoe" (Sweden)
The Raveonettes - "Aly, Walk With Me" (Denmark) [download]
The Knife - "Heartbeats" (Sweden)
The Sounds - "Rock 'n' Roll" (Sweden)
The Honeydrips - "(Lack of) Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Sweden) [download]
The Sounds - "Riot" (Sweden)

Melissa (11:30 - 12)

Datarock - "Princess" (Norway)
Teddybears - "Cobrastyle" (Sweden)
David & The Citizens - "Let's Not Fall Apart" (Sweden)
The Mary Onettes - "Void" (Sweden)
Sally Shapiro - "I'll Be By Your Side (Rude 66 808 Remix)" (Sweden)
The LK - "Tamagotchi Freestyle" (Sweden) [download]
Husky Rescue - "Nightless Night" (Finland)
Gus Gus - "Starlovers" (Iceland)
Love Is All - "Make Out Fall Out Make Up (Chicken Lips Remix)" (Sweden)

Natalya (12 - 12:30)

The Soundtrack of Our Lives - "Still Get Around" (Sweden)
Marit Bergman - "Green Light" (Sweden)
Lacrosse - "No More Lovesongs" (Sweden)
Cats on Fire - "Higher Grounds" (Finland) [download]
The Sweet Serenades - "First Taste of Trouble" (Sweden)
Owl - "New Addiction" (Sweden)
We & Lisa - "Let the Wind (Take You Back)" (Sweden) [download]
120 Days - "Sleepwalking" (Norway)

Melissa (12:30 - 1)

ABBA - "Dancing Queen" (Sweden)
Ace of Base - "Beautiful Life" (Sweden)
Ace of Base - "Cruel Summer" (Sweden)
a-ha - "Take on Me" (Norway)
Envelopes - "Party" (Sweden)
Robyn - "Handle Me (Bjorn Remix)" (Sweden)
The Knife - "Silent Shout" (Sweden)
Shout Out Louds - "Normandie" (Sweden)
Mando Diao - "Amsterdam" (Sweden)

Natalya (1 - close)

The Raveonettes - "My Boyfriend's Back" (Denmark)
Sally Shapiro - "Time to Let Go (CFCF Remix)" (Sweden)
Northern Fields - "Never Take the Beauty" (Sweden) [download on MySpace]
Bedroom Eyes - "Motorcycle Daydream" (Sweden) [download]
Peter Morén - "Social Consequence" (Sweden) [download here]
The Raveonettes - "Dead Sound (Peter Holmstrom and Jeremy Sherrer Remix)" (Denmark) [download]
Taken By Trees - "Sweet Child O' Mine" (Sweden)

Movie: Erik the Viking

Stay tuned

2008-04-02T01:31:00Z

We'll have the March setlists posted soon, but in the meantime, check out this BrightestYoungThings feature on one of our Swedish favorites, The Honeydrips. They're opening for Jens Lekman tomorrow night at the Black Cat. Hope you got your ticket!

Songs we played on February 26

2008-02-29T00:19:55Z

Thanks to everyone who joined us on February 26. See you March 8 at House of Sweden, right?

Melissa (10 - 10:30)

Club 8 - "What Shall We Do Next" (Sweden)
Air France - "Beach Party" (Sweden)
The Perishers - "My Heart" (Sweden)
Like Honey - "November" (Sweden)
Radio LXMBRG - It's Cruel Up North" (Sweden)
Petur Ben - "White Tiger" (Iceland) [download]
Park Hotell - Born a Thief" (Sweden)
Pelle Carlberg - "Crying All the Way to the Pawnshop" (Sweden)
The Ark - "Absolutely No Decorum" (Sweden)

Natalya (10:30 - 11)

Lykke Li - "I'm Good, I'm Gone" (Sweden) [watch video]
Diskotek - "Don't Know Your Name" (Norway) [download]
Bertine Zetlitz - "Fake Your Beauty" (Norway)
The LK - "Eurovision" (Sweden)
Love Is All - "Felt Tip" (Sweden)
The Raveonettes - "Dead Sound (Peter Holmstrom and Jeremy Sherrer Remix)" (Denmark) [download]
Juvelen - "Watch Your Step" (Sweden)
The Honeydrips - " I Wouldn't Know What to Do" (Sweden) [download]
Jens Lekman - "Kanske Ar Jag Ka I Dig" (Sweden)
Firefox AK - "Winter Rose" (Sweden)

Melissa (11 - 11:30)

Aerospace - "Tenderness is the Plight of the Weakerthan" (Sweden) [download]
Lykke Li - "Complaint Department" (Sweden)
Konie - "Are You O.K.?" (Sweden)
The LK - "Down by Law" (Sweden)
Gus Gus - "Starlovers" (Iceland)

Natalya (11:30 - 12)

Peter Bjorn & John - "Let's Call It Off" (Sweden)
Sahara Hotnights - "Visit to Vienna" (Sweden)
Niccokick - "Love & Neon Lights" (Sweden)
Jens Lekman - "Black Cab" (Sweden)
The Hives - "Won't Be Long" (Sweden)
I Was a Teenage Satan Worshiper - "Candy Candy" (Finland) [listen here]
Robyn - "Konichiwa Bitches" (Sweden)
Snoop Dogg feat. Robyn - "Sexual Eruption (Remix)" (U.S./Sweden)
Robyn - "Show Me Love" (Sweden)

Melissa (12 - Close)

Annie - "Chewing Gum" (Norway)
Shout Out Louds - "Normandie" (Sweden)
The Raveonettes - "You Want the Candy" (Denmark)
The Concretes - "You Can't Hurry Love" (Sweden)
Those Dancing Days - "Those Dancing Days" (Sweden)
Ida Maria - "Oh My God" (Norway) [download]
Dear Martin - "Call For Justice (DJ Weekend's PartyMore Remix)" (Sweden) [download]
Bjork - "Wanderlust (Ratatat Remix)" (Iceland)
Husky Rescue - "Nightless Night (Justus Kohncke Remix)" (Finland)
Adam Tensta - "They Wanna Know (Prod. Addeboy vs. Cliff)" (Sweden) [download]
The Kid - "Portion Control" (Sweden)
Montt Mardié - "Metropolis (feat. Fredrik Hellstrom)" (Sweden)
Sigur Ros - "Staralfur (Mojib Break of Dawn Remix)" (Iceland)

Finale

The Raveonettes - "Chains" (Denmark)

Movies: Hans Christian Andersen, The Danish Poet.

Scandinavian invasion... win free stuff

2008-02-21T05:26:56Z

Since we're so excited about all of the Scandinavian bands coming through town in the next few months, we're giving away some cool stuff at this month's Hej Hej:

1. We love The LK. They're playing at the House of Sweden on March 8. So we're having a drawing to give away tickets to this sure-to-sell-out show. Thanks, kora records.

2. The Raveonettes (at the Black Cat on March 29) just released a new album this week, and we're giving away copies of that album, plus other goodies, courtesy of Vice Records. Brush up on Danish pop culture trivia for your chance to win.

In summary: Join us on February 26. Win free stuff.