Jens Lekman @ Oran Mor, 15 May

Is it possible that by wilfully becoming the apparent inversion of what is considered 'cool', Jens Lekman could be one of the most palatable contemporary male performers plying his trade today? On the evidence of tonight's Oran Mor show, the answer is a resounding 'yes'. Of course, Lekman's brazen beige suit, extended spoken word interludes and choreographed group dance routines may not be so easy to stomach if they weren't accompanied by 11 shimmering tracks of the quality of A Postcard To Nina, Opposite Of Hallelujah, and I Am Leaving You Because I Don't Love You, and served with buckets of inexhaustible Scandinavian charm. Backed commendably by both band and DJ, the fidelity to his recorded material tonight is remarkable and the Swede leaves the stage to a rapturous demand for an unfulfilled encore after a terrific - albeit slightly brief - set. Lekman's an intelligent guy, and beneath the kitsch there's the danger that somewhere, he's laughing very loudly. But when he sounds as good as this, who cares?