Movits! w/ Fresh Cut Collective

Like the pundits he lampoons, Stephen Colbert often boasts of his own power, priding himself for a phenomenon he calls “The Colbert Bump,” the increased interest in a person or product after it is mentioned on his program. One of the oddest recipients of that bump has been Movits!, a Swedish hip-hop band featured on “The Colbert Report” last summer. The response was great enough that last year Comedy Central Records released the group's debut album, Äppelknyckarjazz. The group's affiliation with Comedy Central is a mixed blessing. It's given them excellent exposure, but it also suggests that their mix of old-fashioned swing and modern rap music (recited entirely in Swedish) is more of a shtick than it actually is.