Festival report: Emmaboda 2009

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Miss Li
02. The Tough Alliance
03. Mew
04. Håkan Hellström
05. The Bear Quartet
06. Broder Daniel
07. Fever Ray
08. bob hund
09. Tiger Lou
10. Logh

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MP3: Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home

Miss Li continues to be ridiculously prolific, but she keeps defying expectations by upping her game and stretching her repertoire. "Dancing the whole way home" moves beyond the rag-tag kling-klang piano sass that got her noticed in the first place into classy Beatles-esque powerpop, replete with strings and horns and other adornments. Though she flattens out her personality and attitude a bit here, she still brings great joy to the delivery of the endless refrain, letting us know just how rapturous the subject of the song really is. It's a summer festival love affair and it's pure sweetness; dancing both literally and figuratively (nerves, heart, fill in the blank), all the way home.

Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home

Sirius playlist week #26

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home
02. TALK 1
03. Graveless - The covenants genocide
04. Abramis Brama - Kylan kommer inifran
05. NEI - City of gold
06. TALK 2
07. Love Potion - Nitefever
08. Pistol Disco - Beat of the tune
09. Black Sheep - We're gonna die
10. The End Will Be Kicks - Little pill
11. TALK 3
12. Tribulation - Crypt of Thanatophilia
13. Makabert Fynd - Folkfacist, halvnazist
14. Bruket - Polisen lägger pussel
15. TALK 4
16. The Bear Quartet - I was a weapon
17. Mangrove - Pieces of our yesterday
18. Elmo - Shine down on us
19. TALK 5
20. Aqua - Back to the 80s

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Måns Zelmerlöw - MZW
02. Johan Palm - My antidote
03. The Poodles - Clash of the elements
04. Thorleifs - Sweet kissin' in the moonlight
05. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
06. Tingeling/Kapten Krok - Grotescos tingeling
07. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
08. Dead By April - Dead By April
09. Sofia Karlsson - Söder om kärleken
10. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
11. Sten & Stanley - Allsånger på vårt sätt
12. The Boppers - Vibrations
13. E.M.D. - A state of mind - deluxe
14. Malmö Opera Kör & Orkester - Jesus Christ superstar
15. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
16. Lisa Ekdahl - Give me that slow knowing smile
17. Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home
18. Alcazar - Disco defenders
19. H.E.A.T - Heat (bonus spår)
20. Jack Vreeswijk - Jack Vreeswijk sjunger Vreeswijk

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Thorleifs - Sweet kissin' in the moonlight
02. E.M.D. - A state of mind - deluxe
03. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
04. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
05. Malmö Opera Kör & Orkester - Jesus Christ superstar
06. The Boppers - Vibrations
07. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
08. Måns Zelmerlöw - MZW
09. Innocent Rosie - Bad habit romance
10. Lisa Ekdahl - Give me that slow knowing smile
11. Sofia Karlsson - Söder om kärleken
12. Promoe - Kråksången
13. Alcazar - Disco defenders
14. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
15. Intohimo - Us; the hollows
16. Pauline - Never said I was an angel
17. Moneybrother - Real control
18. Lili & Susie - Nu och då - Det bästa med Lili & Susie
19. Theresa Andersson - Hummingbird, go!
20. Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home

MP3: Monde Yeux - Kiss

Monde Yeux play off like a male version of Miss Li complete with retro two-step beats, I-IV intervals and near-spastic enthusiasm, but without the come-hither allure that gives the latter her charm. Not that suggestive sexuality is needed to make this sort of music work, but it certainly helps, especially since Monte Yeux are nice to the point of being boring. Letting loose a few expletives during the mid-section breakdown doesn't change my mind either; I'm not actually convinced they're angry at all. In fact, I had to go back and relisten a couple times to make sure I was hearing it right because it sounded so mild. Rose Tattoo laid down the law in 1978: "Nice boys don't play rock'n'roll." This is a far cry from blues-influenced guitar-jams, but the words still ring true.

Monde Yeux - Kiss

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
02. E.M.D. - A state of mind - deluxe
03. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
04. Alcazar - Disco defenders
05. The Boppers - Vibrations
06. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
07. Lisa Ekdahl - Give me that slow knowing smile
08. Malmö Opera Kör & Orkester - Jesus Christ superstar
09. Måns Zelmerlöw - MZW
10. Kevin Borg - The beginning
11. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
12. Moneybrother - Real control
13. Maia Hirasawa - GBGvsSTHLM
14. Melody Club - Goodbye to romance
15. Sofia Karlsson - Söder om kärleken
16. BWO - Big science
17. Pauline - Never said I was an angel
18. Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home
19. Magnus Lindberg - Ett eget liv
20. Stiko Per Larsson - Kap farväl

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
02. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
03. Moneybrother - Real control
04. E.M.D. - A state of mind - deluxe
05. Alcazar - Disco defenders
06. Malmö Opera Kör & Orkester - Jesus Christ superstar
07. Lisa Ekdahl - Give me that slow knowing smile
08. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
09. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
10. Marit Bergman - The tear collector
11. BWO - Big science
12. Shirley Clamp - För den som älskar...en samling
13. Caj Karlsson - Tillsammans med mig
14. Måns Zelmerlöw - MZW
15. Sofia Karlsson - Söder om kärleken
16. Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home
17. Salem - Astronaut
18. Hammerfall - No sacrifice, no victory
19. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
20. Anna Ternheim - Leaving on a mayday

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
02. Malmö Opera Kör & Orkester - Jesus Christ superstar
03. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
04. Alcazar - Disco defenders
05. E.M.D. - A state of mind - deluxe
06. Lisa Ekdahl - Give me that slow knowing smile
07. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
08. H.E.A.T - Heat (bonus spår)
09. Agnes - Dance love pop - The love love love edition
10. BWO - Big science
11. Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home
12. Maia Hirasawa - GBGvsSTHLM
13. Måns Zelmerlöw - MZW
14. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
15. Kevin Borg - The beginning
16. Hammerfall - No sacrifice, no victory
17. Sofia Karlsson - Söder om kärleken
18. Hello Saferide - More modern short stories from Hello Saferide
19. Sahara Hotnights - Sparks
20. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
02. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
03. E.M.D. - A state of mind - deluxe
04. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
05. Måns Zelmerlöw - MZW
06. Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home
07. BWO - Big science
08. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
09. Alcazar - Disco defenders
10. Maia Hirasawa - GBGvsSTHLM
11. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
12. Caj Karlsson - Tillsammans med mig
13. Bob Hund - Folkmusik för folk som inte kan bete sig som folk
14. Sofia Karlsson - Söder om kärleken
15. Shirley Clamp - För den som älskar...en samling
16. A Camp - Colonia
17. Hammerfall - No sacrifice, no victory
18. Jill Johnson - Baby blue papery
19. Takida - Bury the lies - platinum edition
20. Kevin Borg - The beginning

New album , website for Miss Li

Miss Li has a new website to coincide with the release of her new record "Dancing all the way home": http://www.missli.se/

New Miss Li now streaming

Miss Li's new album "Dancing the whole way home" is currently streaming in its entirety at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/experiencemissli

New Miss Li album gets a title, new single on myspace

Miss Li's new album, due out April 1, will be called "Dancing the whole way home". The first single "I heard of a girl" comes out March 17 and can be heard now at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/experiencemissli

New Miss Li in April

There will be yet another new Miss Li album on April 1. Tourdates at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/experiencemissli