The new Lars Winnerbäck single "Om du lämnade mig nu" (feat. Miss Li) is streaming on myspace in case you haven't noticed (I didn't): http://www.myspace.com/larswinnerback

Miss Li's new single "Let her go" will be released on August 29. Apparently she'll also be releasing her third album this year in October.

This week's radio show is all women:

01. Hello Saferide - I was definitely made for these times
02. TALK 1
03. Susanne Sundfør - I resign
04. Sahara Hotnights - Drive dead slow
05. Margaret Berger - Seek I'll hide
06. TALK 2
07. Marit Bergman - I will always be your soldier
08. El Perro Del Mar - Party
09. Octavia Sperati - As fire swept clean the earth
10. TALK 3
11. Robyn - Cobrastyle
12. Montys Loco - Man overboard
13. Honey Is Cool - Summer of men
14. TALK 4
15. Those Dancing Days - Hitten (demo version)
16. Christel Alsos - Come on
17. Red Moon - Landslide
18. TALK 5
19. Sophie Zelmani - To know you
20. Sanna Kurki-Suonio - Minne
21. Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - Enjoy the silence
22. TALK 6
23. Otur - Overture
24. Midaircondo - Perfect spot
25. Doughnuts - Drowning
26. TALK 7
27. Fe-mail - Jacob's leketøy
28. September - Satellites
29. Gåte - Sjå attende
30. TALK 8
31. Maia Hirasawa - Mattis & Maia (ft. Miss Li)
32. Stina Nordenstam - Parliament square (The Knife remix)
33. Munck//Johnson - Slavesong
34. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
35. TALK 9
36. Säkert! - Sanningsdan
37. Asha Ali - A promise broken
38. The Cardigans - I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
39. TALK 10
40. Anja Garbarek - The last trick

In case you missed it, the music summer camp for girls that Marit Bergman helped found is called Popkollo and you can find out more information here: http://www.popkollo.se/
Non-Swedish speakers, check the 'English' link on the bottom left for more details.

The new Lars Winnerbäck album "Daugava" comes out September 26 with the first single "Om du lämnade mig nu", a duet with Miss Li, preceeding it on August 22.

Festival report: Emmaboda

The playlist for my radio show this week:

01. Paper - My life is going under
02. TALK 1
03. Mr. Suitcase - You don't smile anymore
04. Camouflage - Violetta du
05. Majessic Dreams - Black out
06. TALK 2
07. Amorphis - Towards and against
08. Beyond Dawn - Among the sedatives
09. Don't Be A Stranger - Perfect problem
10. TALK 3
11. Totalitär - Nej vi ska inte ha nåt
12. Miss Li - I'm glad I'm not a proud American
13. Tiger Lou - A lucky escape
14. Oskar Schönning - Fraid
15. TALK 4
16. Karsten Pflum - Draworder
17. Anna Ternheim - Lovers dream
18. Front and the Factory Lies Beneath - Drown in misery
19. TALK 5
20. Midaircondo - Could you please stop
21. Pg.lost - Yes I am
22. The Perishers - Carefree
23. TALK 6
24. Pistol Disco - Upside down
25. Nasum - The system has failed again
26. Sweatmaster - Mystery
27. The Second Band - The modern age
28. Träd, Gräs och Stenar - In kommer gösta
29. TALK 7
30. Ultralyd - Low waist
31. Ambulance - Forever friends
32. The Social Services - Up in arms
33. TALK 8
34. Barra Head - Overseas
35. Sivert Høyem - Exiles
36. Viola - Imaginary times
37. TALK 9
38. Kornstad - Turkey, Texas

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lasse Stefanz - Vagabond
02. Per Gessle - En händig man
03. Eva Dahlgren - En blekt blondins ballader
04. The Ark - Prayer for the weekend
05. Markoolio - Värsta Plattan
06. Cajsastina Åkerström - Visor från förr & nu
07. Ted Gärdestad - För kärlekens skull - Det bästa med
08. Oh Laura - A song inside my head, a demon in my bed
09. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
10. Magnus Carlsson - Live forever - The album
11. Sarah Dawn Finer - A finer dawn
12. Maia Hirasawa - Though, i'm just me
14. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
15. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
16. Måns Zelmerlöw - Stand by for...
17. Miss Li - God put a rainbow in the sky
18. Dana Dragomir - Älskade svenska visor
19. Cornelis Vreeswijk - CV - Det bästa med cornelis vreeswijk
20. Povel Ramel - De bästa av povels mångsidor

Festival report: Arvika

Here's a good companion piece to yesterday's Miss Li post: http://lifestyle.msn.com/mindbodyandsoul/womenintheworld/articlemc.aspx?cp-documentid=4951226

MP3: Miss Li - I'm sorry, he's mine

Two albums in under a year? Unheard of! (Ryan Adams excluded) Miss Li quickly rose to prominence on the back of myspace-related hype, got signed to National and hustled out her debut record "Late night heartbroken blues". Despite its flaws, I found it to be a charming debut. A little rough in spots, perhaps a little rushed, but perfectly acceptable. Now, not even six months late, Miss Li's gone and released the follow-up "God put a rainbow in the sky" and surprisingly, I think it's better than the first one. The songwriting is bit more varied and the overall level of quality is far more consistent. The formula isn't that much different: Miss Li is still a saucy little tart and though she might express remorse for stealing your man, you don't believe that she means it. When she says she's sad and follows it with "But life's cruel when you fall for / Someone that don't belong to you" it really doesn't seem all that genuine, y'know? Overall, I think there's still plenty of room for improvement, but keep giving me cheeky little numbers like this and I'll keep paying attention.

Miss Li - I'm sorry, he's mine

My playlist for this week's radio show on Sirius:

01. Bogus Blimp - By five o'clock tea
02. TALK 1
03. Sivert Høyem - Smalltown supersound
04. Pluxus - Kinoton
05. Brick - No names
06. TALK 2
07. Hebosagil - Let us go
08. Dialog Cet - Crocodile hunt
09. Hurdy Gurdy - Ynglingen
10. Anja Garbarek - The last trick
11. TALK 3
12. E.S.T. - When god created the coffee break
13. Miss Li - I'm sorry, he's mine
14. Afenginn - Ralli i d-mol
15. Magyar Posse - Whirlpool of terror and tension
16. TALK 4
17. Susanne Sundfør - I resign
18. Sällskapet - Nordlicht
19. Nisse Hellberg - Kärlekens express
20. TALK 5
21. The Spacious Mind - Rider of the woodlands
22. TALK 6
23. Him Kerosene - Ladybugs
24. Svenson - Don't get lost
25. Namur - Marching
26. TALK 7
27. Tellevika + Firefox AK - Eric
28. Carpet People - A girl without a skin
29. Anna Ternheim - Lovers dream (feat. Fyfe Dangerfield)
30. Knife and Ape - No arms no legs
31. TALK 8
32. Brighter Death Now - American tale

That saucy little tart Miss Li has a couple tracks from her new album on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/experiencemissli

The second single from Miss Li's debut album "Late night heartbroken blues" will be for the song "High on you". Listen at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/experiencemissli

MP3: Miss Li - Miss Li

Miss Li embodies the antithesis of what most people consider Swedish girls to be like. Vivacious, risqué and devilish - not to mention, as she says herself, "pathetic... vain and wicked, self-loving and ridiculously naive," not to mention endowed with "a big mouth and heart full of shit." Not exactly the kind of girl you bring home to mom, y'know? As to whether Miss Li's boasts are applicable to Linda Carlsson, her offstage alter-ego, I couldn't say.
As for the album "Late night heartbroken blues" as a whole, it has its moments, but is a little tiresome to listen to straight through. Both the recording and the songwriting are dynamically flat. However, it's easy to understand the hype as many individual tracks sound fresh and exciting on their own. I imagine that, like in the case of I'm From Barcelona and their debut album, the release got rushed to capitalize on the ongoing buzz and suffered a bit as a result. Both IFB and Miss Li are very talented, there's no doubt, but they could've used more time to get it right the first time out.

Miss Li - Miss Li

Got a new profile for you today with the fabulous Miss Li: [click here]
Her debut single "Oh boy" is out this week.