Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week unique to our group:
01. Anna Järvinen
02. lykke li
03. Bob Hund
04. The Bear Quartet
05. Familjen
06. Syket
07. Me and My Army
08. Those Dancing Days
09. Håkan Hellström
10. Iron & Wine
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Under the Radar is another one of the few not fawning over the new lykke li: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/wounded_rhymes/
Lykke LiIt's hard to cover this record since Mattias Alkberg already wrote the definitive review, but I'll do my best to sum up my thoughts without adding too much extraneous noise to the discussion. Though I wouldn't consider myself much of a lykke li fan, her debut album "Youth novels" had a cute, bright-eyed naivety that was undeniably charming and it wasn't hard to see why so many people made a big fuss over it. Now that she's an established artist, she's trying to position herself as a someone who's far more self-aware and serious and, frankly, I'm having a very hard time meeting her on that level. As much as she may feel authentically world-weary, it comes across as a bit of a put-on -- a different kind of youthful naivety that's far less appealing. My biggest problem with the record however, is that it has no sense of fun. A few solid tunes, sure, but more often than not it's a joyless trudge and, as much as that may reflect her mood while writing it, it doesn't compel repeated listens.
- Avi Roig
Pitchfork says the new lykke li album "Wounded rhymes" is Best New Music: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15167-wounded-rhymes/
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week unique to our group:
01. Andreas Mattsson
02. Håkan Hellström
03. Kent
04. Syket
05. Säkert!
06. The Radio Dept.
07. The Bear Quartet
08. Bright Eyes
09. Veronica Maggio
10. lykke li
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Lots of Swedish content at PopMatters today including an mp3 from Those Dancing Days and reviews of both lykke li and Bullet.
Check out lykke li doing a live studio session for The Line of Best Fit: http://vimeo.com/20245672
Pitchfork interviews lykke li about her new album "Wounded rhymes" and other related topics: http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/7913-lykke-li/
The Hype Machine is streaming the new lykke li album "Wounded rhymes" in its entirety: https://hypem.com/#!/artist/Lykke%20Li
There's a sampler of the new lykke li album "Wounded rhymes" up on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/20100255
Hear a new track from lykke li's forthcoming record "Wounded rhymes": http://soundcloud.com/lykkeli/lykke-li-love-out-of-lust
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week unique to our group:
01. Firefox AK
02. The Bear Quartet
03. Håkan Hellström
04. Kent
05. Veronica Maggio
06. Cut Copy
07. lykke li
08. Säkert!
09. The Radio Dept.
10. Britta Persson
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Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week unique to our group:
01. Jonathan Johansson
02. Håkan Hellström
03. Säkert!
04. The Radio Dept.
05. Palpitation
06. lykke li
07. Junip
08. The Soundtrack of Our Lives
09. Iron & Wine
10. The Concretes
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Dazed Digital has the premiere of lykke li's new video for "I follow rivers": http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/9471/1/lykke-li-i-follow-rivers
Jenny Abrahamson's label was kind enough to send me a copy of her new single "Hard to come by" and it's quite good, so I'm happy to reshare it with you. Definitely taking cues from Björn Yttling's percussion-heavy production style for artists such as lykke li, but with more of the melodicism of Asha Ali, it's a nice catchy tune with an insistent refrain and a playful ambience. The official release of said single is February 2, the album follows on April 13.
Jennie Abrahamson - Hard to come by
