Video: Lykke Li, “Breaking It Up”

One of two of my favorite Swedes (the other one is Kissey Asplund) Lykke Li is about to take America by storm.  Her album Youth Novels is due out later this fall and she will be in Chicago sometime in September or October.  Check out the latest video for “Breaking it Up”

Video: One Woman Band

I found this really cool video of this Swedish born, New Orleans transplant Theresa Andersson over at Wired.com. She played all the instruments and then looped them in the video.

Freebie: Lykke Li, “Everybody but Me (diskJokke Remix)

Lykke Li (pronounced Licky Lee) at the tender age of 22 is continuing mesemerizing audiences with her organically grown electronics and her icey but soothing voice.  We have her song “Little Bit” from her Little Bit EP in rotation on RadioMilwaukee.  The guys over at rcrdlbl.com post a free remix of the tune “Everybody But [...]

Video: Lykke Li, “I’m Good, I’m Gone”

Sweden’s Lykke Li is now one of my favorite artists. Basically, if Bjork was to have a daughter, Lykke would be her. At a tender age of only 21, she has caught the internet world by storm. She is even putting her “Youth Novels” album out on her own record label LL Recordings [...]

Not Just for Meatballs: The Swedes got it on Lock

I don’t know what it is. It could be the air, or the water, or all the meatballs. It really doesn’t matter. The Swedish music scene is crazy right now especially the Hip hop, electronic and soul scene. The music that is coming out of there is amazing. Tell you [...]

A Recommendation…Little Dragon

Just stopping to check in here on an artists new on the station, Yukimi Nagano and her band Little Dragon. Don’t sleep on this album, it’s called Off The Wall and for more than a few it’s being hailed as an album of the year type of material. And while I think it’s too early [...]