Listen Before You Buy

Check out this new Lykke Li track that appeared on a Swedish compilation from Record Store Day.

Sansa blends Scandinavian pop sensibility with folk song-writing and an electronic edge. Just don’t call her Lykke Li.

Swedish band Deportees recorded a fantastic song with fellow Swede Lykke Li last year that you can hear now.

Listen to a new song by Miike Snow “Black Tin Box”, which features Lykke Li, taken from their sophomore album “Happy To You”.

Watch entire performances from Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes as they visit Austin City Limits

Check out five performances from Austin City Limits airing on PBS.

Lykke Li drops off her Christmas gift to us all in the form of “The Lost Sessions Vol. 1″ EP.

Watch Lykke Li perform a stunning acoustic version of her song “Youth Knows No Pain” from her latest album “Wounded Rhymes”.

 Watch Lykke Li perform “Silent My Song” on Letterman, one of the standout tracks from her new album “Wounded Rhymes”. (via)

Lykke Li delivers a beautiful version of The Righteous Brothers classic “Unchained Melody” for Australian radio show Triple J. Connect with Lykke Li – Facebook | Twitter | MySpace | Last.fm Lykke Li Covers “Unchained Melody”

Buy the album on Amazon – Vinyl | MP3 | CD Sweden has quite the reputation for producing outstanding electronic acts, among them Lykke Li, The Knife and, for the purposes of this review, Little Dragon.  Little Dragon was formed in 1996 by Swedish-Japanese vocalist Yukimi Nagano and three high school friends.  Since then, they’ve [...]

Hey Lykke, if you’re reading this…..actually, can I just call you baby instead? Yeah? Cool…Ok…..so, Baby, I’ve forgiven you for the video you made for “I Follow Rivers” where you started macking on that guy you were chasing. It’s ok, don’t beat yourself up about it anymore, I know you felt bad for doing that [...]

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This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]