Lykke Li

A bunch of big names are slated to play the second All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey the last weekend in July. Lineup is below. Tickets go on sale this Friday (4/4) at noon via Ticketmaster. They are $89 for a single day ticket and $199 for a three-day pass. A [...]

After some delay, the lineup for the huge spring Cali festival is up. Tickets are on sale at coachella.com: 3-day passes are $270, 1-day passes are $100.

[photo by Marie Komphavong] This song is floating around the internet as a “Rodeo Mash-Up” but it’s more like a cover with samples from the original thrown in as MOKB points out. Regardless, it’s worth a listen. Lykke Li’s echoing vocals match the spaced-out electronic feel that fully takes advantage of Jared Followill’s bass slurs. [...]

None of these picks are mind-blowing if you’ve been keeping up with their record reviews over the past year, so as far as consistency goes, and as a whole, they do a decent job. But a handful of picks seem kinda crazy to me: New Age at #3 (it’s good but not that good), Cut [...]

An interesting song choice for her American TV debut, Lykke Li performs “Breaking It Up” off her Youth Novels LP (out now). (that name pronunciation is the last thing I expected) Check out the official video HERE. And here’s a nice remix if you’re interested. [via Gorilla vs. Bear]

Upcoming Swedish solo artist Lykke Li flooded the indie blog scene with her debut LP Youth Novels in November.  She’s back with her third video off the record, “Breaking It Up”. Critically, her album held up with just above average reviews, including a 7.8/10 from Pitchfork, 4/5 from AllMusic, and an 8/10 from NME. [via [...]