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Lykke Li has an extraordinary voice. Some singers, like Mariah Carey or Leona Lewis, have extraordinary voices in the sense of sheer range and technical ability and some people have extraordinary v... Read more

In what is basically the pop equivalent of the force-midichlorians dilemma, leftfield sensibilities flirting with the mainstream more often than not trip up on their own theorising, viz Santogoldâ€... Read more

Door het internet fanatiek met liedjes te bestoken wist de toen 21-jarige Zweedse Lykke Li vorig jaar al de aandacht op zich te vestigen. Haar single Little Bit werd wereldwijd een culthitje en haa... Read more

Most people have a municipal building from their childhood which reminds them of happier and more innocent times. The Scout Hut, for example, or the village hall with the sun-faded posters about ra... Read more

Remember that bit in the ‘Wuthering Heights’ video where Kate Bush just appears out of a puff of smoke and starts leaping about in an orgy of screechy high notes and interpretive dance manoeuvr... Read more

Breaking It Up is essentially an incredibly silly pop song done very well. At the core is a soft kick-drum embellished with handclaps and Lykke Li's velvet-soft voice cooing over the top. Schoolyar... Read more

Warner, 2008Voor Digg*ers van: andere Scandinavische Tinkerbellen‘Gij zult kwikzilveren melodieën rondstrooien als verslavend snoepgoed, gij zult strofen en refreinen speelse danspasjes laten uitvo... Read more

Sweden has found a niche for itself as the backroom of modern pop. Its production teams provide the engineers for global Top 40 sounds; in men like Jens Lekman and Johan Agebjörn it produces theori... Read more

Geen idee of Li Lykke Timotej Lachrisson (roepnaam: Lykke Li) echt jarenlang uitsluitend naar 'The Immaculate Collection' van Madonna heeft geluisterd (naar verluidt was het de enige cd die ze mee ... Read more

On her full-length debut, Lykke Li sounds like she's been waiting to refashion the classical torch song her whole life. Youth Novels is all teasing and heartbreak, with production (from Peter Bjorn... Read more