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Icy, avant-garde electro pop has long been a fixture of Scandinavian music, ranging from the dense, arty compositions of The Knife to pop flavored chart toppers like Robyn. "Queen of France" (the debut solo album from Lampshade frontwoman RebekkaMaria Andersson) falls somewhere in the middle. The first half of the record was definitely crafted with a pop song structure in mind, while the latter half is much more experimental and less immediate. Tracks like "Yours truly" and "She lion" hit you over the head on the first listen with their confident melodies and infectious attitude, but from there, the album becomes decidedly less mainstream. The bizarre helium-induced "Army of foxy" initiates this change, but it's tame compared to head-scratchers like "The foam" and "Happy birthday". Fans of the genre will love it, and there's no denying the creativity that went into the record, but most listeners will probably wish that the entire album played to the strengths of the first four tracks.
- Nick James
Check out Robyn's brand new video for "Who's that girl": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYomJbEZG54
Check out a feature article on Robyn from Wired Magazine:
North American tourdates for Robyn:
04/29 - Paradise, Boston, MA
04/30 - Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
05/02 - Grand Ballroom @ The Hammerstein, New York, NY
05/04 - La Tulipe, Montreal (CAN)
05/05 - Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto (CAN)
05/07 - Park West, Chicago, IL
05/13 - Berbati's Pan, Portland, OR
05/14 - Neumos, Seattle, WA
05/16 - Bimbos, San Francisco, CA
05/17 - Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Updated live dates for Robyn:
03/29 - V Festival Gold Coast: AVICA Resort, Gold Coast, Queensland (AU)
03/30 - V Festival Sydney: Centennial Parklands, Sydney, New South Wales (AU)
04/02 - The Forum, Sydney, New South Wales (AU)
04/03 - The Prince, Melbourne, Victoria (AU)
04/18 - Camden Crawl, London (UK)
06/06 - The Arches, Glasgow (SCO)
06/07 - Carling Academy, Birmingham (UK)
06/08 - Astoria, London, London (UK)
06/10 - Academy 2, Manchester (UK)
06/11 - UEA, Norwich (UK)
06/12 - Carling Academy, Bristol (UK)
CMJ talks to Robyn about the difference between Swedish and American pop, among other topics: http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=57047387
Universal Poplab is collaborating with photographer Mikael Göthage on a photo exhibition which will be displayed at Central Station in Göteborg from February 16 through the end of March. UP will also help open the show with a free live performance at the Wish Club on February 16 and some of the pictures on display will end up in the booklet of the band's new album, due out in May via Wonderland Records. Mikael has previously worked with artists such as Robyn and Mustasch and more info on him and his work can be found at his website here: http://www.gothage.com/
Robyn will release the Knife-produced track "Who's that girl" as a UK single in April. A video is in production with director Diane Martel (The Killers, The White Stripes, Beyoncé, etc.) and b-side remixes will be handled by Seamus Haji, Rex the Dog and Drop the Lime.
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For some reason, José González hyping his girlfriend's band (eg here) made me think that this was going to be better than it was. Odd that, since I'm not really a fan González himself. Not sure what the right definition of this music is - nu-soul? Electro-soul? Anyway, it sounds a bit like Erykah Badu, but more electronic and trip-hoppier. I really like Yukimi Nagano's voice and the album's diverse and quite original, but I'll give credit to anyone who can manage to listen to it in its entirety without yawning. "Recommendation" is my favourite track on here, it sounds a bit like a mix of Jenny Wilson and Robyn, and it's got a nice vibe that the rest of the album generally is devoid of.
- Simon Tagestam
Check out the Robyn version of Snoop Dogg's amazing single "Sexual eruption": http://www.discobelle.net/2008/01/27/snoop-robyn/
RebekkaMaria
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