Watch Robyn on BBC2 TV program "Never mind the Buzzcocks": http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=113865677&blogID=349678283
Even if you don't care about Robyn, it's still very entertaining.
Artist: Robyn
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Jennie Abrahamson
Lights
How Sweet the Sound
I have a soft spot for talented pop singers. A decent amount of my time is spent enjoying the works of artists like Imogen Heap, Lily Allen, Annie, Gwen Stefani, Robyn, and others, some guilty pleasures, others with no guilt whatsoever. Jennie Abrahamson, a Norrland girl from the same part of Sweden that birthed the Refused and The Perishers (whose singer, Ola Klüft, is featured on "Wasted heart"), has crafted a solidly produced, though somewhat lacking pop record. The melancholy sounds okay, but it doesn't always feel quite right. Title track "Lights" begins to feel like a meandering and lost expedition when it could easily have bore direction and teeth, and that can be said for a number of tracks. On "Songs we sing", Abrahamson's gorgeous voice sits comfortably alongside a song that has a sense of forward motion. "Lights" could have been so much more, and I hope Jennie Abrahamson's future recordings are - it would be a shame that such a talented vocalist should be overlooked because of lukewarm songwriting.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Robyn will finally release her new "Rakamonie EP" in the US on January 29 via Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope and will also be coming over for a few select live dates:
02/05 - Highline Ballroom, NYC
02/07 - Popscene, San Francisco
02/09 - The Troubador, Hollywood (sold out)
Look for more dates around SXSW (mid-March) to be announced soon.
Check out the video for the Ocelot remix of Robyn's single "Be mine": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MYB0yPmCzk
Discobelle has Anna Järvinen and Annika Norlin (Säkert!/Hello Saferide) performing a Swedish-language cover of Robyn's "With every heartbeat": http://www.discobelle.net/2007/12/27/varje-hjartslag/
Pitchfork reports on the various details concerning Robyn's forthcoming UK single release of "Be mine": http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/47274-robyn-invites-us-to-be-mine-on-latest-single-dates
The boring, entirely predictable nominations for this year's Rockbjörnen:
Female artist:
Amy Diamond
Miss Li
Robyn
Sonja Aldén
Säkert!
Male artist:
Danny Saucedo
Lars Winnerbäck
Magnus Uggla
Måns Zelmerlöw
Ola Svensson
Group:
Kent
Mando Diao
Sahara Hotnights
The Ark
The Hives
Best newcomer:
Danny Saucedo
Miss Li
Måns Zelmerlöw
Oh Laura
Salem Al Fakir
Best song:
Kent: Ingenting
Lars Winnerbäck: Om du lämnade mig nu
Magnus Uggla: Pärlor åt svin
Måns Zelmerlöw: Cara Mia
Ola Svensson: Natalie
Best album:
Kent: Tillbaka till samtiden
Lars Winnerbäck: Daugava
Magnus Uggla: Pärlor åt svinen
Ola Svensson: Good Enough
The Ark: Prayer for the Weekend
Best live act:
Kent
Lars Winnerbäck
Mando Diao
The Ark
The Hives
Go here to vote: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesliv/musik/rockbjornen2007/article1324994.ab
Rigas
The hardest pocket to pick
Flora & Fauna
Starting off with the Radio Dept.-like "Keep pushing it forward", Rigas and company establish the modus operandi for their second album: to lambaste us with melodic, quirky electro pop. So, not much has changed really, and, depending on whether you are already a fan or not, this is either great or disappointing news. While they never return to the slower, more reflective mood of the opening track, Rigas compensate with dirty beats and catchy synth leads evoking dance floors of the early 90s and the more idiosyncratic compositions of hip-hop artists like Robyn. If 'playfully bizarre' sounds like something you're into, you can't go too far wrong with "The hardest pocket to pick". Not stellar, but definitely not boring.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
The nominees for the Swedish Radio P3 Guld awards have been announced:
Pop:
Anna Järvinen - Jag fick feeling
Friday Bridge - Intricacy
Jens Lekman - Night falls over Kortedala
Sambassadeur - Migration
Taken By Trees - Open Field
Dance:
Aril Brikha - Ex machina
Axwell - collected work
Minilogue - collected work
The Field - From here we go sublime
Tiger Stripes - collected work
Rock/metal:
Arch Enemy - Rise Of The Tyrant
Dark Tranquility - Fiction
Kongh - Counting heartbeats
Marduk - Rom 5:12
Mustasch - Latest version of the truth
Hiphop/soul:
Petter - God damn it
Ken - Äntligen hemma
Adam Tensta - It's a Tensta Thing
Million stylez - From A Far
Basutbudet - Svensk bas
Newcomer:
Adam Tensta
Maia Hirasawa
Million Stylez
Neverstore
Those Dancing Days
Female artist:
Laleh - Prinsessor
Maia Hirasawa - Though, I'm Just Me
Miss Li - God Put A Rainbow In The Sky
September - Dancing Shoes
Säkert! - Säkert!
Male artist:
Danny - Heart. Beats.
Jens Lekman - Night falls over Kortedala
Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava
Mange Schmidt - Känslan kommer tillbaks
Salem Al Fakir - This Is Who I Am
Group:
Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden
Mando Diao - Never Seen The Light Of Day
Sahara Hotnights - What If Leaving Is A Loving Thing
Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
The Ark - Prayer For The Weekend
Song:
Kleerup with Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
Mange Schmidt feat. Petter - Giftig
Oh Laura - Release Me
Sahara Hotnights - Cheek To Cheek
Säkert! - Vi kommer att dö samtidigt
Guldmicken (live):
Laakso
Mustasch
Salem Al Fakir
Säkert!
Timo Räisänen
More info: http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p3/nyhetssidor/index.asp?programID=3014
The final batch of Swedish acts confirmed for the next Eurosonic Festival: Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Familjen, Hyacinth House, Slagsmålsklubben, Kleerup and Robyn. More info: http://www.noorderslag.nl/
Robyn's new video for "Be mine" is up on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjLHu_vPhoU