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On one hand, you really gotta admire someone like Mira Craig. There aren't that many aspiring pop/R&B divas out there with the kind of DIY attitude she has. She writes her own material, does her own production, puts out her own records and so on and so forth. Sure, there's artists like Robyn who have their own labels, but she didn't build her career from the ground up like Mira did.
On the other hand, Mira's music is incredibly fucking weird. It does not sound at all like anything you'd expect from a Norwegian pop princess. She draws a lot from her family's Louisiana roots, but I knew nothing about that the first time I put this on and heard all of her voodoo roo roo ranting. She's got a really gruff voice and puts it to good use to sound as intimidating as possible. Pair it with the video treatment and the whole thing is even more bizarre and confusing. She's from Norway, I swear! Other popstars such as Elvira Nikolaisen probably sell more records, but Mira Craig is far more interesting. Maybe not exactly 'good', but I'll leave that up to you to decide for yourself.
Mira Craig - Boogeyman
Whatever happened to Paola? I guess I'm not that surprised her divorce from super-producer/Teddybears member Klas Åhlund effectively ended her career, but you never know, right? I suppose that Teddybears rerecording her vocals on "Yours to keep" with Neneh Cherry and Annie was the final nail in her coffin. Listening back to her 2002 album "Stockcity girl", it's fairly obvious that its success owes much to Åhlund's involvement, but it's not as if she was some no-talent nobody. Paola is quality pop and if you like the record that Åhlund did with Robyn, there's no reason why you shouldn't love this too. Hard to believe it's been five years since this was released - it still sounds pretty damn fresh today.
Paola - Stockcity girl
Discobelle has the Punks Jump Up remix of the Kleerup & Robyn single "With every heartbeat": http://www.discobelle.net/2007/01/09/robyn-pju/
Fläskkvartetten will release their new album "Voices of Eden" on January 31. As always, the record will feature a host of high-profile guest vocalists including Andreas Mattsson, Anna Ternheim, Titiyo, Johan Renck (Stakka Bo), Theodor Jensen (The Plan) and, on the new single "This one's for you", Robyn. That song comes out January 10.
Discobelle has the Meat Boys remix of the new Robyn single: http://www.discobelle.net/2006/12/04/meat-boys/
Robyn in London:
11/30 - YoYo, Notting Hill Arts Club
12/01 - Pure Groove, Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
Popjustice interviews Robyn: http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=512&Itemid=37
Note that she has plans to do some UK shows early next year.
I finally got confirmation that Teddybears STHLM (now just Teddybears) will have their most recent album released in the US on September 12. Check 'em out on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/teddybears
I'll probably post an mp3 at some point in the near future. If you liked that recent Robyn album, you're sure to dig this too.