Yesterday I took a few moments
to check out new Weezer and Scarlett Johansson. Now, considering the
fact that I wrote Rivers and Co. off after Make Believe I was
convinced that the movie star would come through. Nope, she's
terrible. Weezer is where it's at! I'll happily share that track
as soon as I'm sure the RIAA won't try to have me assassinated. Until
then, let's talk Lykke Li. I've already had one of her sugary sweet
tunes in a podcast a couple of months back, but since she currently has a new video
and a new song to pour over I decided to show
some continued support. The Swedish songbird will be releasing an EP
titled Little Bit
here in the US next month on her own imprint, LL Recordings. Mark your
calendars! Enjoy.
:Lykke
Li - Dance Dance Dance:
I can't even begin to describe to you how wildly distracting
this song is. I mean, it doesn't really do much of
anything that I haven't heard before, and yet I've still
found myself lost in it for large chunks of time without
even realizing it. Oddly enough, this loss of
concentration isn't actually caused by Lykke Li's stellar
voice, but by the dancehall horns and vintage-tinged vocals
that show up once the tune's steady pace begins to make you
wonder if that's all there is to the thing. Who knew
she could be so tricky?
This isn't even
a live performance and it still manages to bum me out that I
wasn't able to see her at SXSW. I think it has
something to do with the dancing. At any rate, this is
that new piece I spoke of. It was made for the gem
that is I'm Good, I'm Gone. You can find it on
her album, Youth Novels, which is only out in Sweden
right now.
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