Lykke Li

Lykke Li - O2 ABC, Glasgow, Sun 30 Oct 2011

Passive response suggests lesson in stagecraft required

Having transformed radically and impressively from indie pixie into purveyor of arty, bleeding-hearted Spector pop on her second album Wounded Rhymes, you hardly expected Li Lykke Zachrisson to be exchanging high-fives with the crowd all night. But then…

Lykke Li set for 2011 UK tour

Swedish singer tours critically-acclaimed album Wounded Rhymes

From Robyn to Miike Snow and the fast-approaching Sound of Arrows, the fine line in pop acts with indie cache emanating from Sweden continues unbroken. If Lykke Li can convert the glowing critical reception that has met her recent second album into…

Single of the fortnight: Austra - Beat and Pulse

Single reviews February 2011

Alexis Jordan, Arthur's Landing, Austra, Cults, Jacques Greene, Lupe Fiasco, Lykke Li, Martin Creed, Music, Naum Gabo, Neon Trees, Penguins Kill Polar Bears, and Verse Metrics all reviewed.

Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes

Break-up album of 60s and 80s influenced nostalgic yet visionary alt-pop

For her hotly-anticipated second long-player, Swedish pop icon Lykke Li (in tandem with producer Bjorn of Peter, Bjorn and John fame) has excavated and allied various classic templates from the 60s and the 80s to create a break-up album of nostalgic yet…

The best upcoming events in Scotland in 2011

Highlights of the 2011 cultural calandar from Film, Music, Comedy, Theatre and Visual Art

Huge gigs, inspiring theatre productions, comedy legends and two cute little waving bears – just a few of the things coming up in ‘11 that we can barely contain our excitement about

The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack

(Atlantic) They could stamp any old trash with the Twilight brand and have a hit, which is why the soundtrack for the second film in the rabidly followed teen vampire series is such a lovely surprise. Eschewing the gothic histrionics of the books…

Exposure: Lykke Li

It’s hard to get past the fact that Lykke Li has been responsible for one of the most incessantly catchy songs of the year in ‘Little Bit’, a teasing slice of strangely romantic Scandi-pop weirdness which features the frankly intriguing couplet ‘And for…

Singles & Downloads

The challenge for The View is to avoid ‘doing a Fratellis’, i.e. delivering an underwhelming second album thereby massaging the feeling that all your early promise was based on one good song. Sad to say, the rowdy but slight jangle of ‘5 Rebbeccas…

Lykke Li - Youth Novels

There is a sea-softened purity to Swedish singer/songwriter Lykke Li’s voice, and this – her first longplayer – is awash with 80s beats, sparse keyboards and airy, monotone vocals. New single ‘Breaking It Up’ is a playful schoolyard chant sung over a…

Lykke Li - Youth Novels

EXPERIMENTAL POP (LL Recordings) Every now and again a new artist pops up that’s captivating, edgy and touching all at the same time; Lykke Li (pronounced Licky-Lee) is all of these things. The album, produced by Björn Yttling (of Peter, Björn and…

Exposure - Lykke Li

Floating somewhere between Feist and Björk, 22-year-old Lykke Li’s breathy, sugary vocals got a bouncy, electronic makeover when Björn Yttling, of Peter, Björn and John produced her debut album. Since her catchy single ‘Little Bit’ came out in February…