Guardian Music — (Columbia)The first album by Swedish-American production trio Miike Snow reached No 59 in the UK in 2009, and received mixed reviews, so the followup might not be quite the "highly anticipated" event their label claims it is. It does, however, exemp... more info

Guardian Music — This Swedish 17-year-old crafts sublime Fleetwood Mac-tinged electro-pop. Think Stevie Nicks goes synthHometown: Stockholm.The lineup: Amanda Ulrika Magdalena Mair (vocals).The background: We were always going to like Amanda Mair and her self-titled ... more info

Discobelle.net — The sun is shining and this new steel drum infused track from Swedish group Deportees and singstress Lykke Li seems to have been made for days like this. more info

Stereogum — Via Lykke Li’s Twitter earlier today: Did I never show you this? Me singing with Deportees! more info

Guardian Music — Robyn thought the Seattle beardies had been into Radio 1's Live Lounge to cover one of her pop songs - and who can blame her? The fake Fleet Foxes are fantasticFrom Radio 1's Live Lounge to The X Factor, it's safe to say the public can't resist a cov... more info

Stereogum — The sparkling Swedish electro-pop unit Miike Snow are about to drop their new album Happy To You, and we’ve already posted the new tracks “Paddling Out,” “Devil’s Work,” and the Lykke Li collab “Black Tin Box.” And now “Paddling Out... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Metronomy is no stranger to remixes. Until The English Riveria blew up, Jospeph Mount was more known as a remixer (Goldfrapp, Lykke Li,Charlotte Gainsbourg). But lately it's been Metronomy who's getting remixed. The English Riviera sin... more info

Gigwise — An evening with Kanye West and Lykke Li almost ends in tragedy more info

Chorus.fm — Watch this week's episode of Austin City Limits, which features sets from *Florence & The Machine* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/florenceadnthemachine) and *Lykke Li* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/lykkeli), here (http://video.pbs.org/video/2190503115). more info

Stereogum — Austin City Limits has been on something of a roll lately. Over the last couple of weeks, the PBS music-performance show has featured Arcade Fire on one show and Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom on another. And on this past weekend’s episode, the show... more info