Culture Bully — I’m sure there were plenty of people in the near-capacity crowd at the Varsity Theater that were surprised with just how funky Lykke Li’s live show was Sunday night. While her album just offers hints of bass and beat driven sounds in favor of an ... more info

Perfect Porridge — Lykke Li with Wildbirds & Peacedrums February 8th, 2009 Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis, MN Imagine a kettle of sandhill cranes migrating back to their home in the spring, and the joy they must experience when finally arriving after a journey of hundre... more info

Chicago Tribune — Halfway through her set on chanteuse Lykke Li (last name Zachrisson) told fans at her sold-out Metro show that it was "time to dance." As if they needed any hint: early songs––such as the a capella-to-full-throttle-pump of "Dance, Dance, Dance," ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Houston Chronicle reviews The Women, T.C. Boyle's new novel (a fictional telling of the life of Frank Lloyd Wright). In Boyle’s impressively researched book, the reader is swept along by the force of imagined dialogue and the literary... more info

Pasta Primavera — So this week was crappy.  Cold.  Ice.  Tough sledding in DC (I still have faith Obama will get it together).  Tough sledding in Tampa (not a Steelers fan - though I do admit they were pretty good).  Work was a big headache on most o... more info

Stereogum — This past CMJ Lissy Trullie opened for Lykke Li at V's party and received raves for her live charisma (SPIN pegged her as one of the "Hottest New Bands Playing CMJ 2008"). She was thereafter voted one of Paper Magazine's beautiful people, and maybe b... more info

Rock and Roll Mama — I had a great Girl’s Night out on Saturday night, with one of my “oldest” friends, Alesia. (Ha ha- that joke never gets old.) No, seriously, she’s only two years older than me, but I’ve known her since my pre-kindergarten days and we were r... more info

Panda Toes — We're gonna start this thing off with a little bit more Dallas love. The GS Boyz are technically from Arlington, but I'm gonna go ahead and call them Dallasites anyways. Lunice took their hit single "Stanky Legg" and put a slight twist on it, and the... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — Squeezing as many songs as possible into 80 minutes in order to summarise the best of a whole year of music is a pretty daunting task involving tough decisions and regrettably obligatory omissions. But after much deliberation, here are my favourite t... more info

Music is Art — Lykke Li magically covers and verses together with Kings of Leon’s single Knocked Up.  Both vocals additively cascade and strengthen throughout the song, eerily creating a memorable duet that’s immersed in lyrics of chaotic masculinity, and me... more info