taken from earlier this month at belgium’s pukkelpop festival, watch this epic fan footage of lykke li perfoming a new song called either “my childhood” of “midnight shining” above.
- sunbear
yesterday, we heard best coast’s cover of “rhiannon” and now we’re on the receiving end of a lykke li rendition of “silver springs.” the track was the original b-side to “go your own way.” head to the line of best fit to catch the premiere.
stream:
lykke li – silver springs [fleetwood mac cover]
-grizzly
in the same vein as last year’s buddy holly tribute rave on, fleetwood mac are set to have an entire album’s worth of covers, both well-known and obscure, devoted to them. acts such as lykke li, billy gibbons, the new pornographers, the kills, mgmt, and more have lent their talents to the lp, many of the songs being radically reworked. hit the jump for the tracklist and contributing bands.
the tribute album is out september 14th.
- sunbear
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lykke li writes song
lykke li performs song next day
subtext: like a boss
-grizzly
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fresh off the arcade fire-high, pbs is previewing all upcoming austin city limits performances. check out the likes of fleet foxes, florence and the machine, wilco, lykke li, and joanna newsom who up above is harping on her ever popular “bridges and ballons.”
check out all the acl preview videos here.
- sunbear
what we have here is three b-sides/alternates to songs you’ve heard before, on this year’s wounded rhymes. the fact that it has “vol. I” attached to it tells me that there’s more on the way.
download:
lykke li – the lost sessions vol. I
-grizzly
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these gothic in-studio videos that the lykke li camp have been churning out have all geen gold. filled to the brim with some intense gazing, candelabras, and what is possibly the sexiest and most abrupt walk-off i’ve ever seen, check out “youth knows no pain,” up above.
wounded rhymes is out now.
- sunbear
lykke li literally haunted the chapel on her performance of wounded rhymes closer “silent my song” on last night’s the late show with david letterman. dressed neck-high in gothic black and performing against a backdrop of stained glass windows, both dave and paul agreed unanimously: “haunting!”
the best part? lykke’s infantine “thank you” to dave after soul-gripping performance. catch the clip at the link below courtesy of consequence of sound.
watch:
lykke li – silent my song [live on letterman]
- sunbear
photos by a.j. gutierrez; above: Ra Ra Riot
With day one of Fun Fun Fun Fest in the can, Austinites once again braved the dust bowl that was Auditorium Shores, faces wrapped with bandanas to guard from the elements and with a hunger for more live music. From Swedish import Lykke Li to Austin backyarders Spoon, Saturday boasted one of the strongest lineups the festival has ever seen.
Hit the jump for the full recap.
- sunbear
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lykke and leno link up (yall like that alliteration?) for a late night performance of the fantastic cut from wounded rhymes. and she’s really awesome at everything, per usual.
-grizzly
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for this dimly lit clip, lykke li, with a little help from the wildbirds & peacedrums, performs a haunting version of wounded rhymes track “jerome.” just three lovely ladies, with lovely voices, all fighting for the title of ‘most intense eyebrows.’ enjoy.
- sunbear
the lovely lykke li stops by the npr studios to perform 3 songs off of her 2011 release, wounded rhymes. i could’ve sworn she did one of these sessions already…but alas.
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-grizzly
los angeles is celebrating ‘lykke li week’ according to the kcrw dj, who has with him, in-studio, the lady of the week, to perform the majority of her album wounded rhymes (out now) in an acoustic, and intimate setting, as well as make some neat faces in-between songs and rock some mean leather. catch the set at the link below.
watch:
lykke li – live on kcrw presents
- sunbear
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and the lykke clips keep on rolling. here’s another official music video from “wounded rhymes.” quite the endearing one, as one could only hope for ms. li to break out in dance after getting quickly intoxicated at a restaurant on a date with an old man.
-grizzly
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ms. li has been sustaining some tour cancellation-worthy injuries as of late – she explains in a blog post:
“I had some kind of complete meltdown on Marks&Spencer in Glasgow on one of those very rare days off while on route….I was standing at an isle contemplating life and death and the struggles of being an artist/soul/woman/human being when the overbearingness sneaked up on me like Batman himself. I fell to the floor and so did the raspberries I had in my hand, the troubled breathing lead to some severe lumbago which ment I couldn’t move and had to lay straight for a few days. In a valium haze I took a flight back to my loved ones where a strong man cracked my holy spine loose and I was soon able to walk again. Little did I know it was my troubled hip joint that was the problem in the first place, so had to go back to a horizontal mode. My body then decided Easter was the perfect time to let a god damn flu blossom out, so I spent the whole easter praying to God to get better, drinking ginger tea while watching Apocalypse Now wishing nothing more then that I could have been on that stage with you.”
…even her explanations sound remarkably lykke li. the woman’s gonna be recovering for a bit, but she was able to knock out this killer performance of “get some” from her album wounded rhymes live on jools holland. nice bun, lady li.
- sunbear