Tag Archives: Lykke Li

Do Young Folks “Lykke” Mushrooms?

Last Saturday L.A.-based emcee and music aficionado Micah James re-posted the video for “Run Run,” a Summer favorite from last year by Swedish girl-group Those Dancing Days, on his Facebook wall. Earlier the same day I resolved to finally delete Swedish Indie-Pop Lolita Lykke Li’s outstanding 2008 debut Youth Novels off my iPod to […]

Even in the Face of “Hardships!,” Blogarhythms Readers “Can’t Lose”

Every morning when I log on to the internets I’m greeted by a barrage of headlines about skyrocketing foreclosure rates, another record-breaking rise in jobless claims or some bloody killing spree. I know the sort of effect the pathogenic strain of adversity infecting ever-widening swathes of the populace is having on my life on […]

Like Stockholm Syndrome, in Reverse!

Yesterday evening I got a Facebook message from a friend of mine—a DJ, producer and soon-to-be label-head—expressing enmity for a certain band who will go unnamed. I defended their right to exist and he conceded to most of my points, but maintained that if—like him—I lived closer to their stomping grounds I’d be “begging […]

Records at Random, Vol. 78: Four Jacks and a Jill Master Jack

It’s a new year, so it’s time for new things. One of the new things I’m trying is actually using the Twitter account I set up for myself when the site first came on the scene and then never used again. Another is making use of Facebook’s status update and link-sharing features (two […]

“You’re the Best, Around…” (El Keter’s Favorite Albums of 2008, Day Four)

They’re the best around; the fourth and final day of El Keter’s favorites of 2008.