please take a moment to Chill the F out to - Lykke Li

I had a moderate obsession with Lykke Li last summer after a friend told me to check out "Little Bit" (which you may have heard in the background of the Victoria's Secret Holiday commercials.) After listening to that song on loop for almost an hour I checked out her other stuff, which was pretty fantastic as well, but decided to keep her to myself. I thought my minor infatuation was over and done with til Carson Daly devoted Wednesday night's entire show to this lovely songbird from Sweden. Now I her music is stuck in my head all over again and this time I had to share.

Little Bit


Breaking it Up


"Dance, Dance, Dance" with Bon Ivor Live in L.A

Lykke Li & Bon Iver doing 'Dance Dance Dance' in L.A from Lykke Li on Vimeo.

I'm Good I'm Gone with Robin


Tonight

Lykke Li - Tonight from Lykke Li on Vimeo.

Little Bit (Live & Acoustic on Jools Holland)

Coachella Odds & Ends

Still couldn't get those pictures of Paul to load...

so please enjoy Bobby posing

...& yes that is my hat

inside the beer dome









Lykke Li in all her glory

Little Bit by Lykke Li

K'Naan

Karen O is bringin sexyback

nice hawk

"they don't love you like i love you..."

Late of the Pier


A blurry Jamie Hince of "The Kills" & the last photo that came out

"I don't care what nobody says I'm gonna be his lover"

While sharing my love of Lykke Li last week, I forgot to share her cover of "Knocked Up" by Kings of Leon. Originally they asked her to do a remix of the song and it evolved from there.

Knocked Up performed by Lykke Li


Knocked Up by Kings of Leon

Coachella - Set Times

The Coachella - Set Times are up & I already have a number of conflicting shows on the Friday, the day I'm most excited for.

Franz Ferdinand and Crystal Castles are playing at the exact the same time, White Lies (my new favorite band) start playing 15 minutes after The Ting Tings (who I missed at Ultra,) while Leonard Cohen's set overlaps with Ghostland Observatory. I guess I'll have to go to All Points West Festival to catch them, The Ting Tings & Crystal Castles, since I'm probably going to stay for all of FF & LC's sets.

Hoping to make it in time to catch Liars, but will am just hoping to make it to the venue for Paolo Nutini.

By Day 3 I'll probably have festival dimentia so I haven't really looked at the set times (or at Saturday's too thouroughly) but the game plan is be there for Lykke Li or bust, since she's THE act I (& probably thousands of others) are most pumped to see. Hopefully I'll be able to catch Friendly Fires too, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be better than they were 3 years ago, but I'm saving myself for a beautiful young woman from Sweden, PB & J and The Kills.

Lykke Li get's mainstream props The Top 7on American Idol pergorm "I'm Good, I'm Gone" -

I originally read about this story on Pitchfork, but thought I'd just include the link to the video Top 7: "I'm Good, I'm Gone" - Ford Music Videos - American Idol.

Check out a semi acoustic version of the song she did with Robyn below:

Even more love for Lykke Li , Kanye West and Santigold

"Gifted"

photo envy - Ben Rayner

Ben Rayner is a fantastic photographer that's shot a lot of my favorite indie artists. You should check out his site to catch his other editorial, personal & fashion photography, but below I've posted a round up of some of my favorite acts who also happened to play at Coachella (ok they're basically all Lykke Li pics ) & the undeniably intriguing Eddie Redmayne (above.)

Busy P

The Kills

please take a moment to Chill the F out to - Bat for Lashes

Bat for Lashes has been racking up the critical acclaim for a few years now and has been compared to the likes of Björk and Imogen Heap, but I think I may fall for this woman (real name Natasha Khan,) like I fell for Lykke Li. I caught her on the "Late Show with David Letterman" with David Letterman a few weeks ago, and have had "Daniel" stuck in my head since.

Daniel Live on Letterman


Horse & I (Live at The Mercury Prize Awards)


Prescilla


I'm On Fire (Live)

What's A Girl to Do


Siren Song


Lonely


Sad Eyes


Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics Cover)


Daniel (album version)


Horse & I (album version)