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Published by Posh
10th June 2008
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For anyone not familiar with her work, Stockholm-born Lykke Li is probably best classified as a pop singer, although only in the same way that Kate Bush or Prince are best classified as pop singers.
Her debut album, 'Youth Novels', produced mainly by Bjorn from Peter, Bjorn and John, is a damn fine listen, somehow positively rammed with catchy hooks while still sounding strange and mysterious. Live, she's a little less ethereal and more just straight-up funky, with a percussion-heavy, brutally minimal sound that often forgoes bass altogether a la prime period Prince. It would be ridiculously sexy even if she wasn't a 22 year old Swedish lass.
Interestingly, she's a much braver and ballsier singer live than on record, equally at home with dark folk-tinged epics and quirky dance-pop numbers. In particular, first single 'Little Bit', already a favourite of mine on record, proves emotionally devastating in the live arena. Great moves too, made even more adorable by her strange hippie B-boy outfit. On the rare occasions she isn't unnerving us with her vocal intensity, she's adding percussion tracks or kazoo (!) riffs to the melting pot.
The crowd don't seem to know how to react and Lykke's repeated urgings that we should dance are mainly met by reverent stares and enthusiastic hand-clapping, but a distinct lack of booty-shaking, at least until current single 'I'm Good, I'm Gone' and an unexpected (and crowd-pleasing) encore of 'Can I Kick It?' cause the place to erupt.
In case you were wondering: yes, she can. | |  Featured Reviews | | | | | | 
10th June 2008, 4:58pm
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Lykke Li - Photos courtesy of Ryan 'Woolies' Mitchell at SpoiltCat.com__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Click images for access to larger versions or view more Lykke Li pictures on flickr and in the Alternative Nation Gigs Gallery. | 
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10th June 2008, 5:43pm
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| Re: Lykke Li - King Tut's, Glasgow 8th June
Good review, great pictures...amma check her out!
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11th June 2008, 1:41am
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| Re: Lykke Li - King Tut's, Glasgow 8th June
Awesome, awesome, awesome pichoors! | |
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11th June 2008, 9:51am
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| Re: Lykke Li - King Tut's, Glasgow 8th June
Can someone please change that second last sentence to 'Can I Kick It?' as I've spazzed it up due to my minor fever and illness-induced exhaustion. Cheers! | |
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11th June 2008, 10:58am
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Originally Posted by Posh  Can someone please change that second last sentence to 'Can I Kick It?' as I've spazzed it up due to having sausages for fingers and getting so hungry I ate them resulting in me having to bash the last line of my review out with my head/spider-nose. | 
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11th June 2008, 11:14am
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| Re: Lykke Li - King Tut's, Glasgow 8th June
Cheers for fixing it! | |
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11th June 2008, 12:29pm
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| Re: Lykke Li - King Tut's, Glasgow 8th June
I'm enjoying the album now that I've given it a proper listen, Little Bit definitely deserves the accolades when folk tout it as "best song of 2008 so far", although I'm preferring I'm Good I'm Gone.
Also, she seemed like an absolutely lovely lass at the gig, so charming when mentioning about how quiet everyone was at the start but it didn't phase her at all, someone else also used the word "reverential" in a review describing the audience at King Tuts - seemed like she wowed everyone  | |
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11th June 2008, 12:36pm
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| Re: Lykke Li - King Tut's, Glasgow 8th June
Yeah, after submitting mine I googled and read that review (The Herald, I think?) and chuckled to myself. | |
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12th June 2008, 10:42am
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| Re: Lykke Li - King Tut's, Glasgow 8th June
She really is fantastic. I've been waiting patiently on the album coming out and its sooo good. I'm really sorry I missed her at King Tut's. 
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12th June 2008, 2:31pm
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| Re: Lykke Li - King Tut's, Glasgow 8th June
Fucking raging I missed this.
Totally slipped my mind.
She's almost as beautiful as her music. | |
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12th June 2008, 7:18pm
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| Re: Lykke Li - King Tut's, Glasgow 8th June
Youth Novels got a really bad review in the Metro.
I really enjoyed the gig. Tuts sounded a lot better than the Admiral. I really should buy myself a megaphone.
Look for the live Närkesgatan version of "Little Bit" on Youtube and the version of "I'm Good I'm Gone" with Robyn and The Concretes in the tags. | |
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14th June 2008, 11:19am
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Originally Posted by april Youth Novels got a really bad review in the Metro.
I really enjoyed the gig. Tuts sounded a lot better than the Admiral. I really should buy myself a megaphone.
Look for the live Närkesgatan version of "Little Bit" on Youtube and the version of "I'm Good I'm Gone" with Robyn and The Concretes in the tags. | Cheers for that, I will look them up!
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16th June 2008, 4:41am
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| Re: Lykke Li - King Tut's, Glasgow 8th June
yass. this is the cow I saw on Jools Holland but forgot to make a note of her name.
Now I know
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17th June 2008, 11:27am
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Originally Posted by me at least until current single 'I'm Good, I'm Gone' and an unexpected (and crowd-pleasing) encore of 'Can I Kick It?' cause the place to erupt. | According to The Sunday Mail, she encored with a cover of The Stones' 'You Can't Always Get What You Want'.
WTF? I love gig reviews that are written from the bar! | |
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