Lykke Li on Conan O'Brien/Ra Ra Riot performing tonight

Conan O'Brien continues to impress me with his choices for musical guests. Does he personally pick them?

Last Thursday Lykke Li performed "Breaking it Up." I fell in love all over again - I have a thing for chicks with megaphones.



Tonight's musical guest will be none other than Ra Ra Riot. Either Conan O'Brien or someone on his staff has the some music love affairs I do.

The Wednesday Round-Up

Over at Allan's World, Joe gives a in-depth review of a Paramore show that included Paper Route, Phantom Planet, and Jack’s Mannequin. The post includes many insights into these bands including a critique of Phantom Planet's revamped sound.

The Music Guru continues to give a comprehensive list of album releases each week. He does a lot of leg work and has become my resource for lesser-known releases.

Original Glazed is a good source for a summary of the UK and US charts. Pardon me for being sickened that the UK has bands like The Script, Coldplay and Noah and the Whale in their top ten albums while in the US we have The Jonas Brothers (two albums even!), Miley Cyrus and Sugarland.

Over at The Cheap Pop we have a review snippet for Lykke Li (my new music crush along with Ra Ra Riot).

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Recommended Artist: Lykke Li

Right now I am listening to Lykke Li's 2008 release "Youth Novel." This album is great. This swedish artist mixes multiple sounds and beats to her poetic voice. Each track has a different and unique flavor. In the opening track "Melodies and Desires" Li mixes spoken word with ambient tones. In "Let It Fall" she sings catchy phrases to a simple drum beat and quiet bass line.

You can listen to "Dance, Dance, Dance" at lastfm.com -

http://www.last.fm/music/Lykke+Li/_/Dance+Dance+Dance?autostart

Check it out and tell me what you think.