Tag Archives: Robyn

Pitchfork raves: Pop has been playing house again for a couple of years now, but few acts have tapped the genre’s origins in sexual, social liberation as well as Robyn, Jägerstedt, and Falk do here. In brisk, unrelenting rotation, every element of the track gets a moment in the spotlight and dictates its own individual physical response: the shimmy of …

For the second year in a row, my favorite track of the year is by out and openly HIV+ singer/songwriter John Grant, whose collaboration with Hercules & Love Affair spawned a gorgeous modern dance video interpretation of Grant’s tale of coming out positive to a lover. Culled from my Spotify playlists, here’s my top ten for 2014. 1. John Grant …

Stereogum recaps: Robyn and Röyksopp got together earlier this year to release their collaborative mini-album Do It Again, and they’ve already made videos for “Sayit” and the title track. Their newest video, for the epic seven-minute opening track “Monument,” is a sci-fi headfuck with themes about both outer space and inner space. In the clip, we see Robyn, both Röyksopp …

Director Martin De Thurah explains the clip’s concept: “The video was filmed over three days in four Mexican states – Mexico City, Vera Cruz, Puebla and Hidalgo. The stories we worked on and the world we created was much more interesting and captivating than just to focus on (the artists’) performance. I worked with the idea of ‘what is our …

Technically this is an ad for something. Very Kraftwerk.

“Taken from Neneh’s new record Blank Project, her first solo album since 1996, the collaboration is the result of both artists continually inspiring each other, with Robyn covering Neneh songs in her live shows.”

Featuring Robyn, Sean Combs, and Paul Rudd.

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(Tipped by JMG reader Alan)

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Gay favorite Robyn has announced a new set of North American dates for this fall. Get tickets here.

With Bjork looking on from the front row.

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New music from Swedish popster Robyn, who says she’s releasing three albums in 2010. (Tipped by JMG reader Kevin)