Idolator

@the rich girls are weeping: But Robyn has been hawking the same 14 songs since 2005... I guess you must have really loved "Keep This Fire Burning"?

@Nunya B: Nooo, I mean like the "Show Me Love"/"Do You Know What It Takes" Robyn.

Are the bloggers suddenly going to stop writing about N.A.S.A this year or something?

@brasstax: Well, to be fair, I DO do these things already. *sigh* It doesn't protect me from hearing residual goo about stuff I don't care about. Plus, I hate being isolationist. I'm so screwed.

@Nunya B: Yeah, I know, but times have changed. It's all so tainted now. I mean, I *really* can't wait till I hear the songs from this album blaring out of my neighborhood Urban Outfitters or Anthropologie. Ugh.

@bcapirigi: True -- it's mostly the Lykke Li and Robyn I take issue with, really. I'm not a fan of either (though, so people won't yell at me, I USED to like Robyn, but she lost me with her latest incarnation...)

@brasstax: B-but....then I won't be able to whine about how much "hype" a certain band that I think should be "over" is getting!

@the rich girls are weeping: Read what you want to read, skip the rest. Listen to what you want to hear, skip the rest. Be proactive, seek out your own favorite music. With this method, you might come late to the party on liking something everyone else does, but you'll be happier and sometimes even have a leg up on everyone else when they come to a band you like.

@the rich girls are weeping: Don't forget Karen Dreijer was on the last Royksopp album (and was the only thing I really remember about it, too.) I'd look forward to a Lykke Li collaboration, too. Robyn, not so much. But whatever.

@the rich girls are weeping: What makes you think that these collaborations are hipster-baiting? There's been cross-pollination between Scandinavian artists long enough to make me think that these really are not the blatant grabs for blog attention you think they are.

@brasstax: PLEASE TELL ME HOW. I have been unsuccessful in my efforts until now. I want to be informed, but not inundated with useless info.

For the record, I rather like Royksopp, but the insane amount of hipster-baiting generated by this collaboration is already making me nauseated. Urgh.

The high points of the Kleerup already are really high, but a lot of it's really samey. The Lindstrøm album is good, but not something that lends itself to frequent listens.

@Nunya B: Hey I dug that Lindstrøm album. But agreed, Kleerup didn't get nearly as much hype as he deserved.

ABOUT FRELLING TIME!! Röyskopp's two previous discs have been great, and I've been waiting for this one for four years too long.

It's not like a parade of Swedish XX chromosomes kept everyone from sleeping on the (amazing) Kleerup album... and then to add insult to injury everyone decided to rave about the Lindstrøm album, which was boring. But hey, 2009 is a new start and maybe people can right old wrongs.

@the rich girls are weeping: It's pretty easy to ignore hype, y'know.

Oh man. And here I thought that 2009 would be better or something. Long live the overhype. :P