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Pitchfork - Primary 1 is Joe Flory, a British synthpop producer who has been remixed by Memory Tapes and Joker, released a single on Erol Alkan's Phantasy Sound label, collaborated with the Cardigans' Nina Persson and Phoenix/Rapture producer Philippe Zdar, and is touring with Brit starlet Ellie Goulding. Unlike most up-and-coming underground electronic producers, Flory has an honest-to-god major label deal ...

San Diego Reader - With the immediate intimacy of her sweet, classically trained voice, Foster sounds nearly as depressed as A. Camp on the Cardigans’ “Step On Me” or “Nasty Sunny Beam.” Lacking A. Camp's sense of humor and irony, Foster burrows into the misery as if it were an immeasurable pit, and the unrequited or lost love that threw her in were her only friend.

All About Jazz - Vocalist Amy Cervini is one of a handful of jazz singers who are successfully taking their repertoire from outside the Great American Songbook. On Cervinis new album, Lovefool (Anzic Records, 2009), she tackles everything from the Cardigans to Depeche Mode to Nellie McKay and makes it all work. In t...

MTV Asia - Katy Perry has already gone on record as saying that her new album will show the influence of artists like Ace of Base and the Cardigans, but now she appears to be tempering that goal a bit.

Londonist - Anything to do with the Royal Mail might sound like a dirty word at the moment, but don't write off American trio The Postmarks because of these connotations. They sound like a version of Au Revoir Simone, softened by the Florida sunshine of their home state, and fans of the seemingly disparate pairings of The Cardigans, Belle and Sebastian, Midlake and The Bookhouse Boys will find common ground ...

ChartAttack.com - Even Swedish musicians are affected by the recession. The Sounds may have opened for No Doubt this past summer and are on tour until December, but they feel these hard economic times, too. They also like to talk about growing up, writing songs, their connection to The Cardigans and favourite drinks.

Pioneer Press - Singer-guitarist Chuck Berry is 83. Actress Dawn Wells ("Gilligan's Island") is 71. Actor Joe Morton is 62. Actress Pam Dawber is 59. Actress Erin Moran is 49. Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is 49. Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is 48. Actor Vincent Spano is 47. Bassist Tim Cross (Sponge) is 43. Singer Nonchalant is 36. Guitarist Peter Svensson of The Cardigans is 35. RB singer Ne-Yo is 30. Country ...

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Oct. 18: Singer-guitarist Chuck Berry is 83. Actress Dawn Wells ("Gilligan's Island") is 71. Actor Joe Morton is 62. Actress Pam Dawber is 59. Actress Erin Moran is 49. Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is 49. Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is 48. Actor Vincent Spano is 47. Bassist Tim Cross (Sponge) is 43. Singer Nonchalant is 36. Guitarist Peter Svensson of The Cardigans is 35. R&B singer Ne-Yo is ...

Vh1 - Katy Perry wants to make new music her fans can "roller-skate to." "I want to do my record like a mesh between 'Lovefool' by the Cardigans and 'I Saw the Sign' by Ace of Base," she told MTV News.

MTV Music Television - Katy Perry wants to make new music her fans can "roller-skate to." "I want to do my record like a mesh between 'Lovefool' by the Cardigans and 'I Saw the Sign' by Ace of Base," she told MTV News.

Defamer - I think it’s about time I popped another one of the awesome Radiothon covers up on Defamer Australia, agreed? We recently heard Oh Mercy covering The Cardigans’ “Lovefool” - now listen to astonishing Melbourne ensemble Your Animal belting out Michael Jackson’s “Bad”, please. (more…)