Robyn is finally ready to make her big splash in North America, starting with the US release of The Rakamonie EP. The five track EP was originally released in a slightly different format in the UK well over a year ago. The main difference here is that an acoustic version of 'With Every Heartbeat' replaces the cover of Saul Williams' 'List of Demands'. Other than that, everything is here, including her take on Prince's nasty early track 'Jack U Off', as well as the ballad version of 'Be Mine'. -theskyreport...   [ read more ]

CDep $4.96

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Robyn's debut album, Robyn Is Here, isn't particularly deep, but it is well-executed Eurotrash dance-pop. The Swedish teenager has an appealingly thin voice, and her producers and songwriters have a knack for crafting hooky dance-pop that sounds as if it was made in 1990, not 1997. Half of the album rides by on mediocre songs and first-rate production, but when Robyn is given a good song -- as on "Show Me Love" and the dynamite "Do You Know (What It Takes)" -- Robyn is Here is as good as mai...   [ read more ]

CD $14.23

This six song 7" is an excellent document to discover a fantastic Australian band that created small, endearing pop miniatures on the second half of the eighties. They are Nic Dalton (ex-Lemonheads) and Robyn St. Claire and here you will not find the original, pristine "Into Your Arms", which made a top ten single by Evan Dando and his Lemonheads. Hypervitamined pop songs, short but full of talent and written with a heart.

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