What happens when a girl from Sweden channels early 90's hip-hop via Jamaican dancehall? You get Elliphant's "Music Is Life", that's what. As I've mentioned here before having a Jamaican sound on your record is really hot right now, mainly because of Diplo's influence, but Elliphant brings her own unique spin to the sound like everything else she ( Read more... )

Elliphant is the newest female-fronted 'It' artist from Sweden, and they have the unique distinction of sounding nothing like the usual music you'd expect out of a cold Nordic country. Instead their songs contain infectious Diplo-esque tribal beats more normally associated sunshine, sand and palm trees. There's something really infectious about ( Read more... )