Field Trip 2016: Day 2, Band 7: Robyn - Concert Pictures

Sweden's Robyn headlined Sunday night of Field Trip. Due to the afternoon thunderstorm delay, all the remaining acts who performed had to have their sets cut short and the city provided permission to extend the usual Sunday night curfew from 10pm to 10:30. Robyn took advantage of every extra minute available to ensure that the people of Field Trip got their Sunday night dance party on.

For this show, and her other American summer festival performances, Robyn performed exclusive live remixes of some of her most-loved tracks, by some of her favourite dance artists. These remixes will be released in the coming month.

The remixes to be released are:
Axel Boman "Hang With Me"
Cassius "Dancing On My Own"
Harry "Choo Choo" Romero "Love Kills"
Joakim "With Every Heartbeat"
Mr. Tophat "Main Thing"
The Black Madonna "Indestructible"
The Mekanism "Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do"
Wolfgang Voigt "Who Do You Love?" from Otherness by Kindness
Zhala & Heal the World "Stars 4 Ever"

And here are the original versions of my favourite Robyn tunes that she performed:

"Hang With Me"

"Dancing on my Own"

"Indestructible"

"With Every Heartbeat"

Field Trip announces 2016 line-up including The National, Robyn, July Talk, Of Montreal, Santigold, DIIV, many more

Field Trip has announced their 2016 line-up and what a great line-up it is. The National, one of the biggest indie alternative bands out there and a personal favourite, is headlining along with one of the most unique anti pop stars out there, and also a personal favourite, Robyn. July Talk, one of the absolute best live bands playing these days, is listed next.

Also on the stacked bill are Santigold, Of Montreal, DIIV, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Jazz Cartier, Boy & Bear, Bully, Holy Fuck, Plants & Animals, Basia Bulat, Dear Rouge, Ra Ra Riot, Tei Shi, Eliot Sumner, Meg Mac, Brave Shores and Kalle Mattson. Consistent with years passed, this is a diverse line-up that will attract a wide variety of music fans and lead to some amazing discoveries. 

This year's Field Trip will take place on June 4 & 5, 2016 at Toronto's Fort York / Garrison Common. Gates will open at 1pm both days, and the festivities will wrap up at 11pm on Saturday and 10pm on Sunday.

Tickets go on sale Monday, February 22 @ 10AM on Ticketmaster or at Toronto independent music retailers Rotate This (801 Queen St. W) and Soundscapes (572 College St.).

General Admission weekend passes are $125, VIP weekend passes are $200 and single-day passes are $75 for General Admission and $125 for VIP, plus fees and all that jazz. Kids under 12 get in for free subject to certain restrictions.

And some music from a number of the artists on this year's fantastic Field Trip line-up:

The National

Robyn

July Talk

Santigold

Of Montreal

DIIV

Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires

Jazz Cartier

Boy & Bear

Bully

Holy Fuck

Plants & Animals

Basia Bulat

Dear Rouge

Ra Ra Riot

Tei Shi

Eliot Sumner

Meg Mac

Brave Shores

Kalle Mattson

Pic from Facebook.

Very interesting covers by Ted Leo

In news from several years ago, but still this decade, Ted Leo posted some electric guitar and vocal covers of some famous tunes by Robyn, Concrete Blonde and Sade. So, of course, I had to get right in there to post them here. Years later. Whatever.

Robyn "With Every Heartbeat"

Concrete Blonde "Joey"

Sade "By Your Side"

And in even older news, here's Ted covering Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone" and Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps" from 2007.

You can download the Robyn cover from Pitchfork.

My favourite songs: Awesome and cool songs of 2010-2011: My best of list: Top 70 songs

Since I didn't put up a post for my favourite tunes and albums of 2010, and since it takes me a while for things to grow on me, I'm going to be a little different than other music writers. I'm going to do "best of" posts for 2 year periods. This will allow me to be late to the party, and give songs extra time to germinate in my little brain. So this set of posts will cover 2010 and 2011.

1. "Whirring" - The Joy Formidable

2. "Heartsink" - Blood Red Shoes

3. "Kill Me Carolyne" - The Whigs

4. "Conversation 16" - The National

5. "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys

6. "The Smidge" - The Hold Steady

7. "Let's Get Out Of Here" - Les Savy Fav

8. "Rill Rill" - Sleigh Bells

9. "Old Fangs" - Black Mountain

10. "Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green

11. "Tighten Up" - The Black Keys
12. "Not At All" - Emily Warren & The Betters
13. "Punching In A Dream" - The Naked And Famous
14. "Hang With Me" - Robyn
15. "Good for Nothing" - Hard-Fi
16. "Swim Until You Can't See Land" - Frightened Rabbit
17. "Belong" - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
18. "Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster the People
19. "Crash Years" - The New Pornographers
20. "The Glitter Prize (Feat. Kay Hanley)" - The Posies
21. "Hit The Ground Running" - These Electric Lives
22. "Medicine" - We Were Promised Jetpacks
23. "Anyone’s Ghost" - The National
24. "Dancing On My Own" - Robyn
25. "Please Ask for Help" - Telekinesis
26. "A Heavy Abacus" - The Joy Formidable
27. "Dear Rosemary" - Foo Fighters
28. "Terrible Love" - The National
29. "Satellite" - The Kills
30. "Naked Kids" - Grouplove
31. "Forced To Love" - Broken Social Scene
32. "Our Whole Lives" - The Hold Steady
33. "Light It Up" - Blood Red Shoes
34. "The Body" - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
35. "Chicken Bones" - John Grant
36. "Cruel" - St. Vincent
37. "Future Starts Slow" - The Kills
38. "The Spirit of Jazz" - The Gaslight Anthem
39. "Cradle" - The Joy Formidable
40. "Romance" - Wild Flag
41. "Love Song" - Hard-Fi
42. "Called It Off" - These Electric Lives
43. "Rock Problems" - The Hold Steady
44. "So Lonely" - The Whigs
45. "Crossed Wires" - Superchunk
46. "Fixed" - Stars
47. "Abducted" - Cults
48. "It Is Happening Again" - Blood Red Shoes
49. "Young Blood" - The Naked And Famous
50. "Year Dot" - Sky Larkin
51. "Helena Beat" - Foster the People
52. "Country Lane" - Telekinesis
53. "Heart In Your Heartbreak" - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
54. "Don't Ask" - Blood Red Shoes
55. "Heaven's Gonna Happen Now" - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
56. "Blue Cassette" - Friendly Fires
57. "Under Cover of Darkness" - The Strokes
58. "Behold the Hurricane" - The Horrible Crowes
59. "Lights" - Ellie Goulding
60. "Tired" - Chikita Violenta
61. "Euphoria, Take My Hand" - Glasvegas
62. "Colours" - Grouplove
63. "Get Away" - Yuck
64. "Dirty Thing" - Telekinesis
65. "World Sick" - Broken Social Scene
66. "DNA" - The Kills
67. "Dressed Sharply" - An Horse
68. "Holing Out" - Yuck
69. "Get Some" - Lykke Li
70. "Lotus Flower" - Radiohead

I'm going to tease out my Top 10 by posting a song a day over the next couple of weeks!

I've decided to update this post with my top 10 so my full list is in one place.

Check out the rest of my best of posts, including my favourite albums of 2010-2011.

Robyn on the Tonight Show

I've never been shy about my fondness for Robyn tunes. Here she is on the Tonight Show performing "Call Your Girlfriend" from Body Talk. Awesome! Don't you just love a pop performer who really sings and dances like she means it!



And here's the video for one of my absolute faves, "Hang with Me".

Robyn: Versions of Her Great Pop Songs Delivered in an Intimate Setting

I like a good pop song, and Robyn delivers good pop songs. Several months ago, I saw this video of an intimate performance of a different take on her song "Bum Like You". I love the immediacy of the performance and the way that the shift in instrumentation and tempo, combined with Robyn's emotive delivery, really elevated the song.



The songs are part of something that Cherrytree Records puts on called The Cherrytree House. They’ve also been released as an EP that’s available on iTunes. The original versions are on Robyn’s eponymous album, also on iTunes.

"Bum Like You"




"Be Mine!"



"With Every Heartbeat"