NAME:RobynPROGRESS REPORT: Mixing the first of three mini-albums she will release this year.A big part of Robyn’s story is how, when she felt frustrated with her former label, the Swedish singer started Konichiwa Records and decided how she would write and market her music. The downside of all that control? Everything takes so much tim...

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Even the awards shows are better in Sweden. Earlier this week, the preternaturally pop-savvy country's annual public radio awards show, P3 Guld, aired from from the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg. Two bits worth spotlighting: this performance of "Backseat," featuring both Robyn and Father Spank Rock, taking turns singing and rhyming before war...