Icona Pop - We Got The World (Official Video)

suicideblonde:

Daft Punk photographed by Sharif Hamza for Dazed and Confused, December 2010 

asks:
Make sure you check out the newer version of "Good For You" as well! and try to look up live performances of "Manners" because although it might be one of the most mellow songs they've done, the live version will absolutely blow your mind. I saw them live a few months ago and they really are amazing DJs. "Manners" caught me off by surprise and it was the best part of the set in my opinion.

Love the info and that you responded! And yes, Manners live was really incredible. Thanks! 

Feedback, suggestions, and critique encouraged from everyone! 

Icona Pop, Caroline Hjelt (L) and Aino Jawo (R)

Icona Pop, Caroline Hjelt (L) and Aino Jawo (R)

Good for You (mp3) by Icona Pop from the album: Iconic - EP

Icona Pop -  Good for You

Last night I heard the Swedish duo Icona Pop was going to be in town. It was a must-go. Over the past year, I have developed an affinity for poppy, European, electronic music, sometimes even the real trash- Velvet, Heaven, Inna, etc. So when these two popped up on the show ‘Girls’ and subsequently everywhere, including the top ten of iTunes, I was all over it.

Poo poo all you want, but these chicks are dynamite live and to me, that’s the real test of artists, especially ones who could easily hide behind a slew of electronic generated sounds. Aino Jawo has a beautiful voice, paired with her onstage mixing skills is fabulous. Caroline Hjelt brings the stage presence that top-chart songs and tweens crave, adding her decently voice to create the kind of music “which you can both laugh and cry with at the same time.”[2]

Their EP, Iconic, includes ‘I Love It,’ featuring the Brit Charli XCX, ‘Ready for the Weekend’ which has characteristics of Skrillex’s ‘Rock That Body’ and ‘Weekends’ making it a great song live to up the dub-wub but avoids the real heavy dubstep and heads to pop-house-dance instead.

‘Manners’ the weakest song on the EP; however, live they kill it with the vocals and up the bass to become a great song. ‘Top Rated’ and ‘Sun Goes Down’ featuring The Knocks and St. Lucia. Give ‘Good for You’ a listen and decide what you think. Maybe you’ll just decide to keep it on repeat.

King Charles - Love Lust


With this catchy, toe-tapping beat this West London born musician falls into the category of childhood musician, classically trained, turned “indie mainstream.”

I define “indie” as non-mainstream music from talented musicians, where vocals are combined with guitar, and  each artist uses further accompaniment from other instruments, usually ones absent from the mainstream scene. This quickly developing genre can be hard to define; it is easily pegged as “the hipster” genre, aka people who like things that aren’t popular or not yet discovered. The areas this “genre” encompasses is vast and the boundaries, as with many genres, are quite fluid and self-determined. 

The Skints - Rub-A-Dub (Done Know)

“Sounds of Spring Playlist” from the people at Kinfolk Magazine

Help I'm Alive by Metric from the album: Fantasies

Metric - Help I’m Alive

One of my all-time favorites. 

simplefascination:

Political Beliefs of Composers

simplefascination:

Political Beliefs of Composers

fauxfix:

colinmeyer:

Just finished recording vocals and my new awesome paper drumset for Faux Fix’s new Little Smokestacks collaboration.  You can listen here- http://www.hitrecord.org/records/1228622

Amazing new addition of paper(!) drums from Colin Meyer of The Soldier Story!

fauxfix:

colinmeyer:

Just finished recording vocals and my new awesome paper drumset for Faux Fix’s new Little Smokestacks collaboration.  You can listen here- http://www.hitrecord.org/records/1228622

Amazing new addition of paper(!) drums from Colin Meyer of The Soldier Story!