This time my inner need for musical exploration was satisfied by Jonas Pernholm, so I can say I got to know about Icona Pop at first hand. ;-) However this is a kind of satisfaction, which is followed by stronger desire for more... I really want more of Icona Pop! Although I still can't get "Manners" out of my head, there is lots of space for rest great songs. This beautiful female duo playfully teases my sense of hearing by unconventional modern electro sounds, never monotonously predictible, which is perfect 'cause this sense should be stimulated variously ;-)
I will definitely keep my eye on them and complement this post when something new appears. By now you can also:
Check out Icona Pop’s official siteto download an instrumental version of “Manners".
This is my own, simpliest etymology - 'icona pop' in Italian /unsurprisingly/ means 'pop icon'.
I guess everyone knows what 'pop icon' is, but it's always good to confront colloquial knowledge with dictionarydefinition. One of them says: 'A pop icon is a is a celebrity whose popularity (hence, "pop") remains constant or even increases as time goes by.'
It would be wonderful if this band name became self-fulfilled prophecy.
2010
Pop
Stockholm
Unsigned
Caroline Hjelt
Aino Neneh Jawo
Caroline and Aino came to the world’s attention thanks to a track ‘Manners’, which was released on Kitsuné Maison 10 “The Fireworks Issue” in November 2010, it encouraged girls to follow this up by self-releasing, and giving away for free their new single ‘Still Don’t Know’.
As an added bonus they share an extended dub of 'Manners' with anyone who signs up to the mailing list on their new website.
On March 21th, 2011 they released AA-side debut single "Manners"/"Top Rated" through Neon Gold. “Manners” was produced by Patrick Berger the man behind last years all conquering Robyn smash “Dancing On My Own”. It gets goodreviews and brings lots of new fans. Currently girls have been working hard in the studio, hopefully we'll hear something new from them very soon.
singles:
"Still Don't Know"
(2010 digital self-release)
"Manners" / "Top Rated"
(21.03.2011 via Neon Gold Records)
(digital and 7'' vinyl)
AUDIO:
"Manners" Extended
"Top Rated"
"Still Don't Know"
(In English)
1.04.2011 - "Icona Pop Look to Become Sweden's Next Breakout Act"
“Edda Magnason” is one of the best albums of 2010 according to Svenska Dagbladet:
“A stylish and quirky melting pot of jazz, folk, pop. Edda Magnason emerges as a musical personality of great stature, intuitive, intelligent and poetic. Lyrics, composition, vocals, piano playing, arrangement – everything is at a high artistic level. ” Ingrid Strömdahl
Her new album "Goods" will be released 30th March. "Just like on the last album, Edda guides you around with her vivid lyrics and her adventurous voice, but on "Goods" it's no longer just Edda's piano playing that forms the musical backbone; now there's full orchestration, strange keyboards, electric sitars and choirs of Russian sailors. The music moves us through cities and jungles, down to the harbor where the trawlers are leaving for Japan. Edda's distinctive piano playing leads us into back streets with garbage dumps and magpies' nests. From a disco booms "Handsome" from the dance floor, and then we're taken out on a sailing trip over rolling waves, escalating up to the star strewn "Ancient Star My Innocent Heart". Edda's lyrics are primarily depictions; sometimes they are magical situations from everyday life, sometimes whole stories are being told. In the playful lyrics you can occasionally even sense a political undertone, as in "Magpie's Nest". Sometimes there are no words at all and then the music tells the whole story, as in “Hur jag föreställer mig det är att segla (How I Imagine Sailing)” or the song "Camera" where the single line, "Have you seen the world in that one million camera?" transports us to a new place on earth each time it is sung... ' source, 2
The pianist, singer and songwriter Edda Magnason grew up in the countryside of southern Sweden. Her father comes, as her name suggests, from Iceland. Her self-titled debut album was released in 2010 and now she is releasing "Goods", her second album, along with her first single "Handsome".
Lykke Li has been waiting impatiently for 'her time to come', 'breaking her back', but she knew she 'will get it back' and our 'hands will clap'. This is exactly what she got when her time came in 2007. The world fell at her feet. It's impossible to stay indifferent to her. She definitely sticks out from the crowd. There is something specific in her voice and way of being that intrigues me ever since I found out about her.
'Just as her music sometimes seems to have arrived from another planet, Lykke Li is not quite like anyone you’ve met before. Sometimes nervous but exceptionally impatient, she knows she’s almost too fragile for the success that lies ahead, but she’s storming on regardless.'
Although she's young artist, her music legacy has grown quite big, so it took me some time to collect it here. Hopefully it will be helpful in exploring musical world of Lykke Li.
CONTENTS:
STAGE NAME
BIRTH NAME
YEARS ACTIVE
GENRE
HOMETOWN
RECORD LABEL
BACKGROUND
DISCOGRAPHY
AWARDS and nominations
MEDIA REFERENCE
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEOS
LIVE PERFORMANCES
Lykke Li
Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson
2007–present
(electro)pop/ indie rock/ alternative
Stockholm
LL Recordings
'Lykke Li was born in Ystad, Skåne in 1986; her mother, Kärsti Stiege, had been a member of an all-girl punk band called Tant Strul before settling into photography. Her father, Johan, played guitar for Swedish punk band turned reggae outfit Dag Vag. The family moved to Stockholm when Li was a toddler and later moved to a mountaintop in Portugal when she was six, where they lived for five years. The family also spent time in Lisbon and Morocco and spent winters in Nepal and India. She moved to the neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn in New York for three months when she was 19. She returned when she was 21 to record her album.Zachrisson released her first album, Youth Novels on LL Recordings in the Nordic region on 4 February 2008 and it received a wider European release in June, 2008.'
more here.
Albums
'Youth Novels' (2008)
1. Melodies & Desires
2. Dance, Dance, Dance
3. I'm Good, I'm Gone
4. Let It Fall
5. My Love
6. Tonight
7. Little Bit
8. Hanging High
9. This Trumpet in My Head
10. Complaint Department
11. Breaking It Up
12. Everybody But Me
13. Time Flies
14. Window Blues
'Wounded Rhymes' (2011)
1. Youth Knows No Pain
2. I Follow Rivers
3. Love Out Of Lust
4. Unrequited Love
5. Get Some
6. Rich Kids Blues
7. Sadness Is A Blessing
8. I Know Places
9. Jerome
10. Silent My Song
1. Little Bit
2. Everybody But Me
3. Time Flies (demo)
4. Little Bit (CSS Remix)
5. Little Bit (Rapaport & Malmqvist Remix)
6. Little Bit (Klumpfisk Remix)
7. Little Bit (Gigamesh Remix)
8. Little Bit (Death to the Throne Remix)
9. Little Bit (Loving Hand Remix)
10 Little Bit (Matas Berlin Remix)
11 Little Bit (Aether Remix)
12 Little Bit (AutoErotique Bootleg Remix)
13 Little Bit (M!G!H! Edit)
14 Little Bit (Drake Remix)
15 Little Bit (T Goldsworthy Mix)
"Breaking It Up" (2008)
1. Breaking It Up
2. Breaking It Up (Familjen Remix)
3. Breaking It Up (John hill Remix)
4. Breaking It Up [Bjorn Radio Mix]
5. Breaking It Up (Punks Jump Up Remix)
6. Breaking It Up (Danton Eeprom Heartbreak Remix)
7. Breaking It Up (Pocketknife's Loosefoot Remix) (Extended Version)
"Tonight" (2009)
1. Tonight
2. Until We Bleed
3. Tonight (Demo)
4. Tonight (Piano Version)
"Dance, Dance, Dance" (2009)
1. Dance, Dance, Dance
2. Dance, Dance, Dance (Featuring El Perro del Mar) - A Take Away Show
3. Dance, Dance, Dance (Featuring Bon Iver)
4. Dance, Dance, Dance (Buraka Som Sistema Remix)
5. Dance, Dance, Dance (Grandtheft Remix)
6. Dance, Dance, Dance (Dixon Edit)
7. Dance, Dance, Dance (Clueless Dubstep mix)
8. Dance, Dance, Dance (Dada Life Remix)
9. Dance, Dance, Dance (80kidz Remix)
"Possibility" (2009) (New Moon soundtrack)
1. Possibility
"Get Some" (2010)
1. Get some
2. Paris Blue
"Knocked Up" (2010)
1. Knocked Up (Live/Kings of Leon Cover) 2. Knocked Up (Death To The Throne Remix) 3. Knocked Up (Lykke Li vs. Rodeo Remix)
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" (2010)
1. Will You Still Love Tomorrow (The Shirlees Cover)
"I Follow Rivers" (2011)
1. I follow rivers
Live:
Live at Eurosonic(2008)
1. Let it Fall
2. Hanging High
3. Everybody But Me
4. Little Bit
5. Window Blues
6. I'm Good. I'm Gone.
7. Tonight
'Live: Peace & Love' Borlänge (25.06.2009)
1. Dance, Dance, Dance
2. I'm Good, I'm Gone
3. Little Bit
4. Window Blues
5. Breaking It Up
6. Tonight
B-sides
"I Don't Mind (Jump on It)" – 4:13 included on the Swedish and UK 2-track single of "I'm Good, I'm Gone"
"After Laughter" – 3:41 split single with El Perro Del Mar for Record Store Day April 18, 2009
"Until We Bleed" – 4:29 (Kleerup featuring Lykke Li) included on the Swedish 2-track single of "Tonight"
"Paris Blue" – 3:45 released with "Get Some"
Guest appearances
"Until We Bleed" – 4:24 (Kleerup featuring Lykke Li; from Kleerup, 2008)
"Uptown" – 4:50 (Primal Scream featuring Lykke Li, Ellekari Larsson and Victoria Bergsman; from Beautiful Future, 2008)
"The Glory of Love" – 3:11 (Primal Scream featuring Lykke Li, Maria Andersson and Victoria Bergsman; from Beautiful Future, 2008)
"Gifted" (N.A.S.A. featuring Kanye West, Santogold and Lykke Li; from The Spirit of Apollo, 2009)
"A Little Bit" (Drake & Lykke Li; from So Far Gone, 2009)
"Miss It So Much" – 5:01 (Röyksopp featuring Lykke Li; from Junior, 2009)
"Were You Ever Wanted" – 5:38 (Röyksopp featuring Lykke Li; Japanese bonus track from Junior, 2009)
"Knocked Up" (Remix) – 5:36 (Kings of Leon featuring Lykke Li)
"Starchasers" (as a sample of "Little Bit") – 5:00 (Charles Hamilton; from It's Charles Hamilton, 2008)
"Leaving You Behind" (Amanda Blank featuring Lykke Li; from I Love You, 2009)
Covers
"Knocked Up" – 5:35 (originally by and featuring Kings of Leon)
"Hustlin" – 3:48 (originally by Rick Ross)
"Can I Kick It?" (originally by A Tribe Called Quest; regular live cover and performed with Q-Tip at MTVu Awards)
"After Laughter Comes Tears" (originally by Wendy Rene)
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" (originally by The Shirelles)
"A Milli" (originally by Lil Wayne)
"Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" (originally by Vampire Weekend; regular live cover)
and nominations:
"Possibility" - New Moon soundtrack (The Twilight Saga)
