During a recent conversation I had playfully discussing the kind of music that you would want to hear as you “die on the dancefloor”, we were mentioning a few bands, but none came as close to the harrowing, oft-brazen sounds of the latest from the Brooklyn trio, Yeasaye r . With their patented off-kilter percussion and saturated bass, they have created an album for the end-times, without much preamble. Their previous records- the freak-folk All Hour Cymbals , and the playful Odd Blood - poised them as an experimental, [...]
Four years after the belated Valentine's-Day-gift-turned-hy ped-EP Chunk of Change , the formation of a five member band, a charming debut LP ( Manners ) and popularity and adoration that have made them household names (more like apartment/loft for the young and hip), Michael Angelakos has a lot to be proud of regarding his electro-pop project Passion Pit . But what he has in store for their second [...]
Happy to You starts out in formidable Miike Snow fashion with a relaxing and engaging sound. "Enter the Joker's Layer" captures you from the start with the groups ability to blend digitally appealing sounds around the harmonious voice of frontman Andrew Wyatt. " The Wave " comes in with a cavalry sounding drumline fit for a king. It is a song that focuses on the overall sound with a strong but softening drumline. This theme is carried out through the entirety of the album. Miike Snow made us wait 3 long years for their sophomore album but I am [...]
By Michel Dussack There was a time when the Swedish band known as Miike Snow maintained such an air of secrecy that the band wore masks during their entire live sets to keep the identities of the members hidden. While no longer shrouded in quite as much mystery, the trio of Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, and Andrew Wyatt, along with two touring members still took to the stage in masks on April 24th for the first of three sold out ...
Photos by G. Chris Glover of Penguin Prison On April 25, 2012, New York was treated to a double bill of great dance music as Penguin Prison and Miike Snow played their second of three sold out shows at Terminal 5. I've seen Penguin Prison perform quite a few times and to date, this is the largest venue I've seen them play. It worked perfectly to see close to 3,000 people shaking their bodies to the infectious dance pop of Penguin Prison's [...]
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Welcome back, Miike Snow The Swedish trio behind Animal which for my money, was one of the best tracks from 2009, are finally back with their sophomore album. Happy to You is the group's second album and hopes to replicate the magic and popularity that was their self titled debut. The record, which follows a familiar electro pop trail has already charted two singles - Paddling Out and the Wave . While nothing seems as imminently awesome as the track Animal , the album appears to be [...]
Por Bárbara Villoslada Uno de los mayores exponentes del electropop sueco a nivel internacional es Miike Snow , que tres años después de haber editado su primer LP homónimo en el 2009, llegan con Happy to You . La banda formada por los productores Christian Karlsson y Pontus Winnberg y el cantante y compositor estadounidense Andrew Wyatt realizó un compilado de 10 temas y 17 temas en la Deluxe Edition (que incluye remixes más dos bonus tracks: Garden [...]
When the Swedish-American music production three-piece Miike Snow released their self-titled debut album it was met with mixed reviews. After producing hits such as Britney Spears’ “Toxic” (co-written and co-produced by two members of the band, in the past when they are known hit makers Bloodshy & Avant) and their claim to fame, “Animal”, their follow up, Happy to You, might not be the that highly anticipated event their label said it was going to be. The trio’s sophomore album, Happy to You, is more carefully made and less immediate than their self-titled. This [...]
Miike Snow - Happy to You Review Whenever pop music enters a conversation, there is generally an immediate stigma and a presumptuous attitude that pinpoints the genre as a plague upon all of the other genres of music. This attitude comes primarily from the pop music we know today, the genre that formed in the mid-to-late ‘90s, where artists such as Britney Spears and ‘N Sync were dominating the charts and airwaves. Modern pop music carries a similar stigma, where artists such as Katy Perry and LMFAO are governing the space between those who don’t [...]
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Suecia en los ultimos 5 años se ha convertido en un punto sumamente importante para el descubrimiento de musica nueva ya que nos hemos estado encontrando con bandas bastante interesantes las cuales no se han visto en la necesidad de poner un sencillo en los numero 1 de popularidad a base de campañas ridiculamente grandes sino todo lo contrario. Casos como el de Lykke Li o el de Peter Bjorn And John nos sirven un poco como ejemplo de esto que les digo ya que en cuanto aparece algo de ellos, de inmediato comienza a generar [...]
Miike Snow - 'Happy To You' (UK Release: 19 March '12) // Words: Rajan Lakhani On Miike Snow ’s debut record, the singles, in particular 'Animal' and 'Black And Blue', stood head and shoulders above the rest of the material on the album. The main question then on 'Happy To You' is whether the Swedish dance-pop duo could deliver a more consistent album. There is no doubt they have made a grab [...]
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As the northern star gazing triad returns to the airwaves with a polychrome album whose main hue is perhaps its faithfulness to the Miike Snow sound, I myself have already sharpened my pencil to fill in “Happy to Hear You”. Miike Snow - Happy To You (2012) 9.0/10 Downtown Records In the wake of the interstellar story-telling Daft Punk, Miike Snow’s northbound triumvirate beams down a catchy protein electro-pop album from Andreas Nillson’s – director of both pre-released videos for “Paddling out” and “The Wave” – intriguing spaceship. [...]
Second albums are often a tricky beast. Expectations are high, people are tired of waiting, and the band has only one shot to make that album count. The Swedish pop group Miike Snow has been a favorite of indie music listeners for a few years now. Their self-titled debut album from 2009 had some pretty heavy hitters on it in the forms of “Animal” and “Black and Blue.” On March 13 th , they released their second album, Happy to You . Fans were treated to their first single from the album “Paddling Out” in January, and [...]
Miike Snow's new record is a great mix of soft-electro and tongue-in-cheek cheeriness. Music Player (reviews): MiikeSnow_TheWave.mp3 [...]
'Happy To You’ is the second album from Swedish indie pop band Miike Snow. Comprised of three producers, the project started out humbly with them just playing around for fun, but has transformed to them developing a wide and devoted following. Thus this album has great expectations and has a hard act to follow in the self-titled first record. Read more..
I'm not sure where I stand with the new Miike Snow single that's been giving some people in the internet full-out ecstasy. I don't hear it. Make no mistake, I enjoyed their self-titled debut from 2009 ( review here ) so much, I saw them twice ( the first time in DC and then again at Roskilde last year ) promoting their then fresh material. Two years passes and the 1/3rd American, 2/3rd Swedish band put out this single, 'Devil's Work'. With a name like that, you [...]
Photos by Thomas Fricilone & Louise Tillery Hard Candy teamed up with Downtown Records and sent our guest reviewer Daniel Feldstein off to the Downtown Music Festival at Terminal Five on Friday night to see Major Lazer , Santigold , Miike Snow and a whole host of other talent perform. We love his review of the event and hope you do also! [...]
I've wanted to see Miike Snow play live for the longest time. Their debut album, Animal, mixes the right amount of catchy beats with lyrics everyone wants to sing along to. Last time they were in the Bay Area, where I’m from, their show was completely sold out and on the same night I had tickets [...]
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