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weden is a country that, for most of the time, is ignored by the general public because it is one of “those” European countries. You know the ones located in the north that don’t look like a shoe, didn’t give birth to painters turned dictators, don’t contain a big metal tower and don’t have one of their monuments featured in a Fergie song.Well, even though we may have absolutely no general knowledge of that country per say, we say shame! And why would anyone want to brave the snow for that forsaken place? Simply because Sweden is renown for ONE major thing (actually it is the one good thing we do know about the country): they have the best pop music scene.The Swedes have given us Agnes, Roxette, The Cardigans, Swedish House Mafia, Ace of Base, Neneh Cherry, Lykke Li, Axwell, Kleerup, Nicki & the Dove and most importantly Robyn. (Yes, we have conveniently decided to ignore the existence of Abba and Eric Prydz in order for you to take us seriously). One act we hope will join these veterans in the Swedish musical hall of fame is Icona Pop. Here’s a bit of background info for ya: this female duo kicked off when DJs. Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt decided to bless the human race with their harmonious delights and
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team up back in 2010. Aino and Caroline attracted a whole lot of international press interest, while based in London, after releasing two singles through two different Labels, Manners and Night Like This. Nothing compared to the media frenzy that followed the release of ‘I Love It’. ‘I Love It’ sums up Icona Pop’s musical style perfectly; it is house music that got punched in the face by an angry punk rocker while casually giving a hand job to a very promiscuous indie pop neighbor. Saying that these girls sing would be musical heresy; they yell. In fact, an appropriate expression to describe what comes out of their mouths would be: enraged melodic yelping. The duo is currently touring the globe and yelling at random strangers and we would consider ourselves lucky to receive a good scolding. The Iconic EP is already in stores and their full-length debut album is currently scheduled for a 2013 release.
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