Icona Pop - We Got the World

so i heard you were looking for some fun swedish girl house? 

at some point we all need a straight-up party song, especially one that lends itself well to travel/tour footage. i really do love tour music videos... something so romantic and about that particular kind of travel. in my mind at least.

basically what this is about is me having such an impossible weakness for female swedish DJs. this is not news. but what is news is the fact that... 

ICONA POP

...hasn't done much since their Iconic EP, and Chiddy Bang collab.

so we're happy to see them again.  

sweet dreams <3

XJM3

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JUST DO IT ALREADY.

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i feel like i've been really dormant on this blog lately. if you really must know i've just been listening to a strict diet of stevie nicks and country music for the last 2 weeks. 

didn't think you really wanted to know.

a little May 2-4 treat

without bragging... i pride myself in having recognized all four samples featured in this masterclash upon my first encounter with it. 

'scuse me... got some dirt on ma shoulders. 

yes you're hearing little slices of 

GORILLAZ + CHIDDY BANG + TINIE TEMPAH + LABRINTH 

you just can't argue with Xaphoon Jones.

Stylo by Chiddy Bang has long since been a favourite, and Labrinth plays it off nicely by pulling in some UK grime courtesy of Tinie Tempah. 

So many vocal samples, so much jamming out with the sunroof down. 

To all my fellow Canadians driving home from their long weekend at the cottage, have a lovely last evening of freedom, and let us toast to the great Queen Victoria for having given us this much needed birthday holiday. 

God save the Queen.

cheers to smooth transitions between artists in one post.

ICONA POP

you cheeky little muses.

these gals have a tendency of delivering those typically swedish synths that never fail to make me swoon. although as a rule i have a soft spot for any female swedish dj. 

NOTEWORTHY POINTS: 

1. adorable swedish chatter to warm you up

2. ribbons and swedish fashion

3. the best verse ever at 1.07. mention the space and the 90s in one frame and you just triggered a whole nother level of praise.

4. such a killer party track, like jacked up swedish dragonette. i'm dying and blasting this track out every window at the moment.

ASIDE: If you'd like to hear more about the girls, there's a wonderful Rolling Stone article (so eloquently written, definitely my style of journalism.... what i enjoy reading at least) in which they discuss Sweden in relation to their music and fashion. a particularly good read. 

(get ready for a smooth transition kids)

speaking of icona pop...

bout time 
CHIDDY BANG 
released mind your manners, and as expected the video is just as playful and childish as the track. been blasting this song way too loud in res since Breakfast came out, and here on this corner of the internet, 
we like any excuse to look at Xaph wreaking havoc with a baseball bat. 


video makes me nostalgic for warehouse videos like Alphabeat's early work. Can't go wrong with bubbly Danish pop. 
(why am i so helplessly attached to Scandinavia. just get me there already.)


now get dancing little birds!

summertime tings

instead of splitting up my new bundle of summer tracks, i resolved to keep them together like a nice little family. 

INCLUDES: 
We Got It Wrong (Xaphoon Jones Remix)  - St. Lucia
Jasper - Aiden Knight
Feel So Close (Nero Remix) - Calvin Harris
Home (Party Supplies Remix) - Edward Sharpe 
Mind Your Manners (ft Icona Pop) - Chiddy Bang
If I Were A Ship - Hey Ocean!
Comeback Kid - Sleigh Bells
Skinny Love (Das Kapital Rerub) - Bon Iver

added some old friends and new remixes to shake things up. 

enjoy and happy summer little ducks. 

forever a 90s kid

aiight kids.

bust out them walkmen walkmans and side ponytails.

it's 90s time with A-1.

anyone who releases an album that remixes 90s-early 2000s tv theme songs is 

gold in my books.

his rhymes have a serious chiddy bang vibe (no complaints) with a playful, nostalgic spin. 

there's something so familiar about the cheesy Price is Right horns and Pokemon guitar riffs. 

could seriously rock some corn pops right now. 

for some reason Price is Right is always on when i'm sick.

i feel ill in the best possible way when i play this song. 

Golden Girls--so dang funky.

git it here.