Swedish men, dancing police officers, and weird looking characters wearing leather. Oh, what a beautiful romance.

Be sure to cop their new album “Happy to You”, which dropped today via iTunes.

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I jumped on the Miike Snow bandwagon quite late in the game.  It was only after copious amounts of Facebook creeping that I realized what I had been missing.  However, I’m happy to announce that after three years these Swedish babes are still my favorite “Socialists”.

They’re the perfect blend of emoish pop-rock and danceable indie, or in other words, a one stop shop.  After an intense make-out session at your parents place, you won’t have to change the song for a post petting spooning session. They simply have a little something for everybody in any situation.

If you haven’t heard already, Miike Snow is gearing up to release they’re sophomore LP, “Happy to You”, on March 27.  And because the World Wide Web is such a fabulous place, a few tracks have already sprung up.  My personal favorite has to be “Paddling Out”, with “Black Tin Box” coming in a close second.  While the latter showcases a much darker interpretation of the trio’s sound,  the combination of Lykke Li and Miike Snow is a musical version of Prozac. I just can’t get enough. Check out all the tracks below.

 Miike Snow – Paddling Out

Miike Snow – Black Tin Box

Miike Snow – Devil’s Work 

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Miike Snow – Silvia (VOODOO FARM REMIX)

Last week we left you with another fav show from last year, our chat with TWO local talents, Andrew Allen and the Reckoners.

Andrew Allen and The Reckoners on the interview show.

But this week we are back with some ALL-NEW.

This week we’ve got another undiscovered chilled-out, Scandinavian electronic group. Meet WhoMadeWho!

Yes, WhoMadeWho are named after the AC/DC song, but they sound NOTHING Like AC/DC.  These guys DO sound a lot like Miike Snow and Hot Chip, so yeah you should prolly like ‘em a lot.

The guys from the band were so jetlagged that one of the guys was sleeping beside us as Thomas and I did the interview. We had to be quiet! Poor Thomas was so dead tired when we chatted that he couldn’t remember the English names of his band’s songs. Luckily, the soundcheck kept him up during the interview.

WhoMadeWho on the interview show

WhoMadeWho “Satisfaction” (Benny Bonassi cover) A club classic reinterpreted.

WhoMadeWho “Keep Me In My Plane” Sweet opening bassline. Since English is a second language to these guys, the lyrics to their songs are always so literal and direct. This one is about obviously a fear of flying.

WhoMadeWho “I Lost My Voice” (Moulinex remix) I love Moulinex remixes. Here are more direct lyrics about a singer’s worst fear: losing his voice.

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Mark Ronson And The Business Intl ft Boy George & Miike Snow – Somebody To Love Me

Benny Blanco remixes rule just like this robot.

Miike Snow ft Neon Hitch – Burial (Benny Blanco Remix)

For those of you not keeping up on your Yacht news, Jona Bechtolt has now teamed up with the very sexy Claire L. Evans and the pair are releasing a new album in July.  If the rest of it sounds anything like this, it might be one of the best albums of the year.  Kinda sounds Pixies esque in a DFA kinda way.  For those of you who love triangles (really who fkn doesn’t? they are the hottest thing since circles) check out their seizure inducing new album website.

Yacht – Psychic City

Montreal’s husband and wife duo, Handsome Furs.  I am digging their new stuff, it’s a lil bit more electronic sounding than their last album.  mmm yes.

They play Vancouver this Thursday! – I wish they would stop coming to town on dates with really good other shows happening.

Handsome Furs – Radio Kaliningrad

Miike Snow !!!

Passion Pit – The Reeling (Miike Snow Remix)

Some remixes from PB&J’s “Living Thing”

Peter Bjorn & John – It Don’t Move Me (Miike Snow Remix)

Peter Bjorn & John – Lay It Down (Punks Jump Up Remix)

And Fetch, aka Tyler Fedchuk’s take on AC’s Brother Sport

Animal Collective – Brother Sport (fetch’s tropical preservation edit)

Peter Bjorn & John roll through Vancouver August 9th and Animal Collective May 24th

Vancouver’s Ernold Sane!

Major Lazer – Pon De Floor (Ernold Sane Mix)

N sum Passion Pit. you know the band from the sony playstation ad that are now the hottest thing…?  there new album is out on tuesday.

Passion Pit – The Reeling (shuttle’s super club mega mix ’99)

Miike Snow (pron Mee-Kay) are going on tour.  I wiiish they were coming to Vancouver. They should come and play at our lil dive bar night…? Probably not, two of the members are from the production team behind hits like Britney’s Toxic! Exciting yes.  Punks Jump Up on the remix, who im also in luvs wit.

Miike Snow – Animal (Punks Jump Up Remix)

bo bo selecta

We have a brand new No More Strangers mix just in time for our 1 year birthday celebration this Saturday.

Hope to see you there! xox

ps, we are going weekly!

No More Strangers Vol. 3 – Mixed by Hunk The Drunk

tracklisting

Leonard Cohen – Stranger Song

Pegase – Without Reason

Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You (Juxx Remix)

Jeremy Jay – Gallop

Pacific! – Hot Lips

Silent Talk – My Risonare

Say Hi – Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

Sebastien Tellier – Divine

Handsome Furs – Legal Tender

Don Cash – Jeanette Cassette

The Teenagers – Feeling Better (Minitel Rose Remix)

Vampire Weekend – The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance (Miike Snow Remix)

Peaches – Talk To Me

Miike Snow – Animal (Crookers Remix)

Pet Shop Boys – Always On My Mind (Hunk’s 12′ Cut Up)

Swedish producers Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg aka Blood Shy & Avant were behind Britney’s “Toxic” and “Piece of Me” as well as doing work for Kylie Minogue (which is a good excuse to add a Kylie photo).

They have teamed up with Andrew Wyatt of Fires of Rome & Black Beetle and are producing work under the moniker Miike Snow.

They have a debut self titled album coming out June 9th.

Vampire Weekend – The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance (Miike Snow RMX) courtesy of RCRDLBL

Miike Snow – Animal (Crookers Remix)

Miike Snow – Burial (DJ Mehdi Remix)