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- Ticket Giveaway: Pet Shop Boys
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- Lollapalooza Early Planning: Icona Pop
Last January on a cocaine-fueled episode of Girls, Lena Dunham’s Hannah Horvath snorted a line off a toilet seat in a club before hitting the dance floor and singing along to the perfect club anthem to recklessness. “I crashed my car into the bridge. I don’t care!” The song is Icona Pop‘s 2012 summer jam “I Love It”, which has been blowing up since its inclusion in the HBO television series. The song is now seemingly everywhere – just recently making its late-night debut on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, as well as Dancing With The Stars, Vampire Diaries, and Glee.
This Swedish DJ duo comprised of Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo met at a party back in 2009. They immediately decided to make music together and booked their first gig before they had written even a single song. In 2012, after the success of their debut US release Iconic, the pair left Stockholm for New York and LA. They’ve been hitting the festival circuit this year after finishing up a tour with Passion Pit and Matt & Kim.
Once the Gleeks have gotten a hold of a song, you’d think at this point it would just be over-saturated. But “I Love It” is just too damn catchy. By all means this is a group I’d typically hate, but Iconic is so infectious I just can’t help it. These dance-floor ready songs about ex-boyfriends and break-ups are the ultimate guilty pleasures.
While we’re all still in the early planning stages of who to see at Lollapalooza, over the next few days we’ll be highlighting a handful of bands on the Lolla roster to keep in mind. Lollapalooza is happening August 2nd – 4th in Grant Park, however all tickets besides Platinum passes are currently sold out.
- Last Minute Plans: Deer Tick And Twin Peaks At City Winery
If you missed these two acts at City Winery last night, don’t sweat it—they’re returning for another show tonight. [ more › ]
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