Any band that attracts remixers like DJ Mehdi, Benny Blanco, Crookers, and Treasure Fingers on only two songs has to be doing something right. The thing about
Miike Snow is that they're not just any band. There up-beat electro/indy-pop is very quickly bringing them the attention that some bands only get after several CD's and tours. After a week or two of anonymity,
Miike Snow let us know who they are and it turns out
Pitchfork has taken an interest in these boys as well cause they wrote it up in one of there
News In Brief sections. Check that out. Anyway, after a week or two of letting their quick success sink in they are back already with a remix! They seem to be able to do it all. Their remix of
Vampire Weekend's "The Kid's Don't Stand A Chance" easily trumps the original as well as the
Chromeo remix.
Pitchfork said it well in their review of it, that there is a slight
Postal Service feel, but I'd also say that that distorted part that shows up only twice probably reminds me of a slowed down
Bloody Beetroots riff.
Today I bring you more from one of my favorite new artists Neo Tokyo. He is yet to make something that I have not really enjoyed, and he keeps that streak going with this latest original. The track is called "Because You Left" and uses his usual sound to create another work of art. The Game Boy-ish bleeps and bloops work perfectly next to the distorted synth. He has signed with Boxon Records who have been doing some pretty great stuff as of late, and I can't wait to see where this guy goes. 
