Your band of the week is Miike Snow.

Miike Snow is a Swedish band that formed in 2007. Band members Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg were childhood friends who spent time playing in bands and working on various projects in studios throughout Gothenburg. Karlsson used to be a member of Swedish hip-hop band “Goldmine” who toured with The Fugees. After separate moves to Stockholm they reunited in 2000. In 2004, whilst working on writing a pop album for Britney Spears, the pair met the third band member, American songwriter Andrew Wyatt.

In addition to their own albums, Miike Snow have remixed tracks by Passion Pit, Peter Bjorn and John, Kings of Leon, Coco Sumner, and Vampire Weekend. Their music has been remixed by Mark Ronson, Crookers, Peter Bjorn and John, Treasure Fingers, Tiga, Caspa, Style of Eye, Emalkay, Fake Blood, Benny Blanco, Savage Skulls, Netsky, Hood Internet and DJ Mehdi amongst others. Sebastian Ingrosso & Dirty South’s remix of “Silvia”, was released on April 2, 2010. You can check out their song titled “Animal” by clicking on the icon below.

Mr. McClung