Iceland’s Kaleo named top new Rock artist

Lead singer JJ Julius Son.

Lead singer JJ Julius Son. Photo: Florian Trykowski

Icelandic rock band Kaleo has been named top new Rock artist of 2016 by Billboard.

“The Icelandic quartet lands at No. 3 on the year-end Alternative Songs chart with breakthrough hit "Way Down We Go"; no top new rock artist had earned such a high position on the year-end survey since 2012 rock rookie of the year Gotye, whose "Somebody That I Used to Know" (featuring Kimbra) was the No. 1 Alternative Songs track of that year,” the website reads.

Kaleo was formed in 2012 and consists of JJ Julius Son (Jökull Júlíusson), Davíð Antonsson, Daníel Ægir Kristjánsson and Rubin Pollock.

Photo: Iceland Monitor/Golli

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