Iceland’s Kaleo named top new Rock artist
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.