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Theophilus London : Why Even TryListen to “Why Even Try” here The stylistically versatile Theoplilus London (featured by Trendland back in August of 2010 here) is on the rise again with the release of his upcoming album Lovers Holiday. His debut album was a wide-ranging exhibition of London’s eclectic nature and proved the Brooklyn
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The Naked And Famous: The SunThe Naked And Famous are blooming New Zealanders Aaron Short, Alisa Xayalith, David Beadle, Jesse Wood, and Thom Powers. Off their September-released album, Passive Me, Aggressive You, the track “The Sun” does the most popping. While Passion Pit, MGMT, and Miike Snow serve as obvious electro-pop influences in their to-be, chart-lover “Punching in a Dream” [...]
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Mike Posner : Please Don’t GoTime flies when you’re getting famous, not speaking from experience or anything but I’m sure Mike Posner can relate. It’s only been some months since he finished school at Duke University and began his full-fledged pursuit of a music career. First signing a deal with J Records then releasing his single Cooler than me (covered [...]
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Class Actress : Journal of ArdencyHey, the 80′s called. They want their sound back, but Class Actress holds on tight to electro-pop right here in twenty-ten! Thank goodness for that! And also a special thanks to the collaboration gods who brought Elizabeth Harper and producers Scott Rosenthal and Mark Richardson together.
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The Knife In Collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock : Colouring of PigeonsI have always been fond of The Knife, both the music they make and the masks that they hide behind. If you asked me in 2001, when the brother/sister duo released their first album “The Knife”, whether I believed they would be of substance ten years from now, I probably would have answered “no”. Almost [...]
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Song of the Day : [12/09]Neon Neon is a new group from Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals and Boom Bip. Their debut album Stainless Style (OUT NOW WORLDWIDE) is themed around the life of John Delorean and features Spank Rock, Yo Majesty and Fat Lip, but my favorite track is definitely “Raquel“.