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Charli XCX: I’ll Never KnowFREE DOWNLOAD HERE British babe, Charli XCX steams up the airwaves with her raspy pipes and grimy, girl-powered love songs. With a tone reminiscent of Metric’s Emily Haines, the 19 year old displays a maturity beyond teen years with a personalized sensibility for her own synth-laden species of emo-pop.
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Wildcat! Wildcat!: Mr QuicheWildcat! Wildcat! is Jesse Taylor, Michael Wilson, and Jesse Carmichael: four Los Angeles-bred friends since the age of fourteen. It’s a bond thick enough to hear. Their single, “Mr Quiche” holds beats as hip hop as they are sexy trailing along quavering synths and grime-filled bass-lines appropriate for a sunny summer soundtrack. Miike Snow fans [...]
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Jagwar Ma: What Love?BUY HERE The marriage of electronic and psychedelic mischief in progressive rock have not always ended happily ever after, but Australia’s Jagwar Ma chops too finely to be taken for granted. Lead by former Lost Valentinos member, and praised producer, Jono Ma, the group remains in their cloud of mystery–providing little information via social outlets [...]
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TV Girl: I Wonder Who She’s Kissing NowBUY HERE TV Girl is like a good recipe. Everything is in moderation, making for a sun-sprinkled, indie pop creation sailing on just the right amount of vinyl sampling–topped off with a carefully placed post-punk cherry. Borrowing from what sounds like, Johnny Tillotson’s “Rhythm of the Rain,” sample-happy duo, including Trung Ngo and Brad [...]
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: That’s What’s UpBUY HERE There are, undoubtedly, heads double taking their Shazam results, and radio heads tilting in surprise to find that this flower child of a single was birthed after 1970.
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AU: Get AliveBUY HERE Search no further: Your airtight solution for any particular doldrums is brought to you by Portland group, AU. In orchestral likeness to Beirut, both vocally and climactically, the duo confidently experiments with world-moving horns, tingling strings, and peaking pianos.
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Minus The Tiger: Home Is Where The Heart IsListen to “Home is Where The Heart is” here BUY HERE For a split second the room fills with a tinge of Karen O. Then Minus The Tiger strikes you with their synth-pop single, “Home Is Where The Heart Is,” and you are pleasantly surprised. Then Anne Broekman and the family – Maarten Besseling (husband), Jesse Broekman (Anne’s sibling), [...]
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New Build: Finding ReasonsListen to “Finding Reasons” here BUY HERE The muscles of electro-rock are contracting under the epithet New Build. The anatomy: LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip. Al Doyle, Felix Martin and Tom Hopkins have rolled out their debut 12-track album, Yesterday Was Lived And Lost this month (mastered by New Build and Club Ralph). They further [...]
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Yuna: Live Your LifeListen to “Live Your Life (Video by Pharrell)” Here BUY HERE In a panoramic view of self-reflection (and New York City), Yuna launches her latest work: the video to her January hit Live Your Life (Fader Label) produced by Pharrell Williams. The Malaysian-native holds a law degree and a vocal fishing line for good ears. She [...]
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Beach House: MythListen to “Myth” Here “Driving in a van, arriving at a place, making a sound, going to sleep” is how the latest Beach House album, Bloom came to fruition as they relish in their career as musical vagabonds. Off Mistletone Records, co-produced by Beach House and Chris Coady (Blonde Redhead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Santigold),
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We Are Knights: TearsListen to “Tears” here BUY HERE As if coaxing the listener to jump into an enigmatic vehicle, We Are Knights seductively demand, “Let’s go somewhere together.” It’s a smooth, slow ride
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Haim: ForeverListen to “Forever” here DOWNLOAD HERE There isn’t much better than an all sister girl group, but Haim has more than sibling chemistry and a badass chick vibe. The hugely buzzing Los Angeles band combines an 80′s nuance unique to only themselves, and hooks too good to only play once. On the imminent repeat to [...]