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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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CITIZENS!: CAROLINEBritain’s raved pop quintet, Citizens!, returns to our ears not a moment too soon, harnessing a sense of practicality between an electronic exhibition found within their new single, “Caroline.” A smooth electric keyboard glides aside confident lyrics, escalating the line “It started making sense” within a honed barrage of drum and bass. Little is known [...]
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Of Monsters and Men: Mountain SoundBUY HERE Through a perfected blend of folk-pop, Of Monsters and Men guide us around a frigid island set on the Mid-Atlantic ridge covering 39,756 square miles; a swollen peninsula named Iceland where ferocious, fantastical beasts roam.
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AlunaGeorge: You Know You Like ItListen to “You Know You Like It” here BUY HERE Patience is a not only a virtue, but also a necessity in the case of AlunaGeorge‘s under-the-radar R&B hit, “You Know You Like It.” Like a honoring love letter to our favorite R&B girl bands of the 90′s,
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I Am Harlequin: OnesomePhotograph by Edward Weston Listen to “Onesome” here BUY HERE – Out March 12th “Onesome,” the first track off I am Harlequin‘s forthcoming EP introduces London-based musician, Anne Freier like a shot from a cannon. Recently named #17 in the Last.fm “New Discovery Charts,” the artist–who writes, produces, and records all her own music-
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Bodies of Water: Open RhythmsListen to “Open Rhythms” here BUY HERE Bands come and go. Bodies of Water, however, is a newborn band reincarnated from its past life as a foursome including founding members, Jessie Conklin and Kyle Gladden who bowed out leaving the band to husband and wife pair, Meredith and David Metcalf .
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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 [...]
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M.I.A.: Bad GirlsListen to “Bad Girls” here BUY HERE Live fast. Die young. That’s M.I.A.‘s motto. For the small percent of Americans who missed the bad girl’s middle finger to the FCC during yesterday’s NFL Super Bowl, this babe does not mind stirring up mass-televised controversy.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut: Taken By A StrangerListen to “Taken By A Stranger” here BUY HERE Simultaneously buried in biology, math, and becoming a woman, German stella and 19-year old Lena Meyer-Landrut is wrapping up high school with an early education in stardom. Retro-pop are her sounds. Curvaceous is her voice. The combo has earned her latest album Good News on German label
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WhoMadeWho: Inside WorldListen to “Inside World” here BUY HERE WhoMadeWho. The Danish trio inquire by title even before we can ask the question hanging on our lips: Who makes WhoMadeWho?
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Rebecca & Fiona: DanceListen to “Dance” here BUY HERE Rebecca Scheja and Fiona Fitzpatrick are the Swedish DJs turned electro-pop princesses taking over blogosphere waves around the world. The duo takes after fellow Swede, Robyn, with synth-laden “Dance.” When the song begins, it undoubtedly could be mistaken for their country counterpart’s “Dancing On My Own.” But despite the [...]
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Chiddy Bang: Ray CharlesListen to “Ray Charles” here BUY HERE “Ray Charles” is serving as the most outstanding, chart-worthy track from three year old, Philadelphia hip-hop duo, Chiddy Bang. The sample-heavy song off their upcoming debut album, Breakfast