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Exposition : Sketches of PainTaking you all back a little way here, but I heard this song in a mix on 8tracks this week and was blown away. Exposition is an MC from Boston but resides with his band, The Audible Mainframe, in Los Angeles. He started out as a spoken word artist, and the influence shows through in [...]
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Liars : Proud Evolution (Thom Yorke 500qd Remix)A lot of people have slept on the dark experimental-rock sounds of the Liars. Sisterworld, the bands newest album, was just awarded “best new music” on Pitchfork for their third time in a row… that’s called legit. A definition of respect could be having such names as TV on the Radio, Devendra Banhart, Blonde Redhead [...]
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Low Sea : AlexThe unsigned duo known as Low Sea (currently based in Ireland) just released their album Las Olas in Feb of 2010 and there is definitely something to be said about their unique indie-psychedelic sound. They are relatively new on the scene but evidently have had no problem finding their own niche and their own distinct [...]
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Konono No. 1 : ParadisoSometimes you hear of bands being called DIY bands because they produce their own albums. Doing everything themselves, from recording in the studio to printing and releasing the actual CDs. Rarely do you hear about a band that takes it to the next level by creating their own instruments from scratch. Konono No. 1, a [...]
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Electric Wire Hustle : They Don’t WantAlthough Electric Wire Hustle have yet to really blow up on the music scene, the New Zealand trio made up of David ‘TaayNinh’ Wright (instrumentalist/producer), Mara TK (vocals/guitarist/turntablist/producer), and Myele Manzanza (percussion) has undoubtedly established themselves as a unique and innovative act. With influences spanning from contemporary artists such as J Dilla, PPP, and Sa-Ra [...]
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Cults : Go OutsideThere is little to nothing known about Cults… The band that is. Obviously if you try to google search their name you will get back 4,530,000 search results about everything but a guy/girl duo making 60′s inspired pop music. There is no Myspace page and no background info to be found. We only know that [...]
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Phoenix : Lisztomania (Classixx Version)Phoenix is a band that needs no introduction, the French group made up of Thomas Mars (vocals), Deck D’Arcy (bass), Christian Mazzalai (guitar) and Laurent Brancowitz (guitar) has pretty much been money since the release of their debut album ‘Untitled’ in 2000. Last year they won a deserving Grammy for there album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix [...]
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Wiley : Never Be Your Woman (Herve Re-work)Hervè (aka Josh Harvey) gives us a little taste of what some might describe as fidget-house with his re-work of Wiley’s ‘Never Be Your Woman’ featuring the sexy voice of Emile Sande. The DJ/Producer from the UK delivers effortlessly taking original track to a whole new level and making it even more danceable to. The [...]
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Pretty Lights : I Can See It In Your FacePretty Lights, aka Derek Vincent Smith, is a Colorado native that samples other music to create original songs, a la Girl Talk. Except his music doesn’t sound like Girl Talk because instead of using one or two samples at the same time, he combines many bits and pieces of multiple tracks that span almost all [...]
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Fol Chen : Winter, That’s AllFol Chen is an eclectic pop-art group from the Highland Park area of Los Angeles, other than that, not much is known. Their identities are never revealed, they seem to all have nicknames and they have a very interesting narrative as a back story. What is known is that they released their first album, “Part [...]
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Xaphoon Jones : You Need (Clipse, Led Zepplin)Previously known for producing the works of Chiddy Bang, a hot new hip hop/elctronica crew, Xaphoon Jones, the young prodigy from Philedelphia, PA, has just released his solo mixtape and it is definitely to be reckoned with. Much resembling the musical style and genious of Girl Talk, Xaphoon Jones Mixtape Vol. 1 still carries its [...]
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The Ruby Suns : CranberryThe Ruby Suns new single, ‘Cranberry’, from their upcoming album Fight Softly (scheduled to be released in March 2010) is definitely not your average piece of music. This modern composition is arranged to perfection and from beginning to end leaves you guessing as to what direction it may take. The Ruby Suns would be somewhat [...]