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John Legend : Everybody Knows (RAC Remix)There aren’t many artists out there that have had a career as colorful as that of John Legend. The six times grammy winning R&B-soul phenom has definitely come a long way since his first appearance in the music world when he was hired to play piano for Lauren Hill’s “Everything Is Everything” on her album [...]
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Goldfrapp – Rocket (Richard X One Zero Remix)Goldfrapp is a London based duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory. For their new album, Head First, due out late March, they collaborated with producer Richard X to create a song called “Alive”. However, it seems that Richard X couldn’t get enough of Goldfrapp’s new album and released 3 remixes on Goldfrapp’s recent single [...]
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Keepaway : Yellow WingsKeepaway is a trio out of Brooklyn who just self-released an EP entitled Baby Style. The track “Yellow Wings” has been getting a lot of blog love and rightfully so. At first listen, you might automatically mistake the track for a new Animal Collective song, but soon the band’s indie rock sound shines through and [...]
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Four Tet : Angel EchoesFour tet is Kieran Hebden, a post rock and electronic musician from London. His music incorporates elements of hip hop, electronica, techno, jazz, and folk music with live instrumentation. His new album there is love in you is in my opinion one of the best records released in 2010 so far and I don’t think [...]
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The Radio Dept. : Heaven’s On FireThe Swedish indie-pop band that got their name from a gas-station-turned-radio-repair-shop called “Radioavdelningen” (The Radio Dept.) has until recently been somewhat under the radar. The band was formed back in 1995 but since then has undergone quite a bit of transformation and at times even haitus with band members coming and going. Originally founded by [...]
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Gil Scott-Heron : Me And The DevilGil Scott-Heron has been off the music radar for about 13 years. That’s a pretty long hiatus for the man who has been called “the godfather of rap” and “the black Bob Dylan.” But he is back. His newest release is not like the rest of Scott-Heron’s music, in that it’s main focus isn’t politics, [...]
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Matt & Kim : DaylightMatt & Kim are an indie-dance-punk group from Brooklyn, NY with quite the interesting story. When Matt Johnson(keyboard/vocals) and Kim Schifino(drums/vocal) first met while taking classes at Pratt Institute in the early 2000’s, neither of them even played a musical instrument. They decided to form Matt & Kim in 2004 and only months after they [...]
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Lali Puna : RememberIt’s been five long years since we last heard from Lali Puna on 2004′s Faking The Books, which was one of my favorite albums that year. On their new single, Remember, vocalist Valerie Trebelijar asks quite a relevant question, “Will you remember me?” The track touches upon many tones from their last album. It simply [...]
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Dr. Dog : Shadow People“Shadow People” is the first release off of Dr. Dogs Shame, Shame. Their sixth studio album, and first since signing with ANTI- record label. “Shadow People” is a little more forward and pop friendly then other releases, which was to be expected. The band has described this album as, “…more song-serving arrangements, and maybe not [...]
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Mike Posner : Cooler Than Me ft. Big SeanAlthough Mike Posner was previously featured by Cyanatrendland last september I could not help but to share this track. The 22-year-old Duke University senior is quite the talent, not only producing his own music but singing and songwriting too. Cooler Than Me featuring hip hop artist Big Sean, despite it’s 2009 release on Mike’s album [...]
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Radiohead : Everything in its Right Place (Gigamesh Remix)I heard this remix of Radiohead’s, ‘Everything in its right Place’ for the first time on a friends Dj mix a while back. I remember contemplating for a second whether or not it was the original Radiohead song. The original of course lacks the 1-2 electronic dance beat Gigamesh, flawlessly fuses with the orginal melody. [...]
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Lemonade : LiftedAs of late, I have really been feeling the sounds of Brooklyn (by way of San Francisco) trio Lemonade. To follow up their 2008 self-titled debut, the band is about to drop an EP entitled Pure Moods on the “buzz factory” True Panther Sounds label (newly acquired by Matador). The first track released from the EP [...]