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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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King Charles: Ivory RoadListen to “Ivory Road” here BUY HERE King Charles is the Weird Al of silly-sweet lyrics. His poet’s pen is trenching through our heads defeating every piece of love-doubting skepticism with each verbal stroke. Perhaps its the supposed wisdom shining off that royal mustache, but it seems that sentimental prose could be written in his sleep.
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David Parfitt Bubble PhotographyBritish still life photographer David Parfitt has had more than 20 years experience shooting beauty and fashion still life’s for just about every fashion house. I was looking through his portfolio the other day when I found this bubble series. I absolutely love the color filters and shapes that make up these bubble fractals! Would [...]
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Anne Harild’s “Dwelling” CollagesThese beautifully images are part of s series of 50 collages entitled “Dwellings” by Anne Harild. They are based on an investigation into modernist housing estates, specifically Bryant Court Housing estate in Hackney, London. All the structures were generated from photographs taken there. Despite how many layers or information it took to achieve these results [...]
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Metronomy: The BayListen to “The Bay”here BUY HERE Since 1999, Metronomy has had hits and haven’t missed. The UK-lovin’ foursome paid homage to their homeland by releasing their new album, The English Riviera in the UK only this spring forcing those abroad in the US and elsewhere to wait until July 26th. I suppose they predicted poor [...]
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Gross Magic: Sweetest TouchListen to “Sweetest Touch” here Grungy pop jams are dancing out of Brighton, UK into the rest of the world, hand-in-hand with Gross Magic. Clearly bowing down to those 90′s heart-felt rockers before them, the acid-washed pop lover, Sam McGarrigle, informs us of what grunge
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Graffiti6 : Stare Into The SunHere’s a little gem that I came across recently and immediately was entangled in its soulful sound. The hot British indie-pop outfit known as Graffiti6 is a somewhat of a new development but by no means are its components anything short of talent, from the infectious soul bitten vocals delivered by singer/songwriter Jamie Scott to [...]
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C O L O U R – Group ShowHow do you describe colour? Even the dictionary definition of it is poetic: “That aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of the light reflected or emitted by them, definable interms of the observer or of the light.” And “a substance, such as a dye, pigment, or paint,that imparts a hue.” — If [...]