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Song Picks of the Week

Hazey by Glass Animals is just perfect for a Monday afternoon on the brink of a thunderstorm. It’s a chill and lush song, with a tropical feel to it and our Song Pick of Monday. Meg Remy aka U.S. Girls goes to D.C. for her video Damn

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THROWBACK: Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap

In my opinion, The Luxury Gap by Heaven 17 is one of the best albums if the 80s. It’s not timeless, it’s clearly rooted in the decade, but it one hooky track after the other, hitting exactly the sweet spot between accessible and experimental. That makes it a

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NEW ALBUM: Emika - Drei

Once you start counting your albums, it is probably difficult to stop – although Emika may run out of languages for her next release: Drei is German for three and consistent with her chosen home of Berlin, Germany. Consistent is also the music on it, in a good way. She keeps

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Song Picks of the Week

Follow along with our daily song picks on glamglare’s Facebook page! Pattern Repeating is our Song Pick of the Monday. It’s on the hauntingly charming debut album of Elliot Moss. All twelve songs on Highspeeds are fine, often ethereal, electro-pop held together by Elliot Moss’ unique voice. Listen

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MUSIC BUZZ: Bully // Torres // Emika // More

Alicia Bognanno at SXSW 2015 The Nashville band Bully is preparing a highly anticipated release this June and front woman Alicia Bognanno visited our favorite record store Rough Trade to select some records (apparently she didn’t have to buy them in the end). It’s finally here: since SXSW

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THROWBACK: RAH Band - Clouds Across the Moon

There was a time in the late 80s when everybody seemed to be obsessed with this song. It came out of nowhere – It hasn’t been in the German charts (although it peaked at 6 in the UK charts in 1985) – and was traded on cassettes. And even I was

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NEW ALBUM: Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer

Earlier this year during South by Southwest one thing to note were the many rock bands around female singer/songwriters making a big splash. While I unfortunately missed Speedy Ortiz, I saw bands like Torres, Bully and Wolf Alice, who rock a similar vibe. I like it when poetry is

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NEW MUSIC: Secret Admirer - Pale Shelter

Secret Admirer is a self-described Black Metal formation from Montgomery, Alabama comprised of Heinali Finney, Matt Finney and Andrew Helsinski. Pale Shelter is certainly not typical for the metal genre as I know it. There’s a massive wall of ambient noise with drums buried under it and a narrator

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Song Picks of the Week

Song Pick of the Day is “Needs”, a catchy electronic instrumental by Protect-U – It’s perfect for Monday afternoon, when you’re longing for the weekend and are in need for this little extra-kick to make it through the day! Everything Else Matters by pinkshinyultrablast Pinkshinyultrablast from Russia with beautiful

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MUSIC BUZZ: Gazelle Twin // Jukely // Bonaroo // Tidal // More

Gazelle Twin at Rough Trade NYC Gazelle Twin, who released the best album of 2014 according to me and The Quietus, is in real life very different from the spooky character she created for her album. In this video she talks about her art in bright sunshine. Jukely, who wants

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NEW ALBUM: Hannah Cohen

I really like this album. The opener Keepsake sucks me right in and then it goes on for seven more songs, full of melancholy and rich electronic textures. Hannah Cohen is a singer/songwriter from New York via San Francisco. Pleasure Boy is her second album and out now on

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Emika - My Heart Bleeds Melody

Emika’s third or forth album Drei, depending on how you want to count, is due on May 5th and now she released the first song My Heart Bleeds Melody, accompanied by a video she shot on her iPhone in Madeira. While open sky, sunshine and the ocean are not

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Song Picks of the Week

Sea lions are lovely animals and deserve a song and London singer Py did a particularly good one with this funky track. Song Pick of Monday! Excited about the debut album of Waterstrider and from this album comes our Song Pick of Tuesday – a track that got me a long

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PHOTOS: Young Ejecta live at The Main II, SXSW 2015

I saw Young Ejecta first unexpectedly last year opening for Gazelle Twin. Back then, singer Leanne Macomber was accompanied by Joel Ford, who was playing the music, but for SXSW she was traveling light and alone: a smart choice given the special circumstances of the festival. Young Ejecta is doing

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MUSIC BUZZ: Crystal Castles // Torres // More

When singer Alice Glass left Crystal Castles half a year ago, it didn’t look like they split in friendship and that the band was over. Now there’s a new song with a new singer who sounds much like Alice. Pitchfork interviewed producer Ethan Kath for some background: “Frail”

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THROWBACK: Anarchic System - Popcorn

Let’s go back way into the 70s. When listened to Doldrum’s new album, the track Loop reminded me on a song that I remember from way back. It took me a while to figure it out: the track’s name was Popcorn, an iconic electronic instrumental released in

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FIRST LISTEN: Moon King - Secret Life

Moon King is the duo of Daniel Benjamin and Maddy Wilde (not to be confused with West Coast psych band Moon Duo). That is pretty much all I knew, when I put on their new album Secret Life. The album opener Roswell sets the mood right and hits you hard

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First Listen: Arca - Xen

Last year, when FKA twigs broke out of obscurity with her EP1, no publication missed to mention that Kanye West contributor Arca provided and often it was more than just hinted that he was the genius behind twigs’ sound. Now, after twigs has proven that her vision is not dependent

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NEW MUSIC: Olya - Lift Me Up

Here’s a new song titled Lift Me Up by Brooklyn’s OLYA. It starts slow, and I like the hint of menace in the piano line. Then at 1:30 the song changes pace with a fierce beat. OLYA is preparing their debut album, which will be released later

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FIRST LISTEN: Doldrums - The Air Conditioned Nightmare

Electronic music has changed a lot in the last decades and by now is splintered into numerous genres and sub-genres. In The Air Conditioned Nightmare Airick Woodhead, the man behind Doldrums, takes it back to a point before the various dance music styles began their raise to mainstream. In particular

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Song Picks of the Week

It’s because of this song, that I listened to the whole new album and will again, later… Listen to our Song Pick Of Monday Love, Texas by Marriages and tell us what you think: Song Pick of Tuesday: Northern Irish band Girls Names likes long slow building songs, like

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MUSIC BUZZ: Empress Of // Ibeyi // Nothing More // Vinyl // More

Brooklyn singer/songwriter Empress Of finally moves ahead with her debut album, now expected to come out in late summer. She also released a single (do you still call it that?), which raises expectations. French duo Ibeyi, who released my so far favorite album of the year, come back to

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PHOTOS: The Snaz live at Trophy Bar, SXSW 2015

The Snaz is a young four-piece band from Vermont: They are remarkable, because Dharma, Mavis, Zach and Nina are neither siblings nor carefully selected by some cunning producer. They are just (?) four teenagers who have been working together creatively for about three years and that to great results. Their music

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FIRST LISTEN: Lower Dens - Escape from Evil

I’ve been following Baltimore band Lower Dens since their 2010 debut Twin-Hand Movement, which was quite a dark and obscure affair. Their third record Escape from Evil has evolved from that place into almost pop territory: many tracks, like lead single To Die in L.A add bright synth

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Ibeyi live at SXSW 2015

Ibeyi was one of the bands I listened to when the first announcements for SXSW 2015 came out in October 2015, and I was immediately fascinated by their story and music on a very personal level. However, the elements of their music, piano, traditional percussion and chants in Yoruba initially