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NEW MUSIC: Låpsley

Låpsley is from Liverpool, 18 years old and signed to XL Recordings. Falling Short is a good song that maybe fits a little to well into what is currently hip in electronic pop music. Låpsley just released her EP The Understudy.

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Excited about 2015

The music world 2014 ended with a heated discussion about the business model of the future and if the meager payouts by streaming services have the potential to kill music by new artists. On the other hand, one only has to go to SXSW or CMJ to see how much

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LIFE SOUNDTRACK: Depeche Mode

When I was thinking about which Depeche Mode album to chose for a life soundtrack post, I realized that some eight albums of theirs played a role in different phases of my life. And since it’s New Year’s Day, this is about all of them. Construction Time Again

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VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Kiesza - Hideaway

This video is just a lot of fun, especially for us, who have passed this passed this street corner dozens of times. Kiesza is from Canada, but she chose to film this clip on N 12th and Kent in Williamsburg, which is very close to Output and a some of

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FIRST LISTEN: Mr. Twin Sister - Mr. Twin Sister

Every year, after the top ten list is out of the door, I discover more music that should have been on there. Maybe. Anyway, it’s too late to change the list, but still time for writing about an album I love more with every listen. Twin Sister added the

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Music for the Ocean: Asura - Life^2

We’ll spend a lot of time at sea over the holidays, so I was thinking about music with a nautical theme. Turns out, there’s nothing among my favorites. So I chose a record which I find ideal for looking at the ocean: Asura’s Life^2, released in

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Ha Ha Tonka - Lessons

Ha Ha Tonka released a stylish video for Lessons, one of my favorite song of theirs.

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MUSIC BUZZ: Billy Corgan // Year End Lists // More

More Year End Lists are in Aside from Elke’s and my top 5, more year end results are in. Pitchfork chose Future Island’s Seasons (Waiting on You) as best song of the year and FKA twigs LP1 as the runner-up after Run The Jewels in the best albums

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LIFE SOUNDTRACK: The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore

The Smashing Pumpkins are one of the most successful rock bands of the 90s, so it is odd that I discovered them only by the end of the decade. To be precise: Elke discovered them via the Depeche Mode tribute album For The Masses and then then went out to

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2014 Top 5 to 1: Oliver's Choice

5. Banks – Goddess Banks did everything right with this album: she took very personal and intmate songs, which she reportedly wrote in her bedroom on a toy keyboard and enlisted help to wrap them into gorgeous tracks that fit perfectly into the musical trends of 2014. While this is not

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NEW MUSIC: Adryelle - Rainbows

Adryelle plays a new song on a bunch of keyboards and a drum machine in what looks like her room in Baltimore. She has also an exceelent EP Waiting Room out at Bandcamp

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NEW MUSIC: Purity Ring - push pull

The Canadian duo Purity Ring is back with a new song. They also titled it in real English words.

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MUSIC BUZZ: FKA twigs // St. Vincent // More

FKA twigs is nominated for a Grammy For “Best Recording Package”. Which is Grammy-ese for best record cover art. What does an artist, who arguably created one of them most exciting albums of the year, when she’s nominated for best record cover? Be offended and maybe give the invitation

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LIFE SOUNDTRACK: Frank Tovey - Civilian

Frank Tovey became famous under the name Fad Gadget in the 80s as a pioneer of experimental electronic music, who as one of the first used industrial noises to augment his sound. I discovered him through his ’83 single Collapsing New People off the album Gag, which features some great

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2014 Top 10 to 6: Oliver's Choice

These are the our first yearly top ten lists under the glamglare umbrella, but we still chickened out before the prospect to having to agree on a single selection of albums. In any case, we put our money where the mouth is and have bought every album listed here on

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NEW MUSIC from Germany

New Music from Germany We’re off to a holiday visit to our home country and that s a good reason to introduce some new music from Germany. However, when I compiled the World Cup playlist this summer, to my surprise I realized how hard it was to find contemporary

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Blonde Redhead - Dripping

It was not too easy to find a video of the week this time. Blonde Redhead, after we went to their show last week, felt like a little too obvious choice and it is in the end just a classic band performance video. But the overall video selection is small

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MUSIC BUZZ: Gazelle Twin // Warpaint // touring on a budget // More

The Quietus’ alternative Top 100 in 2014 Gazelle Twin live at Rough Trade NYC No War on Drugs on the top 100 of the UK blog the Quietus. Instead they gave Gazelle Twin the crown. Kudos! Warpaint makes number one album at The Skinny The Skinny declares Warpaint as the

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Blonde Redhead live at Music Hall of Williamsburg

The thing with Blonde Redhead is that they have been around for 21 years, since 1993. That is long before the Internet became mainstream and even longer before anybody could think of how technology would change music and the rest of the world. Much of the the audience (Elke and

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FIRST LISTEN: Little Boots - Business Pleasure EP

Like FKA twigs English musician Victoria Hesketh goes to market under her nickname. She also writes and performs electronic music, but more on the danceable elctro-pop side. Her new EP Electronic Pleasure came out yesterday and caught my eye after seeing her name on the lineup for the Brooklyn Electronic

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NEW MUSIC: The Ropes - Sadness Is The Rich Man's Drug

This is perfect: a wonderful voice over shoegazy guitar lines and a video that will make you truly sad. The Ropes also have an EP out on Soundcloud:

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: EMA - 3Jane

EMA’s song about being losing yourself in the cyberspace, perfectly set into a futuristic environment, including an android and a drone.

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MUSIC BUZZ: Warpaint // Pomplamoose // Prince // More

Warpaint remixes Daughter, Daughter remixes Warpaint In a mutual remix agreement bands Daughter and Warpaint remix one song fo the other each. Winter is the first installment, the other one follows on Monday. Pomplamoose on tour Pomplamoose, a band commonly credited with “getting it”, goes on tour and loses money.

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FIRST LISTEN: September Girls - Veneer EP

September Girls, a five-piece from Dublin, was one of my discoveries of this year’s CMJ festival. They delivered a great performance and now they have backed it up with a new EP Veneer, the follup-up to their 2013 debut album Cursing the Sea. September Girls feature two main vocalists,

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LIFE SOUNDTRACK: Rock Christmas Vol. 1

Rock Christmas was a multi-volume sampler CD in Germany in the 90s, meant to mix up the predominantly traditional Christmas music in Germany. The first volume came out in 1991 and while the word “Rock” is used very loosely, it has been our go-to record for the holidays and many