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VIDEO FRIDAY: Tanners - Venus

“Venus” is a super-catchy pop song released in 2018. Now NYC-based musician Tanners released a video to bring the story to life and show you the face she can’t forget. Dream and reality blur here as it sometimes happens when out in town late at night. Watch the video

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VIDEO FRIDAY: Fifi Rong - Upstream

London-based singer/producer Fifi Rong has given her 2018 song “Upstream” the proper video treatment: fitting to the soaring, cinematic vibe of the music the video shows her in a scene that could be a montage from a movie. We don’t know what Fifi is up to and if

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SONG PICK: sarasara - Into Me See

Parisian, now U.K.-based artist sarasara is known for a particularly dark and atmospheric brand of experimental future pop. Her second album “Orgone” is scheduled for release on July 5 on One Little Indian and the latest single “Into me See” gives us a taste of her usually slow-burning,

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SONG PICK: Cross Record - PYSOL My Castle

“Wabi Sabi” the last album by Cross Record was one of my favorites in 2016 for its unique sonic adventures. Since then much has changed for Emily Cross, the singer and mastermind of Cross Records and so has her music. The new single of her upcoming album, due out on

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SONG PICK: Ofelia K - Different

“Different” is a song about not fitting in and L.A.-based singer/producer Ofelia K. expressed this perfectly in words and sound. The track’s many layers and sounds are warped like a dream scene in a movie, but in the end everything comes together to an accessible pop

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New Artist: Q&A with Naomi Wild

Naomi Wild has some story to tell. As a teenager, she went to Coachella to see her idols on the big stage with 100,000 other fans. Next thing, she stood up there herself with electronic music superstars Odesza, singing a song she had written and submitted to the band’

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SONG PICK: Tavia - A Walk in the Madness

Tavia is a singer/songwriter from Northern California. Yesterday she released the first song “A Walk In The Madness” for her upcoming second EP. The slow-building, intricately crafted track takes you through the time after a heavy emotional experience, when things do not make sense anymore. “Sanity is lost on

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VIDEO FRIDAY: Goodside - I‘ve Been Feeling Something Lately

„I‘ve Been Feeling Something Lately“ and that is not necessarily a good thing as the new music video by Sydney quartet Goodside reveals. Watch how singer and songwriter Casey Logemann wrestles with growing doubts about her relationship below: Connect with BAND on Facebook or Instagram.

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SONG PICK: lennixx - Split By

Hanna Larsson and Andrea Kallström aka lennixx make unpretentious R&B-infused pop in Stockholm, Sweden. The music floats beneath the effortlessly beautiful vocal harmonies without a beat or sound too much, which is a refreshing step back in a genre that is overflowing with electronic experimentation. “Split By” is

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SONG PICK: Liana - Hurricane

Sisters Lia and Lena Göçer make under the name Liana. Their new electro-pop single “Hurricane” is infused with oriental harmonies and has a dark and mysterious vibe, but carries a message of hope and empowerment: anything is possible if you believe in yourself. Lia and Lena take this to heart

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SONG PICK: Jess Clinton - The Runaway

“The Runaway” is a gritty rock song about the impulse to leave everything behind and run. From a New York perspective this often leads to a move to the West Coast in the hope for an easier and more comfortable life. Singer/Songwriter Jess Clinton did it the other way

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SONG PICK: Be The Bear - Mermaid

Today Christina Wehage aka Be the Bear released her fourth single “Mermaid” and it is bright glittering pop in best Swedish tradition – not too far from her countrywoman ionnalee, who coincidentally released her new album today as well. This is music that elevates and makes you feel like flying over

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SONG PICK: Grae - New Girl

Grae is recounting a hurtful breakup in her debut single “New Girl.” That is a common theme in pop music, but her version adds serious drama with heavy piano, drums and a menacing Cure-Lullaby-style violin. In the end Grae herself doesn’t take the affair so serious as she tells

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SONG PICK: Lune - Don’t Speak

Linnéa Martinsson has been around for a while in the Swedish music scene and has collaborated with big names there. She also makes music under the name Lune on her own label Play Human. The latest single “Don’t Speak” is an infectious, upbeat electro pop song. Take Linnéas own

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SONG PICK: elegant slims - Shake The Glass

elegant slims is a fascinating figure in the New York music scene: even with her third single she remains “Shake the Glass” anonymous and features original art with her music in place of the usual press shots. In this case it is it is a piece by Mario Klingman (see

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SONG PICK: Meiko - Gimme Gimme

“I want it all right now!” – you know where this is going: meaningless indulgence and consumerism. But it is deep-thinking singer/songwriter Meiko who is delivering this message in a mysterious way: “Gimme Gimme” morphs from a quiet song into a big pop music piece and keeps you with unexpected

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SONG PICK: Herizen - Focus (Video)

Keeping “Focus” is not easy when one is young and being pulled in many directions. But in real life singer/songwriter Herizen has her stuff together and wants to show it with a fun and heartwarming video. Herizen explains: The inspiration for the FOCUS music video really just came to

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SONG PICK: Reptile Room - Talk (Video)

“We don’t talk about it anymore” – the new song by the Atlanta-based three-piece Reptile Room is about the breakdown of communication. Bill Zimmerman, Sean and Sami Michelsen write and produce the music together and one can imagine that the parts of the songs came from different minds. In the

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VIDEO FRIDAY: Eva & The Vagabond Tales - The Sea Will Return You

“The Sea Will Return You” is an intriguing song title and the video transforms it beautifully into images. Eva & The Vagabond Tales is a Californian folk band around singer Eva Mikhailovna, who explains the story of the song: This song is about the beginning and end of a relationship

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SONG PICK: Alyusha - 48

Alyusha is a London-based musician and her new song “48” is such a delicious piece of future pop that it stops you in your track. The way her vocals lead through the song surprises around every corner and you want it go on forever. Hey, you can always rewind. Alyusha

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SONG PICK: Sam Valdez - Turn

“Turn” is one of those songs that feel immediately familiar and whenever is came up in my playlist I checked immediately on my phone who is the artist. It is Sam Valdez, who is not a unknown here on glamglare: her song “It’s Alright” was a Song Pick in

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SONG PICK: Death Hags - Oublie Moi

L.A.-based musician Lola Jean, aka Death Hags, originally wrote “Oublie Moi” (French for “Forget Me”) for a Twin Peaks-themed compilation from the perspective of the character Josie Packard. It has been a long time since I watched the “Twin Peaks”, but I remember it was full of uncanny

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NEW ARTIST: Miss Naivety

Irina Shtreis is an Iceland-based musician originally hailing from Russia. When we met her at a social gathering during the fabulous Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik, we chatted about various things before Irina revealed that she has been working on two connected EPs over the last two years. She recorded

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SONG PICK: Snow Ghosts - Ribcage

Dramatic orchestral or cutting edge electronic music – our Song Pick of the Day “Ribcage” is both. The U.K. three-piece Snow Ghosts used an array of old and new instruments to create a soundscape that connects ancient and modern times like the eternal cycle of death and the grief of

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VIDEO FRIDAY: Ellis - Something Blue

Ellis is the singer/songwriter Linnea Sigelkow from Canada, who has already made a splash this year with appearances at SXSW and New Colossus. “Something Blue” is a new song with a wonderfully relaxed and dreamy vibe that is perfectly reflected in the images of the video. Watch “Something Blue”