Oliver Bouchard

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SONG PICK: Actrese - This Month

Minimalistic electronics, sparse beats and deadpan vocals are an irresistible combination in my books. It reminds me of times when electronic music was still new and weird, but it also is a refreshing contrast to much of the often overproduced current pop music. Actrese is a new artist from London

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NEW TRACK: Red Rosamond - Looks Can Kill

“Looks Can Kill” reminds of the title of a spy movie and so does the production of this song. This song is the opening move of [Red Rosamond}, who I assume is the woman on the record cover. I’m curious what comes next.

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SONG PICK: Elsa & Emilie - Au Volant

Elsa & Emilie from Norway like to drive out to pretty places, but it remains unclear how happy they are with the “boys with the car keys” in the driver’s seat. “Au Volant” is a beautiful, dreamy pop song with a good dose of melancholy. The track is out

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PLAYLIST: Song Picks of the Day 16.34

1. Colouring 2. Katie Burden 3. Council 4. Anna Sharifi 5. Club Drive 6. Flight Brigade 7. Kyiki (Listen here)

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SONG PICK: Kyiki - Make Love, Live Free

“Make Love, Live Free” is good advice and with that London/L.A. singer/producer Kyiki moves away from the nocturnal gloom of her earlier single “Here For”. “Make Love, Live Free” is a more upbeat song, but she uses a slightly awkward beat to keep it from slipping too

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LATE NIGHT: I Am Karate - Swayze

The song is what the title suggests: an homage to the late actor Patrick Swayze. The lyrics include references to his 1990 hit movie “Ghost”, but that is not why we put this song on the “Late Night” spot. Erika Soldh Ahlström and Marta Petterson from Stockholm, Sweden, aka I

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NEW TRACK: Anna Of The North - Us

“Us” is a glittering pop song by Melbourne via Norway singer Anna Loitered, who makes music as **Anna of the North*. “There is something about us that you can’t deny” she sings joyfully and these words hopefully set off a happy relationship for her.

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SONG PICK: Anna Sharifi - You Owe Me

Here is exciting new music from Berlin, where Anna Sharifi, originally from Denmark, took quarter to let herself be inspired by the electronic music scene. Although, I would not call “You Owe Me” electronic music: it generates much of its drama from acoustic drums, the piano and of course Anna’

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NEW TRACK: The Green Children - Dreamers

The Green Children is the duo of Milla Sunde and Marlow Bevan from Norway and England. Their latest track “Dreamers” is an unpretentious, melodic and of course dreamy electro pop song with sing-along qualities.

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SONG PICK: Katie Burden - I Can See Clear

Our Song Pick of the Day is “I Can See It Clear” by the L.A. singer/songwriter Katie Burden. She has been around for a while on both coasts and in the middle and is now ready to release her debut full length “Strange Moon” on September 16. “I

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PLAYLIST: Song Picks of the Day 16.33

1. CHELAN 2. Alpines 3. MÅNTRA 4. Exes 5. Chelsey and the Noise 6. Acrylic 7. Glider Pilots

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SONG PICK: Glider Pilots - Simple Things

Here on the northern hemisphere we are in full summer mode, so we gladly take this track by the Queensland, Australia brother/sister duo Glider Pilots to celebrate the bliss of the season. “Shoreline’s a magnet, it keeps pulling me” singer Samantha Hope declares dreamily to shimmering guitar lines

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VIDEO: Wildwood Kin - Warrior Daughter

Wildwood Kin is a trio of two sisters with their cousin from England, but their style of indie Americana is more at home over here. The video for “Warrior Daughter” shows them in the beautiful setting of an enchanted forest with an abandoned mansion. Plus, they doing some seriously awesome

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NEW TRACK: Amethysts - My Love

With its glittering guitar and vocal harmonies, “My Love”, the debut single of English duo Amethysts feels like a warm sea breeze on a sunny afternoon. Listen to this beautiful song and dream the day away.

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SONG PICK: Chelsey and the Noise - Graveyard

The duo is called Chelsey and the Noise and the song “Graveyard” and they mean it. That becomes clear in the first seconds, when a distorted church bell is joined by noisy guitar riffs. Like Gazelle Twin or Fever Ray, Chelsey and the Noise master the art of creating unsettling,

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NEW TRACK: Katie Rose - Feel

This came as a surprise after her big-moment, heartfelt breakout track “Wonder”: Katie Rose’s follow-up “Feel” is far more on the electro-pop side and makes me even more curious about her debut EP “Everything Yesterday” our on August 19.

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SONG PICK: Exes - Like You

“I don’t even think that your songs are about me”, Allie McDonald, one half of the L.A.duo Exes, complains. There was probably not much to save in this relationship, but she and her band mate Mike Derenzo can still write an excellent song about it. “Like You”

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SONG PICK: Alpines - Heaven

Alpines are Catherine Pockson and Bob Matthews, a duo from London. Our Song Pick of the Day, “Heaven” matches Catherine’s soulful vocals with electronics and a relentless hand drum beat. Something doesn’t fit together here, but that makes the track so intriguing. It is the first single from

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NEW TRACK: Lir Shilton - Cherry Blossom Girl (Air Cover)

Are you still awake on this Monday evening? Then listen to this beautiful cover of “Cherry Blossom Girl”. The original is by the French electronic band Air, the cover by London via Israel singer/songwriter Lir Shilton. A truly beautiful cover of the Air song.

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PLAYLIST: Song Picks of the Day 16.32

1. Mangoseed 2. Highland Kites 3. Twin Wild 4. Fond Of Rudy 5. Hannah Peel 6. JAXN 7. Soffía Björg

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SONG PICK: Soffía Björg - I Lie

Our Song Pick of the Day is another track from Iceland: “I Lie” by Soffía Björg, a fierce rock song that falls somewhere between Americana and punk. “You lie”, then “I lie” she shouts, telling the story of a relationship of broken promises. Soffía is playing Iceland Airwaves this fall.

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VIDEO: Big Eyes - Stake My Claim

No better way that starting a day with some serious rock. Big Eyes is the band of Kait Eldridge and “Stake My Claim” is a jolt of energy, just under two and a half minutes long. In the video, you will see her walking through the city moving in reverse,

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RELEASED TODAY: Emika - Forever Never

Here at glamglare, we have been enthusiastically following Emika since 2011, when she released her brilliant self-titled debut album. Since then she has been up too much more: there were two more albums of her signature dark pop, but she also composed and recorded a full symphony, where she translated

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SONG PICK: Hannah Peel - All That Matters

“All That Matters” starts with a swirling synth line and builds from there into some sort of uplifting anthem until it ends with a cliffhanger: London singer/songwriter Hannah Peel wants to make us curious for her second solo album “Awake But Always Dreaming” (wonderful title!), out on September 9th.

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NEW ALBUM: Samaris - Black Light

We couldn’t be more excited about going to the Iceland Airwaves festival this fall, which showcases Icelandic music together with alternative acts from all over the world. Iceland’s music scene (like their soccer team recently) is much bigger than one wound assume in a country with a population