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SONG PICK: Basement Revolver - Baby (Album announcement)

A happy relationship is not everything. In fact, if your partner is not the primary source for your emotional trouble, other things can bring up restlessness and discontent. “Baby”, the new track by Canadian three-piece Basement Revolver, is about that and the challenge to not let your partner down in

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SONG PICK: Pet Fangs - Bitch, Baby.

A title like “Bitch, Baby.” sets the stakes high, and so I had great expectations upon hitting the play-button. The first lines that singer Joe Stark delivers are “Girl, I want you more than money”, and I was sold. A song with that much swagger can only be crazy good

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NEW MUSIC: Karolina Rose - Goodnight, Mr. Moon (Released Today)

Karolina Rose is back with her follow up for last year‘s „Move With Me“. Inspired by artist Heide Hatry, „Goodnight, Mr. Moon“ is not at all romantic as the title might suggest, but deals with loss and grief. Listen to „Goonight, Mr. Moon“ on SoundCloud or Spotify:

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NEW MUSIC: Kosha Dillz - Portugal The Man - Feel it Dillz (Kosha Dillz Remix)

Breaking at least two of our usual glamglare “rules” (hesitant in even putting it out here like that), we are featuring this super cool single despite it being a) a remix of a very popular song and b) being a rap version of a super hit. Yet there is no

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SONG PREMIERE: La Moreno - Cheetos & Champagne (Video)

A couple of months ago we were accidentally treated to an early edit of “Cheetos and Champagne” at Chris Butler’s studio in Bushwick, and I was like, holy cow, this is good! Today, we are delighted to premiere this track by New York singer/songwriter Ana Moreno aka La

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SONG PICK: Pavan - My Optical Best

A few sounds express ‘spring’ and ‘nature’ better than the chirping of birds and one must be quite the curmudgeon to not feel an instant mood boost by this kind of noise. Add a heartbeat inspired rhythm and exquisitely bright vocals to it, introduce other kinds of sound to it

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SONG PICK: NUEX - Eyes

Camille and Teddy, two artists from DC, came together through their shared love for music and – naturally – ended up forming a band, NUEX. „Eyes“ is their second single off their upcoming EP „Affectus“, an elevating electro pop piece with decisively dark undertones. „I got eyes on you… nothing you can

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SONG PICK: Kastrup - Joanna

While I probably have to wait… forever until someone creates a great (!) song with my first name in it, I am always especially drawn to tracks featuring a female or male first name. “Joanna” is not only a lovely female name but in the case of Kastrup also the title

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SONG PICK: San Mei - Wonder

“You got the hands on my heart with a look and I start wonder about you” – you might know this situation too: you see somebody, maybe on your morning commute in the subway and are immediately fascinated with that person, naturally without an agenda. Australian singer/songwriter Emily Hamilton aka

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SONG PICK: Foreign Air - Loud Magic

Sadness can be something surprisingly beautiful, especially when it comes in form of such an exquisite track as “Loud Magic”, the new single by Los Angeles-based duo Foreign Air. The song’s melody is kept in minor keys, floating over heavy beats, and this would be a seriously dark affair

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SONG PICK: Hoodlem - Last Night

Like Wednesday’s Song Pick of the Day, this song is anything but straight-forward. Toronto musician Hoodlem serves a wild concoction of sounds and beats that somehow come together into an appealing future pop track. It may be her vocals and the familiar R&B hooks that hold the

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PHOTOS: Smoke Season Live at Rough Trade NYC

In our era of having the world on our finger tips via smart phones’ intelligence, it is no longer easy to get utterly surprised yet exactly that happened to me and probably some others in attendance. Without having heard a single song of Los Angeles-based duo Smoke Season, I found

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SONG PICK: Yip Yops - She

It would be easy to dismiss “She” as ‘yet another pop rock song’ by lending the track solely a few seconds of attention because what unravels is truly extraordinary! Los Angeles-based quartet  Yip Yops allows them themselves to not only be creative musically but also to play with expectations. The

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SONG PICK: Eleanor K - I Can Only See Me

“I look you in the eyes, but I can only see me,” Eleanor K sings in her new track about self-centeredness. At the surface it is an extremely catchy, somewhat mad power pop song, but listen carefully: like a mosaic it is put together from a diverse array of instruments

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SONG PICK: Michael Jablonka - Flump

Michael Jablonka shreds his guitar as if there was no tomorrow but that alone, albeit a substantial talent, is not what sets this London born and bread musician apart. In addition to his impressive guitar skills, he delights with versatile vocals and if this wasn’t enough, uncanny songwriting chops

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PHOTOS: glamglare presents: Scam Avenue, Kid Midnight, Julia Kahn & the New 45s, Sophie Colette

April 27th, the basement lounge at The Delancey was nicely packed from the get-go and got humming this way throughout the performances of all the bands until the DJs took over for the rest of the night. Sophie Colette kicked of the night with her exquisite set of songs plus

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SONG PICK: Sylvie Kreusch - Seedy Tricks

Sylvie Kreusch is a musician from Belgium and “Seedy Tricks” is her debut single under her real name. Love at the borderline to obsession is her theme and “Seedy Tricks” could well be the music for some sort of voodoo ritual: tribal drums driving dark synth lines and Sylvie’s

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NEW MUSIC: Ay Wing - Strange (Video)

“Strange” is a delightful, super-catchy pop song, but then watch the video: Berlin-based singer/songwriter Ay Wing casts herself as a variety of iconic female film characters. Strange indeed, but it also serves as a reference to identity in our hyper connected times. Ay Wing explains: Strange’ tries to find

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SONG PICK: HYMMJ - Magnetic Heart

Berlin-based quartet HYMMJ (haitch wye em em jay) follows the success of their 2017 released debut EP “A Potential Cause For Rain” with a gorgeous new track from their upcoming sophomore EP due in Fall. This new single titled “Magnetic Heart” shows more of their exquisite songwriting skills. Singer and

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SONG PICK: Odina - I'm Not Asking

It is no secret that at glamglare we are big fans of the London-based singer/songwriter Odina. Her vocals and the skillful, simple arrangements draw you into her songs and make it impossible to come out unmoved on the other side. “I’m Not Asking”, her latest track is no

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SONG PICK: Westerman - Edison

Even after a good half-dozen listens to “Edison”, I haven’t fully wrapped my head around how the track goes so seemingly effortlessly from mellow and minor to increasingly more major and optimistic without really modifying much. The change happens gradually, like stripping leaves upon leaves from an artichoke until

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SONG PICK: Heroine Twin - You Will Never Own Me

“You Will Never Own Me” is the contemporary answer to the old vow “I’ll Make You Mine”, which some probably still consider romantic. Not so Marina Sprenger, lead singer of indie rock five-piece Heroine Twin: in an earthy and grungy rock songs she asserts forcefully her independence, forever. We

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VIDEO: Alice Phoebe Lou & Olmo - Devil’s Sweetheart

Watch this beautifully filmed and captivating video for “Devil’s Sweetheart”, a collaboration between Berlin-based singer/songwriters Alice Phoebe Lou and Olmo: Listen to “Devil’s Sweetheart” on Spotify:

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SONG PICK: Oddnesse - Trust

“Truth” by L.A.-based Oddnesse is mesmerizing in its quiet, steady flow. Behind the artist name Oddnesse is Rebeca Arango, whose soft and earthy vocals go beautifully with the transfixing track. When she sings on repeat “I know you’ll see it, when you believe it”, another irresistibly hypnotic

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SONG PICK: Kyyn - Arabesque

Here is a new one by L.A. via NYC singer/producer Kyyn. “Arabesque” is inspired by French composer Debussy’s “Deux Arabesques” as well as by Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, a play which I happened to have seen a few times. “There’s no real concept of