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NEW MUSIC: K.Flay - Crush Me (Album)

San Francisco artist K.Flay takes the listener on a journey in only four songs: you may think the heavy and dark “Blood in the Cut” sets the tone, but it isn’t so. In “Hollywood Forever” she lightens up, albeit only musically. Lyrically she sticks with a persona full

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SONG PICK: Bad Wave - Night School

On the surface, “Night School” by Los Angeles duo Bad Wave seems to be a straightforward electronic pop-song, not really upbeat but also not melancholic. But there’s so much more to the track than utilizing old synthesizer sounds and adding a ton of new ones. There are these dead-pan

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VIDEO: Kylie Hughes - Take Me Anywhere

VIDEO: Kylie Hughes – Take Me Anywhere This is a feel-good treat: Follow Californian Kylie Hughes and “her best friend”, who seems to be busy with filming mot of the time, on a trip through her home state. The visuals are stunning, she looks happy and the song invites to sing

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SONG PICK: Ofelia K. - Another World

L.A. singer/songwriter Ofelia K. says about “Another World”, our Song Pick of the Day: “My vision for this song was for it to take you through different worlds, as though the listener is traveling and taking in new terrain throughout.” Mission accomplished: you don’t really know if

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VIDEO: GANGLY - Holy Grounds

Gangly are an Icelandic trio who make ethereal electronic R&B. Formed in 2014 by Sindri, Jófríður and Úlfur, Gangly have already gained a lot of attention after releasing their first single “Fuck with someone else”. The visuals to their newest single “Holy Grounds”, are as calm and intriguing

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glamglare's Top Picks for the Inaugural Mondo.NYC September 14-18, 2016

For the first time ever, Mondo.NYC, launches  September 14-18, 2016 in New York City with a business summit hosted at New York University and live music showcases presented at venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Mondo.NYC impresses with a diverse lineup that includes local favorites next to artists from

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PHOTOS: Young Summer Puts on a Beautiful Show at Mercury Lounge

Washington, D.C. musician Bobbi Allen, who goes by the stage name Young Summer, creates elegant, intelligent pop music. On August 31, she visited New York City for a one-off show at Mercury Lounge accompanied by a keyboarder and a stand-up drummer. Together they put on a beautiful, unpretentious show

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SONG PICK: A Festival, A Parade - If Dogs Could Talk

U.K. alt-rockers A Festival, A Parade deliver a moody and dark, slightly sinister yet irresistibly catchy new track with “If Dogs Could Talk”. Joe Allan lets his baritone vocals set the vibe and Liam Tellum provides a crazy tempo and rhythm on drums, while Ollie Winn supplies the necessary

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NEW TRACK: Taylor Payne - The Jungle Talks

With “The Jungle Talks”, Australian singer/songwriter Taylor Payne has a song that grabs you at very first moment. Listen to it, then press the back button and repeat.

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VIDEO: Emotional - Hawaii [Premiere]

Experimental electronic duo Emotional just dropped their alluring self-titled debut album, which we reviewed last week and now we’re able to premiere the mesmerizing video to “Hawaii”, the last track on the album. While an opening track often takes on the function of an appetizer and welcoming the listener,

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PLAYLIST: Song Picks of The Day 16.37

1. André Tajchman 2. Flyying Colors 3. Bad Feelings 4. Elle Exxe 5. Nightmaze 6. San Blas 7. Maccie

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NEW TRACK: Exes - Dear, Home

At some point in her life, Exes singer Allie McDonald drove “4 days 6 highways” to her new home in Los Angeles. “Dear, Home” is an airy, reflective track about the moments when she misses her old place in the east. At glamglare, we understand: we also moved westward 15

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SONG PICK: Maccie - Bleed

“Bleed” is a dark song with a menacing bass line meandering through the track. It is about “It’s about wanting sex. Needing it. Craving it. Obsessing over it.” and it does not feel like something joyful will ever come out of it. Then, towards the end, with an unexpected

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VIDEO: Gold Class - Kids On Fire

Had I known last year at this time, what I know now, I would have known that “It’s You”, the September 4th, 2015 released album by Gold Class from Melbourne, Australia would become one of my favorite albums ever. Hands down. And -not surprisingly- Gold Class back up their

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NEW TRACK: Bloodboy - Keep Your Disease

Bloodboy is the project of L.A. singer/songwriter Lexie Papillion. Her new track “Keep Your Disease” starts with a The-Cure-The-Forest vibe, then soars from there into an indie rock anthem.

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NEW MUSIC: Rynn - Nightfires (EP)

Here at glamglare we love albums and EPs as they allow spending more time with the work of a particular artist. However, finding that time is often hard with the constant onslaught of new music. That’s why we are launching our new category “Listening Party” to showcase EPs and

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SONG PICK: San Blas - Zaid

When played with skill and used wisely, the ukulele can bring an alluring element to a song and San Blas know exactly what to do with the little 4-string guitar. “Zaid” is a high-energy alt-rock track, that employs the uke as rhythm guitar, strumming fiercely along, while an electric guitar

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PHOTOS: Letters to Nepal live at Cake Shop

We have seen New York via Siberia duo Letters to Nepal many times and there is always something new happening at their shows. At the core, they are a vocals plus laptop boy/girl duo but they tend to include new instruments, like an electric lamellaphone on stage. That helps

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NEW MUSIC: Emotional - Emotional

Experimental electronic duo Emotional have released their self-titled debut album today and I love it. Plain and straightforward. Maybe a little bit like the album itself because it comes without any frills or superfluous. The album is more on the minimalistic and sparsely instrumented side but that is already a

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NEW TRACK: Tsar B - Swim

Belgian artist Tsar B has found a signature sound with dark, dramatic Middle-Eastern-influenced songs. Her debut EP is out now (Apple Music | Spotify).

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VIDEO: Hannah Peel - All That Matters

“All That Matters” was already a Song Pick, but the video is worth another post. Watch Hannah Peel slowly fading into a dream world while she is singing the song. Some videos try to shock you, some are simply beautiful. I prefer the latter.

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Q&A with CeaseTone

CeaseTone is an electro-indie-rock band from Reykjavik, Iceland that originated from the solo project of Hafsteinn Þráinsson. I no longer remember how and when exactly I came across CeaseTone’s debut album “Two Strangers,” which I got instantly enamored with, but when I decided to head to this year’s

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SONG PICK: Nightmaze - Markovian Parallax Denigrate

What is the “Markovian Parallax Denigrate”? I didn’t know but I looked it up. It’s quite fascinating: the Usenet, one of the early Internet protocols, turned from an academic tool into a dungeon where bots spamming each other with mysterious messages. The Australian duo Nightmaze, the project of

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NEW TRACK: BeLL - Losing My Religion

It helps that “Losing My Religion” reminds me a good times in my life, but L.A. singer/songwriter BeLL put together a truly chill-inducing cover of the R.E.M. classic. BeLL has worked with many big names in the industry: for this track she chose to collaborate with

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SONG PICK: Elle Exxe - Sick

It’s almost impossible not to fall for the allure of “Sick”, the highly infectious new single by Elle Exxe. “Sick” is catchy dark-pop, with edge and style, and aside from Elle Exxe’s powerful vocals, the guitar solo at the end of the track is especially rad. Elle Exxe