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NEW EP: The Naked Eye EP

Music has the unique ability to transport you through space and time and “The Naked Eye EP”, the debut of the eponymous project around the London-based singer Frenchie, is particularly good at that. I close my eyes and find myself at a sophisticated garden party, on the early evening in

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SONG PICK: Morly - If Only Chords

“If Only Chords” is a beautiful slow-burning and intense track built just from vocals and minimal electronic textures. I don’t know much about Morly, but she is playing SXSW next week and has a spot on my must-see list. There is also an EP coming out on April 8th.

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LATE NIGHT: Vokes - Value

Whenever I hear music from LA, I have the image of a car rushing down a light-filled boulevard through the night in my mind. I know, it’s a Hollywood cliché, but a good one and a slow-burning electro-pop track like “Value” producer Vokes could be well the soundtrack from

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SONG PICK: No Hot Ashes - Goose

“Goose” is the debut single by UK quartet No Hot Ashes. Upon listening to “Goose”, enjoying the clear guitar sounds, followed by funky bass lines and an overall super groovy feel, I got fully ‘sold’ on “Goose” when Isaac starts singing. Can’t help loving a Manchester dialect, with No

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SONG PICK: Night Games - Faithless

Our Song Pick of the Day, “Faithless” starts with a beautiful, lush synth line, before singer Constance admits that she cannot let loose, even though she has lost her faith in a relationship. Night Games are a duo from London, who push the combination of female vocals and electronics into

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PHOTOS: Dead Stars Celebrated their New Album at Rough Trade

Friends, old fans, new fans, more friends… they all came out last Friday to see Brooklyn’s Dead Stars celebrate the release of their second full length album aptly at Rough Trade. Before Jeff Moore (guitar, vocals), Jaye Moore (drums) and John Watterberg (bass) took the stage, Holy Tunics and

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SONG PICK: The Bay Rays - Four Walls

Released TODAY: The debut single of the UK trio The Bay Rays is a short one, with clocking in a little under two minutes but sure enough it doesn’t need more to make you fall for something. In the case of “Four Walls”, it’s the raw energy of

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3 Is A Band: Desert Mountain Tribe

It’s no secret that I am pretty much in love with current psychedelic rock, often labeled ‘psych rock’ or ‘fuzz rock’. Regardless the classification. There are bands that seem to make music with just ‘that’ particular vibe and sound. And some of the ones I like the most happen

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VIDEO: The Dose - Cold Hands

Compelling visuals, interesting narrative with a touch of suspense even, directed with a decisive artistic vision, band mates who don’t need to hide (and luckily they don’t!) and on top of it all a crazy catchy indie-rock song: “Cold Hands”, the first video by the Los Angeles rock

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RELEASED TODAY: Dog in the Snow - The Slow/Quick Reveal

This song got me with the very first bar: Helen Ganya Brown aka Dog in the Snow lays out an ultra cool industrial beat and sparse electronics that sucks you immediately in this track. What is she up to? We have already picked her last song “Plastic Body” as our

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SONG PICK: Vérité - Underdressed

Spring has arrived here in New York (at least temporarily) and we are all looking forward for being a little “Underdressed”, like New York singer Vérité in her new song. It is a sing-along power pop tune with something of a dark undertone. Enjoy our Song Pick of the Day!

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SONG PICK: Blak Emoji - Sapiosexual

There’s a lot going on in “Sapiosexual”, lots of good stuff. Aside from the obvious, the rather brainy song title, with a Latin based and relatively newly created noun referring to being attracted to intelligence. What’s more interesting, for me usually anyway, is the music and it is

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MUSIC QUOTES: Live Music

Kings of Leon live at Madison Square Garden, January 2010.

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VIDEO: FMLYBND - Space & Time

They have a picture of the Empire State in the apartment, but other than that “Space & Time” by California band FMLYBND has a strong West-Coast-y feeling to it. They obviously have a lot of fun with what they doing and that shines through in their music. Us on the

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NEW TRACK: Mt. Wolf - Anacruisis

Where does this song fit in? After starting like a folk song it, turns more electronic before it ends like a rock anthem. So why not let it turn your Monday night into something magical. Mt. Wolf is a three piece from London and “Anacrusis” is a music-theoretical term. Enjoy!

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SONG PICK: Satellite Mode - Fair

Jess, singer of New York duo Satellite Mode is having it in a relationship where the other side is not playing “Fair”. Her vocals express anger and dissatisfaction, her partner Alex’ production underscores the drama of the moment. I hope you are not in a similar situation, but if you

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PLAYLIST: Song Picks of the Day 16.10

1. High Tyde 2. Avec Sans 3. luhx 4. Tsar B 5. Lightcliffe 6. KYOSi’s 7. Bryde

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PHOTOS: Quilt played a brilliant record release show at Baby’s All Right

After impressive performances by Cut Worms and Lionlimb, the night and the sold-out venue clearly belonged to Quilt, the Boston quartet whom the audience came out to see celebrating their just released new album “Plaza”. (NPR offers a nice track by track feature of Quilt’s third studio album). In

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SONG PICK: Bryde - Help Yourself

Be prepared for goosebumps: London singer/songwriter Bryde develops her song “Help Yourself” from a quiet guitar and voice piece to a big rock anthem and back. “If you can’t help yourself, nobody else will help you out of this.”, she sings. That is true, too often.

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LATE NIGHT: Mike Sal - Beyond You And I

Great dance music and perfect tunes for high energy workouts often go hand in hand, and Mike Sal‘s “Beyond You And I” hits that sweet spot perfectly! I can’t decide where I love to hear the track more: on the dance floor or in the gym. Then again,

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SONG PICK: KYOSi - Early Riser

No matter if you are an “Early Riser” or not, our Song Pick of the Day will boost your Saturday. New York singer/producer KYOSi’s debut single is a fresh, upbeat track that channels the effect of the first rays of sunshine in the morning.

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Released Today: Oyinda - Never Enough

There can be too much of a good thing, the saying goes. Oyinda disagrees in her new song: there is “Never Enough”. This is surly true for good music and so we are happy that she is working on a follow-up for her 2014 EP “Before The Fall”. Hopefully that

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NEW EP: FEiN - Little Little Homes

The EP “Little Little Homes” came out a little over a week ago, and that’s since I’ve been listening to it. On repeat. This little gem of an EP is the creative child of Brandon Woodward and Luke Walton who together make music as FEiN, simply pronounced ‘fine’

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SONG PICK: Lightcliffe - Please Leave

Even after having listened multiple times to “Please Leave”, the 2nd single by London quartet Lightcliffe, my immediate feelings still ring true: this is a heartbreakingly sweet song, based on a great melody, with lots of warm and fuzzy guitars and topped off with kinda ‘innocent’ sounding, great vocals… While

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RELEASED TODAY: Kinder Than Wolves - Hover

RELEASED TODAY: Kinder Than Wolves – Hover This is a band, I am very excited about this year: the Orlando, Florida three-piece Kinder Than Wolves. After their first single, the wonderful “Hazel Days”, our Song Pick, they are releasing today another track from their upcoming EP “Mean Something”, due April 15.