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PHOTOS: Jennylee introduces herself at Baby’s All Right

Seeing an artist at her first show is a rare exciting event, so I’m happy that, after Mothica earlier this year, we had a second opportunity with Jennylee, the solo project of Warpaint bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg. And while she probably has hundreds of shows all over the world

Song Pick of the Day: Maszer - Fata Mirage

Maszer is a trio from Seattle, in parts via Tel Aviv. I love the guitar line on their first single Fata Mirage, our Song Pick of the Day. They are readying an EP for release in December.

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Great CMJ2015 Shows by these Fantastic Trios: Caveboy // Heaters // New Myths // Samantha // Vundabar

We saw plenty of excellent bands and took hundreds of photos and suddenly, it’s already November and we still haven’t put out all of it yet! So, rather then taking even more time, I do what I love doing and combine some of the super cool trios (aka

LIFE SOUNDTRACK: Warpaint - Undertow

In the light of Jenny Lee Lindbergs first solo show ever yesterday at Baby’s All Right (watch out for photos in the next days), here’s a throwback to 2010, when her band’s ascent to a indie rock favorite with fans all over the world began. I’m

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Song Pick of the Day: The Rungs - Whispers

November shows its grey and rainy face this afternoon, yet our Song Pick of the Day Whispers by the Brooklyn-based duo The Rungs, will sweep away any gloomy thoughts. Instantly! It’s an upbeat and playful little gem of a song with just the right dose of sunshine and a

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3 Is A Band: A R I Z O N A

“The good is often surprisingly close, especially when living in a cultural metropolis”, is what came to my mind immediately upon learning that  A R I Z O N A  is a three piece from well, New Jersey. They do however divide their time between East Coast, West Coast aka

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Song Pick of the Day: Get Tryin - Something's Wrong With My Mind

Something’s Wrong With My Mind shred GT \// and while I am pretty sure my mind works just fine, I am also certain to make this intense, pulsating psychedelic track our Song Pick of the Day. Get Trying aka GT V/ are a power trio from Birmingham, AL currently touring

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Music Quotes: Pop Music

Kimbra, Music Hall of Williamsburg for Steve Madden Music, Fall 2014

Video: Yes You Are - World Without End

Watch Kianna Alarid sing this wonderfully big pop song World Without End with her band Yes You Are. While Kianna has been making music for quite some time, Yes You Are is a new collaboration with Jared White and with this kind of music they are heading straight for the

Song Pick of the Day: Geographer - I Know What I Know

San Francisco artist Geographer will release a cover EP Endless Motion this December, including a delightful new version of Paul Simon’s I Know What I Know as our Song Pick of the Day.

PHOTOS: The Beaches heat up Fontana's basement venue (CMJ)

The Beaches from Toronto delivered a power rock show at the Canadian Blast event at Fontana’s. Listen to Little Pieces from their EP Heights and let the photos speak for themselves. = All concert photos by glamglare.com – Elke Nominikat and Oliver Bouchard ==

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Song Pick of the Day: The Coa† - Knowledge

We want to know // We want to know sing The Coa†  (yep, that’s the desired spelling) in their just released, pretty cool Knowledge. While we would like to know more about this band, all there is for now, is their music. Okay then, listen to our Song Pick of

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Video: Rebecca James - On My Way

Here’s a fun video by London singer/songwriter Rebecca James, who dances, bikes and rides the tube through the city. It’s an upbeat catchy song and I will have difficulties to get it out of my head again.

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Playlist: Song Pick of the Week 15.44

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PHOTOS: Avid Dancer put on a show to remember at Music Hall of Williamsburg (CMJ)

April came around, and 1st Bath got released, Avid Dancer‘s superb debut album, which I loved from the spot (review here). It didn’t take me more than one run through to know that this would be among my top 20 maybe even top 10 albums of 2015.  So,

NEW ALBUM: Princess Century - Progress

Electronic music is going many different ways: some is optimized towards danceability, some merges back into rock music and some reaches for ever more abstraction, like Laurel Halo’s work. Princess Century’s debut album on the other hand, while named Progress, goes musically it rather back to a time,

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Song Pick of the Day: Skyline - Your Love (Won't Pay My Bills)

Daylight savings is over, but there are some things that help pulling you though the dark time of the year. The build up to SXSW for example that has started with the first round of artist annoncements. We will follow closely, so expect a lot of discoveries during the next

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Video: Solvey - Redlight

Watch Solvey watching herself playing baseball against herself. It’s a great song too.

Dilly Dally's Wake-up Call at Baby's All Right (CMJ)

If you immerse yourself in a multi-day music festival like CMJ or SXSW, you’ll find yourself sooner or later at a point where everything blurs and you don’t really feel anymore if it’s day or night. Then you want to see a band like Dilly Dally from

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New Album: Cheatahs - Mythologies

Upon learning that UK band Cheatahs wouldn’t be able to make it to the US right in time for New York’s CMJ 2015 festival, I was pretty bummed. They were scheduled to play five shows. Just imagine! Bathing in big, fat, loud guitar driven sound (shoegaze anyone?) for

Song Pick of the Day: Maybe the Moon - Washout

Maybe The Moon is a duo from California, who, according to their bio, had a love-at-first-sight moment in December 2012. Since then they also make beautiful pop music, for example their track Washout with a chord progression that keeps you on the edge. It’s our Song Pick of the

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PHOTOS: Courtesy Tier bring modern rock and blues to Arlene's Grocery (CMJ)

Until next Tuesday, basically the only chance to hear anything from Courtesy Tier was to see them live – not counting amateur fan videos of their gigs on YouTube or the just recently added band video for Childish Blues. Yet, finally next week, they will release their debut EP Little Rock

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Song Pick of the Day: Def.GRLS - FinGRLess Lady

We all know songs where lyrics and music are in stark contrast with each other, and FinGRLess Lady by Def.GRLS is such a song and our Song Pick of the Day. The music is all warm and fuzzy, recorded in deliberate lo-fi style, making me think of The Beatles

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Spaces of Disappearance's mysterious show at Leftfield (CMJ)

Earlier today I wrote about Grimes and her stunning live performances, but she’s not the only one who masters the fine art of electronic solo live performances: Elaine Davis from Chicago, who goes as Spaces of Disappearance on stage, combines cool electronics with a powerful, soulful voice. We saw

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Song Pick of the Day: Actor - Baby Cries

Actor may have found the most un-Googleable band name ever. Her management company is from the U.K., so I assume she’s from there to. That’s all I know. Anyway, it’s a great track and it’s our Song Pick of the Day.