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Song Pick of the Day: Dilly Dally - Desire

I had my expectations how music by a band called Dilly Dally would sound, but they were all wrong. Listen below to be blown away! They are listed for CMJ, but are not yet on the schedule. Too bad, because I don’t want to miss this!

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MUSIC QUOTES: Smile

Cymbals at Cameo Gallery, CMJ 2014

NEW ALBUM: Idgy Dean - Ominous Harminus

Idgy Dean was one of the first shows we saw this Spring at SXSW in Austin. Listed on the schedule as a “one-woman rock band from Brooklyn”, we didn’t quite know what to expect, but it turned out to be one of the best shows we saw at the

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Song Pick of the Day: Line & Circle

Nothing difficult about Complicated Heart our Song Pick of the Day by the LA via Ohio five piece Line & Circle . They will play a late night show Union Pool  for CMJ 2015 next week and delight us with songs from their just released and refreshingly up-beat debut album Split

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PHOTOS: Striking Matches bring the house down at Rockwood Music Hall

When I ordered tickets to see Fairground Saints (review here), I didn’t pay attention for whom they’d be opening and decided to take it as it comes and get myself surprised. What a surprise that was!  From the moment Striking Matches took the stage and left it again

Song Picks of the Week 15.40

Starting this week, we are posting our Song Picks daily on glamglare.com as well as on our Facebook page. Follow along as we go or checkout our Soundcloud playlist every Monday morning. 1. Bent Denim 2. Wolkoff 3. Valise 4. Annabel Allum 5. The Britanys 6. Avec Sans 7.

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Fairground Saints played a charming show at Rockwood Music Hall

When I first listened to Fairground Saints‘ self-titled debut album, I was immediately hooked (see review here) and wanted to see this Californian three piece live. Luckily, I had to wait only a month, because they’re currently on tour with Striking Matches (review & photos to follow) and played

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Song Pick of the Day: Blonde Maze - Letters I Never Sent

Blonde Maze is the electronic solo project of Amanda Steckler. She will play CMJ Saturday at C’mon Everybody, a pretty cool new venue in Bed-Stuy. Letters I Never Send is a beautiful track, written “between New York & London” – our Song Pick of the Day.

Song Pick of the Day: Avec Sans - When You Go

Avec Sans are a electropop duo from London and will play three CMJ shows. According to their bio they are extremely physical live performers and that alone makes them a must-see as well as our Song Pick of the Day.

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Song Pick of the Day: The Britanys - City Boys

Choosing today’s Song Pick of the Day was a no brainer, given that we want to feature young bands who play CMJ and The Britanys are one of them! With their brand new, playful “City Boys” the four Brooklynites bring to mind other popular guitar driven rock bands yet

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3 Is A Band: Methyl Ethel

It’s that time of year again: CMJ is just around the corner, and with that we focus on bands playing the music festival, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. Searching for three pieces I might like, I was immediately intrigued by Methyl Ethel, by their name for starters.

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New Album: Holy Nothing - Hypertext

You know you got it big time when you’re at a rooftop show in Manhattan, on a beautiful early Fall night, a melodic and charming band is playing, yet all you want is to put your headphones on and listen to the album you discovered earlier that day. Listening

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MUSIC QUOTES: Skill

Boxed In at Baby’s All Right, July 30th 2015

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Song Picks of the Week

Monday evening is in sight, and we’re in the mood for something dreamy with a psychedelic touch, created in Stockholm – a city attracting lots of interesting musical acts. Les Big Bird are our Song Pick of Monday with I Woke Up In A Dream. On Monday we started watching

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LIFE SOUNDTRACK: Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm

In 1985 I knew Grace Jones mostly of her role as a Bond villain’s right hand in A View to a Kill. When she released Slave To the Rhythm, I liked the song well enough to buy album, which is actually mostly different interpretations of the same song combined

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3 Is A Band: Heaters

Heaters are Andrew Tamlyn, Nolan Krebs and Joshua Korf hailing from Grand Rapids, MI, creating solid psychedelic rock pearls, one after the other, with the tracks on their upcoming album Holy Water Pool maybe being the most accomplished to date. While I liked all their works on Bandcamp, I became

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Ultimate Painting gave fans an accomplished performance at Rough Trade NYC

The evening at Rough Trade NYC last Friday started to get musically interesting, when Ultimate Painting (UK) took the stage. Ultimate Painting are James Hoare (Veronica Falls) and Jack Cooper (Mazes) who share vocal and guitar duties, accompanied on tour by Neil Robinson on drums (Mazes), and Anthony Cozzi (Radar

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Music Quotes: Bass - The Driving Engine

Jenny Lee Lindberg, Warpaint @ The Studio at Webster Hall, December 1st 2010

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Song Picks of the Week

Monday we were celebrating the wedding of one of our best friends. All the best wishes to her and her husband! But we have only six song picks for this week. Sorry. Like me, you might enjoy some psychedelic tunes on this gorgeous Tuesday morning: how about Kiss the Sun,

LIFE SOUNDTRACK: Placebo - Pure Morning

On our second visit in New York City in 1998, for the occasion of our honeymoon, we visited the Virgin Megastore on Times Square, which of course doesn’t exist anymore. I bought two records there: Hole’s Celebrity Skin and Placebo’s Without You I’m Nothing. Both bands

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3 Is a Band: DF3

Browsing through the initial line-up for CMJ 2015, I was on the look-out for cool trios, and what’s more obvious than a band name with a number in it? Bingo! I listened to DF3 and liked what I heard: upbeat, 80s inspired contemporary synth-pop, with big choruses, great vocals

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Empress Of gave a beautiful performance at Music Hall of Williamsburg, celebrating her debut album 'Me'

It’s not the first time that I saw Empress Of. Not even the first time at Music Hall of Williamsburg. I saw her there already for the third time. And earlier this year at Elvis’ Guesthouse, last year in Austin for SXSW and in 2013 at Cameo Gallery for

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Music Quotes: Happiness

Wolf Alice live at The Parish, Austin for SXSW 2015

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Song Picks of the Week

Here are our song picks of last week. Find them every Monday morning (EST) here or follow along day by day on our Facebook page. Labor Day… no holiday in Australia though, hence we choose our Song Pick of Monday from there with Sandy by Oh Mercy A warm, driving,

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Mothica plays first show ever at Palisades

It is exciting to have the opportunity to witness the first show of an artist who probably has a long career in front of her (if she wishes to have one). Mothica from Brooklyn took the stage at Palisades to sing a few songs that will (probably) make it on