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NEW MUSIC: Shallou - Heights

New York City is pretty much frozen at this moment and it is not warmer in Joe Boston’s aka Shallou’s hometown of Chicago, so a warm and shimmering track like “Heights” is very welcome. It is inspired by a vacation in Mexico, which explains the relaxed vibe.

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SONG PICK: Eliza Shaddad - Run

Ahead of her EP release on March 18th, Eliza Shaddad delights us with “Run”, a brooding, highly atmospheric and ever intensifying gem of a song. Her vocals can be velvety soft yet at the same time powerful when she cries out: “Run from me far and fast as you can

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SONG PICK: Andrew Grant - Slow Burn

“Slow Burn” is the debut track by L.A. producer Andrew Grant. It features his intense vocals and a thundering dance floor bass line that twists the song into an unexpected area.

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3 Is A Band: Mirror Travel

Granted, Mirror Travel might not have to travel far when playing next month’s SXSW festival, since they’re originally from Austin but are also residing in Taos, New Mexico yet that’s exactly how I came across them: by listening through bands scheduled to be performing at the music

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SONG PICK: Jarbird - Iona

“Iona”, the lastest release by London 4-piece Jarbird, is a track that keeps you on your toes. While of ethereal beauty, it is at the same time also hard to fully grasp in just one listening session, because of the twists and turns the melody takes. The track is

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MUSIC QUOTES: Video Screens

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SONG PICK: Badlands - Echo

Here is a another single from Badlands from her album “Locus”, scheduled for April this year. It is a wonderful dark track with 80s-style synth textures, like the soundtrack to a walk through the ghost town that stars prominently in the lyrics.

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RELEASED TODAY: Pauline Andres - Drive Like Steve McQueen

“Drive Like Steve McQueen” is the first single from Pauline Andres new album scheduled for April 15th. I just love her smoky vocals, supported by a wailing steel guitar and a melodica. There is exactly that kind of melancholy in the song one would associated with a Steve McQueen character

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SONG PICK: Pretty City - Melt

While listening to “Melt”, my immediate thought upon hearing the line ‘everything just melts away’ is “yeah, the snow, hopefully soon!”, yet I highly doubt that the Australian three-piece Pretty City was thinking of ‘snow’ when coming up with the lyrics for their latest single  “Melt”. Okay then… Melbourne,

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Song Picks of the Day 16.6

1. Astronauts 2. Hans Island 3. Tom Low 4. Ambrose Sunshine 5. The Jackobins 6. Fews 7. Alan Booth

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SONG PICK: Alan Booth - Clutch

We go back to Australia, Sydney to be precise, for our Song Pick of the Day. Producer and singer Alan Booth’s track “Clutch” is only on the surface a smooth R&B track – below the vocals melodies twist and twirl and put a good dose of anxiety into

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VIDEO: Emika - Flashback

Berlin producer Emika just finished the recording of a full symphony in Prague and is already back to release new music on her main line: dark, melodic, beat-driven synth pop. Watch the video to “Flashbacks”:

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SONG PICK: FEWS - The Zoo

FEWS is a band we don’t know much about – yet. They’re a four piece and according to their bio on SXSW’s page originally from Sweden yet their Facebook page shows London, UK as their other base. What I do know though is that “The Zoo” is a

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NEW ALBUM: Sea Caves - Bright Forest

Acoustic instruments, like flutes, violins and stripped-down guitars I find often too serious, too self-important for my taste and when I heard the single and opener “Spanning the River” of “Bright Forest” with its lively, upbeat flute melody, I would not have thought how much I appreciate the

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NEW MUSIC: Calicco - Drake Tears

“Drake Tears” is a dreamy, ambient instrumental track with a nice upbeat piano line. Calicco is a producer from Michigan and the first one who followed glamglare’s new Snapchat account.

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SONG PICK: The Jackobins - One More Chance

For all of us who are at times missing the bands we grew up with like U2 or Simple Minds, to just name a couple, there’s good news in form of Liverpool five-piece The Jackobins who make “classic” alternative rock, with great hooks and big stadium anthems. Their

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PHOTOS: High Highs celebrate the release of their 2nd album at Union Pool

There was no shortage of fans last Friday at Union Pool who came out to see High Highs play live before they’re heading off to enjoy sunshine, warmer weather and a simply way different lifestyle in Australia. Originally hailing from Sydney, Australia, Jack Milas and Oli Chang also call

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VIDEO: Postaal - Burnin'

Postaal are a duo from Paris and that’s all we know at this point. The video is set somewhere in Southeast Asia and juxtaposes serene landscapes with city life and Thai boxing. Somehow, this summarizes nicely the chorus: “Keep the fires burnin’, baby”.

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SONG PICK: Ambrose Sunshine - Mumma Ket

Ambrose Sunshine is a producer from Melbourne, Australia and his latest track, “Mumma Ket” is a relaxed and catchy electro pop piece with indeed a lot of sunshine in it – exactly what we need right now here on the other, cold side of the planet. Listen to our Song Pick

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3 Is A Band: Lyger

The first song I heard of the London three-piece Lyger was “I’m Gonna Destroy You“, which I came across while listening through acts playing this year’s SXSW. Simon Stark, Rich Leeds and Rob Emms who together make up Lyger, create music that is reminiscent of the best

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SONG PICK: Tom Low - Phone

Tom Low stays 100% on topic with “Phone” which is written, produced and performed by himself, because it’s also recorded -you’d guessed it- on a phone, the iPhone 6 to be precise. The song itself is a lovely ditty with cool beats, a nice melody, decisively lo-fi

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MUSIC QUOTES: The Guitar

The Crimea live @ Union Hall, July 2008

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PHOTOS: Negative Gemini live at Palisades

Brooklyn producer and singer Lindsey French aka Negative Gemini was one of the most exciting discoveries during preparation for last year’s CMJ festival. But then there was just no way to bend our schedule so that we could actually see her playing live. Fortunately, last Saturday, she grabbed – very

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SONG PICK: Hans Island - Break Free

Hans Island is a Danish-Canadian collaboration which has just released their self-titled debut EP. Our Song Pick of the Day, “Break Free”, is a smooth, upbeat track about letting go and moving on – as pictured on the cover: there is always a new morning.

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VIDEO: Tsar B - Escalate

The video for “Escalate” by Belgian singer Tsar B was inspired by an Aladdin musical. For me it has rather a spy movie vibe where cloaked characters going after some guy for some reason. Who’s on the right or wrong side here? Who knows?