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NEW MUSIC: Body Language - Reset

Body Language makes upbeat electropop, AlunaGeorge-style. There are another band from Brooklyn I have missed so far: fortunately Audiofemme has an interview with singer Angelica Bess to catch up and learn more.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Björk - All Is Full Of Love

Maybe my favorite music video ever. At least the only one we bought on DVD.

The MoMA Björk retrospective

Lines for Black Lake Last year, we had a young friend from Germany visiting us with her boyfriend. At some point we came to mention Björk, but both of them drew a complete blank. ”The musician?” Elke tried to explain, “The swan dress at the Oscars?” But nothing. Later, Elke

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NEW MUSIC: Cuushe - Tie

I have yet to hear a Cascine release I don’t like. Tokyo artist Cuushe’s latest song Tie is no exception: it immediately evokes pleasant images in my mind, maybe a cab ride trough a city o Friday night. There’s an EP on the way for release on

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Disappears live at Rough Trade NYC

The show last Saturday at Rough Trade NYC, marked the third time that I saw Disappears live. I’ve also seen them playing the intimate Union Pool and the still mourned Glasslands (photos). Luckily, Rough Trade is a fantastic music venue with superior sound and great viewpoints wherever you are

NEW MUSIC: Scarlet Baxter - Down With It

While this track is fiercely on the pop side, I love the funky guitar and the handclaps. Warning – this is a very catchy song!

MUSIC BUZZ: Björk // U2 // More

Björk’s MoMA retrospective starts at MoMA to almost universally bad critique. Of course, if you don’t have to concern yourself with the general state of contemporary art and MoMA’s reputation of curating it, you can just go and enjoy. We did, and a review follows soon here

FIRST LISTEN: Purity Ring - another eternity

On their first album Shrines, Purity Ring avoided spaces between words. On their follow another eternity up they kill capital letters. That seems a little silly to me, but their music is not – it’s first class electronic pop music. I like Megan James’ voice even more than I remember

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NEW MUSIC: Highly Suspect - Lydia

“I’ve seen better days” sings, snarls and moans Johnny Stevens of Highly Suspect and listening to Lydia, their newly re-recorded song, I believe it on the spot. “So unafraid in my youth / I cant breath much less believe” he continues, and the song just gets tighter and more

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NEW ALBUM: The Elwins - Play For Keeps

When listening to new albums, I often don’t start at the beginning but jump to song number three or scan the titles to see what takes my fancy. And so, when listening to The Elwins’ just released album Play For Keeps,  I was drawn to So Down Low and

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Music Quotes: Heart and Soul

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NEW MUSIC: Gem & Eye

All I know is that Gem & Eye are a sister and brother duo from New York, who does dreamy pop with a slight retro-feeling. The Supreme Beings of Leisure come to mind here.

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VIDEO: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Lose Yourself

I don’t exactly know how Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is still somewhat flying under radar. They should be super stars! But here we go. This sensual video is hardly three months old and our pick for this week. About the video: “Hey everyone, we want to share a new

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NEW ALBUM: Björk - Vulnicura

Björk is arguably one of the greatest contemporary artists, but too me, for the last decade or so, it felt what she wanted was almost too much for what is still at the core of her expression: the music. In the 90s she was a mostly electronic musician, but with

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MUSIC BUZZ: Album Release Day // Looking for the next big star // Björk // More

Rough Trade NYC The official Album release day will globally move to Friday in summer. Of course, in the Internet age a global release day is the way to go, but does it have to be Friday? I kind of liked Tuesday – something to look forward to and kick the

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NEW ALBUM: The Districts - A Flourish and A Spoil

I listened to the debut album A Flourish and A Spoil by The Disctricts while preparing a birthday party for a friend and listened to it on repeat. With 10 songs on the album, I listened to each one of them easily 5 or more times. I did notice differences

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THROWBACK: Howard Jones - What Is Love

In preparation for this segment, I find myself doing exactly what I’ve been doing 32 years ago: listening to What Is Love on repeat. For the fourth time by now, to be precise. For me, it has not lost it’s luster and the theme of the song is

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FIRST LISTEN: Sea Change - Breakage

If you know that Ellen Sundes, who records as Sea Change, is from Norway, you might have a good idea what her music is like and your guess is probably not too far off. Still, Sea Change’s debut album Breakage is the best I’ve heard from Scandinavian electro

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Music Quotes: Sleeping Lion

FIRST LISTEN: Twin River - Should the Light Go Out

Twin River is a five-piece from Vancouver, Canada and, for some reason, I seem to like everyting with “twin” in the name or made by actual twins. Should The Light Go Out has some psychedelic 60s vibe without being retro – a great record to get you into a good

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Lower Dens - To Die in LA

Oscar play a role in this video about To Die in LA by the Lower Dens.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Ibeyi - Ibeyi

The first I heard of Ibeyi was their third single Mama Says, a beautiful, but heartbreaking song about the passing of their father at 45 and their mother’s reaction to it. “It pisses me off, it drives me mad / That she let’s herself feel so bad” sings Lisa-

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MUSIC BUZZ: Zane Lowe // Rhapsody // More

Zane Lowe is one of U.K.’s most famous radio personalities and he is well known for kick-starting artists’ carriers, for example Elke’s and my 2014 top ten favorite Banks. Now he moves to LA and works for Apple. Naturally, Apple won’t tell what his future

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3 Is A Band: Broncho

I might have heard Class Historian by Broncho on either a Pandora or Songza playlist and liked it from the spot. What’s not to like? Upbeat and bouncy with a catchy chorus that thanks to its easy lyrics everybody can immediately chime in. The song is in deed so

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LIFE SOUNDTRACK: Warpaint - Exquisite Corpse

The first time I heard about Warpaint was in fall 2010, weeks before the release of their first full length album The Fool. I immediately checked my streaming service and found their 2008 EP Exquisite Corpse. It’s a big EP with six songs, totaling in 34 minutes and I