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Mary Middlefield - Two Thousand One

“Two Thousand One” is only the second single by Switzerland-based musician, singer, and songwriter Marry Middlefield, but I am already looking forward to hearing more from the incredibly talented artist. The song delights with a compelling melody and song structure, brought to life via Mary’s enchanting vocals and some

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Bethan Lloyd - Cutting Circuits

Bethan Lloyd is a musician from Wales who fuses gritty danceable pop music with a deeper meaning. Her latest song, “Cutting Circuits,” is “a celebration of relinquishing control, both internally and externally,” and its heavy-hitting beats and rich vocals invite you to do just that. Listen to “Cutting Circuits,” our

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The Rocket Summer - M4U

“M4U,” the new single by Dallas-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer The Rocket Summer, is one of these songs that are impossible not to love from the spot, because it is beautifully catchy and infectious in the best kind of way. The track enchants with a mesmerizing rhythm and energy

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Oropendola - Little Alien

“Little Alien” is not a holiday song but fits well with the season. Brooklyn-based musician Joana Schubert aka Oropendola conceived it as a lullaby and the quiet harpsichord line at the beginning indeed calms you down. But then, like the vivid images that cross one’s mind in a half-sleep

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Spring & I - Believe Me

Ditte Angelo and Marie Friis are two self-taught electronic producers who started collaborating on music back in 2017. Under the moniker Spring & I, they have released a handful of singles and remixes to date. With their new single “Believe Me,” Spring & I announce an upcoming EP for early

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Geiste - Immortal

Geiste is a French, London-based singer/songwriter who recently became the first signee of Emika Recordings aside from the label founder herself. Her new song, “Immortal,” is a big, sweeping pop song with a mythical vibe, which fits well with the idea of immortality. Geiste is working on a new

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Jess Kallen - A Garden Bed of Thistle Weeds

From a very early age on, California-based musician Jess Kallen (they/them) wanted to play guitar, to which I can wholeheartedly relate. While Jess started to play acoustic guitar when only five years old, I was already seven, and while they then moved on to play electric guitar, it took

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LP Giobbi - Body Breathe (ft. Monogem)

LP Giobbi is a producer and DJ, but also a pianist in Austin, Texas. For her latest song, “Body Breathe,” she collaborated with LA singer/songwriter Monogem, whom we have already met at several festivals. Highly danceable the song radiates energy and fun. Keep this track ready for a dreary

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Liela Moss - Ache in the Middle [Video]

British artist Liela Moss announced her new album Internal Working Model out on January 13 via Bella Union. While she previously released the powerful and shimmering “Vanishing Shadows” featuring Gary Numan, she now follows that single with the more melancholic “Ache In The Middle” featuring Jehnny Beth. Both songs promise

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Halo Maud - Pesnopoïka [Video]

The singer/songwriter Halo Maud likes to sing in both French and English, but her new four-track EP Pesnopoïka centers around traditional Bulgarian wedding music. While our Song Pick of the Day, the title track, is rooted in western pop music, Halo Maud gives it her own special touches, like

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Looney Gloomers - Faking Paintings

“Faking Paintings,” the new single by Copenhagen- and London-based quartet Looney Gloomers is as strange and beautiful as its title. With “Faking Paintings,” we get treated to not just one genre but a fantastic melange of several, think 80s new wave, krautrock and punk, and then some. The band, comprised

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Premanition - Mars

Being misunderstood is part of being an artist, so one feels with Calgary, Canada-based musician Fatiha Rezwan aka Premanition that she wants to get away from it all to a place far, far away. How about “Mars,” muses Fatiha in her new epic, orchestral pop song she wrote and co-produced.

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Geoff Gibbons - Execution Man [Video]

In a way, it feels like half a lifetime since we last featured Geoff Gibbons with “Keep on Driving,” back in July 2020, yet the world hasn’t changed that much. While we have learned to live with COVID in all its scary forms, new, equally troublesome events are emerging.

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Mörmaid - Mirror (ft. Murmur)

Last Friday, London-based, Norwegian-born singer, songwriter, and producer Live Sollid Schulerud aka Mörmaid, released her new EP “Push Pull” with five deconstructed synth-pop songs. For our Song Pick of the Day, the closer “Mirror,” she teamed up with fellow Norwegian producer Murmur (Sunniva Mellbye) for a song that meanders between

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Meet Rainlights, NYC singer, songwriter and producer

“When My Phone Dies,” the first single of NYC musician Rachel Chevat, aka Rainlights, hits you by surprise with its thoughtful lyrics and intricate production. The follow-up, “Mazzy Star Reminds Me of You,” dazzles no less: with a few strokes, Rachel creates a rich sonic picture of summer carefreeness. Today,

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Sofia Lafuente - If You Care

Sofia Lafuente delights with the bittersweet yet stunningly beautiful “If You Care.” The alt-pop singer-songwriter was born in the United States and raised in London by her American father and Spanish mother and, from an early age on, turned to music as a form of escapism. “If You Care” comes

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Josephine Sillars - Spend Time Wasting

Leeds-based, Scotland-born musician Josephine Sillars embraces whole-heartedly the trip-hop label for her music. Her new single “Spend Time Wasting” juxtaposes a driving Massive Attack groove with dreamy, distant vocals and invites you to defy the pressure of the moment and recharge by just doing nothing. Josephine is also a representative

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Badlands - I Want Blood

Badlands is the artist name of Swedish producer, composer, and sound designer Catharina Jaunviksna, who just released her third album, the magnificent Call to Love. The last track and single from the album, “I Want Blood,” is a masterpiece – period. I don’t use such a label lightheartedly, but the

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Tanukichan - Don't Give Up

After Black Belt Eagle Scout a month ago, Oakland, CA musician Hannah van Loon aka Tanukichan has another shoegaze-y life encouragement for you. “Don’t Give Up” is a hard-hitting 1:51 song about pulling yourself out of a mental swamp in a tough but effective way. Hannah recalls: This

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Morgan Harper-Jones - "Swimming Upstream"

British singer/songwriter Morgan Harper-Jones takes my heart by storm with her new, utterly gorgeous single “Swimming Upstream.” I still have the quietly beautiful “Lie to Me” in my ears, the song that introduced me to her music. (The ‘lying’ is of course, not meant literally because only a few

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Eden Rain - Oh God

“Oh god, maybe I should take more drugs” – that line certainly catches your attention in Eden Rain‘s new song. It is an example of the crazy thoughts that sometimes go through one’s mind. But put over a driving beat into an upbeat pop song, it all is put

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VIDEO PICKS: abracadabra, Andy Shauf, Eddie Chacon, mae mae

abracadabra – in a photo Oakland, CA, band abracadabra falls out of the ordinary sonically and visually for their first song, “in a photo.” Disco punk, the duo calls their music, and for the video, they jump into a giant pencil and eraser for a soap box race. Fun fact: the

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Cherry Angel - Caffeinated

Los Angeles-based artist Cherry Angel delights with the utterly charming debut single “Caffeinated.” The song is much brighter and sparkling than the beloved dark liquid, yet the instant gratification, the little kick, is just the same. Behind the moniker Cherry Angel is songwriter and singer Alycia Lancey, an “emotional 90s

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Girl As Wave - Fast Forward

The new Girl As Wave track “Fast Forward” comes with a nod to gritty 80s, Emulator II-heavy synth pop and what is not to love about that. Behind Girl As Wave is singer Marci Elizabeth who has been collaborating with acclaimed producer Jimmy Deer for several years. She says about

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Q&A with Sandra Arslanian of Sandmoon

Two years ago, “Angels” by Beirut-based indie rock four-piece Sandmoon was one of my top ten favorite tracks of the year. Now the band offers eight new thoughtful and carefully crafted songs on their third full-length album While We Watch the Horizon Sinking. Listen to the album below and meet