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VIDEO PICKS: Beau, Blake Morgan, Cab Ellis, Loyal Lobos

Beau – Life Twice The new single Life Twice by NYC duo Beau comes with a colorful, glittering live performance video directed by Brandon Herman. Watch it, and you surely don’t want to miss their next show. The band says about the song: “‘Life Twice’ is a song about trials

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Maripool - This Time Again

Maripool is the stage name of Portuguese, London-based singer/songwriter and “one-girl” band Natasha Simões. As a self-thought musician, she prefers to work solo and create intimate, edgy, guitar-driven pop songs. Her latest track, “This Time Again,” creates a paradox between works and music. She explains:

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Blessed - Redefine

“Redefine” marks the second single and opening track from art-rock quartet Blessed‘s upcoming album. Titled Circuitous, the record will be available October 28 via Flemish Eye. This is not easy-listening-pop, but this is music that takes you under its wings and makes you listen, and in

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Actrese - Vivid But Vague

The London singer/songwriter Actrese does pop music with an edge. How the chords progress and the songs develop is often not what you expect. Her new song “Vivid But Vague” strikes with rich instrumentation, and who could set the mood better than the artist herself: “You are in a

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carina - summer air buzz ft. Bel Cobain

The cover photo might make you think of gentle folk songs but there’s nothing ‘folksy’ about carina’s music. It’s subtle, understated lo-fi pop at its best. Think Billy Eilish before she became a household name. The London-based artist just released her debut EP spaceout!, a

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Maeve Steele - Riptide

“Riptide” is the shape-shifting opening track from the debut EP “Overland” by Maeve Steele. The Los Angeles-based artist considers the song the guiding light to finding her approach to music: intimate songs that fall into a sweet spot between singer/songwriter and pop. Maeve says about the EP:

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Cate Le Bon - Typical Love [Video]

Welsh singer, songwriter, and producer Cate Le Bon released her sixth full-length studio album Pompeii on February 4th, promoting it with an extensive tour through the US and Europe. We decided to be part of the tour kick-off and traveled upstate to see Cate and her fabulous live

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Q & A with Singer and Producer Dawn Cadence

Dawn Cadence is the stage name of singer, songwriter, and producer Vanessa Richardson. While the 20-year-old Canadian quotes Kate Bush and Sade as her influences, among others, she does not try to imitate any of them but maps her own path through pop music. You can witness this

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Dalloway - How to Keep a Secret

“You taught me how to keep a secret,” sings L.A. musician Mary-Cait Hentz aka dalloway. Because the system is often rigged in favor of the aggressor, and nobody wants to believe the truth anyway. Mary-Cait is not subtle in her tale and wants the song to be

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AJAY - Swindlers

Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist AJAY found time between touring with alternative R&B artist Orion Sun and performing with Omar’s Hat to release his entirely DIY single “Swindlers.” The result is a warm and soulful track with sprinkles of glitter and hope. Asked about “Swindlers,” AJAY says:

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VIDEO PICKS: Blixie Perestroika, Hailey Bevais, Sandmoon, Slaney Bay

Blixie Perestroika London artist Blixie Perestroika released her video Swing with her debut album Ambition is Low last Friday. The song is moody and dark, and so is the video, full of symbols of unrest and upheaval. Blixie says about the song: “It might sound angry but it’s really

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Dance Lessons - Wet Batteries

Dance Lessons is the trio of Ann, Tom, and Nat from London. Their new song, “Wet Batteries,” is an energetic firework of sound that undoubtedly was a lot of fun to create: A bubbling bass line, a saxophone, layers of synths, and Ann’s voice are thrown together and make

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your hands - floating

Johannes Brandstrup is a musician from Viborg, Denmark, who makes elegant and irresistibly catchy pop under the moniker your hands. His new single “floating” rides a gentle, shimmering wave of carefreeness and curiosity. Asked about “floating,” Johannes says: This song is made out of waves of sudden, intuitive decisions. I

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Anastave - Medicine

The new song “Medicine” by Berlin-based singer, songwriter, and producer Anastave excels with a restrained, intricate production. The beat evolves and takes on its own life, always leaving you wanting more. “Lyrical electronic music,” Anastave calls her approach to songwriting, and she only gives a loose hint about the

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Goldpark - Summer In My Head

Indie-rock trio Goldpark delight with the lush and super catchy “Summer In My Head,” the final cut from their upcoming EP Goldpark Two, out due October 21, 2022.  “Summer In My Head” feels like dancing at a rooftop party ca. 2004, with Phoenix and The Strokes on deck. Goldpark

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Palmo X - No Worries [Video]

Xenia Nema is a singer, songwriter, and producer from Ukraine who records under the name Palmo X. The new song is a nostalgic look at the past to inspire hope for the future, despite the current realities in her home country. The elegant, smooth production and the chorus soothe anxieties,

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Princess Chelsea - Forever Is A Charm [Video]

Probably no other art form than music allows for less time to either like or dismiss the creative output. “Forever Is A Charm,” the new single by New Zealand producer, singer, and songwriter Princess Chelsea doesn’t dilly dally around but enthralls from the very first note. Chelsea is a

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Ruth Radelet - Stranger [Video]

Cities can do this: even if you live right in the middle, you can still feel disconnected and estranged. In her melancholic new song Stranger, Ruth Radelet reflects about the peculiar connection to her hometown. She reveals: “Stranger” is about a specific kind of loneliness that I have only felt

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Couvo - Purgatory [Premiere]

We are excited to premiere “Purgatory,” the new single by Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Couvo and the last song to be released from his upcoming album, The Drinks Are Always Free in Purgatory. The gorgeous “Purgatory,” is a slow-building track full of longing and the burning desire for change.

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Sylvie - Dull the Shimmer

“Dull the Shimmer,” is a swirling, multi-layered synth-pop song about the indifference in mental health care. London-based singer, songwriter, and producer Sylvie speaks from her own frustrating experience after being put on medication and having to deal with its side effects. Sylvie explains how the song came

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Cillë - Lizzie

When the going gets tough, nostalgia to the rescue! “Lizzie,” the new glorious rock-banger by Cillë, throws us right back to a time when such music was played on the radio and when we were young and full of hopes and dreams. Cillë is the stage name of Cecilie

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Laveda - Surprise [Video]

“I’m not surprised that I’m not sober / Being alive is just getting old,” sings Ali Genevich of upstate New York band Laveda. That perfectly describes that sinking post-pandemic feeling that has probably washed over most of us at some point. But life goes on, so Laveda makes

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Connie Constance - Mood Hoover

I loved “Mood Hoover,” the new effortlessly catchy single by Connie Constance, from the spot but simply couldn’t understand what the British artist meant by the song’s title. Have you heard of a “Mood Hoover” before? Connie herself to the rescue, who explains: The writing of this song

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Mayfly - Pretty Ending

Hoping for a “Pretty Ending” when things go downhill can prolong the pain. In their new song, Montreal-based duo Mayfly advise to cut it short, and the airy, shimmering track lets you feel the relief right here, right now. Charlie and Emma of Mayfly say about the song: “The

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VIDEO PICKS: Kramies, Mamalarky, Scout Gillet, The Church

Kramies – Owl and the Crow We were intrigued by the song’s title, as avid birdwatchers, and while there are no actual birds to be seen in the video, it is refreshingly soothing and stunningly beautiful. Asked about the music video, Kramies says: For one of the first times in