Song Pick of the Day

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SONG PICK: Wildes - True Love

It is Pride Weekend here in New York and everywhere in the world, so let’s celebrate with a message of love by London-based singer/songwriter Ella Walker aka Wildes. Her latest song “True Love” is a slow, calm song intended to carry you away on a bed of elevating

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SONG PICK: Jens Carelius - All I Know

A song as mesmerizing as “All I Know” is appealing without any knowledge about its inspiration or wider context. However, if your great-great-grandfather has documented over 50,000 specimens of fascinating butterflies in Eastern Siberia in the 1800s and you are an artist you might want to explore this a

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SONG PICK: Violetta Zironi - Lonely Window

Violetta Zironi, originally from Italy and now London-based, is a singer/songwriter who found her own musical style from the beginning: quiet, sparsely instrumented songs full of melancholy and yearning. She just released her second EP “Scenes From My Lonely Window” (Apple Music | Spotify) and the title alone sets you

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SONG PICK: UV - Wilt

In “Wilt”, composer Marina Elderton aka UV takes her listeners by the hand and leads them through her web of ethereal sounds, trippy beats, ambient vibes and intoxicating vocals. Since the musician is taking the lead though, we don’t get lost in the sheer overwhelming beauty of it all.

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SONG PICK: The Maya Spectra - Cursed Roots

There is a lot to discover in this brand new track “Cursed Roots” by the Arizona-based art pop trio The Maya Spectra. Defying the stream-count optimizing trend to shortness, they go all in with this seven minute song: led by singer Janel Blanco the musicians expose a sheer joy of

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SONG PICK: Bandits On The Run - Potted Plant

Brooklyn-based trio Bandits On The Run continue to care out their very own niche of sound and that alone already deserves our attention but it is also highly appealing! In addition, they take the idea of a band a little further, beyond the typical roles band members play and take

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NEW ARTIST: Jeannel

The German capital Berlin is one of the music hot spots in the world and not just for electronic and dance music, but for an array of other genres as well. Musicians here also have a lot of resolve to experiment: music made in Berlin tends to defy genre boundaries

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SONG PICK: Cat Turner - Situation (Video)

Cat Turner is a singer, songwriter and producer from Galway, Ireland, who does cutting-edge synth pop that avoids most of the genre-typical slickness. Cat is out there, singing her heart out and working the electronics like a punk band their guitars. She gives some insights about her new song “Situation:

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SONG PICK: The Woods - Night Silk Threads

When the sun has set and the sky is colored in shades of dark blue and one by one windows become illuminated, that is when “Night Silk Threads”, the new single by The Woods, enters the scene. The Scottish producer, vocalist and multi-instrumental live-loop artist Johnny McFadzean makes music as

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SONG PICK: Thailah - Joy

It’s officially summer in the Northern Hemisphere and here is your first hit for the carefree season: “Joy” by the London-based singer Thailah. A sing-along anthem and a dance floor banger at the same time, it can be the soundtrack for your beach party or lift up your mood

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SONG PICK: Caamp - Wolf Song

“Wolf Song”, is a gorgeous single about love, what is and what could be. It might be as much an assurance for the person the song is dedicated to as it is for the singer himself when he muses “Always thinking I could love you more”. “Wolf Song” announces the

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SONG PICK: Maude Latour - Plans

Maude Latour is a singer/songwriter from New York and in her new single “Plans” is about love in its most carefree state. “Let me cancel all my plans to be alone with you” is a very contemporary declaration of love which is reflected in her cheerful vocals and the

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SONG PICK: Digging for Apples - Empty Fool

Manchester is the home of many fantastic bands: famous and legendary ones but also new ones, who intent to find their place in the eclectic music scene of the city. Digging for Apples, whose members hail from New Zealand, France and the Netherlands, are about to join this illustrious club

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SONG PICK: Enjune - Yellow Hearts

Enjune is the project by L.A.-based musician Jake Goble. In his third single the titular „Yellow Hearts“ of friendship turn to something more, which often brings dilemma and heartbreak. The song stays firmly on the electronic side with a prominent beat, but Enjune conjures a quiet, more vulnerable

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SONG PICK: Matias Malagardis - Hollywood

Brighton-based singer/songwriter Matias Malagardis delights with his new single “Hollywood”, featuring a beautifully moody guitar, so prevalent in West Coast surf sound and exquisitely contrasting with his Spanish roots. “Hollywood” touches on what is and what could be all the while exploring different sonic possibilities. The sparse and deliberate

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SONG PICK: HÅN - Gymnasion

After two singles in 2017, including our Song Pick “The Children,” Northern Italian singer/songwriter Giulia Fontana aka HÅN is back with a new shimmering synth pop track “Gymnasion”. The title refers to the last two years in school in Italy, which may explain the dose of nostalgia that shines

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SONG PICK: Gazel - Rain Is Coming

With “Rain Is Coming”, British/Turkish songwriter and producer Gazel puts herself firmly on the map of artists to follow. The single is the fourth one plugged from her upcoming album “Book Of Souls” out in October. The track is magnificent in its built, with a highly alluring and hypnotic

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SONG PICK: sarasara - Into Me See

Parisian, now U.K.-based artist sarasara is known for a particularly dark and atmospheric brand of experimental future pop. Her second album “Orgone” is scheduled for release on July 5 on One Little Indian and the latest single “Into me See” gives us a taste of her usually slow-burning,

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SONG PICK: Company Ink - Young Milk

Without context or knowing anything about Company Ink, one could easily place “Young Milk” as a song straight from late 70s Manchester, because it bursts with an undeniably catchy urgency, dark punk undertones and a remarkably infectious vibe. However, Company Ink are not calling the UK their home but Norway

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SONG PICK: Cross Record - PYSOL My Castle

“Wabi Sabi” the last album by Cross Record was one of my favorites in 2016 for its unique sonic adventures. Since then much has changed for Emily Cross, the singer and mastermind of Cross Records and so has her music. The new single of her upcoming album, due out on

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SONG PICK: Magic Wands - Cyan Blue

Dream pop duo Magic Wands create music that could equally originate from current day California as well as 80s England. Chris Valentine (guitar, vocals) and Dexy Valentine (guitar, keyboards, vocals) left their home in Nashville, TN and headed further West to build themselves a home in Los Angeles. Their latest

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SONG PICK: Ofelia K - Different

“Different” is a song about not fitting in and L.A.-based singer/producer Ofelia K. expressed this perfectly in words and sound. The track’s many layers and sounds are warped like a dream scene in a movie, but in the end everything comes together to an accessible pop

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SONG PICK: Carter Reeves - Grey Area

Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and producer Carter Reeves just released “Grey Area”, a lush, funky and highly infectious new single with a big dose of summer feeling and carefree vibes. When asked about the inspiration for the track, Carter Reeves says: “Being in the grey area is NO GOOD. If you’

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SONG PICK: Tavia - A Walk in the Madness

Tavia is a singer/songwriter from Northern California. Yesterday she released the first song “A Walk In The Madness” for her upcoming second EP. The slow-building, intricately crafted track takes you through the time after a heavy emotional experience, when things do not make sense anymore. “Sanity is lost on

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SONG PICK: Hēran Soun - Barricade

Even without knowing anything about the background of Hēran Soun about his childhood, how he grew up, I would be utterly fascinated by “Barricade”, the single he released today. I am ready to admit though, that when reading up on the California-based experimental indie-electronic musician, I was intrigued of course