Danny Brown – Dope Song

October 09

Title: Dope Song Artist: Danny Brown Album: Old Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Progressive Hip Hop, Rap Brilliant track. Brilliant production by none other than Russell Whyte aka Rustie. For two and a half minutes Danny Brown, impersonates dumb people and teaches them the difference between dope as a noun and dope as an adjective, and to stop […]

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U – Let The Sunshine In

October 09

Title: Le The Sunshine In Artist: U Album: I EP Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Experimental, IDM, Drone Enigmatic producer U is back with a cut from his realease I EP on Man Make Music, the label run by George Fitzgerald. “Let the Sunshine In” is the B-side to that release; the tumbling, atmospherically creepy tune is recommended for anyone who […]

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The Range – Metal Swing

October 07

Title: Metal Swing Artist: The Range Album: Nonfiction Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Experimental, IDM “Metal Swing” is a curious track. Built around a simple rhythmic template and some looping piano chords, it kind of reminds me of some hidden dimension between an amateur British rapper and an early ear collaboration between Four Tet and Caribou. The whole track just […]

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Movement – Us

September 20

Title: Us Artist: Movement Album: Us – Single Year: 2013 Genre: Contemporary R&B, Electronic, Post-Dubstep, Microhouse, Italo-Disco Sydney trio Movement inhabit a shadowy subspace where R&B and dance music begin to blur together and blend. Their new single on Modular, “Us”, transcends standard lyrical structures, advancing onto more troubling terrain. The vocal take is light and controlled, but it […]

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Laura Mvula – She (Shlohmo Remix)

September 20

Title: She (Shlohmo Remix) Artist: Laura Mvula Album: She (Shlohmo Remix) Year: 2013 Genre: Progressive Hip Hop, Electronic, Post-Dubstep What continually sets Shlohmo aparts from similar producers is his willingness to transform songs entirely, the most recent example being his remix of Laura Mvula’s “She”. Mvula’s breathtaking voice only comes through in the song’s second half, so it’s a complete shift in tone […]

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Danny Brown – Dip

September 20

Title: Dip Artist: Danny Brown Album: OLD Year: 2013 Genre: Hip Hop, Rap. Progressive Hip Hop High-energy Danny Brown is back on “Dip”, an adrenaline-pumped party cut from his imminent new album OLD (out September 30 on Fool’s Gold). Directed by Rollo Jackson, it’s a live performance-heavy clip shot in Paris and London during Danny’s recent headlining European tour. Have a […]

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Darkside – Paper Trails

September 20

Title: Paper Trails Artist: Darkside Album: Psychic Year: 2013 Genre: Microhouse, Experimental “Paper Trails”, the latest single, right after “Golden Arrow”, from Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington‘s forthcoming LP as Darkside, Psychic (out October 8 through Jaar’s Other People label in partnership with Matador), kicks off with a slow-stepping beat and a touch of sinister sexual energy. Then, in its own dark way, the […]

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Luke Temple – Florida

September 20

Title: Florida Artist: Luke Temple Album: Good Mood Fool Year: 2013 Genre: Funk, Folktronica “Florida” takes on a warm, soulful guise, sounding like something that would come from (coincidentally) Floridian homebrew-soul musician Levek. The song’s lyrics are a personal matter for Temple; they draw from a true story of a friend of Luke’s who developed a cocaine addiction after […]

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Bodhi – Imperfection

September 20

Title: Imperfection Artist: Bodhi Album: Single Year: 2013 Genre: Dance, House Cardiff-based dance duo Bodhi have managed to pack quite a bit of tricks into their surely most assured release till now. Ranging from the fractional pauses that pockmark the rhythm, the soft synth tones, and the (purposely imperfect) titular refrain. They keep that clicking percussion on […]

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The Knife’s “Full of Fire” Reworked by Planningtorock

September 19

The Knife have shared a reinterpretation of their Shaking the Habitual track “Full of Fire”, by fellow radical feminist artist Janine Rostron aka Planningtorock. The new track, “Let’s Talk About Gender Baby, Let’s Talk About You and Me”, will be released October 14/15 through Rabid/Brille/Mute, backed by DJ Hannah Holland‘s remix of “Raging Lung”. Planningtorock offered a statement: Going through the tracks […]

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Mas Ysa – Why

September 19

Title: Why Artist: Mas Ysa Album: Single Year: 2013 Genre: Indie, Noise Pop, Techno, Electronic, Avante-Garde “Why”, the debut single from journeyman polymath Thomas Arsenault’s Mas Ysa project, leaps from section to section and sound to sound with abandon, and in doing so bears the influence of its well-traveled composer. A Montreal native with formative stretches […]

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Sleigh Bells – You Don’t Get Me Twice

September 17

Title: You Don’t Get Me Twice Artist: Sleigh Bells Album: Bitter Rivals Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock, Noise Pop, Psychedelic Sleigh Bells‘ third album, Bitter Rivals, is out October 8 via Mom + Pop. They’ve already shared the album’s title track, and now they’ve shared “You Don’t Get Me Twice”.

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Four Tet – Parallel Jalebi

September 17

Title: Parallel Jalebi Artist: Four Tet Album: Beautiful Rewind Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Experimental, IDM Last we heard from samplephiliac Four Tet he was reminiscing some of jungle’s glory days on “Kool FM”, a worthy continuation of the club ambitious Pink. By comparison, the second track from the forthcoming Beautiful Rewind, “Parallel Jalebi”, which takes its title from a fried […]

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FKA Twigs – Papi Pacify

September 17

Title: Papi Pacify Artist: FKA Twigs Album: EP2 Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Experimental, Trip Hop Here, FKA Twigs longs for clarification from a lover whose commitment may not be built on a foundation as solid as hers, unafraid of the fallout because she just can’t go on any longer without knowing. With producer Arca helping her, the […]

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Glasser – Design

September 16

Title: Design Artist: Glasser Album: Interiors Year: 2013 Genre: Indie, Experimental, Avante-Garde, Dream Pop Following the recent “Shape”, Cameron Mesirow aka Glasser has shared another new track, “Design” from her upcoming Interiors album, out October 8 through True Panther. The video was directed by Jonathan Turner. The abstract clip finds a boldly dressed Mesirow exploring a minimally decorated room, “left […]

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Blood Orange – Chamakay

September 16

Title: Chamakay Artist: Blood Orange Album: Chamakay – Single Year: 2013 Genre: Soul, Contemporary R&B, Psychedelic Pop If you look closely you can spot a lot of visual similarities between Blood Orange‘s “Chamakay”, the lead single on his upcoming Cupid Deluxe,  and Solange‘s “Losing You”, one of the songs that shot Dev Hynes to a new level of prominence as a […]

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SBTRKT – IMO

September 16

Title: IMO Artist: SBTRKT Album: None Year: 2013 Genre: Post-Dubstep, Electronic, Experimental, IDM Yesterday morning, SBTRKT surprised his Twitter followers with a new song. It’s called “IMO”, and it’s accompanied by visuals from Lorenzo Durantini and A Hidden Place (the anonymous designer behind SBTRKT’s masks and artwork). “p.s its not a ‘single’/ planned campaign/ album promo hype thing,” he wrote. “just music […]

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Tiga Vs Audion – Let’s Go Dancing

September 16

Title: Let’s Go Dancing Artist: Tiga Vs Audion Album: Single Year: 2013 Genre: House, Techno, Dance, Electronic “Let’s go dancing/ I wanna go dancing with you/ All night dancing.” That’s the command dance veterans Tiga and Matthew Dear, under his seldom used alias Audion. After listening to this trippu 9-minute blowout, the thought of going dancing won’t be able to […]

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Swearin’ – Watered Down

September 14

Title: Watered Down Artist: Swearin’ Album: Surfing Strange Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock, Garage Rock The band comprises of Allison Crutchfield, Kyle Gilbride and Keith Spencer (who also plays with Allison’s twin sister Katie in Waxahatchee). Swearin’ are masters in DIY. Their first single from their upcoming release Surfing Strange, featuring Gilbride on lead vocals, “Watered Down” is a characteristically simple […]

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Young Galaxy – Pretty Boy (Peaking Lights Remix)

September 14

Title: Pretty Boy (Peaking Lights Remix) Artist: Young Galaxy Album: Pretty Boy Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic Indie, Dream Pop, New Wave, Psychedelic Pop “Pretty Boy” by Young Galaxy is an us-against-the-world sing with lines such as “When we were lost we found each other” and “We were each other’s only family.” It’s romantic, nostalgic and has a British new wave […]

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Hackman – No More

September 14

Title: No More Artist: Hackman Album: Fre XLR8R Download Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, UK Garage, House, Dance Hackman comes from a line of young British producers that create and build upon dance structures. Combining oldschool Chicago house mixed together with gospel-derived vocal samples that kick it up a notch. It keeps bouncing back-and-forth from church lecture to house anthem. […]

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Rhye – Open (Jeff Samuel Faded Remix)

September 13

Title: Open (Jeff Samuel Faded Remix) Artist: Rhye Album: Open (Remixes) Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, House, Dance, Nu Disco, Funk Quiet storm duo Rhye‘s music has proven to be very good material. There are remixes by SOHN, Ryan Hemsworth, MK and of course (as you may have already seen above) Jeff Samuel. Maybe it’s the fact that their music is clearly and softly […]

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CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share (Blood Diamonds Remix)

September 13

Title: The Mother We Share (Blood Diamonds Remix) Artist: CHVRCHES Album: SIngle Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Drum ‘n’ Bass, Aquacrunk, Synthpop If you haven’t heard the excellent original check it out here. Now here comes Canadian producer Blood Diamonds and puts in a little twist. A little tropical thunder there with a dash of drum ‘n’ bass. CHVRCHES have never sounded […]

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Autre Ne Veut – Play by Play (Jacques Greene Remix)

September 13

Title: Play by Play (Jacques Greene Remix) Artist: Autre Ne Veut Album: Single Year: 2013 Genre: House, UK Garage, Progressive Hip Hop Jacques Greene has always had an affinity for the R&B-ish. Between this years tantalizing “Quicksand”, and a couple of Ciara remixes he pulled off, where does he get time for all this? He turned Autre Ne […]

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Cass McCombs – There Can Be Only One

September 12

Title: There Can Be Only One Artist: Cass McCombs Album: Big Wheel And Others Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock I’ve never understood a Cass McCombs song, even the ones I’ve listened to hundreds of hundreds of times. They always seem to take the simplest matter and turn them into philosophical queries. “Who owns my heart? There can be […]

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Kurt Vile – Wakin on a Pretty Day

September 12

Title: Wakin on a Pretty Day Artist: Kurt Vile Album: Wakin on a Pretty Daze Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock Exactly like the title suggests, this song i a mood changer, and more specifically, one you’d like as a soundtrack for your morning routine (and might even convince you to take the day off). What’s amazing about […]

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Banks – This Is What It Feels Like

September 11

Title: This Is What It Feels Like Artist: Banks Album: London EP Year: 2013 Genre: Contemporary R&B,  Electronic, Post-Dubstep, Modern R&B When opening for The Weeknd, all in all, they make a pretty good couple. She, with her seductiveness and her hurt voice; and him, with his damaged masculinity and never-unsatisfied sex drive. Their songs run through […]

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Youth Lagoon – Mute

September 10

Title: Mute Artist: Youth Lagoon Album: Wondrous Bughouse Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock This is the longest song we’ve heard by Youth Lagoon, going about for nearly six minutes. When I noticed that I thought to myself: “This better be epic!”. And it is. Trevor Powers is the master of a very strange state of […]

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Goldroom – Embrace

September 10

Title: Embrace Artist: Goldroom Album: Embrace Year: 2013 Genre: House, Dance, Nu Disco L.A. producer Josh Legg’s Goldroom project is quite exciting. Not quite a full on pop song and not quite a ballad, “Embrace” is a shimmery dance tracks with simple star-gazing moments all the same. Guest singer Ariela Jacobs’ acrobatic vocals drive the song’s sympathetic […]

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Mount Eerie – Lone Bell (Pre-Human Ideas Version)

September 10

Title: Lone Bell Artist: Mount Eerie Album: Pre-Human Ideas Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic Indie, Lo-Fi This is a toned down auto-tuned version of “Lone Bell” from Clear Moon. The track will be released on the forthcoming Pre-Human Ideas (November 12). The track focuses more on vocals this time, while being surrounded by a distorted James Blake-y haunting electronics. “Mid day, […]

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Arcade Fire – Reflektor

September 10

Title: Reflektor Artist: Arcade Fire Album: Reflektor Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock Well, after all this teasing they’ve done I’m glad I’m able to say: No, Arcade Fire are not losing their edge. You might have listened to these guys talk and sing about religion, corruption, death and other morally-concerned topics. This is not the case here. They’re […]

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Julianna Barwick – Pacing

September 10

Title: Pacing Artist: Julianna Barwick Album: Pacing – Single Year: 2013 Genre: Ambient, Avante-Garde, Experimental Although it was not featured in Nepenthe, “Pacing” remains the most unique track this year, by avante-garde vocalist Julianna Barwick. The songs framework is quite simple, elegant and soft if you will. Her voice glows and rises above the softness and […]

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CHVRCHES – Recover

September 09

Title: Recover Artist: CHVRCHES Album: Recover EP Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Synthpop The Scottish outfit CHVRCHES‘ songs sound familiarly close to the ambitious music familiar to fans of The Knife. “Recover” is a great example of how they can built verse upon verse and then build up to a brilliant chorus (that’s how to make a […]

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My Bloody Valentine – Only Tomorrow

September 09

Title: Only Tomorrow Artist: My Bloody Valentine Album: MBV Year: 2013 Genre: Rock, Shoegazing This record is different from their two other releases (well of course it is it’s been 21 years since Loveless!). The second track from the album is “Only Tomorrow” which features My Bloody Valentine being more humane than their prior stuff. The […]

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The Haxan Cloak – The Mirror Reflecting (Part 2)

September 07

Title: The Mirror Reflecting (Part 2) Artist: The Haxan Cloak Album: Excavation Year: 2013 Genre: Experimental, Ambient Not for the faint of heart. This track first arrived as a leak via a short clip from Bobby Krlic’s new label home, Tri Angle. When I first saw it felt horrifying enough that i was too scared to listen to all […]

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Jagwar Ma – The Throw

September 07

Title: The Throw Artist: Jagwar Ma Album: Howlin’ Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock I don’t necessarily want to call Australian duo Jagwar Ma clairvoyant, but they have some great timing dropping their latest single. The baggy-ness of it all, from the hip-hop rhythms to the extended outro. The song’s the purest piece of Madchester revivalism to come around […]

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Cat Power – Manhattan (feat. Angel Haze) [Ryan Hemsworth Remix]

September 06

Title: Manhattan (feat. Angel Haze) [Ryan Hemsworth Remix] Artist: Cat Power Album: Single Year: 2013 Genre: Rap, Progressive Hip Hop, Indie The first surprise was the fact that I saw genre-hopping and ambitious female rapper Angel Haze on Cat Power‘s astounding opening. How would they even sound like together anyway? Then, we have Canadian producer Ryan Hemsworth coming […]

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Aster – Cielo

September 06

Title: Cielo Artist: Aster Album: Cielo Year: 2013 Genre: Techno, House, UK Garage On September 9, John Talabot‘s Hivern label will release a new single from Barcelona boys Aster, “Cielo”, a propulsive slice of psychedelic techno that fits in nicely with Talabot’s own M.O. and is absolutely enjoyable. Along with the new tune comes two remixes from London-via-Belfast […]

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Cloud Boat – Amber Road

September 06

Title: Amber Road Artist: Cloud Boat Album: Book of Hours / Remixes Year: 2013 Genre: Techno, Ambient, Experimental, Dark Wave Earlier this year an electronic duo named Cloud Boat, released their debut LP. Now, on September 30, R&S and its sister label Apollo will release a remix EP of tracks from the album, featuring the most terryfiing sound mutilator in […]

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Iceage – Ecstasy

September 06

Title: Ecstasy Artist: Iceage Album: You’re Nothing Year: 2013 Genre: Punk Rock, Post-Punk, Noise Rock Elias Bender Ronnefelt described it recently, “the pressure that brings you back down to drab reality.” Hmm…. I guess that’s true because Iceage, just like Joy Division before them, through bleak music, they try to explain how the forces of control make freedom impossible […]

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Machinedrum – Gunshotta

September 06

Title: Gunshotta Artist: Machinedrum Album: Vapor City Year: 2013 Genre: Drum ‘n’ Bass, UK Garage, Electronic, Aquacrunk, Progressive Hip Hop Travis Stewart’s music is some of the most genre-defining in the continually growing UK Bass scene. Whether collaborating or operating as Machinedrum, the Berlin-based producer effortlessly subverts genre tropes and blends styles without ever coming off as a […]

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Kevin Morby – Miles, Miles, Miles

September 06

Title: Miles, Miles, Miles Artist: Kevin Morby Album: Harlem River Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock “Miles, Miles, Miles”, a drowsy, faintly Byrdsy number from Morby’s solo debut, Harlem River, due November 26 on Woodsist. It’s basically a diary of collected travels, telling us he’s seen some things! “If you knew just how far I’d traveled,” Morby begins, then trails off just as quickly, “Oh then, maybe […]

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Disclosure – White Noise (feat. AlunaGeorge)

September 05

Title: White Noise (feat. AlunaGeorge) Artist: Disclosure Album: Settle Year: 2013 Genre: House, Electronic A lot of similarities here. Both are duos, both released highly-anticipated albums in 2013, and they both have an impressive backgrounds over a stretch of impressive singles. So a collaboration between the two UK outfits might have been inevitable at that time. Fizzy-fuzzy “White […]

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Huerco S. – Prinzif

September 05

Title: Prinzif Artist: Huerco S. Album: Colonial Patterns Year: 2013 Genre: Techno, Ambient, Experimental, Electronic “Pinzif” is kind of a tease. It opens up with a momentum to get you interested, then quickly fades away, leaving you clinging on and listening to its tiny beats behind. Hang in there, though, and you’ll find “Prinzif” gathering steam, […]

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The Dirtbombs – Girl On The Carousel

September 05

Title: Girl On The Carousel Artist: The Dirtbombs Album: Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey Year: 2013 Genre: Indie, Pop, Indie Rock The upcoming Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey (out September 17 onIn The Red), discerning Calvin and Hobbes fans will note, is a reference to the inane bedtime story Calvin’s father loathed reading and re-reading. At any rate, “Girl On the Carousel” is […]

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Electric Guest – The Bait (Shlohmo Remix)

September 05

Title: The Bait (Shlohmo Remix) Artist: Electric Guest Album: Mondo Year: 2013 Genre: Progressive Hip Hop, Electronic, Post-Dubstep First of all, this is one of the most bizarre remixes I have ever heard! Even by Shlohmo‘s standards. Sounding nothing like the original (typical Shlohmo), he takes this Michael Bublé-indie twist and turning it an aquatic submarine trip through […]

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Vatican Shadow – Enter Paradise

September 05

Title: Enter Paradise Artist: Vatican Shadow Album: Remember Your Black Day Year: 2013 Genre: Experimental, Dark Wave, Techno, Noise Rock Dominick Fernow, aka Prurient, but here as Vatican Shadow is putting out his first LP called Remember Your Black Day, after a long run of cassete only and vinyl releases. Appropriate after his noise techno danceable release Through […]

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Son Lux – Lost It To Trying

September 05

Title: Lost It To Trying Artist: Son Lux Album: Lanterns Year: 2013 Genre: Experimental, Art Rock, Avante-Garde, Electronic Ryan Lott, aka Son Lux, has several overlapping music personas. He is a classically trained composer, an electronic producer, and an occasional beatmaker for rappers. He’s recently collaborated with some pretty big names; like Sufjan Stevens, Arcade Fire and These New […]

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Blue Hawaii – Try to Be

September 05

Title: Try to Be Artist: Blue Hawaii Album: Untogether Year: 2013 Genre: Ambient, Ethereal Wave, Dream Pop, Future-Pop I like a group that’s true to its name. In this case, Montreal duo Blue Hawaii, through their tropically infused songs always find a way to bring me warmth. This song’s vibe is chill, sleaky and feels like the […]

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Youth Lagoon – Dropla

September 04

Title: Dropla Artist: Youth Lagoon Album: Wondrous Bughouse Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock, Dream Pop “Dropla” is the first single from Wondrous Bughouse. Though Trevor Powers’ voice doesn’t have that ghostly echoey feeling it usually does it’s as tender as ever. “I reach my arm across the bed and hold your hand,” he sings before noting that somebody’s […]

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