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 […]
Category Archives: Pop
September
14
Young Galaxy – Pretty Boy (Peaking Lights Remix)
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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 […]
September
13
CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share (Blood Diamonds Remix)
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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 […]
September
09
CHVRCHES – Recover
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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 […]
September
05
The Dirtbombs – Girl On The Carousel
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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 […]
September
04
Doldrums – Anomaly
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Title: Anomaly Artist: Doldrums Album: Lesser Evil Year: 2013 Genre: Indie, Psychedelic Pop, Electronic First of all this is one of those track that’s fits perfectly with its title. That’s also true about Doldrums in general. All his songs are of a very strange structure with fluctuating bass and he always seems to add extra beats here […]
August
29
MØ – XXX 88 (feat. Diplo)
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Title: XXX 88 Artist: MØ Album: Uknown Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Modern R&B, Synthpop Danish singer MØ (real name: Karen Marie Ørsted) unleashed the punchy, aggro-pop single “XXX 88”. Produced by none other than Diplo, the towering track provides plenty of reasons to get excited for her forthcoming four-song debut EP, which will be out soon. XXX 88 ft. Diplo is released […]
August
28
Icona Pop – My Party (feat. Zebra Katz)
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Title: My Party Artist: Icona Pop (feat. Zebra Katz) Album: This Is…Icona Pop Year: 2013 Genre: Progressive Hip Hop, Synthpop, Electronic “My Party” is a neon-and-blacklight update of Lesley Gore‘s 1963 pop anthem, and the source material’s a fitting choice who’ve seemingly spent the last year living like every night’s their birthday party. On September 24, the Swedish […]
August
26
Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
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Title: Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) Artist: Kate Bush Album: Hounds of Love Year: 1985 Genre: Art Rock, New Wave Discovered in 1975 by Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, Kate Bush began and ended her career with sappy sentimentality bathed in new age-isms and unicorn fantasies. Yet, at the heart of her discography lies this […]
August
26
Toro y Moi – Say That
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Title: Say That Artist: Toro y Moi Album: Anything in Return Year: 2013 Genre: House, Synthpop, Electronic Indie, Psychedelic Pop Chaz Bundick can take on many different personas. Beatmaker in Causers of This, a serious songwriter-producer in Underneath the Pine and a dancefloor expert on sexy music under the moniker Les Sins. On “Say That” he does the perfect […]
August
24
Roosevelt – Elliot
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Title: Elliot Artist: Roosevelt Album: Elliot Year: 2013 Genre: House, Electronic Indie, Psychedelic Pop The beautiful title track of Roosevelt‘s Elliot soon to be released on Greco-Roman Records. I’ve got to hand it to them. They’ve exposed many young talents in the recent years including Disclosure and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. This is for Caribou‘s “Odessa” lovers.
August
24
Caribou – Odessa
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Title: Odessa Artist: Caribou Album: Swim Year: 2010 Genre: Psychedelic Pop, House, Electronic Indie, Folktronica Dan Snaith has managed to change several times in his career and succeed in each of them. The perfect example for this is his 2010 release Swim, and more specifically this track, under the long time alias Caribou. Reminiscent to the […]
August
22
Sam Smith – Nirvana
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Title: Nirvana Artist: Sam Smith Album: Nirvana Year: 2013 Genre: Pop, Contemporary R&B, Quiet Storm Similar to its predecessor, “Nirvana” is another slow-burner, only the vibes are even dreamier here, with Smith’s strong voice surrounded by warm environs. “Nirvana” is out soon as a single via PMR, and its album-cut vibe stokes hopes that a full-length from […]
August
21
Grimes – Oblivion
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Title: Oblivion Artist: Grimes Album: Visions Year: 2012 Genre: Electronic Indie, Synthpop, Dream Pop, Experimental, Dark Wave This is the leading single that was the power force behind Grimes‘s extraordinary 2012 record Visions which won hear both the Webby Award for Artist of the Year and the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year.
August
19
Santigold – Say Aha
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Title: Say Aha Artist: Santigold Album: Santogold Year: 2008 Genre: New Wave, Reggae Fusion
August
09
Solange – Losing You (Live At Pitchfork Music Festival 2013)
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Title: Losing You (Live At Pitchfork Music Festival 2013) Artist: Solange Album: Losing You – Single Year: 2013 Genre: Pop, Funk, Nu Disco, Dance, Live
August
08
London Grammar – Feelings
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Title: Feelings Artist: London Grammar Album: If You Wait EP Year: 2013 Genre: Indie, Pop, Dream Pop this is quite a distinct diversion from London Grammar‘s usual distinctive electronic sound. Not as breathtaking as singer Hannah Reid‘s performance on Disclosure‘s “Help Me Lose My Mind” but still great! “Help Me Lose My Mind” from Disclosure‘s […]
August
06
Sam Smith – Safe With Me
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Title: Safe With Me Artist: Sam Smith Album: Safe With Me Year: 2013 Genre: Pop, Rhythm & Blues, Contemporary R&B i don’t like that damn lalala song at all it hurts my ears, and on Latch w/ Disclosure, he’s good but you can’t really appreciate his voice. so here it is in all his glory!
August
05
CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share
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Title: The Mother We Share Artist: CHVRCHES Album: The Bones of What You Believe Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic Indie, Synthpop Recover is still my favorite CHVRCHES song but this deserves a gander!…only minutes fresh from the VEVO oven, enjoy…
August
05
Annie – Invisible
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Title: Invisible Artist: Annie Album: The A&R Year: 2013 Genre: Dance, House, Pop mysterious pop sensation Annie does it again! this time with long time collaborator Richard X on her new EP, The A&R! i love it when a pop song has such a great housey beat! ❤
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