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NEW MUSIC: Vinegar Mother - Moon Tomb

Beautifully jazzy, with rich and expressive vocals that tell a story all on their own, “Moon Tomb” is one of those songs that would be fitting in the world’s most famous hotel bars. The exquisitely instrumented and executed “Moon Tomb” is the latest single by Brooklyn-based psychedelic soul-rock quintet

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SONG PICK: Andy Cook - Red Lights

There is love at first sight, and more aptly there is also love at first listen, and it took me a second round of listening to get fully into “Red Lights”. The track starts out with bright guitar strumming, counter balanced by Andy Cook‘s soothing baritone and creating a

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Coralcrown - She is a Saint

“She is a Saint” is an instantly appealing, passionate song, one that sticks and lingers which also plays in favor of the visual treatment the single received. The video to “She is a Saint” tells some sort of love story but the lines between narrative and dream elements or wishful

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SONG PICK: The Cuckoos - Heartbreak Paradise

“Heartbreak Paradise” is the new single & video by Austin psych-rockers The Cuckoos, and it sizzles with a ton of swagger and promise. Kenneth Frost (vocals, keyboards) offers the following insight to “Heartbreak Paradise”: “It’s about a place for all the people that have fallen in and out of

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Pale Houses - The Ocean Bed

The beautifully flowing “The Ocean Bed” is the lead single of Pale Houses‘ recently released album “Songs of the Isolation” and it got some video treatment. The Nashville-based quartet kept it simple and focused on what is important and came up with a zen-like lyric video. We are psyched to

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SONG PICK: Prize the Wild - Go Nowhere

Seattle-based Indie electronic duo Prize the Wild create that kind of electro pop that comes with a lot of soulfulness and longing. “Go Nowhere” is a beautifully moody track, grounded by the earthy vocals and elevated by some serious brass action, the latter rather unusual for electro pop and the

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PHOTOS: glamglare presents - Official SXSW2018 Showcase

When we stepped into The Iron Bear in Austin, TX four years ago to attend one of our first SXSW shows ever, we would not have dared to dream of ever placing a glamglare banner behind the stage and welcoming six bands to our music blog’s showcase. But dreams

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SONG PICK: Lowell - War Face

Liking a young artist, who is just starting out, is easy. There’s not much to compare them too, and their often unapologetic approach to making music is refreshing. What happens next though is important. Can they hold and deliver again? And again? Fortunately, our initial fascination, originating with Lowell‘

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SONG PICK: Hvmmingbyrd - Papillon

What is better than an intriguing singing voice? Two of the very same! “Papillion” is alluring in any way possible but it is maybe the stellar vocal harmonies that give the track its stand-out appeal. There are Deborah Byrne’s but also Suzette Das’ vocals, and together they form the

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SONG PICK: CONFUSE-RAY - Quarterly Projections

The most fascinating about “Quarterly Projections” are the powerful rock-vocals, with lots of swagger plus a touch of brooding darkness and oddly familiar sounding. Although, it’s unlikely that we would know Elmer Hallsby‘s vocals, the musician behind CONFUSE-RAY. Elmer plays bass in the Swedish quartet Dead Vibrations but

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SONG PREMIERE: STAL - Magic

Singer, songwriter and producer Pierre-Marie Maulini, who goes by the artist name STAL, is onto something mighty with the irresistibly gorgeous “Magic”. As the artist’s French sounding first name suggests, Pierre-Marie grew up in France, has been intensively touring with Anthony Gonzalez and his band M83, called Ireland his

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SONG PICK: Deeper - Pink Showers

“Pink Showers”, the new single by Chicago indie rockers Deeper doesn’t come easy instantly because it keeps you on your toes. The harmonies are… unusual and slightly dissonant at first but a few bars in, it all makes sense. And beautifully so! If you like to mix up your

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PHOTOS: Rich Aucoin Live at Elsewhere Zone One and his #PressOn Tour

Attending a live show of Nova Scotia-based musician Rich Aucoin is not simply “attending” a concert, with clear set boundaries like stage and ground floor, or artist and audience. It is experiencing a spectacle and that does not even describe what is really going on during one of Rich Aucoin’

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SONG PREMIERE: Swerve - Know It All

Sounds like rock does not need any saving yet, as long as songs like “Know It All” are being made. The brand new single by Swerve serves fans of down-to-earth rock’n’roll a delicious slice of warm and solid guitars, paired with heavy hitting drums and smooth baritone vocals,

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SONG PICK: Glassio - Back For More

New York-based duo Glassio delights with their new single “Back For More”, a deliciously joyful indie-pop pearl. Despite the mournful lyrical context -dealing with the aftermath of an ended relationship- the track is unabashedly happiness infusing. It makes you want to jump to your feet and try out a few

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SONG PICK: Crooked Teeth - Mountain Song

One of the many exciting things about music is what each of us hears when listening to a new track. Without having read anything about “Mountain Song”, the tune immediately appeals to me with its playful, analog synth vibe, and its hypnotic melody. So for me, comparisons with Kraftwerk immediately

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Ariah & - Gold Bottle

New York born and raised singer/songwriter Ariah Noetzel, who goes by the stage name Ariah &, decided to give one of her songs the video treatment, the mysteriously catchy “Gold Bottle”. We could not be any happier to exclusively premiere the intriguing music video to maybe our favorite Ariah

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SONG PICK: Gadless - Falling (feat. Lou is)

Per his own description Gadless creates “melancholic chamber pop”, and “Falling” is yet another example for the Greek musician’s songwriting craft. The melancholic “Falling” with optimistic edges features backing vocals by Lou is (aka Louiza Sofianopoulou), and together with Gadless’ striking warm lead vocals something mesmerizing is happening. The

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SONG PICK: Kid Brunswick - know no better

When featuring a #glamglarepick, we try to remain somewhat in the back, but being barely back from a whirl-wind-week of music, PACKED with music, I am listening through about 20 song pick options already… nothing stuck. Then. THIS. “know no better” by Kid Brunswick, a 19 years young musician from

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SONG PICK: Rich Aucoin - The Dream

What would George Harrison do, when he put away his guitar or sitar, and dealt with modern technology? This is a question that popped up in my mind immediately when listening to “The Dream” by Nova-Scotia based artist Rich Aucoin. The song pleases with a distinct late 60s vibe, beautifully

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SONG PICK: Eckhardt And The House - If You Cannot Talk

While Eckhardt And The House might not -yet- be a familiar name, Rik Elstgeest might ring a bell, and the producer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and dramatist actor puts himself on the map with the stellar “If You Cannot Talk”. The song took my music loving heart three weeks ago already, and

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SONG PICK: Monks In The Wood - No Love

A song title like “No Love” is a rather sad affair, and this new single by London-based indie rock five-piece Monks In The Woods stays on the melancholic side. “I have no interest to seeing you in a different light”, makes me wish there would be a chance for the

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SONG PICK: Frances Luke Accord - Maria

Expert, playful finger picking, beautiful tenor harmonies, carefully arranged, the South Bend-based duo Frances Luke Accord is up to something with their latest single “Maria”. Like their previous work, it puts Nicholas Gunty and Brian Powers on the map of the new crop of  singer/songwriters rooted in the tradition

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NEW MUSIC: Sam Frankl - Patina

Opposites attract, which especially holds true in gorgeous tracks like “Patina”, the new single by British indie-pop artist Sam Frankl. The singer’s lush and bright vocals threaten to disappear in the sky, yet are being kept grounded by an earthy, hard-hitting rhythm section. The result? Something truly irresistible: Find

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SXSW 2018: Q&A with GIRL SKIN

Welcoming GIRL SKIN to the Official glamglare SXSW Showcase feels like going full circle, because I remember vividly when I first listened to GIRL SKIN’s songs on SoundCloud, being completely enthralled, and consequently trying to book them for an upcoming glamglare show. Literally in the air, Sid confirmed his