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LATE NIGHT: Mike Sal - Beyond You And I

Great dance music and perfect tunes for high energy workouts often go hand in hand, and Mike Sal‘s “Beyond You And I” hits that sweet spot perfectly! I can’t decide where I love to hear the track more: on the dance floor or in the gym. Then again,

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NEW EP: FEiN - Little Little Homes

The EP “Little Little Homes” came out a little over a week ago, and that’s since I’ve been listening to it. On repeat. This little gem of an EP is the creative child of Brandon Woodward and Luke Walton who together make music as FEiN, simply pronounced ‘fine’

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SONG PICK: Lightcliffe - Please Leave

Even after having listened multiple times to “Please Leave”, the 2nd single by London quartet Lightcliffe, my immediate feelings still ring true: this is a heartbreakingly sweet song, based on a great melody, with lots of warm and fuzzy guitars and topped off with kinda ‘innocent’ sounding, great vocals… While

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SONG PICK: luhx. - poison.

We take it more slowly on this Wednesday morning with “poison.”, an alluring new song by luhx. from Boston. They call their sound “synth-soul” and that describes it already pretty well. The song is beautifully crafted and the vocals are amazing and rather unique for this kind of “chill-pop”, you’

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PHOTOS: Twin Wave played an Awesome Show at Union Pool

My initial title choice included statements like “Twin Wave are back” and “played a sold out show” but both statements are quite a pleonasm since this New York psych rock/dream pop band is obviously ‘back’ when playing a show and hey, they should (and will) play sold out houses.

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MUSIC QUOTES: Making Music

EMA, aka Erika M. Anderson live at Glasslands July 2011

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SONG PICK: High Tyde - Dark Love

In need of a little energy push? Listen to the super cool and highly infectious “Dark Love” and you’ll feel instantly energized and ready to tackle this Monday evening like it was Friday. “Dark Love”, our Song Pick of the Day, is the latest single by the British quartet

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SONG PICK: Vryll Society - Self Realization

As far as really cool psychedelic rock goes, this latest single by Liverpool’s Vryll Society is a stand-out. Certainly, “Self Realization” is made of the usual ingredients like a groovy vibe, fuzzy guitars, lo-fi vocals and  an overall hypnotic feel but wait when the lead guitar sets in, getting

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SONG PICK: Only Shadows - Be Still

It’s no secret that I love high energy, stadium ready, big chorus songs, with cool vocals and I’ve heard quite a few awesome ones lately yet “Be Still” might very well be my new favorite among them. I lost count of how often I clicked on the “play”

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3 Is A Band: Bleached

If someone asked me to describe Bleached in only a short phrase, I’d go with “a little bit like an all female Green Day, maybe less punk and a touch more garage-pop”, and even after having listened to almost everything I could find from this Los Angeles three-piece band,

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SONG PICK: Fou De Tois - Don't Know What To Do

Upbeat. Bouncy. Highly infectious. “Don’t Know What To Do” is all of that and then some more. It’s a super cool indie pop track by the three-piece Fou De Toi from… nope, not Australia and neither the UK but from Sweden, Stockholm to be precise. “Don’t Know

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MUSIC QUOTES: Death of Live Music

Twin Peaks at the 4 Knots Festival in 2015

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SONG PICK: Lisbon - Vice

Best of both worlds: pronounced rock guitar riffs over fat dance beats, rich vocals and anthem ready choruses – and you got me hooked, immediately! “What’s your vice, you make me drink it ’til I’m sober” sing Newcastle’s Lisbon and there’s just no escape but to make

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SONG PICK: Thea Stapnes - Follow The River

Couldn’t get enough of “Follow The River” yesterday already, listened to it a few times back to back, and like the latest single by Norwegian singer/songwriter Thea Stapnes even better today. Grounded in strong songwriting skills, Thea Stapnes creates music that is energetic and melodic electro-pop which either

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3 Is A Band: Pretty City

It won’t be the first time that Melbourne’s aptly named fuzz rockers Pretty City will be playing state side, because they’ve been touring the East Coast twice last year, but it is only now that I found out about them, since they are scheduled to perform in

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SONG PICK: Sin Kitty - Wondering

What do you get if you mix dreamy, speak singing female vocals with distinct shoegaze chord progression plus psychedelic touches for good measure? A pretty amazing album which Sin Kitty, hailing from Asheville, NC just released. And while I’ve been listening through all 10 tracks on the album a

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MUSIC QUOTES: Solutions

Julian Casablancas, SXSW 2014

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PHOTOS: Savoir Adore headline fantastic evening at Baby's All Right with Tigertown and A R I Z O N A

For dream and synth pop fans, it was a no brainer to venture out to Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right early on Wednesday, February 3rd to not only see Savoir Adore playing again in New York after a two years hiatus but to also check out newcomers A R

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SONG PICK: Shallow Waves - Tired

Toronto’s Shallow Waves take their inspiration from 90s grunge and garage bands and mix and whirl it all perfectly together in the grungy, yet charming “Tired”, our Song Pick of Saturday.

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SONG PICK: Eliza Shaddad - Run

Ahead of her EP release on March 18th, Eliza Shaddad delights us with “Run”, a brooding, highly atmospheric and ever intensifying gem of a song. Her vocals can be velvety soft yet at the same time powerful when she cries out: “Run from me far and fast as you can

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3 Is A Band: Mirror Travel

Granted, Mirror Travel might not have to travel far when playing next month’s SXSW festival, since they’re originally from Austin but are also residing in Taos, New Mexico yet that’s exactly how I came across them: by listening through bands scheduled to be performing at the music

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SONG PICK: Jarbird - Iona

“Iona”, the lastest release by London 4-piece Jarbird, is a track that keeps you on your toes. While of ethereal beauty, it is at the same time also hard to fully grasp in just one listening session, because of the twists and turns the melody takes. The track is hypnotic,

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MUSIC QUOTES: Video Screens

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SONG PICK: Pretty City - Melt

While listening to “Melt”, my immediate thought upon hearing the line ‘everything just melts away’ is “yeah, the snow, hopefully soon!”, yet I highly doubt that the Australian three-piece Pretty City was thinking of ‘snow’ when coming up with the lyrics for their latest single  “Melt”. Okay then… Melbourne, Summer,

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SONG PICK: FEWS - The Zoo

FEWS is a band we don’t know much about – yet. They’re a four piece and according to their bio on SXSW’s page originally from Sweden yet their Facebook page shows London, UK as their other base. What I do know though is that “The Zoo” is a