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Delilah Holiday

Delilah Holiday - Everything I Ever Wanted [Video]

“Even if the world was ending? Would you still run away with me?” asks London singer/songwriter Delilah Holliday. The atmospheric track reflects a moment of quietness, like in a movie when the action pauses for a few moments to allow the heroine to confess her love. But then, the

Hemlocke Springs

Hemlocke Springs - Sever the Blight

Whatever you expect, this song is not it. First, there is the title that never appears in the lyrics, and then there are plenties of 80s synth-pop references, refreshed with an EDM-style production. Still, “Sever the Blight” sounds familiar and, simultaneously, unlike everything else you have heard in a long

Rainlights - Brand New Sneakers

Rachel Chevat aka Rainlights wants to “take you away for a moment, wherever you are.” The singer, songwriter, producer, and sound engineer achieves that with lyrics that capture the essence of the moment and a production that is simple at first but then reveals more layers with every listen. Her

Savannah Conley

Savannah Conley Q&A

Come Friday, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Savannah Conley releases her debut album Playing the Part of You is Me. Here at glamglare, we’re already in love with the record: each song has a different vibe and shines a light on relationships from a different angle. Savannah was so kind to

VEiiLA - Push The Pedal [Video]

Vif Nüte and Bes Eirid started making music in Russia as VEiiLA in 2015 after they played around with vintage synthesizers. From there, they developed an elegant, sophisticated brand of trip-hop. Now based in Armenia, they released their latest single, “Push the Pedal,” a slow-burning song that evolves around Vif’

Love You Later - Long Sleeves

Love can be as mercurial as the weather, and sometimes stretches of sunshine are short and rare. In “Long Sleeves,” the Nashville-based singer/songwriter Lexi Aviles, aka Love You Later takes stock of a relationship that does not seem to work. The song is on Lexi’s just released EP

Tiger Silko - Feeler

The Brooklyn duo of singer/songwriter Lisa Jaeggi and composer and producer Jonathon Wright have worked together on film scores. Under the name Tiger Solko, they now let their fantasy soar unrestricted from production budgets and “create a soundtrack for a non-existent film.” Their new song, “Feeler,” is an atmospheric

Junodef - She Wants To Win

“She Wants To Win” takes cues from multiple genres and fuses guitars and electronic together effortlessly into a perfect 2020s pop song. Junodef, the trio of Karin Grönkvist (guitar and vocals), Norea Persson (drums and electronics) and Tyra Örnberg (Bass and vocals), met in their home country Sweden and moved

Mega Bog - Cactus People [Video]

For her fifth album, End of Everything, Erin Birgy aka Mega Bog takes a turn from her indie folk roots into synth-pop territory. The latest single, “Cactus People,” contrasts bright synths with Erin’s voice. But it is not a light-hearted song: “Cactus People” as the entire album was written

Circe - Riot of Sunlight

London singer/songwriter Circe goes for the bright side in her soaring new song “Riot of Sunlight.” The song came to life when she the play “Jerusalem” twice at different stages in her life. Today she calls it “a play and performance of such colossal, glorious, gigantic magic,” and “Riot

Hana McCartney - Dope

“Dope” is a track from the debut album Rust and Stardust by Nashville-based singer/songwriter Hana McCartney. In the earthy indie rock song, Hana recounts a story of pervasive drug use and abuse matter-of-factly. Hana says about the album: “The idea of each song having a drug reference or innuendo

Gillie - Llawn

The singer, songwriter, and producer Gillie sings “Llawn” in the Welsh language, which I do not speak, but musically the track hits it already home for me. Somewhere between synth- and dream-pop, the song evolves and shapeshifts over its 3:26 minutes. In other words, Gillie absolutely succeeds in “Sonically

Avalon Emerson - Karaoke Song

DJ and dance music producer Avalon Emerson is doing something new with her project & The Charm, out on April 28 on Avalon’s own label Another Dove. While the first single “Sandrail Silhouette,” had some surprising folky vibes, “Karaoke Songs” strikes closer to home with its glittering synths. Avalon

Dawn Cadence - Speaking in Tongues

Dawn Cadence - Speaking in Tongues

Whenever a new song by Vanessa Richardson, aka Dawn Cadence, arrives in my inbox, I brace myself for something unique and exciting. Because the singer, songwriter, and producer does not follow conventions. Her latest song, “Speaking In Tongues,” features a 90s Depeche Mode guitar, Vanessa’s layered vocals, and many

Immy - Sweet Nirvana

“Sweet Nirvana” is an unabashed love song with beautiful sunset beach vibes. In other words, we have the first summer song on our hands, right in time for shaking of thoughts of winter. The young Bristol-based musician Immy came from a family of musicians and developed an eclectic taste that

Wila Frank - Tonight

“Tonight” will you draw you in instantly. The sonic world Wila Frank creates with intricate guitar play, precise production, and engaging lyrics is something you don’t want to leave too soon. Fortunately, she is about to release her debut record, Black Cloud on May 12. Wila says: “‘Tonight’ is

Everything by Electricity

Everything By Electricity - Goodbye

Let yourself be carried away by “Goodbye.” Over precisely four minutes, it builds on layered synth and bass lines, and the track gains intensity around every minute mark. On top are the dreamy, lush vocals of Yulia Bizyukova, the Siberian-born, London-based singer, songwriter, and producer behind Everything By Electricity. Yulia

Eden Rain - Crumb [Video]

The London-based singer/songwriter Eden Rain has a hang for lyrics that make you listen up and music that draws you in with catchy melodies and engaging beats. “Crumbs,” the latest single from her upcoming EP Gutter Vision (May 19), is no exception. But what is up with the title?

7ebra - Done With The Day [Video]

“I’m done with the day, I think I’m okay with the things that have happened,” sings the Swedish twin duo 7ebra to reflect on the evening of a busy day. The song has a calming quality with its steady guitar and drum play, perfect to celebrate a moment

Dizzy - Open Up Wide

The Canadian four-piece Dizzy has been good for stops-you-in-your-track indie pop since their 2018 debut “Baby Teeth.” Now they are releasing their third, self-titled album this summer, and judging from the highly infectious singles, they are still on their a-game. The latest song, “Open Up Wide,” came together spontaneously during