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NEW TRACK: Cathedral Bells - Disconnected

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NEW TRACK: Cat Turner - I Need You

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NEW TRACK: JFDR - Shimmer

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NEW TRACK: Austra - Risk It

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SONG PICK: Forever - Blur (Video)

Here is an artist we are super excited to see live at the spring festivals SXSW in Austin and The New Colossus in NYC: Montreal-based singer/songwriter June Moon aka Forever is about to release a new EP “Close to the Flame” dealing with breakup on Cascine (paradoxically on Valentine’

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SONG PICK: Suzy & the Lifeguard - NOW

“NOW” is a psychedelic power pop anthem that could be a good candidate for your 2020 theme song. “Now, now, now,” sings L.A. musician Suzy & The Lifeguard and indeed, waiting for a better time is rarely a good decision to get ahead in life. The songs radiates bliss

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NEW ALBUM: Death Hags - BIG Grey SUN #1

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SONG PICK: Luna Shadows - millennia

Things are not ok here: the bass drones menacingly, the beat fidgets nervously and L.A. singer Luna Shadows sighs with frustration: “don’t say you’ve had enough fight for a better love”. Sometimes it is hard to get on the same page in on a relationship. Luna Shadows

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NEW TRACK: Little Dragon - Hold On

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SONG PICK: Warpaint - The Brakes

It has been almost four years since the last album of Los Angeles indie rock veterans Warpaint, so it is good news that they are working on their fourth studio album to be (hopefully) released later this year. In the meantime we have “The Brakes” from the excellent soundtrack of

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NEW TRACK: Lux Lyall - Mad With The Moon

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SONG PICK: Rachel Beck - Warrior

Women as warriors for a better world – Canadian singer/songwriter Rachel Beck names a few as her inspiration: Amelia Earhart, Greta Thunberg, Rosa Parks and Malala. Aside from the title, “Warrior” is a not belligerent song – the music is rather warm, humble and makes you feel the force of good

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SONG PICK: Victoria Bigelow - To Everyone I've Loved Before

Listen and you can picture Victoria Bigelow sitting on her front porch on a hot Tennessee summer day and musing over past lovers and relationships. Her new song “To Everyone I’ve Loved Before” speaks of regret, but also of acceptance of the fact that you have to find to

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SONG PICK: May Rosa - Before I Knew (Summer)

“Before I Knew (Summer)” first takes you back to the careless times of childhood and then to the moment when that innocent life comes to an end. The new song by Belfast-based singer/songwriter May Rosa is a melancholic, 80s-inspired synth pop track, that makes you yearn these good old

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SONG PICK: Renay - Inspire Me (Video)

The muse is a double-edge sword for the artist as L.A.-based singer, songwriter and producer Renay reveals about her new song “Inspire Me”: “This song is about how the muse inspires, paradoxically propelling you to create (birth), yet through the intense obsession it devours you (death). An intensely

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SONG PICK: Ani Glass - Mirores (Video)

Cornish musician Ani Glass kicks off the year with a new song “Mirores” about “the alignment of ideas, motivation and energy and that rare but illuminating experience of feeling inspired.” Like her older sister Gwenno, she sings in the native language of Cornwall, but the bright, upbeat synth pop track

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SONG PICK: Charlee Remitz - Nothing Blooms Quite Like A Heartache

Charlee Remitz is a singer and producer based in L.A., who found her own unique style and voice in synth pop. The music is ethereal and bright, but she also packs some serious punches into the lyrics that will make you listen carefully. The self-taught musician came to songwriting

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SONG PICK: LIANA - B.O.B

Dark, mysterious and cinematic, that is the music of Turkish-American sisters Lia and Lena Göçer, who produce music as LIANA. They released their EP “Cocaine Heart” (Apple Music | Spotify) just before the holidays and its six songs invite into a different world. Among them our previous Song Pick “Hurricane” and

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SONG PICK: Ayane Yamazaki - Angel in Blue

Ayane Yamazaki is a singer/songwriter from Japan who does catchy and delightfully quirky pop music. “Angel in Blue” is the English version of a track on her 2019 Japanese five-track EP “Life” (Apple Music | Spotify). The track artfully blends dream pop sensibilities, dance music and an insane synth line

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SONG PICK: The Know - Hold Me Like You Know Me (Video)

Being there and not there. The video for “Hold Me Like You Know Me” shows dancer Lexee Smith expressing herself at a party full of people. But nobody notices her, because everybody is lives their own worlds. Jennifer, singer in the L.A. dream pop duo The Know explains the

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SONG PICK: Lola Marsh - What Am I

Here is a beautiful new song by duo Lola Marsh from Tel Aviv, Israel. With its playful guitar and the warm synths it makes you feel floating away with the music, reminiscent of an Air song of the “Moon Safari” era. Lola March is about to release a new album

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SONG PICK: Sunna Margrét - Art of History

Music from Iceland will be a focus here on glamglare on 2020 and we are off to an excellent start with Sunna Margrét from Reykjavík and her song “Art of History”, an elegant fusion of industrial and ethereal synth pop. “Art of History” is the title track of Sunna’s

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SONG PICK: Marva Von Theo - Embrace this Madness (Video)

“Embrace This Madness” is a call to enjoy dreams and fantasies as long as they last, because soon enough reality hits again. Like on this first weekend of the year, when the glitter of the holidays gives way to a long winter season. But music will be always there to

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SONG PICK: Katie Burden - Edge of Sleep (Video)

Happy New Year! Let’s start 2020 with with a genre-defying pop song by L.A. musician Katie Burden, whose collaborations include jennylee’s excellent 2015 solo album. Her new song “Edge of Sleep” invites you into a dream-like state as is ebbs in swells with Katie cooing seductive like

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SONG PICK: Shopping - Initiative (Video)

It is New Year’s Eve and the new song by transatlantic trio Shopping may be a great addition to your playlist for tonight. For once “Initiative” is a good mantra for going into a new year, even when Shopping does not mean it quite in that way. And the