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Song Pick: Baywaves - Gliss

“Gliss” by Madrid-based quartet Baywaves is like sunshine on steroids. The track buzzes with bright energy: there are pronounced bass lines that compete with flirty guitar strumming and contrasting mellow vocals, which all together make for a carefree, glistening vibe. “Gliss” has been recorded while on tour, playing popular European

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SONG PICK: Le Son - 1008

The new song “1008” by Emily Ady and Liam Fergus aka Le Son is a futuristic jazz track that feels familiar and strange at the same time. Minimalistic electronics and glitchy beats flicker beneath Emily’s smooth vocals and evoke the image of a bar performance in a science-fiction movie.

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SONG PICK: FAERS - Last Of Our Kind

“Can you hear me out there” sings Steven Anderson-Howard with powerful vocals, faintly evoking Jim Kerr’s (Simple Minds), while the drums in “Last Of Our Kind” relentlessly move forward and the guitars blissfully chime along. This latest single by London-based quintet FAERS is one for the ages! Sometimes, it

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SONG PICK: Exes - Cain

The Californian electro-pop duo Exes is back with a new very personal song about an episode in singer Allie McDonald’s life: the passing of a close friend she was never lucky enough to meet in person. The mood in “Cain” is maybe a little bit more subdued than in

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MUSIC QUOTES: All-Girl Punk Band

FlirtClub playing Pianos on May 4th, 2017. Missed that Pianos show? Come and see the zesty Brooklyn-based punk trio live on August 18th, 2017 when they take the stage of The Delancey. More info HERE.

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Excited About: Emirae - Reckless EP

EMiRAE is a four-piece band based in Bath, England and their debut EP “Reckless” features five tracks of beautiful melodic and reflective dream pop in the veins of Warpaint and Daughter. Listen to “Reckless” on Spotify or Apple Music:

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SONG PICK: Glassio - Papaya

Blissfully bright, with distinct dance beats, and even some hand claps thrown in, paired with super charming vocals – that is “Papaya”, the gorgeous new single by Glassio. The Brooklyn-based duo is comprised of Sam Rad and Charles Pinel, who both grew up overseas (Pinel in Paris and Rad in the

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SONG PICK: Liana Bank$ - Ghost (Video)

Join Liana Bank$ on an evening out in New York City. Visit atmospheric locations, go to fancy parties and meet cool people to an ultra-relaxed, nocturnal soundtrack. Here’s what Liana says about “Ghost”, the first track of her upcoming second EP “APT. 201”: “Ghost” was one of the first

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SONG PICK: BOYS - Step Back

BOYS took our hearts by storm last year with “Off To New York City” which we happily featured as a #glamglarepick. The London-based dream pop quartet has more gorgeous songs up their sleeves as the brand new single “Step Back” is proof. “Step Back” starts out beautifully mellow, with lush

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EXCITED ABOUT: L. $hamPain - Color And Light

Following L. $hamPain’s body of work is like a journey to a not yet known genre: you know that she will arrive at an exciting place, but you can’t tell where that will be. “Color and Light”, her seventh EP in less than two years, continues on the

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SONG PICK: Twelve Ballet - Just So She Knows

Twelve Ballet is the new name of our favorite Australian brother/sister duo Glider Pilots. Naturally the two have been making music together for quite a while and the name change reflects the desire to go in a different direction. Twelve Ballet’s debut single “Just So She Knows” is

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Wolf & Moon - Garden Of Potential

“Garden Of Potential” is a delightfully dreamy song, with a dose of melancholy and longing yet an ultimately positive edge. The Dutch dream-folk-duo Wolf & Moon released the single earlier this month and we are excited to exclusively premiere its video stateside. The visuals for “Garden Of Potential” couldn’t

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SONG PICK: thanks. - Your World

“Your World”, the new single by Los Angeles-based indie pop duo thanks. is recorded sunshine! The single is so joyfully optimistic and bright, that even if your heart happens to be at darker place right now, it will nonetheless get touched by the sparkle of this track. Behind the artist

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SONG PICK: Sara Hartman - Dance With a Ghost (Video)

“Better to dance alone than dance with a ghost” sings Berlin-based singer/songwriter Sara Hartman: move on and don’t hang on to the past. The video is also all about dancing: watch a beautiful couple express the song’s sentiment in various settings. Listen to “Dance With A Ghost”

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SONG PICK: Flashes - Paintbrush

What starts out as beautifully flowing strokes of sound with a distinct urgency to it, develops into something wild and grunge and equally awesome. One can take “Paintbrush” by British five-piece Flashes quite literally, because comparisons with paintings on canvas come to mind: first tentative, exploring, testing the waters and

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Excited About: Polyphia - The Most Hated (EP)

Dallas-based instrumental four-piece Polyphia creates a rather unique guitar, rhythm and bass heavy sound, taking cues from jazz, R&B and hip hop and blending them all together into something new and truly exciting! They just released their new EP “The Most Hated” and we had the great joy

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SONG PICK: Be The Bear - Erupt (Video)

One can imagine that the long nights of the Swedish winter are good for nightmares and in “Erupt” Be The Bear invites us to join her for a particularly picturesque one: turning on lights in her beautiful home does not help and she ends up in darkness and almost in

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SONG PICK: Soft Fangs - Elephant Girl

It would be easy to quickly write off “Elephant Girl” as ‘low-fi’ or ‘garage’ and move on but this also would mean to miss out on something surprisingly fragile and insanely beautiful lingering under the rougher, outer shell. “Elephant Girl” is the new single by Brooklyn-based dark pop/alt-folk artist

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SONG PICK: Anna Tosh - Weightless

“Weightless” about a dream, about the feeling of drifting underwater into an unreal world. Musically however, the new song by London singer, songwriter and guitarist Anna Tosh stays grounded in solid rock. A relaxed beat and bass line drives the song forward and here and there Anna flashes her guitar

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SONG PREMIERE: Loveskills - Babylon

The flowing, cascading sounds of a harp greet us upon listening to “Babylon”, the new single by indie electronic artist Loveskills. What initially seems like an odd choice, reveals itself as the only possible one because the ethereal vibe of the harp build the perfect blissful contrast to the restless

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SONG PICK: Parker - Runs and Rides

Bryony Parker, who records just under her last name Parker moved from Australia to London to make music and her new song is about the “Runs and Rides” she took as a teenager back home. Pleasant memories for her, I suppose, but for a 21-year old she packs an astonishingly

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SONG PREMIERE: Polyphia - 40oz

Inspired as it is inspiring, playful but also with a hint of restraint, perusing all major elements of modern songwriting, “40oz” is only on the surface a must for guitar aficionados but essentially for music fans across multiple genres because the track simply awesome! “40oz” is the new single by

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SONG PICK: Felix Pallas - Similarities

Felix Pallas is a four-piece from Belgium and “Similarities” is the first track they release on Disco Naïveté’s brand new record label. The song starts as a catchy electro-pop piece and adds some massive drama on the way. An EP is on its way for release later this year.

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NEW MUSIC: Dakota - Silver Tongue (Video)

Dakota is a four-piece from the Netherlands and in the video for their latest song “Silver Tongue” you can see the four women hanging out at some nondescript location. But with such a catchy and appealing piece of dream-pop you actually don’t need any more visual distraction. Watch and

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SONG PICK: MACK - Chasing Down My Mind

“Chasing Down My Mind” by MACK has the power to make you drop everything you do and just indulge in the absolute beauty of the song. There is something magical about MACK’s vocals and delivery. The chill and laid-back “Chasing Down My Mind” is one of three tracks on