Oliver Bouchard

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SONG PICK: Starling - Large It

Ahead of the release of her EP “Body” London-based singer/songwriter reveals another track “Large It”. It is loud and unapologetic, driven by distorted beats and melodies. Starling explains: “’Large it’ means everything and nothing. It’s a song about getting wrecked and not giving a shit. But on a

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SONG PICK: Odina - Why’d You Make Me Cry

“Why’d You Make Me Cry if you loved me so much,” asks Odina in her new song. Probably the opposite is true as well: she would not feel like this if there was not true love involved. It is a quiet but gripping piece, which she says is very

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SONG PICK: Alex Lustig - Do Wrong (ft. Ayelle)

Belgian producer Alex Lustig is already known in the hip hop scene and now enlists London singer Ayelle (who had her own Song Pick in 2015) for a debut under his own name. “Do Wrong” is an airy track with sparse beats that invokes a night out in the city

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SXSW Roundup Day 6: Fifi Rong, Giungla, Linying, Dyan, Charlotte Cardin, Phoria, Salt Cathedral

Saturday is wind-down day at SXSW. There are still many music showcases around town, but many artists are through with their shows and are enjoying themselves or have left town already. Also, many attendants who treat SXSW as work rather than fun, prefer to spend the weekend at home. No

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SXSW Roundup Day 5: Vera Blue, Ryan Vail, Casper Skulls, Woodes, Casi, The Vryll Society, Mt. Wolf, Sui Zhen

We had nowhere special to be on Friday, so we could take advantage of the various day parties in town. The Aussie BBQ featured this year a second “electronic edition” with an exciting lineup. First on was Vera Blue, who does bright pop with lots of vocal expression and is

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SONG PICK: Tusks - Toronto

Our (slightly delayed) Song Pick of the Day is provided by London singer/producer Tusks aka Emily Underhill. Her new song “Toronto” – named after the Canadian city it was written in – is slow building and epic with a melancholic guitar line guiding to the track. Tusks is working on her

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SXSW Roundup Day 4: Joana Serrat, Frenship, Elle Exxe, Pastel Ghost, Winter, Marie Davidson

We started the day at Brush Park, where two day parties took place: The Aussie BBQ, which showcases Australian artists every year and the Sounds Of Spain party. After a quick visit to the first one, we hung out a little at the Spanish party, where they serve delicious paella.

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SXSW Roundup Day 3: Let’s Eat Grandma, Mt. Wolf, Temples, Mothica, Dead Leaf Echo, Sexores, Lilly Among Clouds

Time to get serious at SXSW (and have some fun too): for breakfast, we went to Rainey Street to see Norwegian producer Coucheron at the Paradigm Talent Agency Cookout. He does catchy energetic dance songs, albeit currently without a live singer. After that we were caught in surprise by Australian

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SONG PICK: Letters To Nepal - Come Find Me

Being lost is the theme of the new track “Come Find Me” by Brooklyn electronic duo Letters To Nepal. Subtle beats slowly build up while a bright guitar line shines occasional light in the track. “There’s nothing to say / I scream / I’ve lost myself / In here” sings Evgeniya

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SXSW Roundup Day 2: Dream Wife, Sweat, Casual Strangers, Desert Mountain Tribe, Ruby, Ringo Deathstarr

Sweat Desert Mountain Tribe Ruby Originally we wanted to start the day with a panel discussion at the Austin Convention Center, but the rooms were filled to capacity, so we had some extra time at our hands. What to do now? At the East Tent there was an event (free

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SXSW Roundup Day 1: Pvris, Idgy Dean, Ellie Herring, Gurr

We are in Austin again, for the fourth time. Things have changed a little bit in the 31st year of the festival. A new logo with fresher colors (we appreciate the departure from primary green for the music badge), new rules for event access and the music track is one

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PHOTOS: glamglare presents: Lantrns, Phone Home and Council at The Delancey

Hard to believe that this was already our eighth showcase since we started curating shows last October! It was also the first one that saw a returning band: New York three-piece Council rocked The Delancey once more and proved that they are ready for bigger stages. Like Council – all three

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SONG PICK: Zaflon - Sincerity (ft. Gilan & Lefty)

London producer Zaflon follows the likes of Portishead with a gritty brand of trip hop. Hammered forward by a hard-hitting beat, his new track “Sincerity” features singer Gilan and rapper Lefty. “Sincerity” is Zaflon’s February track and he has promised more for every month of this year. (this is

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PHOTOS: K. Flay goes wild at Bowery Ballroom (with Paper Route & Daye Jack)

It is a challenge to describe the music of K. Flay: there is rock, hip hop, electronic in it, but it is also catchy and disarmingly straightforward. “How did a girl like me end up in a world so mean?” she sings in “Black Wave” and most of us probably

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SONG PICK: Biyo - Focus

Biyo is Grayson and Sam from Nashville who do sophisticated electronic pop music. Our Song Pick of the Day, “Focus” is made from bits and pieces that fall together into a catchy and quite anthemic pop song as the track progresses. Biyo is another example of artists who reshape the

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SONG PICK: Chelsea Cutler - Your Shirt

Chelsea Cutler wrote, produced and sang her new song “Your Shirt” all by herself, but she electronically conjures the voices of a happier (?) past to help her tell the story. The song feels bright as the morning when she wakes up and realizes that a shirt and some memories is

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SONG PICK: Cuesta Loeb - Charlotte Hill

This is big sound: L.A. via NYC musician Cuesta Loeb does shoegaze-inspired dream pop where her vocals float narrowly over thick layers of guitars. “Charlotte Hill” is the third track off her debut EP “Dive”, which is out now (Apple Music | Spotify | Soundcloud). Cuesta Loeb will play their debut

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NEW MUSIC: Oyinda - Serpentine (Video)

Oyinda’s “Restless Minds” was one of my favorite EPs last year. Now she is following up with a video that blurs real and visual reality. Oyinda explains: “Whilst writing ‘Serpentine’ I was studying hypnosis, specifically instances where patients wind up referring to themselves in the third person; they see

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PHOTOS: glamglare presents: Loveskills, Spaces of Disappearance, Vigil and DJ alice.km at The Delancey

Electronic music night at The Delancey! First on stage was Vigil. Wary of the “karaoke problem” that many electronic musicians face, he decided to ditch the laptop in favor of a vintage MPC, which he plays like a hand drum. Good choice – he achieved similar intimacy and intensity of an

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SONG PICK: Katelin Tarver - Love Me Again

“Love Me Again”, our Song Pick of the Day was released on Valentine’s Day, but love is also the most important thing the other 364 days of the year. In this quiet song Katelyn Tarver, best known as an actor, tries to fix a relationship. “When it feels like

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SONG PICK: Ellie Bleach - I Want You So Bad

Ellie Bleach is a student from Norwich, England and “I Want You So Bad” is her slow burning, extremely catchy debut track, which she recorded for the local label Seal of Approval Records. I’m sure we will hear more from her this year. Listen to our Song Pick of

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NEW TRACK: Mikala - Save Your Love

“Save all your love for another day” is the advice Danish/Italian singer Mikala gives to somebody she is not so much interested in. It “makes you wonder what the world’s coming to” – or maybe not: musically and lyrically captures a hot night out in the city, when love

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SONG PICK: Jazz Morley - Ruin Me

UK singer Jazz Morley does unpretentious pop songs that seem to get straight to the point. “I could let you ruin me”, sings Jazz and that describes exactly the moment when you are about to decide to go ahead in a relationship. “Sometimes when the world seems grey and hopeless,

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NEW TRACK: Droplet - High

Listen to a new track by Melbourne singer/producer Droplet aka Demi Papazoglou. “High” will be released on March 3 with an EP to follow two weeks later.

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SONG PICK: Ah! Kosmos - From The Land Below (feat. Lafawndah)

The Song Pick of the Day, “From the Land Below” is one of the far too rare all-female collaborations in electronic music. Berlin-based producer Ah! Kosmos aka Basak Gunak teams up with singer Lafawndah for a high-energy production with multiple competing drum tracks give a dramatic backdrop to the vocals.