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NEW TRACK: Rosie Carney - Awake Me (Video)

At 20 Rosie Carney has already gone through many experiences, in- and outside the music industry. Now, signed to independent label X Novo, she released this beautifully quiet song “Awake Me”, together with a hazy video which shows her in unreal, dream-like situations. Listen to “Awake Me” on Soundcloud:

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NEW MUSIC: Vuurwerk - Face It (ft. Khazali) (Video)

This video is full of psychological symbolism and this is no accident: when they don’t make music, the London-based electronic duo Vuurwerk are professionally working in this field. For “Face It”, “a song about finding yourself through others, the interplay of ego’s, expectations and the projection of our

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SONG PICK: Bernache - Your Name (Video)

Bernache is the stage name of Canadian singer/producer Emma, who plays in the band Men I Trust (whose song we picked last July). “Your Name” is a raw electronic track that is refreshingly uninfluenced by current musical tracks. The mad synth line competes with a lonesome guitar melody over

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LATE NIGHT: Rudie Edwards - Lover Like You

Rudie Edwards went to London to “make some bloody noise that doesn’t sound like all of the other bloody noise out there and ‘Lover Like You’ is about knowing what you want from a lover and not being afraid to express it or ask for it.” Her lasted track

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NEW TRACK: mar|co - Good Morning (feat. Kaiiak)

Good to hear some new music by mar|co, the now NYC-based duo of Marie Lang and Alex Coco

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NEW TRACK: Rina Mushonga - AtalantA

Dutch-Zimbabwean singer/songwriter Rina Mushonga has found an appealing and fresh blend between African and European pop music. “Atalanta” is the first single of her upcoming second album due out in fall.

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SONG PICK: Family Friends - I’m Like You

Family Friends is the duo of siblings Rebecca and Tom Fitzsimons, who call London and Melbourne, Australia their homes. Their new song “I’m Like You” is about common ground in relationships: “It’s about finding another weirdo who’s weirdness makes total sense to you. That’s love”, they

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SONG PICK: Acre Tarn - Crescent Moons

Today’s Song Pick of the Day comes from London-based electronic musician Anna-Louisa Etherington aka Acre Tarn. “Crescent Moons” is her latest track that combines her unsettling vocal style with steady beats and ethereal synths.

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SONG PICK: Kid Cupid - Broken Down

Kid Cupid is a London four-piece fronted by singer Laura Shaw. Their new song is about not giving up after being “Broken Down” and they underline this sentiment with building up guitars, electronics, strings, and vocals to a big orchestral finale. Listen to “Broken Down”, our Song Pick of the

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NEW TRACK: Zuma - All Nite (ft. Lenis Kim)

The song is called “All Nite”, but the production rather invokes a romantic encounter on a sunny summer afternoon. San Diego musicians Zuma and Lenis Kim collaborated for the first time for this track and one hopes they will work together more often.

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NEW TRACK: Steph Barrak - So Familiar

There is a lot going on in “So Familiar”, a new track by Boston musician Steph Barrack, from the relentless snare drum beat, over the glockenspiel to some electronic texture in the background. This is how a singer/songwriter should sound in 2017. Steph’s EP “Never Again” is out

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PHOTOS: glamglare presents at The Delancey: Mothica // King Neptune // Ariah &

Despite all uncertainty these days, one thing is for sure: 2017 will be again a year of excellent music. At glamglare we were delighted to showcase some of it with a diverse lineup at our first concert of the year. Ariah & kicked off the event with an acoustic set.

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SONG PICK: Hezen - Oil Fire (Video)

Hezen is the stage name of London-based singer/producer Sarah Hezen, who creates hauntingly beautiful songs with a trip hop vibe. “Oil Fire” is the first single off her four track debut EP “Stigma”, released last Friday (SoundCloud | Apple Music | Spotify). Listening to the song by itself is an intense

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NEW TRACK: Sacre - Gaia

“Gaia” is a disco dance track with a galactic scope. Sacre, a duo from Paris, creates a beautifully bright and soaring soundscape, which invariably will lift your spirits.

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SONG PICK: Me Not You - Relief

Our Song Pick of the Day, “Relief” is about how a humiliating experience can turn things for the better. In case of Me Not You singer Nikki it was being kicked out of Catholic school. I’m sure her family wasn’t delighted, but “In a sense it’s a

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NEW MUSIC: Escence - Industry is Tough (Video)

Daniela Burba aka Escence is a singer/producer who made her way from Italy to London and into uncompromising dance music. In “Industry is Tough” Escence captures the insanity of the music industry, lyrically and musically. Watch Escence, out and about in London, dancing to her crazy beats: Listen to

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EXCITED ABOUT: Rose Elinor Dougall // Cloud Nothings // Priests

Plenty of new full-length albums and EPs came out since last week and today and we are especially excited about the following new releases: Rose Elinor Dougall – Stellular “Stellular” is Rose Elinor Dougall’s second full length album, full of beautifully melancholic pop songs. (Apple Music | Spotify). Cloud Nothings – Life

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NEW TRACK: Satellite Mode - Secrets

“How many secrets do you hold?” asks Jess Carvo of the New York pop duo Satellite Mode in their new song. At lot probably: they tend to accumulate rapidly as we go through life.

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SONG PICK: Overcoats - Hold Me Close

The New York duo Overcoats was one of the most exciting discoveries for me at last year’s SXSW festival. Back then they had only a few songs on a hand-made CD. Now they have finally announced their highly anticipated debut album, “Young” due out April 21 on Arts &

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NEW TRACK: Wit - Broken Clock

Whitney Carr makes music in L.A. under the name Wit and her debut track “Broken Clock” is a pop song that retains gravity and projects the fitting emotions for its topic: a painful breakup.

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RELEASED TODAY: Kyyn - Stay Lit

Brooklyn singer/songwriter Kyndyl Miller aka Kyyn is back with a new single “Stay Lit”. She wrote it originally with the thought in mind of being trapped in a cabin in the woods in the middle of winter, while the fire is dying, but that can be a metaphor for

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PHOTOS: Mothica live at Union Pool

2017 may be the breakthrough year for Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Mothica: she just has released a new one-off collaboration with Icarus Moth, played a show at Brooklyn’s Union Pool and, from what we heard, the release of her second EP is around the corner as well. That is why

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SONG PICK: Starling - No Rest For The Wicked

“I’m sick and tired of trying to be the nice girl” sings Starling, a singer/songwriter hailing from London, in our Song Pick of the Day. The video is like an art installation, showing her in various scenes around town and the music fuses multiple genres with Starling’s

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NEW TRACK: Ambiere - Tree Of Life

Listen to a new track by Manchester, U.K. duo Ambiere. “Tree of Life” is a beautiful airy track that takes you right to the light-flooded grove where you would expect the tree of life to grow. “Tree of Life” will be released on February 11.

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SONG PICK: Rodes Rollins - Wes Come Back

Rodes Rollins’ atmospheric second single clearly draws inspiration from Italian western soundtracks and it is hard not to have a movie playing in your mind while listening to it. “Wes Comes Back” is about a long time friend of hers, whom she parted with at some point earlier in her