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MUSIC BUZZ: Björk // U2 // More

Björk’s MoMA retrospective starts at MoMA to almost universally bad critique. Of course, if you don’t have to concern yourself with the general state of contemporary art and MoMA’s reputation of curating it, you can just go and enjoy. We did, and a review follows soon here on glamglare. U2’s[…]

FIRST LISTEN: Purity Ring – another eternity

On their first album Shrines, Purity Ring avoided spaces between words. On their follow another eternity up they kill capital letters. That seems a little silly to me, but their music is not – it’s first class electronic pop music. I like Megan James’ voice even more than I remember[…]

NEW MUSIC: Highly Suspect – Lydia

“I’ve seen better days” sings, snarls and moans Johnny Stevens of Highly Suspect and listening to Lydia, their newly re-recorded song, I believe it on the spot. “So unafraid in my youth / I cant breath much less believe” he continues, and the song just gets tighter and more intense[…]

NEW ALBUM: The Elwins – Play For Keeps

When listening to new albums, I often don’t start at the beginning but jump to song number three or scan the titles to see what takes my fancy. And so, when listening to The Elwins’ just released album Play For Keeps,  I was drawn to So Down Low and liked the playful[…]

NEW MUSIC: Gem & Eye

All I know is that Gem & Eye are a sister and brother duo from New York, who does dreamy pop with a slight retro-feeling. The Supreme Beings of Leisure come to mind here.

VIDEO: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Lose Yourself

I don’t exactly know how Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is still somewhat flying under radar. They should be super stars! But here we go. This sensual video is hardly three months old and our pick for this week. About the video: “Hey everyone, we want to share a new music video[…]