Winter 1982. I was with my class on a skiing trip in Austria. After a long day in the mountains, I would relax on my bed and listen to a mix tape that I taped from the weekly charts show on the public Bavarian radio station. One song I remember[…]
If someone asked me to describe Bleached in only a short phrase, I’d go with “a little bit like an all female Green Day, maybe less punk and a touch more garage-pop”, and even after having listened to almost everything I could find from this Los Angeles three-piece band, I’d stick[…]
Her T-Shirt says “Disco Sucks” but that is obviously irony in Rina Sawayama’s video for “Where Are U”, inspired by the Michael Jackson hit “I Wanna Be Where You Are”. She also plays guitar and handles her social media on two laptops and an iPhone from her bedroom. Or listen[…]
There is plenty of energy in the new song by L.A. band XYLØ: the beat thunders and Paige Duddy shouts out loud in our Song Pick of the Day. Their debut EP is out on Friday and it is excellent!
Upbeat. Bouncy. Highly infectious. “Don’t Know What To Do” is all of that and then some more. It’s a super cool indie pop track by the three-piece Fou De Toi from… nope, not Australia and neither the UK but from Sweden, Stockholm to be precise. “Don’t Know What To Do”[…]
Twin Peaks at the 4 Knots Festival in 2015
This is a simply beautiful video: Monogem’s “Gone” shows two gorgeous women dancing through a sun-filled loft apartment. “I’m gone ‘cause I can do better” sings Jen Hirsh and it is up to you to make up the story here.
Brooklyn via Columbia band Salt Cathedral has been one of our favorites since we saw them first at CMJ 2014. Now they are back with a new single and presumably their debut album (after two EPs). “No Ordinary Man” pairs Juliana Ronderos beautiful vocals with minimalistic electronics into this outstanding[…]
Alma Elste Sin Kitty Marie Dahlstrøm’s Thea Stapnes LL Lisbon Kinds
Karen Warner and Mark Moorish aka Kinds have been making music for a while, but with their latest track “Hands Up” they are surly up to something bigger: it is a bouncy, upbeat piece of music that will brighten up your day.
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