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VIDEO PICKS: Alison Sudol, Elizabeth M Drummond, Spacemoth, Spring Summer

Alison Sudol – Meteor Showers With her new single and video, “Meteor Showers,” singer/songwriter and actress Alison Sudol announces her upcoming album, Still Come The Night, out September 30th via Kartel Music Group. The fascinating video provides a rather intimate glimpse of Alison Sudol performing self-imposed actions and rituals. The

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Siobhan Sainte - Didn't Lie

We are happy to report that New Zealand dark pop musician Siobhan Sainte is back with new music after five years. “Didn’t Lie” is a scorching hot song about a love that “could rip you apart, but it’s so good you’d let it” put over a cinematic

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Lola Kirke - All I Had to Do

Dividing her time between Nashville, New York, and Hollywood, singer/songwriter and actress Lola Kirke released the utterly gorgeous “All I Had to Do,” a brand new single that didn’t make it onto her sophomore album Lady for Sale, out via Third Man Records. That’s Jack White’s

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Cate Von Csoke Invites to a Moody Night Drive

Cate Von Csoke is a musician from Brooklyn who delighted us two years ago with her album “Allmoon.” She promises new music for later this year, but in the meantime, she invites us to a moody drive through the night with her new playlist. It is more eclectic and goes

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Ana Arts - Slow

Ana Arts is a musician from London who just released her second three-song EP “Cried So Hard I started To Laugh.” Our Song Pick of the Day is the middle track “Slow,” a future pop song with an intriguing production that matches perfectly with Ana’s unique vocal timbre. Listen

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Pixey - Recycled Paper Planes

Liverpool-based performer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Pixey offers us an incredibly delightful gift in form of her new single “Recycled Paper Planes.” The single can be found on her upcoming mini-album Dreams, Pains & Paper Planes, out in September via Chess Club Records. Pixey grew up loving and making music, yet

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Blu DeTiger & Biig Piig - Crash Course [Video]

New Yorker musician Blu DeTiger and London-based singer/songwriter Biig Piig meet in L.A. and have much fun. On the way, they do “Crash Course,” a high-energy song that could become your favorite summer anthem. Blu is a bassist by trade, so expect driving rhythms that will make you

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Andrés Alcover - Where Did We Go Wrong?

Andrés Alcover‘s double single “Where Did We Go Wrong?,” and “Resigned” remind me of a flurry of favorite sounds from my early teenage years in the late 70s. I hear John Lennon vocally and a bit of a Ringo Starr rhythmically, paired with a bit of Gary Rafferty warmth

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Madi Diaz - Hangover [Video]

“I thought this would be easier by now,” sings Madi Diaz in her new song “Hangover,” about the emotional and practical hurdles after a breakup. Things should be ok, but the other person lingers in her mind like the gritty guitars the song is built on. Madi says about the

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VIDEO PICKS: Bessie Turner, Gordi, Ollee Owens, Serena Sun

Bessie Turner – It Was Nothing U.K. singer/songwriter Bessie Turner released a highly enjoyable video directed by Kris R that shows her having summerly fun. The song, on the other hand, is about the complicated side of friendships, as she reveals here: “I wrote the seed of ‘it was

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Aggressive Swans - Dream Manipulation Program

We haven’t heard from Munich indie-pop duo Aggressive Swans in a while, ever since we featured their gorgeous singles “About You” and “Every Teardrop” to be precise, but here they are with the beautifully catchy “Dream Manipulation Program.” Behind the moniker Aggressive Swans are the classically trained musicians Janko

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Cloud Cukkoo - Alice

Jori van Gemert writes and produces music in Berlin under the name Cloud Cukkoo. Her new song “Alice” takes cues from the Lewis Carrol novel and turns it into a “metaphor for society and the holes in it.” Written for a queer friend, the track is a warm, danceable synth-pop

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Low Island - Can't Forget [Video]

British quartet Low Island announce their sophomore album Life in Miniature with their gorgeous new single “Can’t Forget.” The track is effortlessly smooth and transports me right back to the early 80s when I was young and most of the time unhappily in love until I found The One.

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LonelyTwin - More Than On My Mind [Video]

Swedish singer, songwriter, and producer Madelene Eliasson aka LonelyTwin has just released a fantastic debut album, “This End Had No Beginning,” which manages to be both a throwback to classic pop music and a very current blend of electronic folk music. The latest single, the wistful “More Than On My

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Glass Violet - A View From The Vale

Get ready to enjoy a track for a few more than just three or so minutes. Bristol-based indie-rockers Glass Violet just released the gorgeous “A View From The Vale” which clocks in a little over six minutes, but they pass by sooner than you think, leaving a little void and

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Claude - roses [Video]

Claude is the stage name of Chicago-based musician Claudia Ferme. Her new song “roses” is a gently flowing and swirling dream-pop piece about being too hard to yourself. The track will be on Claude’s beautiful debut album “a lot’s gonna change,” out on August 12 on American Dreams

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James Paul Mitchell - Tokyo [Video Premiere]

Nashville-based singer/songwriter James Paul Mitchell  is about to release his new album Breakup Record this Friday and offers beautifully wistful and atmospheric visuals for his gorgeous single “Tokyo.” Mitchell says about the song: “Tokyo” represents the pain of letting go of a lover, of the future that you had

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Liz Cass - Shaken

The new song by London-based musician Liz Cass is about overcoming tough times. The track has great urgency and energy, and Liz does not think of giving up – she just needs “needs a minute here to breathe” before she can move on. Liz says about the song: “‘Shaken’ is about

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Tacono Gate - Goner

“Goner” by Brooklyn-based synth-pop artist Tacono Gate demands your attention instantly but in a very good and charming way. Looking at Tacono Gate’s press shot, his influences become apparent -at least to those of us who include Kraftwerk and the likes of our fav bands. Tacono Gate names the

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Beau - Even If You're Gone

Breakups are rarely equal, and when one side quickly moves on with somebody else, the other suffers even more. If such a situation touches a personal memory, the emotional intensity of “Even If You’re Gone” will give you serious chills. The New York City musicians Heather Goldin and Emma

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Vision Video - Beautiful Day To Die [Video]

Vision Video are an Atlanta, Georgia-based goth-rock, post-punk act, that just released the instantly irresistible “Beautiful Day To Die.” With that surprisingly sunny track, they announce their sophomore album Haunted Hours later this year. (Pre-order now.) Vision Video is led by former U.S. Marine and current Atlanta Fire Department

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Rani Adi - Starkissed

“Starkissed” is a song about love that cannot overcome obstacles that should not exist in the first place. L.A.-based singer and songwriter Rani Adi co-produced this hazy track that climaxes in a hot guitar solo. Attraction and rejection collide here, but the song leaves you with pleasant euphoria.

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Forever Honey - Singing To Let England Shake

Forever Honey follow their 2020 beautiful EP Pre-Mortem High with the dreamy “Singing To Let England Shake,” announcing a flurry of upcoming singles. The Brooklyn-based indie rock quartet is carving out its very own brand of airy jangly pop with soft tones and lovely harmonies.  Forever Honey is comprised of

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Shady Cove - High Divide [Video]

Sarah Rose and Sarah Nienaber used to play in Candace but found together again to form a new band, Shady Cove, named after the place where they recorded new music. Their new song “High Divide” is about dreaming of the future and comes with a nostalgic video from Central Oregon

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Julian Taylor - S. E. E. D. S.

I am currently writing this far away from the USA or Canada, where Julian Taylor creates his gorgeous music. While the inspiration to his newest song “S. E. E. D. S.” is something that happened on Canadian soil, similar horrific acts have been happening at many places in the world