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SONG PICK: Viola Beach – Boys That Sing

Here are Viola Beach from Warrington, U.K. with a new and truly awesome track: “Boys That Sing” which immediately gets your attention and keeps it so nicely until the last bar. Musically, this is what we want to hear this time of year aka when it is cold! It is especially nice[…]

SONG PICK: The Flavr Blue – Supply

This Song Pick of the Day has been released today by the Seattle three piece The Flavr Blue. The track Supply is like a sunrise in summer with its bright melodic guitar line and the relaxed beat. More of this on their upcoming EP Love Notes.

VIDEO: Naadia – Omut

This is a new song Omut (Омут) by the electronic Russian band Naadia (Наадя). It is a slow, atmospheric track, which fits perfectly to the visuals that fall somewhere between Games of Throne and a Fever Ray video. Check out also this live video of an older song on s[…]

NEW ALBUM: Galapaghost – I Never Arrived

After having listened to the hauntingly beautiful and pretty melancholic Science of Lovers, the first single of Galapaghost‘s upcoming album, I have been waiting for the record to drop. A week ago, January 9th 2016, I could finally listen to all twelve songs on I Never Arrived, the third album[…]

PHOTOS: Sofi Tukker heats up Baby’s All Right

It was a big night at our favorite venue, Baby’s All Right: The Knocks were headlining a bill together with Cardiknox and Sofi Tukker. We went to the show mostly for the latter: their first two songs Drinkee and Matadora are refreshingly new takes on dance-oriented electro-pop and we wanted[…]

SONG PICK: Leiik – Words over Yours

Our Song Pick of the Day Words Over Yours comes from the London duo Leiik. It starts slow, just with minimal instrumentation and Amy Spencer’s haunting vocals and builds slowly up. Beautiful.

LATE NIGHT: pr0files – Like a Knife

L.A. duo pr0files released a new single from their upcoming album Jurassic Technologie, due on February 23rd. Like a Knife gets you immediately with that bubbling bass line before Lauren Pardini’s dreamy vocals set it. Perfect for a Saturday night in the city.

SONG PICK: The Vagary – Your Lover

What a fantastic up-beat electro-pop song Your Lover is. For me, this is New Order meets Phoenix, with Thijs Havens’ killer vocals thrown in and Vagary, hailing from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, are onto something here! Listen to Your Lover now and tell me if this is not one super-catchy tune!

VIDEO: Letters to Nepal – Loosing Now

Booklyn electronic duo Letters to Nepal has just released a video for the NPR Tiny Desk Contest. Watch Anton Fadeev hammering the beats into his Maschine controller, while Evgeniya Kusnetzova is singing, playing the theremin and doing the special effects. It is all live and recorded in one take. We[…]