House of Blondes‘ Clean Cuts was one of my favorite albums last year, as it landed in the top 5 of this site’s Best of 2012 list. And the album’s lead single, “Shadows” was one of my […]
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CFCF was recently enlisted to remix Shine 2009’s “Eurozone.” Although the original vocals and lyrics which offer commentary on futurism, capitalism, and big dreams still remain, CFCF’s remix employs the use of warm washes of […]
AM and Shawn Lee’s sophomore (and latest) effort together as a duo, La Musique Numerique (translated from French it means “Digital Music”) was recently released through Park the Van Records. With the release of the new album, the […]
As some of you may know, Red Bull Music Academy recently hosted a series of amazing music events across town including Giogrio Moroder’s live DJ set at Club Output in Williamsburg; a night with the […]
The Montreal-based duo of Solar Year recently released “Seeing the Same,” the last single they’re releasing off their much anticipated full-length album, Waverly, which will see a June 25th release through Ceremony Records across North America. Waverly is […]
“Symbol System” is the first single off the Brooklyn-based Australian duo VOWS’ self-titeld debut EP. The track which consists of discordant, angular guitar; big boom bap-styled drums, and menacing synths sounds as though it should be […]
The Toronto, ON-based band NIGHTBOX recently released their latest single “Utopia,” and with it’s gleaming synths, it creates a glimpse of a clean, efficient, orderly future – and yet, as forward-thinking as it seems, the […]
Australian band Midnight Juggernauts will have their third album, Uncanny Valley released through Record Makers on July 9th. On the album’s latest single, “Memorium,” the band uses some traditional rock instruments – guitars, drums and the like […]
The xx recently released the official video for “Fiction” off their latest album, Coexist. Directed by Young Replicant, this eerie but gorgeous video for the single. It actually is a perfect fit for the brooding, slow […]
The Baltimore, MD-based Carter Taunton, a member of Lower Dens, new side project Luxury Liners had his latest album, They’re Flowers released by Western Vinyl on April 2nd. “Valley High” is the latest single from the album […]
Last March, the Wellington, New Zealand-based duo of Calum Robb and Julia Catherine Parr perform and record as Black City Lights. And since the release of their critically well-received debut EP, Parallels, the duo have quickly been […]
Brooklyn-based band Haerts’ first single “Wings,"which was produced by St. Lucia’s Jean-Philip Grobler has received a ton of love across the blogosphere, including this site; after all, perhaps thanks to Grobler, the track is a […]
New York based act Small Multiples is a collaboration between duo of extremely accomplished musicians, Craig Hartley and Eli Friedmann. Both Hartley and Friedmann met while students at the New School, and after playing in […]
Victoria Hesketh, who records and performs under the moniker of Little Boots, recently released her sophomore effort, Nocturnes to critical praise from the likes of Spin, Pitchfork and Cosmopolitan. “Broken Record,” the first single off the album is indicative […]
!!! (pronounced chk! chk! chk!) recently released their fifth full-length album, Thr!!!er through Warp Records. Just before they’re about to embark on a three month-long tour to support the new effort – with stops in Cambridge, […]