February 2012
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Video • MMOTHS - HEART (FEAT. KEEP SHELLY IN...
Here’s some Valentine’s Day lovin’ to the tune of Jack Colleran’s, aka MMOTHS, “HEART feat KSIA” off his debut EP which drops March 5th on SQE. A misty dusk. A summer night. Flickering fire-soaked faces. <3
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Chrome Sparks - Hysteria (fthrsn cover)
Jeremy Malvin (aka Chrome Sparks) recently released a cover of fellow University of Michigan student Macklin Underdown’s tune ‘Hysteria,’ off his October debut under the moniker fthrsn. Chrome Sparks’ rendition comes by way of PORTALS’ February mixtape, the second installment of the spankin’ new superblog’s monthly mixtape series. Download the whole mix...
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Teen Daze - Brooklyn Sunburn
Over the past few years, Vancouver’s Teen Daze has released a host of EPs, but it’s all cumulated in the release of his debut full length All Of Us, Together, which drops May 22nd on Lefse. The new album has a more electronic, futuristic feel than his recent releases A Silent Planet and, under his other moniker Two Bicycles, Window. He explained the source of the album’s...
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Algodón Egipcio - El Mejor Lugar
Algodón Egipcio (aka Ezequiel ”Cheky” Bertho— one half of Venezuelan duo Jóvenes y Sexys) released his debut album La Lucha Constante last year on Lefse. After a year of touring around Venezuela, Portugal and Spain (he’s trying to get a US visa), Cheky’s back with a new single off a limited run split 7” with Spanish band El Faro from the Canary Islands,...
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Toro Y Moi - Dead Pontoon
In 2009 South Carolina’s Chaz Bundick released his first three EPs under the name Toro Y Moi. Now, three years later, Chaz is set to release an archival 7” box set entitled “June 2009.” It’ll be out April 24th on Carpark and will include ten previously unreleased Toro Y Moi gems. Check out a cut off the release, a song from 2009, “Dead Pontoon.”
Toro Y...
January 2012
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Memoryhouse - Walk With Me
Today, Canadian duo Memoryhouse gave us a second peek at their forthcoming album The Slideshow Effect. Following up last month’s single ‘The Kids Were Wrong,’ ‘Walk With Me’ recedes back towards the dream-inducing, reverb-laced Memoryhouse of old. However, quickly joined by some drums, the tune has a constant pulse— a beating heart that picks up half-way...
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MMOTHS - HEART (FEAT. KEEP SHELLY IN ATHENS)
18-year-old Irish producer MMOTHS (Jack Colleran) released a reworked version of his single ‘<3’ (or ‘HEART’) featuring Sarah from Grecian duo Keep Shelly In Athens. Although the song is basically the same as the original, KSIA add some heartwarming vocals to the dreamy track. Check out the video for the instrumental version of the song, a beautiful re-scoring...
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Orca Orca - Underground
Orca Orca (aka Jim Hewitt) recently released a redux version of ‘Underground,’ a demo that he recorded two years ago under the moniker Young Minds. The tune will accompany five new Orca Orca recordings on a limited edition cassette entitled Make Live, which will drop February 21st. Over the past year Jim has played a bunch of shows around Boston and he’s transformed Orca Orca...
December 2011
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Wintercoats - Forest of Lovers (Southern Shores...
Halifax’s Southern Shores, a duo whose Atlantic EP captured my summer’s essence, is back with an end of the year gift in the form of a beautiful remix of Melbourne’s Wintercoats. Already immaculate, James Wallace’s ‘Forest of Lovers’, off his Sketches EP, gets a tropical rerub courtesy of his Canadian labelmates over at Cascine. The label had a awesome year,...
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Postiljonen - På väg tillsammans
Stockholm’s Daniel Sjörs, Joel Nyström, and Holm Mia Bøe have been working together for the past few months, releasing a host of stellar ambient electronic tracks as the trio Postiljonen (postman). Their music combines experimental, world, ambient and dance music to create what they describe as ‘heartbreaking electronica.’ Check out Postiljonen and friends mucking about and...
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Video • Happy Trendy - January 6
Edmonton’s Happy Trendy (Dylan Khotin-Foote) recently returned from a European journey alongside fellow Canadian Warren Hildebrand of Foxes In Fiction. They traveled from Portugal to Germany. A week ago, before their show in Leipzig Germany, Dylan preformed ‘January 6’ off his new album Die Young— check out an imitate clip from that night ›
Happy Trendy - January 6
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...Al Cruzar la Calle - Romanticismo Ultravioleta
Venezuelan singer Linda Sjöquist just released her first single under her moniker …al Cruzar la Calle on Maracaibo-based label Entorno Doméstico. The two-track release, entitled Romanticismo Ultravioleta (Ultraviolet Romanticism), features the stunningly heartfelt ‘Asuntos Internos‘ which I posted back in March, as well as the always dreamy title track. Download el disco...
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Young Eagle - No One Is Holy Without Suffering
The eagle transcends altitudes of 10,000 feet. His golden plumage breaks through the clouds and he escapes the bounds of this green earth. While some might say he flies too high, like Icarus, we believe that one day, we will all transcend, and have our youth renewed like the eagle’s.
Yesterday The Apiary released a two-track EP from swedish artist Jesper Merrild aka Young Eagle. Earlier...
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Galway - Mria
At the beginning of the year Russian dream-poppers Galway released a couple of demos that left me yearning for more. They’ve spent the past few months recording their first album and developing a collective of like-minded musicians in Moscow. With a frustratingly small community of musicians the city, they say it’s hard to be distant from other artists (they’re tight with my...
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Korallreven - The Final Fantasy
Swedish duo Korallreven just released a glorious new take on their jam ‘As Young As Yesterday.’ A drawn out affair, the seven-minute tune builds from ethereal whispers and grows into the soundtrack of one of those moonlit balearic nights. Check out the rendition, entitled ‘The Final Fantasy,’ below. Snag An Album By Korallreven over yonder.
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Video • Blackbird Blackbird - Tear
Brendan Canty of Feel Good Lost crafted this beautiful video for Blackbird Blackbird’s jam ‘Tear’ off his upcoming Boracay Planet EP. Full of blended layers and sprinkled with splattering bokeh, these images match the tune perfectly. •
Blackbird Blackbird - Tear
November 2011
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ceo - Illuminata (D. Lissvik Remix)
Sincerely Yours‘ Eric Berglund recently released his White Magic Epilogue— a trio of remixes off his album from last year. Balearic bliss, baby •
‘in times when people do whatever necessary to become part of something they are not, a family affair feels extra rad.’
ceo - Illuminata (D. Lissvik Remix)
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Loft Apartment - Video Games (Lana del Rey)
This summer Finnish pianist and electronic artist Aaro Vahtera added the beautiful vocals of his classmate Sanni Pesonen to the ranks of his solo project Loft Apartment. They’ve recently crafted this swell cover of Lana del Ray’s song Video Games. The duo is currently working on a new release which shall drop in the coming months. Make sure to check out Loft Apartment’s first...
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Kisses • Johnny and Mary
LA-based tropical breeze-pop enthusiasts Kisses are back, following up their 2010 debut The Heart of the Nightlife, with a new single— a cover of Robert Palmer’s song Johnny and Mary. They’re set to release the cover as a single alongside a remix of British band Mozart Parties. Have a listen below.
Kisses - Johnny and Mary (Robert Palmer Cover)
October 2011
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Video • Youth Lagoon - 17
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Youth Lagoon’s ‘17’ shines through as my favorite track off his debut album The Year of Hibernation, which dropped a month ago. Although not quite as epic as the video for ‘Montana’, Kasey Lum’s video for ‘17’ beautifully captures a boy living unconstrained by limits of reality. “Don’t stop imagining. The day that you do is the day that you...
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Video • Southern Shores - Meridian
When I listen to Southern Shores’ Atlantic, I can’t imagine the music flowing from someone’s fingertips— it seems to flow from the sun, drift in from sea. At the beginning of the summer, Jamie Townsend and Ben Dalton played their first ever live show in their hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Based on Andrew Hines’ video from that night, I must find a way to one...
September 2011
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Klassfest - Nya Ovänner
Jesper Merrild (aka Young Eagle/⨊xCUSEƑILIPPA/L/J) just sent over this little pop gem from an old project with his friend Ludvig back when they were both living in their small hometown in central Sweden. This song comes from another time, years ago, when Nesta lived in Rome, back before Jesper was crafting electro jamz and remixing jj and The Tough Alliance— from “the golden days,...
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Celista - Warm Autumn
Celista comes from the northern lands with a set of sonic expanses that climb from the darkest depths to the shimmering stars above. The project lives in a cloud of mystery—When I asked who, “♥ I have a tree, the sea, in many cases, are hidden in the gray sky and a quiet night” was the answer. My guess is that Celista is from British Columbia— but I really have no idea....
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Two Bicycles - In Between (Demo)
Two Bicycles, Teen Daze’s stunning ambient/acoustic project, never disappoints. Layers of reverberating guitars and echoing vocals turn his latest demo ‘In Between’ into a distant dawn— early waves of lights brush the mountain peaks on either side of the valley and the road rolling through it.
Two Bicycles - In Between (Demo)
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alone waiting for you
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Orca Orca - Change of Pace 7"
Almost a year ago Allston, Massachusetts-based artist Jim Hewitt released a set of five songs called Imago Demos under the name Young Minds. After months of listening to the mysterious project, I finally got a chance to meet up with Jim and see him play live, back in April, in front of a crowd of made up in part by his friends and roommates on Easter. After he played through his set we talked...
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Sad Souls - Apeiron
Ann Arbor’s Tom Auty crafts the most majestic sounds. Under his moniker Sad Souls, he’s released three albums already this year, his latest, Apeiron, delivered yesterday, is a blissful feat. Like its name suggests, Apeiron drifts far off towards the distant horizon, an infinite treat. I will count the nights that I sink into sleep with these sounds. Relish Apeiron over at Tom’s...
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Warm Speakers - Cast the First Stone
Long Island’s Warm Speakers is back with his first new jam since his debut EP Mezcal Noon from the beginning of July. Full of the smoothest of vocals, ‘Cast the First Stone’ is an easygoing three-minute slow burner. Check out the single as well as Patrick’s debut EP over at his bandcamp ☼
Warm Speakers - Cast the First Stone
August 2011
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Mixtape: Leaving Home/Going Home
I leave for my first year of college very soon, so here’s a mix for my travels and for yours. None of these ten tracks are particularly new; they’re simply tunes to get us where we’re going.
tracklist:
Jules & Jim - Leaving Home/Going Home
Air France - hold on to me, baby
Air France - Afraid You Told Someone About Us
The Tough Alliance - First class riot (a touch of...
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jj - die tonight (young eagle version)
Aquilotto rise from the depths of Rome. From the blue waters to the white skies. Sounds will lift up from down below. The present will take shape in it’s purest form. The one and only real love. Forever united
die tonight, Alessandro Nesta.
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Super88 - nervous knocking
Super88 combines luscious beats with a handful of samples to craft beautifully ethereal environments far from anything near its surroundings in Allston, Massachusetts. The project’s latest effort, a four-track EP entitled play it out, moves through several scenes: ‘i hope it’s beautiful’ brings me to a dusk-draped forest while the opener on the release, ‘nervous...
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The Embassy - Puttgarden
Swedes Fredrik Lindson and Torbjörn Håkansson (aka The Embassy) hadn’t released anything since their second full-length Tacking from back in 2005, so their new single and the news that they are set to release a new album on September 27th on Service come straight out of nowhere. Life in the Trenches: The Other Side of 2001-2011 will include mainly unreleased songs and B-sides dating back...
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jj - YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD HURT ME IF...
The most gangster of swedish duos, jj, just posted up a new incredibly long-titled single to their blog. Check out ‘YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD HURT ME IF YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE IN LOVE WITH ME’ below. The song appears to be a rather strange single off an upcoming release of some sort, perhaps off this summer’s most elusive (non)release— jj nº4…
jj - YOU DON’T...
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Turning Torso - Soma (single)
David Sánchez, an architecture student from Queretaro, Mexico, has been recording under the moniker Turning Torso since the summer of 2009. With three releases under his belt, he was planning to record and release a fourth this summer, but summer’s nearly come and gone for David. With the start of classes just around the corner, he hasn’t bagged the album completely. He’s got...
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Blackbird Blackbird - Passions
San Fransisco-based electronic artist Blackbird Blackbird (aka Mikey Sanders) just sent over his latest tune, a single off his upcoming release Passions. Check out the cut, also called Passions, below or at Mikey’s bandcamp. Also he’s running an album artwork contest for the new album— the deets are right over here. Mikey premiered some new tracks off the upcoming album via...
July 2011
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[Video] Algodón Egipcio - El Día Previo
Caracas, Venezuela’s Algodón Egipcio released his debut album La Lucha Constante back in March on Lefse and now one of my favorite tracks of the release, El Día Previo, has a set of visuals to accompany it. Directed by Pablo Ortiz, the video is a sort of multilingual karaoke prompt scrolling over stunning nature scenes— check ittt
Algodón Egipcio - El Día Previo
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Real Estate - Barely Legal (The Strokes cover)
Real Estate contributed this cover of The Strokes ‘Barely Legal’ to Stereogum’s Stroked: A Tribute To Is This It compilation.
Matt, Alex and I – as well as all of our friends – were pretty much obsessed with this band when we were 15. We formed a Strokes cover band and played at Cassie (Ramone)’s sweet 16. When Alex got his first electric guitar, he opted for the white...
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I Always Wanted a Pony - In a Year Or Two (Demo)
I Always Wanted A Pony is the electronic pop project of Felix Hedberg and Tobias Gerhardsson from Östersund, Sweden. Although they haven’t released anything in months, I’ve just today stumbled across their soundcloud and I’ve been pumping their two demos all day. I’m hoping to hear more from these two swedes.
I Always Wanted a Pony - In a Year Or Two (Demo)
I Always...
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Work Drugs - Catalina Wine Mixer
Philadelphia’s favorite smooth-fi band Work Drugs is back with its latest summer single ‘Catalina Wine Mixer.’
Work Drugs - Catalina Wine Mixer
Prestige. World wide. Enjoy.
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Long Walks On The Beach - Literally Crazy For You
For months, Washington DC-based TV producer by day, musician by night Fritz Kramer has been recording energetic bedroom pop gems under the moniker Long Walks On The Beach as he finishes up the project’s debut EP entitled SINGLES. The release will be out sometime next month and will feature his three previously released jams ‘TRUE LOVE or bust,’ ‘I Didn’t Want To...
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fthrsn - Colors
Ann Arbor’s Macklin Underdown has just finished up work on a quick, three-song release for his lo-fi/bedroom pop side project fthrsn (‘father son’). Nothing’s the Matter // Colors is all about looping beats and synths underneath harmonious atmospheric vocals. Macklin says that a longer release for this project could follow in the coming months, but for now, grab these...
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Tree Hopping - Tough Summer (b)
Tree Hopping is the bedroom pop project of Gainesville Florida-based musican Gabriel Berrios. His latest release Tree Hopping Dance Band is full of dreamy guitar riffs, hazy vocals (recorded lying down in bed in the middle of the night, of course), tropical beats and samples. A rather prolific past few months, the album is Gabriel’s fourth release since his first, Tough Summer, from back...
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Karibien - Stockholm
‘Stockholm’ is the very first demo from the somewhat mysterious Swedish band Karibien. If you’re looking for more on this song, all I know is that it’s as laid-back as they come. I can’t wait to see what Karibien comes up with next…
Karibien - Stockholm
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L/J - I'll Be Right There (The Tough Alliance...
Pure Balearic bliss, baby. “Please don’t hate tomorrow, baby” - TTA
L/J - I’ll Be Right There (The Tough Alliance cover)
[via The Apiary]
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Chrome Sparks - My
Ann Arbor-based producer Chrome Sparks (aka Jeremy Malvin) just released his debut EP entitled My <3. The seven-track release is full of fresh sample-based electronic jams and two of my favorites, ‘All There Is’ and ‘Miss You,’ feature the stunning vocals of Steffaloo (Steph Thompson), who collabs like no other. Pay what you’d like for Chrome Sparks’ EP...
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Sameblod - Dance Dance Dance (Lykke Li Cover)
Swedish electronic duo Sameblod have covered fellow swede Lykke Li’s tune Dance Dance Dance. Check it.
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Toy Camera - Tall Trees
At the beginning of June, Canadian producer Germany Germany (Drew Harris) and California’s Steffaloo (Steph Thompson) teamed up for a little side project called Toy Camera. Steph’s beautiful vocals soar about Germany Germany’s hopscotching beats on their first single ‘Tall Trees.’ You can download the tune over at their bandcamp. Also, on August 16th Steffaloo...
June 2011
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Warm Speakers - Verda
Long Island’s Warm Speakers is set to drop his debut EP of breezy summer jams, Mezcal Noon, with a physical release on July 7th. For now you can stream all five sun-soaked, synth-driven tracks over at Warm Speaker’s bandcamp or soundcloud. Check ittt
Warm Speakers - Verda
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Work Drugs - Ice Wharf
Philadelphia-based yacht rockers Work Drugs are back with their latest “smooth-P,” Ice Wharf. The release features several awesome live versions from the duo’s show at The Fillmore in San Francisco during their April tour alongside Two Door Cinema Club as well as their latest single Ice Wharf and Summer Heart’s winning entry into the Rad Racer remix contest. Check out all...
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WatchBlackbird Blackbird // Pink Houses
Unofficial video I made for Mikey’s song Pink Houses off his Halo EP.