February 2011
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Young Minds - Change of Pace
Back in November Boston’s Young Minds released his first set of songs entitled Imago Demos. Now, three months later, after playing a few shows, Jim’s gotten back to recording. And although he’s not planning on releasing his next bag of tunes until late spring/early summer, he’s just sent out a sweet jam as a taste of what’s to come. Check out all Young Mind’s...
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Algodón Egipcio - El Día Previo
Ezequiel “Cheky” Bertho is a Venezuelan electronic artist who’s been releasing loop-based jams under the moniker Algodón Egipcio (Egyptian Cotton) when not playing as one half of the duo Jóvenes y Sexys. Cheky’s debut solo album, La Lucha Constante, is set to drop March 22nd on Lefse Records (Houses, Dominant Legs, How To Dress Well). Recorded in a burst of creativity...
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Galway - sunrise 1991
New Moscow-based dreampop band Galway has come out of the woodwork this week with the release of its first three laid back jams, ‘sunrise 1991’, ‘air #3’ and ‘each of us love space tears.’ Their soft shoegaze mixes together relaxed vocals, distant guitar riffs and steady drums to craft beautiful tunes. Download the release over at their bandcamp. красивый
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Moths -
Jack Colleran is a seventeen-year-old Irish electronic producer who just released his third single ‘<3’ under the moniker Moths. With a knack for constructing downtempo soundscapes full of blips and layered textures, Moths is definitely a name to watch. Check the video for his newest and most laid-back single, a re-scored scene from Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1970 film...
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Work Drugs - Rad Racer
Philadelphia’s premier Bat Mitzvah and Quinceañera party band Work Drugs is back with another crusin’ tune from their abandoned pier on the Delaware. Their third single Rad Racer follows in the same vein as Third Wave and Dog Daze— it is so smoooooth. Check out the rad video.
Work Drugs - Rad Racer
I’m a rad racer, big city chaser, runnin’ away with you tonight
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Loft Apartment - Kolipri EP
Loft Apartment is the new solo project of Aaro Vahtera, a college student from Turku, Finland. His first release, Kolipri EP, is only four songs but it moves between a handful of genres. Spanning from classical piano compositions to chillwave to dream pop and even mixing in a bit of downtempo dubstep, the variety of Aaro’s first few songs shows his ability to blend together his many...
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Galapagos - No Where Else
Galapagos (aka Jacob McNaughton) just dropped a new track off his upcoming EP Sounds Vol. 2. I knew that he’d been messing around with some jj samples, but this is far better than anything I’d imagined. Now I can’t wait for the new EP. Jacob’s quickly becoming a mastersampler as he continues to churn out brilliant loop-based jams. In this blissed-out tune he combines...