May 2011
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Shoreline Is - French Leave
As summer drifts into view, these glistening tunes come into frame, not from some distant sun-soaked beach— rather from Dortmund, Germany. Inspired by the endless expanse of gray industry surrounding them, Shoreline Is crafts songs that are “driven by what you’ve always been longing for, but can’t have: Everything fleeting, floating and out of reach. If you can’t go to...
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jj - no one can touch us tonight
“what spring sounds like what love looks like what life feels like”
jj just dropped two new tracks for free download over at Sincerely Yours. It’s unclear if they’re singles off the duo forthcoming album jj nº4, but either way, it’s definitely worth checking out Elin and Joakim’s newest jams since their kills mixtape back in December.
jj - no one can...
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Pinemarten - Tea & Toast
Last month, British pop project Pinemarten churned out two short, three-song sets entitled Bay and Home to serve as the bookends of April. Putting together chilled out disco beats from Chesterfield, England, Pinemarten first came on to my radar a few months ago with his remix of Swedish trio Museum of Bellas Artes’ jam Watch The Glow. Now Pinemarten has original tunes trickling out on both...
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Ra Ra Riot - Massachusetts (Kisses Remix)
Ra Ra Riot recently released a super smooth remix of their tune ‘Massachusetts’ crafted by Los Angeles’ Kisses. Slowed down and mellowed out, the duo’s reworking of the track comes just in time, bringing some of Southern California’s sunshine up to Massachusetts through May’s earliest rays. Mighty fine sunshine.
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the bilinda butchers - boyfriend
A few months ago I posted a few demos from San Fransisco-based bedroom pop project the bilinda butchers. A few days ago, Michal (one half of the duo) sent over an almost finished EP that he and Adam have been putting together since the coldest of winter’s days when I first stumbled across a handful of tracks up on the band’s tumblr. Their debut EP, which is due out sometime in...