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Adventures 7" by Adventures Pittsburgh’s Adventures dropped a new 7″ this month, which features some pretty impassioned vocals and dramatic chord progressions.
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On their sophomore effort, London dream pop outfit the xx drum up more of the skeletal, emotive style their first album delivered. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On his latest effort, Dan Deacon starts fleshing his heavily electronic and classically influenced compositions with some top-notch orchestral instrumentation. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On his third full-length album, Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman returns with a more simplistic approach, toning down the extremely colorful instrumentation that coated his last LP. Thankfully, the man’s charm and wit is all this album needs to stay afloat. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Dumb Fun by The Keepsies The Keepsies are a New York trio, and among the musicians involved is Jason Kelly of Fergus & Geronimo. If you’ve heard that duo’s work–especially their 2010 album “unlearn.”, the somewhat vintage rock aesthetic the Keepsies projects shouldn’t be too much
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Here We Go Magic drops visuals for the track “Hard To Be Close,” which comes from the band’s new LP on Secretly Canadian, A Different Ship. The concept seems kind of obvious, a trio of dudes getting stuck in an elevator, but the “story” of the video gets progressively
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Indie rock sweetheart Telekinesis takes it upon himself to cover the great PJ Harvey on this new version of “This Is Love,” which was originally conceived for 2000’s Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea. Oh, and did you hear PJ’s album last year? Boss!!!! /via/
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New Orleans indie pop group Generationals, the duo comprised by Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer, has a new EP on the way titled Lucky Numbers. The band will be self-releasing it on October 2, following last year’s sophomore LP Actor-Castor. Above, you can stream the title track from the
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When the adjective optimistic is used to describe electronic pop music, the sounds of treacly, unimaginative boy-girl duos with musical knowledge so primitive they make Beat Happening look like Beethoven in comparison often come to mind. A highly welcome change of pace, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Altar Eagle pen mature, subtle
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Stream: Jens Lekman- I Know What Love Isn’t On September 3, Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman will be releasing his third LP, titled I Know What Love Isn’t, via Secretly Canadian. The folks over at The Quietus have made it available to stream now; just follow the link above
