While the name of energetic new wave rockers California Wives might be a misnomer–the band actually consists of four men currently stationed in Chicago–the quartet captures the freewheeling California ethos highly effectively. Listening to “Purple,” a standout track from the band’s debut album Art History, elicits the
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French producer Breakbot delivers a fun, cheeky love song in “One Out Of Two” until you watch the video that is. The song by itself is a really good time; one of the more uplifting tracks that I have heard this year actually. It will get its catchy hooks you
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Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Twerps are a jangle pop band that can transform bummer songs into upbeat numbers to live by. “Work It Out,” the b-side to their forthcoming single, is far from your typical breakup song. Where as most breakup songs are one-sided, either expressing the sorrow of the
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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 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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With Centipede Hz, experimental music outfit Animal Collective is following its poppiest album, 2009’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, with one of its most hectic.
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Life Gone Wrong by Landscapes Life Gone Wrong is the first album from melodic hardcore outfit Landscapes who hail from the UK. They are attempting to become another one of the few hardcore bands that is attempting to break away from the formula that seems to plague the genre. They
