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One of the most charming singer-songwriters on the Secretly Canadian roster, Jens Lekman, has a new album on the way in September titled I Know What Love Isn’t. It’s looking at a September 4th release date. “Erica America” is an endearing little tune, loaded with delicate strings and
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Airhead drops a new single via R & S Records, and it’s an obtuse one indeed. The rhythm seems to have a bit of a dub reggae feel to it, but it seems that anything goes with the slew of vocal samples and synths that sit on top of
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Coming out October 2nd on Profound Lore Records, here is a track from the forthcoming Menace Ruine album, “Salamandra.” For years, I’ve known this label to release some very forward-thinking metal music, and the Canadian band Menace Ruine fits in perfectly with that ethos. For years, the band has
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Dark Shores by Strand of Oaks A charming little indie folk and rock hybrid coming off this new Dark Shores album. Stream it via the widget above, or grab a CD copy on Bandcamp.
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John Cale drops a new track from this forthcoming album on Double Six, Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood. I’m really liking the vintage rock ‘n’ roll feel on this thing. Really dramatic vocal delivery, and it’s just pure gold when the beat and bass make that initial hit
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Simon Joyner, one of the darker singer-songwriters to come out of the 90s, has a new album on the way this August titled Ghosts. “Vertigo” is the first track to drop from it, and it’s quite good. Simon is really pushing the instrumentation on this one–especially with the
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To be completely honest, when it comes to the work of singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, I can’t help but feel like I’ve grown out of his work a little bit. I used to be pretty passionate about his overly emotional songwriting years ago, but it’s not something I’
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EGYPTR by Egyptr How I found out about Egyptr was my good buddy Zach from We Listen For You Tweeted me a minute ago telling me this album was “pure Fantano,” or something like that. I dunno about that. Maybe this is, like, in the 70-80 percentile. I’m just
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BALCONY by Balcony Check out this self-titled album from Montreal’s Balcony. It’s some wonderfully strange and creative acoustic music. While vocals and guitar take the lead, strange grooves, sequenced beats, and weird background vocals makes these tracks much more than your average “confessional” songwriter strumming away into oblivion.
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Mount Eerie’s last album, Clear Moon, definitely took drone and repetition to the forefront for the longtime musical project of singer-songwriter Phil Elverum. Phil is now gearing up to release his second album of 2012, Ocean Roar, and “Pale Lights” is the first song to drop from it. The
