Month: November 2014
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I’ve been a fan of Emmy The Great for a long time and have been itching for her to release new music lately so imagine how excited I was when I received an e-mail about this track today. And, I must say, it’s probably my favorite track she’s ever done already. I literally can’t stop…
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Let’s face it, during the past few years Weezer have been more of a mainstream pop band than an alternative rock band on albums like Hurley and Raditude. Personally, I loved those albums. I just felt like they always had a pop element to their sound and they were just learning to embrace that. So,…
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Pictured on the cover of Lia Mice’s just released new album I Love You is a classic car with its roof caved in, as if it did a 360 in an accident or had a 1000 pound anvil dropped on it. What happened to the car isn’t important, but the state that it’s in is…
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Yes, they’ve gone and made a second video for “Left Hand Free.” And we happen to prefer this one! Get ready for one hell of a pool party!
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Lots of music is trippy. But there aren’t so many songs that take you on a trip. Well, there are plenty of psychedelic artists who do precisely that, but I’m talking about pop songs. What we have here is brilliant pop with just enough psychedelic flourishes to make their song, “Choose Yer Own Adventure,” take…
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I dare you to watch this video and listen to this song — closely, paying attention to the lyrics — and not feel something. I found it incredibly touching. Hell, it almost made me cry. Suffice to say it’s a very effective and precious pop ballad. And the lyrics, which Selena probably wrote herself, are…
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Ysa Ferrer is one of my favorite French artists. I’ve been following her since I bought her album Kamikaze in France in 1999. After that album didn’t fare very well, I believe she was dropped from her label. Then she would sporadically release a single here and there but during recent years she’s put out…
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“Underbart” was already one of the most invigorating tracks on Little Dragon’s Nabuma Rubberband, but this intense video gives it a sense of urgency, making the song stand out like a passionate battle cry, ready to conquer any and all contemporaries. And, with a little luck, it will.