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MP3 | Colour Bomb: “On The Run”
It’s not often you get a soundcloud submission which ends up being something that Gotye himself commented on, but when you’re Australian duo Colour Bomb, and you’re making songs like “On The Run”,...
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MP3 | Jack Robert Hardman: “Plymouth”
About an hour’s drive west of London, in Ascot, lives Jack Robert Hardman, who in his last year has been busy at work self recording his self-titled debut album. “Plymouth” is the lead, an odd choice...
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MP3 | The Lone Bellow: “You Never Need Nobody”
I was never a picky eater growing up. If it was on my plate, I’d try what my second grade teacher called a “No thank you serving” acknowledging the etiquette customs of a Kentucky upbringing. The...
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Hundred Waters x Yours Truly x Small Plates
Back in May, a lot of awesome and well-intending people met at Harlem’s famed Stadium Red studio for a day. Hundred Waters arranged alternate versions of a pair of debut album tracks, “Caverns” and...
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IGIF’s Songs of 2012
This year was much more of a songs year for us… probably having more to do with our listening habits than any lack of noteworthy albums (there are plenty) or any ominous “death of the album” that’s...
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IGIF’s Overlooked Albums of 2012
We decided to forgo the traditional best/favorite albums list this year for one essential reason that seems more obvious every time I think about it: Our job with IGIF has always been to help bands...
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MP3 | Vintage Moon: “Dissertation Games”
Vintage Moon – Dissertation GamesI think this might be more “welcome to 1982″ than “welcome to 2013″, but it’s got that new horizons, anything is possible, unique snowflake vibe, and I dig it. Vintage...
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Listen | Local Natives: “Heavy Feet”
Less than a day ago, crappy radio rips of Local Natives‘ newest single, “Heavy Feet,” flooded the blog world, and less than an hour ago Local Natives uploaded the real, entirely uncrappy tune to their...
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Video Premiere | Seatraffic: “Put Away”
Starting off 2013 right with a new video premiere from San Fran’s synth + percussion duo known as Seatraffic. “Put Away” is a delicious track that evokes the feeling of drowning in an ocean of tie-dye,...
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Video | Night Panther: “Fever” (Extended)
Night Panther – FeverI’m about a month late on this but, you know, “the holidays” and all that… Anyway, Night Panther finally made good on the epic promises of their “Fever” teaser trailer with an 11+...
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Listen | Love Inks: “Magazine Street”
I’d never heard Austin’s Love Inks, despite some buzz in 2011 and their nearing-staple-status at SXSW and FunFunFun Fest, but a little birdy tells me they’re busy working on their second album. The...
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MP3 | Pravada: “Campfire Song”
What is it about midwestern rock that’s caught in this filter of an immovable 90s vibes? You’ve got the elderly envelope pushers like Guided By Voices and Slint, but even new-agers like The National...
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MP3 | Campfires: “Fortune Teller”
Jeff Walls’ messy, blown-out 60′s-style garage pop recordings aren’t for everyone, especially if you like your music as clean as a surgical tool. But for those who’ve ever pulled a well-worn Kinks LP...
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Listen | Guards: “Ready To Go”
One of my most anticipated albums for a couple of years now has been Guards‘ debut album. After their debut EP in 2010, which included a handful of absolutely ridiculous garage pop songs (three of...
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Listen | Javelin: “Nnormal”
I’ve been following the Providence-via-Brooklyn electro-hop duo Javelin for a while now. Their chip-tune dance songs like “Lindsay Brohan” and “Vibrationz” always stuck out to me as a much better...
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Listen | new Goldroom: “Sweetness Alive” (feat. SLL)
Goldroom has a knack for producing some killer tracks with femme fatale vocals. His latest gem, “Sweetness Alive”, isn’t the first time he’s ventured down the road of pairing electronic beats with...
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MP3 | Light Heat: “And The Birds”
Mazarin’s album We’re Already There was one of my favorites from 2005, and naturally I was bummed about their break up just one year later. Okay, it was more of a renaming than a break up, after being...
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Listen | Kodak To Graph: “Sequatchie Eve”
Michael Maleki, the man behind Kodak To Graph as well as one of the best songs of 2012 with ISLE’s “Bayview”, just dropped a new track fresh off of the latest lyftyl compilation Ad/Ven/Ture. Listen...
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Listen | new MØ: “Glass”
In October, I got so excited about a new Danish act that I waxed poetic uncontrollably and called her Hypeworthy. After seeing her at CMJ (amazing) and previewing some new singles (more amazing), MØ is...
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MP3 | Youth Lagoon: “Dropla”
I’ve never been a huge Youth Lagoon fan but no one with ears could deny how catchy some of his first album’s singles were. So now, on album number two, let’s see what our introverted home-recording...
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