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Bat for Lashes’ spare, sorrowful version of Rihanna’s “We Found Love”
I hear a lot of cover songs on a regular basis, but I rarely hear anything as skillfully performed as this Rihanna cover. Natasha Khan, better known as Bat for Lashes, sets the #1
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Ace Reporter covers Arcade Fire’s “We Used to Wait” + The Beatles’ “Blackbird”
We first covered Brooklyn-based band Ace Reporter yesterday, and shortly thereafter, I found two covers from them that I enjoyed. One is an acoustic-y interpretation of Arcade Fire‘s “We Used to Wait,” one of
Read More »![Song of the Day: Gemini Club’s “Sparklers” is my current addiction <small>[MP3]</small>](http://www.the-tune.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gemini-club-sparklers-free-mp3-download-2012-290x160.jpg)
Song of the Day: Gemini Club’s “Sparklers” is my current addiction [MP3]
Back in April, I introduced you to Chicago-based group Gemini Club‘s electro-tinted indie rock song “Can’t Believe You Said That” — and then they fell off my radar. It’s a shame, because the group’s
Read More »![About to Break: Ace Reporter’s amazing indie pop, “Untouched and Arrived” <small>[MP3]</small>](http://www.the-tune.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ace-reporter-untouched-and-arrived-290x160.jpg)
About to Break: Ace Reporter’s amazing indie pop, “Untouched and Arrived” [MP3]
Wow! After reading this Brooklyn-based band’s bio, I’m extremely excited for their upcoming debut album: The story goes that after his former band The States broke up, longtime musician and frontman for Ace Reporter Chris Snyder spent
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Like Joy Division? Try L.A. band Cold Showers’ distant, chilly “New Dawn”
If you’re a fan of Joy Division or New Order, L.A. band Cold Showers might become one of your new favorites. Jonathan Weinberg, whom you might know from his other band La Sera, sounds
Read More »![Letting Up Despite Great Faults’ swirling dream pop, “Bulletproof Girl” <small>[MP3]</small>](http://www.the-tune.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/letting-up-despite-great-faults-untogether-290x160.jpg)
Letting Up Despite Great Faults’ swirling dream pop, “Bulletproof Girl” [MP3]
Austin-via-L.A. electropop outfit Letting Up Despite Great Faults do the whole dream pop/post-chillwave thing very well, and they just released an album called Untogether. My favorite track is “Bulletproof Girl,” a swirling, blue creature that
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About to Break: Rhye’s heartache-filled, soulful neo-R&B, “The Fall”
L.A.-based soul duo Rhye are drawing a lot of attention for their slick, heartachey “The Fall,” where they croon, “Don’t run away, my dear.” One listen is all it takes to hear that this
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Yellow Ostrich returns with cleaner, languid electropop, “Ghost”
Alex Schaaf, a.k.a. Yellow Ostrich, is an artist that we’ve covered quite a few times here on The Tune, partially because my fiancée likes him so much. Well, the versatile musician has a new
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Talk Show Tunes: Morrissey, Father John Misty, The Wallflowers, & more
Today, I’ve got a whole host of Talk Show Tunes for y’all. Below, watch live performances from indie rock icon Morrissey, folk rockers Father John Misty, rambling Swedish indie pop wunderkind Jens Lekman,
Read More »![Song of the Day: Danish artist MØ’s delicious, soulful pop, “Pilgrim” <small>[MP3]</small>](http://www.the-tune.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MO-pilgrim-290x160.jpg)
Song of the Day: Danish artist MØ’s delicious, soulful pop, “Pilgrim” [MP3]
Influenced by everything from electropop to hip-hop to soul, Copenhagen-based musician MØ has been compared to everyone from Lykke Li to Jessie Ware (though I detect more Wild Belle than anything else), but the truth is that “Pilgrim”
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Go Folk Yourself: Campfire OK’s stomp & circumstance, “Wishing You the Best”
I found Seattle-based folk-pop group Campfire OK last year thanks to the chanty “Strange Like We Are,” but I couldn’t really get into the rest of the band’s debut album. However, it sounds like
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Ekat Cordes + Naadyn’s experimental electronic take on Rihanna’s “Umbrella”
Ever wanted to hear an experimental electronica cover of Rihanna‘s megahit “Umbrella“? Well, now you can, thanks to electro artists Ekat Cordes and Naadyn, the latter of whom we’ve posted about before. If your music
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