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Song of the Day: Gemini Club’s “Sparklers” is my current addiction <small>[MP3]</small>

Song of the Day: Gemini Club’s “Sparklers” is my current addiction [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 11, 2012 0

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

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About to Break: Ace Reporter’s amazing indie pop, “Untouched and Arrived” <small>[MP3]</small>

About to Break: Ace Reporter’s amazing indie pop, “Untouched and Arrived” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 11, 2012 0

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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Chicago indie rockers Santah’s under-stated, acoustic-based “Teeth” <small>[MP3]</small>

Chicago indie rockers Santah’s under-stated, acoustic-based “Teeth” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 11, 2012 0

Chicago indie rockers Santah will follow up their 2010 debut album White Noise Bed with a new EP called You’re Still a Lover on October 16, and the first song I’ve heard from it, “Teeth,” is much

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Britishness: Like Bombay Bicycle Club? Try As Elephants Are’s “War Cry” <small>[MP3]</small>

Britishness: Like Bombay Bicycle Club? Try As Elephants Are’s “War Cry” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 11, 2012 0

Drawing comparisons to Bombay Bicycle Club, British indie rock band As Elephants Are are hitting the scene with a bang, releasing their debut single “War Cry” to the excitement of the blogosphere and fans of

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Letting Up Despite Great Faults’ swirling dream pop, “Bulletproof Girl” <small>[MP3]</small>

Letting Up Despite Great Faults’ swirling dream pop, “Bulletproof Girl” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 11, 2012 0

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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Song of the Day: Danish artist MØ’s delicious, soulful pop, “Pilgrim” <small>[MP3]</small>

Song of the Day: Danish artist MØ’s delicious, soulful pop, “Pilgrim” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

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”

Go Folk Yourself: Campfire OK’s stomp & circumstance, “Wishing You the Best”

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

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”

Ekat Cordes + Naadyn’s experimental electronic take on Rihanna’s “Umbrella”

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

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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About to Break: Aussie alt-pop act Teeth & Tongue’s “The Party Is You” <small>[MP3]</small>

About to Break: Aussie alt-pop act Teeth & Tongue’s “The Party Is You” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

I’m absolutely addicted to this new single from Australian alt-pop act Teeth & Tongue, and if there’s any justice in the world, this one truly is About to Break — at least into the

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Singer-songwriter Jhameel’s sexy cover of Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You”

Singer-songwriter Jhameel’s sexy cover of Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You”

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

Frank Ocean‘s channel ORANGE took the internet by storm earlier this year with its smooth, thinking-man’s R&B.  The single “Thinkin Bout You” was particularly beloved, and now versatile California-based singer-songwriter Jhameel has covered the song as the

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Hip-Hop Hits: Aziz’s synthy, thoughtful “Numb (ft. Ground Up)” <small>[MP3]</small>

Hip-Hop Hits: Aziz’s synthy, thoughtful “Numb (ft. Ground Up)” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

I’ve actually been to Nashua, New Hampshire, which is why I’m mystified by how exactly the town would produce a skilled spitter like Aziz – listening to “Numb,” I would’ve expected Aziz to hail from

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A rare great remix: Escort add horns to RAC + Penguin Prison’s “Hollywood”

A rare great remix: Escort add horns to RAC + Penguin Prison’s “Hollywood”

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

Back in May, we posted RAC and Penguin Prison‘s catchy indie pop collaboration, “Hollywood.”  Now the two producers have released an EP of remixes for the song, and though I’m no big fan of

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