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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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About to Break: Rhye’s heartache-filled, soulful neo-R&B, “The Fall”

About to Break: Rhye’s heartache-filled, soulful neo-R&B, “The Fall”

Jordy Kasko October 11, 2012 1

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”

Yellow Ostrich returns with cleaner, languid electropop, “Ghost”

Jordy Kasko October 11, 2012 0

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

Talk Show Tunes: Morrissey, Father John Misty, The Wallflowers, & more

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

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,

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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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Pop-punkers All Time Low are “sick of sleeping alone” on “Backseat Serenade”

Pop-punkers All Time Low are “sick of sleeping alone” on “Backseat Serenade”

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

God, I miss good pop-punk.  There’s nothing better on a hot summer day, and over the past few years I’ve had to revisit my collection rather than hearing new tunes… simply because there’s almost

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