Third Time's a Charm: Shaky Knees Festival 2015
Tame Impala | Photo c/o aLIVE Coverage Before I get into any sort of recap or review, I just want it to be known that the overarching theme of this…
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Anna Murphy
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Jimi Charles Moody finds his groove with "Blue Honey"
Forget about soul searching, because you’ll find what you’re looking for right here. This new on the scene, very green (but then again, so…blues) UK soul singer Jimi Charles Moody dropped…
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Fragics drops new genre-melding track "Arise" today
It's been more than a year since I posted about Fragics, the UK-based folktronica solo project from Jay Rodger. (And that's my fault, he's continued to make good music while I've just…
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Twin Caverns' track "Truth" is a spellbinding practice of synth and soul
As if this week and weather haven’t already put us in a zombie-like state, we’re given even more of an excuse to zone out today with electronic trip-hop duo Twin…
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Engulf your eardrums with Silences' "The Sea"
Irish indie band Silences brings us a very Coldplay moment today with their newest track, “The Sea.” The song starts slowly, vocals strolling along like feet sinking into soft sand…
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Axel Flóvent spreads some warmth all the way from Iceland with "Forest Fires"
I’m deep in a beautiful rut right now with acoustic indie overtaking my queue. Maybe it’s the [not quite] spring weather that’s got me so folked up, or the fact…
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Xavier Dunn breathes new, acoustic life, into Rae Sremmurds' "No Type"
I’m a real sucker for indie covers. Especially when it’s a stripped version of a rap song, as sung by Sydney songster Xavier Dunn. Today he adds to his catalog…
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No blurred lines, just a bright future here with NAKAYA's video for "Colored Lines" [Video Premiere]
I had never heard of NY via LA alternative folk artist NAKAYA until her manager Facebook messaged me (I told you – the ways I procure music know no bounds),…
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WATERS tells us "What's Real" about their new record and title track [Exclusive Interview]
San Francisco indie rock band WATERS dropped the title track to their forthcoming album What’s Real this week and it’s 90s rock on Fleek (first and last time usage of this…
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Finally getting some warm vibes up in here c/o La+ch's "California" [Premiere]
I feel like my last few posts have been not so subtly shrouded complaints about the weather in NYC – and today is no different, as it’s late March and I’m…
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Cold War Kids show us what ten years on the road must feel like with "Hotel Anywhere" [Video Premiere]
California indie-rock band Cold War Kids released a new video today for “Hotel Anywhere,” a track off their fifth studio album Hold My Home (out via Downtown Records), and we're…
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Contrary to its name, Coleman Hell's "Thumbalina" is a giant of a hit
As a smaller-than-average child and now 5’2” adult, Thumbelina and Polly Pocket were and are fascinating heroines to me. And being one to always read books by their covers, I…
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