mew

Mew: insert kitschy headline

Copenhagen, the land of ales and fairy tales. As Hans Christian Andersen, famous Danish author once wrote: "where words fail, music speaks." How appropriate for a music email. Thank you Hans. Luckily for me that was the first thing that popped up when I Googled...

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temper trap

Seems we lost our Temper Trap

The Aussies guilty of making everyone addicted to "Sweet Disposition" (currently sitting at > 100mm Spotify listens) are back with a new album in June. Their first single from it is this song, and it's kinda good I think (what do you think?). Their first...

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fareoh big gram

Fareoh goes great in yummy salads

So you probs already know about Big Grams and their debut EP last year. They are the combo indie/electro/hiphop consortium comprised of Big Boi (a la Outkast) and Phantogram - and they just put out a bunch of remixes of their song "Drum Machine" - arguably the...

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bleached

Don’t be a Bleach; get Bleached

LoFi gritty beach tunes are all the rage these days and LA seems to produce them with a certain regularity. Sisters Jessica and Jennifer Clavin write sun-drenched LA rock songs and form the foundation of (surprise, surprise!) LA outfit Bleached (named "Bleached" for always bleaching...

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chris farren

Chris Farren & his Fake Problems

It's not often that Florida has a good story in headlines: "Zombie man on bath salts eats man's face," "Drunken woman cries & eats stranger's food while at PF Changs," "Florida man dies after winning cockroach eating contest," "Florida man too fat for jail," "347-pound...

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feels

Kiiara & Jai Wolf mastering USA foreign relations

Born and bred Fightin' Illini, 21 year-old Kiiara appeared outta nowhere last summer on SoundCloud with her single "Gold," a chopped up electrochill track that raced to north of 51 million spotify listens as of today. She was just making music in her bedroom at...

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cold fronts 2

Spring Time + Cold Fronts = Gr8 Combo

Back in January we discussed all the sweet stuff going down in Philly. Besides being a hot bed for meat sweats and subsequent stair running, Cold Fronts frontman, and only remaining original member, Craig Almquist is a role model for all Creed-esque youngsters looking to...

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