New Portals

New Portals

Like any normal person addicted to social media, the first thing I do every morning (besides hitting snooze a few too many times) is check my email and all of my social media apps. Imagine my delight when I opened Instagram this past Saturday morning...

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Cheerleader: a Philly Five Way SFW

Philly is a pretty cool town, and despite the naysayers, some real strong stuff comes outta the City of Brotherly Love (I didn't know Philadelphia literally meant that :-/, I thought they called it that cuz ppl high-fived a lot, or they had a sweet...

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Violet Sands – No Matter What

Man!  I love supergroups!  Deidre Muro (Deidre & the Dark, previously Savoir Adore), David Perlick-Molinari (French Horn Rebellion) and Derek Muro (Mighty Five, Love Like Deloreans) have teamed up to make an all-star project that’s fresh as a daisy in the spring.  Violet Sands combines some...

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elway

Elway will NOT play the Super Bowl

As a way to honor their Colorado roots, the humble foursome named their band "Elway" - a word so commonly used in the everyday vernacular of the Rockies. So you can imagine their shock, when the band that [at the time] "routinely plays in front...

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Miami Horror – Cellophane (Loframes Remix)

After a busy 2015 anglo-french duo Loframes start this new year with an upfiling remix of Miami Horror 's "Cellophane" with vocal from Aaron Miller "BASECAMP" and their recognizable buzzy bassline touch never disappoint. Franck and James provided a polished and sophisticated production carried by reverse beams and...

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Bag Raiders stole my joke…

Let's say I had a buddy named Lorenz. We'd call him L, since he has a "Z" in his name and that's silly. If you'd ever meet L, you may not learn that he loves to dance, but he does. This sexy German fellow would...

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dvsn – Hallucinations

We've seen this story before: a mysterious Canadian R&B artist appears out of the blue and starts dropping professional-level tracks setting the indie music blogosphere into buzz building mode (looking at you, Weeknd circa 2011). So, although what dvsn — or the marketing team behind...

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Sunflower Bean-Easier Said

Ushering in a new year always brings an excitement and anticipation of which up and coming bands will turn into breakout stars, which singles and albums will dominate everyone's Spotify playlists, and which shows will totally own your day/month/year.  One band that has been garnering a great...

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WSTR: it’s pronounced WASTER, ugh

The UK is crushing the US these days in terms of pop punk. If any of you are friends with me, then you've heard me yapping about Neck Deep (sick Welsh band). Well now it's time to yap about WSTR. The Liverpool pop punk quintet...

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Whatchu know bout Saint Raymond?

If can you recall my affinity for Notti-teens (no! not a porn genre on RedTube [jeez!], but the "dubious subsect of British youths known for their awkward white kid version of "daggering"?, Saint Raymond and Ady Suleiman?), well Saint Raymond finally came out with first...

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