Aussie favorites Mansionair finally are back with their first new release of the year. While "Speak Easy" may be their most upbeat and radio-ready number yet, it's also slow-burner with atmospheric instrumentation and a gorgeous falsetto-heavy hook that will have you falling in love with the Sydney...
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Lotta heat on Lostboycrow right now coming from the west coast...
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Now that summer's officially over, besides ya'know, the 90+ degree heat, violent panhandlers, and perpetual subway sweat, we can pay homage to all the Shady Girls of Summer. To the gals who insist on only meeting up "out east" - umm, why would I do that?...
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Indiepopper and Tegan & Sara vocal double, Allison Weiss, created a Kickstarter in 2009 to press her debut full length, and after crushing her monetary goal, she became a sensation for online promotion (NYT, Wired, etc). Regarding her new album, out in October, she says...
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19 year-old Canuck, Scott Helman, was signed by Warner at 15 (not too shabby, pretty sure at 15 I had braces and was still spiking my hair up, not signing record deals or doing anything creative whatsoever besides doodling dicks on my math books) and went...
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Good remixes are really hard to come by: for a remix to actually be effective, it has to take a song and give it a whole new feel while still maintaining the original track's essence. Anonymous producer Toulouse does just that, by transforming Kanye West's somber hip-hop...
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So these duders debuted this summer with a smasher "Girls Your Age" (although "smasher" probably isn't the right word to describe its electro-minimalism) and have racked up tons of listens. Before they hit the web with their first single, the LA-foursome actually sent out clear...
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Got a stone cold stunner here that I just can’t stop listening to. It comes to us courtesy of New York City based Kennan Moving Company, rounded out by Oliver Kennan (guitar/vocals), David Tedeschi (drums), Bennett Miller (bass) and David Miller (keyboard). The laid back...
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Six weeks ago one of TMD's favorite rising artists, Safia, made a playlist for Indie Shuffle that really tied the summer together. One cut from that list, Sentimental and Monday, has stuck with me even into September. Congrats to fellow Aussie act, Holy Holy, on their...
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Did you know that SOTRW only deals in self-produced masterpieces? I did. If you're not aware of the LA duo's electro-prowess, then get up to speed here. Their latest release, Electric, is a beautifully familiar cross-genre mix, like having Brandon Flowers singing lead for the Toto revival. If you've got a...
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