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Jasmine Ash Confronts Fears With “High Wire”

Singer/songwriter Jasmine Ash began her musical career in college aiming for melodies that were catchy and uplifting and productions that were filled with warmth and energy. ASL was the artist’s first language and this likely lends a unique style of writing and way of thinking to her music. The end result is music that channels
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Lostboycrow Releases New Single Orange Juice

“Orange Juice” is the latest, refreshing single from LA-based musician Lostboycrow. Hailing from New Mexico, the artist sought to go back to their roots for their debut album. “Orange Juice” is taken from the debut album, Santé Fe, appropriately named for the city and energies that inspired it—the endless desert, national treasures like the Puye
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Juniper Vale Kicks off 2019 With The Expanse

Juniper Vale is kicking off the New Year with the electro anthem, “The Expanse.” Sarah Jane Wood is the Nashville based musician behind Juniper Vale—“a multimedia project that that combines EDM Banjo music with illustrations to explore the experience of home and belonging.” Together with illustrator Hein Zaayman as well as artist and producer Vian
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Linda Marie Fischer Debuts Album, “Arc of Love”

Love is an interesting thing. In a sense, love can be likened to alcohol on a wound—it can sting painfully but is ultimately healing. Leo Buscaglia, who I am currently reading, wrote a series of lectures on it. I, as a graduate student/nerd, wrote a research paper about it. Whether they realize it or not,
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Banoffee Releases New Single and Video “Muscle Memory”

Banoffee, the Australian songwriter otherwise known as Martha Brown, has released a new track and accompanying video, “Muscle Memory.” Hailing from Melbourne, Banoffee has been producing experimental electronica since 2013 releasing the EP, “Do I Make You Nervous?” in 2015. After its release, Brown made the move to LA where Banoffee’s sound could evolve and
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Right the Stars Back After Hiatus with “California Sun”

Music collective Right the Stars is back with a new single, “Calfornia Sun” inspired by California and The Beach Boys. The inspiration goes even further than that, however, with Right the Stars being a sort of music co-op—“a constellation of writers, musicians and producers” headed by singer/songwriter/producer Rich Jacques. The project began in 2009 and
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Jeanne Vomit-Terror Releases Debut Album Empire Waste

Jeanne Vomit-Terror has released a debut album Empire Waste through the Lexington, Kentucky based collective, Desperate Spirits.   Empire Waste mirrors the artist’s name with its unique brand of self-proclaimed “weirdness.” The eight tracks range from dystopian to groovy to synthetic to pop-y.   Track Listing: 01. The Preening 02. Tiger Training 03. Lost In
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Viking City Glows During 8-Day Roskilde Festival

Roskilde Festival should be on the radar of any adventurous indie music enthusiast. Long, sunny Scandinavian days welcomed 160,000 people to Roskilde, the medieval Viking town near Copenhagen. The 8-day non-profit festival, which is run by volunteers, attracted an eclectic mix of artists including a well-represented collection of indie artists.   While its robust musical
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Noah Slee Releases Video for “Stayed” From Debut Album

Noah Slee is a New Zealand-born singer and producer with Tonga roots currently based in Berlin. To accompany his recent tour announcement, Slee has released a video for the single, “Stayed”, from his debut album Otherland.     Slee intertwined personal pivotal moments—coming out as gay, exploring the Berlin nightlife, pondering religion, paying homage to
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Take off with Kastrup’s New Single, ‘Joanne’

In Denmark, warm, sunny days are a rare commodity. Thus when they make an appearance, Copenhagen-dwellers take full advantage of the sun — donning shorts, eating ice cream, and jumping into the harbor, soaking up every drop of sunlight possible. One common way to take advantage is making the ten-mile journey to the east coast of
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Death By Piano Release Honest Debut EP ‘Countdown’

Death By Piano is a new darkwave project from Greywolf and Kalen Lister. They are set to release their debut five-song EP Countdown on March 30. It includes the duo’s reinvention of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” as well four original compositions.   “DBP is an incredibly collaborative project, not only between Greywolf and I, but also
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Shedbug Drops New EP ‘Destination Love’

At my dorm, there is always one themed party per semester. The theme always changes and is always a surprise. The party is thrown by the new group of students who moved in at the start of the semester. In the semester I moved in, we chose the theme “Animal Farm,” playing on George Orwell’s
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No No Yeah Okay Release Second EP Cabal

As a Floridian, I do not know that much about Wisconsin. My general impression of it is that people are nice there, it can get very cold, and they have nice cheddar cheese. And probably nice dairy in general.   Initially, I didn’t consider their music scene. But Milwaukee, especially, has built a scene with
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NAVASA Release Dreamy New Album ‘1963’

“Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than a moving plane, ship, or train. There is almost a peculiar correlation between what is in front of our eyes and the thoughts we are able to have in our heads: large thoughts at times requiring large views, new thoughts,
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Kylypso Release Debut EP ‘Soon Fun’

During an autumn internship in London, I found myself one day taking an alternative walking tour centered on street-art in the East End. The tour was worth taking more than once because of the dynamic, ever-changing open and free canvases. Beautiful pieces could appear and disappear overnight giving them a fleeting, abstract quality rather than
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Shanghai Restoration Project Release Introspective LP

During a quarter-life crisis last year, I spontaneously decided to book a trip to Malaysia to visit a high-school friend completing an internship there. Next thing I knew, I was standing alone under a small tarp in an orangutan sanctuary in Sarawak waiting for a rainstorm to pass. As I was alone and as I
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Emancipator’s ‘Baralku’ Belongs with the Stars

The Yolngu are an aggregation of indigenous Australian people. In their mythology the Djanggawul, three Yolngu siblings, created the landscape of Australia and covered it with flora. The legend goes that they were from an island that lies to the east of Arnhem Land where Barnubirr, the creator-spirit who guided the Djanggawul siblings and rises
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Stolar Brings Raw Emotions to His Latest Release

While I was on an exchange abroad, I took Islamic Archaeology as one of my electives. The elective turned out to be a graduate-level course with the class consisting of only one other exchange student and four graduate students of Near-Eastern Archaeology. I took the course as an Anthropology elective while my undergrad counterpart took
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Alaskalaska’s Self-Titled Debut EP Makes an Impact

Fifteen years ago, my sister took a summer vacation to somewhere simultaneously foreign and familiar: Alaska. She described the unique environment and climate that was so different from our hometown in Florida. She described how the summer days were long and never-ending. There was something welcome about the constant light, but also something a bit
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Bootblacks Release Pleasantly Psychedelic EP ‘Fragments’

Post-punk band Bootblacks released their new LP Fragments on September 14 via Manic Depression Records. BlackBook premiered the first single from the album, “Hold & Dissolve,” saying the band “could sit proudly amongst the trenchant, doomy psychedelia of Echo & The Bunnymen’s potent classic ‘Heaven Up Here.” The band’s Panther MacDonald explains that the track is about “knowing you have to leave
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off bloom Makes a Golden Track, ‘Golden Dreams’

If there is one thing Danes know, it is how to party. Frenetic energy can be found at dorms, universities, Friday-bars, and housewarmings alike. Copenhagen natives off bloom transforms those frenetic, Danish party vibes into a soundtrack that would suit any occasion (preferably party-related). Nylon says of them, “They sound like a perfect love child between Flume
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Hero Fisher’s “Push The Boat Out” Is An Enchanting New Single

Hero Fisher’s enchanting imaginative world expands with the dreamy revery of ‘Push The Boat Out’, released 18th Aug, taken from sophomore LP ‘Glue Moon’ Out in Spring 2018. Conceived as a sister song to Glue Moon lead single ‘Sylvie’, ‘Push The Boat Out’ is inspired partly by scenes from Marilynne Robinson’s seminal novel ‘Housekeeping’. “Full
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ALKE’s “All Night” Highlights Silver Linings

Los Angeles-based alternative pop duo ALKE announce the premiere of their infectious new single and video “All Night.” The bright indie-pop track premiered via The Line of Best Fit  who beamed that the single was “…an infectious, listenable delight, with a video as lighthearted as the shimmering, sunny synth-pop.” The fun and irresistible track was written about love’s ability to
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Taliwhoah Hits The Right Beat With “Details”

It’s all down to the Details. A stylish pop outlier with Afro-Caribbean soul, R&B swagger, London-born and Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and artist Taliwhoah immediately elicits a reaction any time she sings. That typical response can be found in her very moniker…whoa!   Born in a big artistic family to a British born, Nigerian-Lebanese mom and
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The xx Own Roskilde Festival’s Biggest Stage

The xx: minimal, intimate, and up-close. I wondered how they would translate their sound—seemingly suited for an underground club or intimate bar—to Roskilde Festival’s biggest stage and the open air. Spoiler alert: They fared quite well.   The London-based trio comprised of Romy Madley Croft, James Thomas Smith, and Oliver Sim took to the stage
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Vaness Alegacy – Touching New Single: ‘Hoping and Waiting’

Realizing the capacity for human error can be one of the most excruciating truths of adulthood. Or heartbreakingly, childhood. Unconditional love seems to be the “right” catch-all solution, but things are rarely, if ever, so simple. Sometimes no matter how hard you try, you have to accept that you cannot control another persons’ actions and
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