Sometimes when we seek out music, we are just looking for nothing more than a little bit of lighthearted comfort. DREAMERS brings just that with their newest release, This Album Does Not Exist. Considering the title, the pop-rock group hailing from Brooklyn, really makes sure their album hits you at full swing with a series of
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Summer may just be coming to an end…Luckily, there’s there’s no saying we can’t prolong the best season of the year with San-Francisco-based, Norway- and UK-born duo, Ohlayindigo and their breezy 6-track release, Phases. The group, consisting of singer Hanna Ponth and drummer Zak Shrapnell, has presented an version of synthpop so light, it is
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British composer George Robinson, known as Secoya, combats the misconception that instrumental music is lacking with The Worlds is Yours, a sophomore debut that is able to invoke a wide range of emotions, captivating anyone that takes a listen. Robinson proves that you do not need lyrics to capture the heart — the music speaks for
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There are times when we find ourselves wishing to pass time as fast and painlessly as possible. Finding myself in that situation recently, I downloaded Brisbane-born singer-songwriter Jarryd James’ latest release, High, for a five hour plane ride. The 10-track album marks James’ US Debut. With five of the tracks coming from James’ non-US Debut, Thirty-One,
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Hopelessness. It’s not exactly a pleasant feeling, but a familiar one nonetheless. This is exactly the mood that Phantogram is trying to convey in their latest releases “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore” and “Run Run Blood.”  The duo — Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter, who are preparing for the release of their third studio album, appropriately
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Similarly to many iconic movies of the ’80s, New Zealand-born Andrew Keoghan doesn’t spare any bit of that glitz while simultaneously showing us how dangerously easy it is to get sucked into a world where everyone constantly strives to one-up the other in his latest music video for “Queues at Dani Keys.” A metropolitan lifestyle of
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Melbourne-based quintet Canary has released their 10-track sophomore album, I am Lion, a musical homage to the many stages of a breakup. Somehow, they manage to deliver a harsh dose of reality in a surprisingly gentle manner. It is an album that anyone who has gone through a heartbreak of any sort can relate to. Inspired by events in frontman
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Minimal. Hazy. Yet strangely alluring. Sure you may think that 8 minutes and 50 seconds of mysterious, ambient beats may prove to be too much for you, but don’t knock it ‘till you try it. Mysterious DJ from the Netherlands, nthng, has released a remastered version of “Untitled (Human Pt. II)” as one half of
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You know that film you’ve seen? You know the one, because there’s too many of them to count. The one where you’re rooting for the main character and you’ve only begun to try to understand them as they hit rock bottom. It’s almost comedic in the sense that a series of unfortunate events just seems
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Indie-pop duo The Rival has released a 5-track EP titled Waves. It’s part of a trilogy of EPs yet to be released, titled Sand and Peaks, respectively. In Waves, The Rival deliver exactly as promised in this fun, lighthearted group of tracks that can be seamlessly integrated into your summer playlist. While Phillip Larue and Allen Salmon
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Being familiar with Jamie N Commons’ fellow label mates X-Ambassadors for their 2014 hit “Jungle” — which, I found out only recently, features Commons, and has been played in my car an embarrassing amount of times — I had high hopes for his self-titled EP. Needless to say, I wasn’t disappointed — Commons’ raspy vocals combined
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  You’re sitting in a quaint, comfortable coffee shop as it the rain starts to pour outside. Maybe you’re alone, maybe your friend had left you at the table for a minute, but as you glance outside as the thunder and lightning make themselves known, and people rush through the streets to get shelter, your
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In his new album, Midnight in Havana, emerging singer/songwriter Ben de la Cour does Americanoir proud as his collection of 11 songs take one on a turbulent, emotionally-packed journey. Already drawing comparisons to timeless greats such as Leonard Cohen and Johnny Cash, the young Brooklyn-born folk singer presents himself with the maturity of someone many
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