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VIDEO REVIEWYellerkin "Tools"

" The band, comprised of childhood friends Adrian Galvin and Luca Buccellati, shot the video in the woods of Katonah, New York with...

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TRACK REVIEWBonobo "Flashlight"

2 via Ninja Tune. New music from this British producer and musician, also known as Simon Green, comes after nearly two years of touring for his fifth...

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ALBUM REVIEWGot A Girl “I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now”

Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead and producer Dan “The Automator” Nakamura have teamed up as Got A Girl to release I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now, a debut album fit for the soundtrack to a stylish romance filmed in black and white. The pair met on the set of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The...

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VIDEO REVIEWDOROTHY “After Midnight”

Courtney Love. Janis Joplin. Grace Slick. Amy Winehouse. These are names one doesn't toss around lightly - they represent a cannon of badass lady rockers with true charisma and formidable pipes. Keeping up this grand tradition is Dorothy Martin, the lead vocalist for eponymous rock n' roll outfit...

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TRACK REVIEWalt-J "Hunger of the Pine"

If you had played “Hunger of the Pine” without telling me who it was by, I would not have guessed alt-J. In fact, James Blake might’ve been my first guess. As a lead single from the British band’s sophomore album, This is All Yours, "Hunger" seems a bit of a departure from the textured, intimate...

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VIDEO REVIEWKimbra "90s Music"

A still from Kimbra's latest music video, "90s Music". About a month ago, Kimbra released her latest song, “90s Music” in preparation for her sophomore album The Golden Echo, out Aug. 19 in the U.S. via Warner Bros. Records. The official music video for the track that followed a few weeks later is...

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TRACK REVIEWTennis “Never Work For Free”

Denver indie pop group Tennis is back with their newest single “Never Work for Free” from their third album Ritual in Repeat, due out September 9 via Communion Records. With the help of Patrick Carney (The Black Keys), Jim Eno (Spoon) and Richard Swift (the Shins), the husband-wife duo return with...

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Live ReviewSALES @ Comet Ping Pong

On June 18, Florida duo SALES played an intimate and charmingly awkward set at tiny venue Comet Ping Pong with local Maryland band Go Cozy as the opening act. The DC show was their second stop on their small east coast tour in preparation for the band's debut album out later this summer. Their...

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ALBUM REVIEWGirl Talk and Freeway “Broken Ankles”

Last April, Pittsburgh native Girl Talk dropped his latest EP Broken Ankles in collaboration with Philly rapper Freeway. Several years had passed since his last album, 2010's All Day, and he had taken a pretty significant hiatus from his relentless tour schedule in 2013, so needless to say, fans...

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TRACK REVIEWSALES "vow"

Florida band SALES prepare for their upcoming debut album with their latest single “vow” and a small East Coast tour this month. The duo, comprised of Lauren Morgan on guitar and vocals and Jordan Shih on everything else, create intimate pop music that can equally cause dancing and peaceful moments...

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ALBUM REVIEWSam Smith "In the Lonely Hour"

British crooner Sam Smith finally released his debut album, “In the Lonely Hour”, on May 26 with Capitol Records. After a year prepping for his debut with his critically acclaimed EP “Nirvana” and features on hit songs with Disclosure and Naughty Boy on top of touring even before his album was...

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ALBUM REVIEWParquet Courts “Sunbathing Animal”

Following their highly acclaimed 2012 album Light Up Gold, Brooklyn-based punks Parquet Courts delve into something more disembodied and fragmented in Sunbathing Animal, out June 3 via What’s Your Rupture? and Mom + Pop Music. Their sound is essentially the same – still plenty of the lively guitars...

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