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Hachiku announces debut album with the dreamy title track “I’ll Probably Be Asleep”

Rob HSeptember 16, 2020

Hachiku is the moniker of bedroom-pop artist Anika Ostendorf, originally from Germany but now based in Melbourne, via a stop in London for a little while. In h...

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SORBET lets us into his musical creation with magical realism flair in the video for “Birth (My First Day)”

Rob HSeptember 16, 2020

SORBET is the new project from Chris W Ryan, percussionist for Robocobra Quartet. This Friday, September 18, will see the release of Life Variations, the first...

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Mamalarky move from strength to strength with “Schism Trek” and announce debut album

Rob HSeptember 15, 2020

Mamalarky is a project based in Atlanta but featuring members from all over the US, including Austin and LA, who have played parts in touring bands like Cherry...

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Told Slant announces new album and shares gorgeous pair of tracks “Family Still” and “No Backpack”

Rob HSeptember 15, 2020

It's been four years since Told Slant's wonderful album Going By, but they have revealed plans to release a new record this year. The project of Felix Walworth...

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Pearl Charles announces new album, shares elegiac echo “What I Need”

Joshua PickardSeptember 15, 2020

Pearl Charles knew from an early age -- she's been performing since she was five years old -- that music would be an integral part of her life. She formed coun...

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Pom Poko battle their cynicism with effervescent riffing on “My Candidacy”

Rob HSeptember 15, 2020

Norway's colourful art-pop-punkers Pom Poko are releasing their second album, Cheater, on November 6 – about which they say "we wanted to embrace our extremes ...

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Ultraflex unleash irresistible throwback pop banger “Never Forget My Baby” and frolicsome video (BPM Premiere)

Rob HSeptember 15, 2020

Ultraflex is the new team up of Farao and Special-K, who revealed themselves last month with the flirtatious "Work Out Tonight", the first song shared from the...

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Unsung R&B mainstay Alycia Bella steps out with “Cue the Sun” alongside Boogie

Chase McMullenSeptember 15, 2020

Chances are, you're already a Alycia Bella fan, you just don't know it. She's been behind songs by everyone from Justin Timberlake to The-Dream. No doubt you'v...

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Lambchop announce covers album with 13-minute version of Wilco’s “Reservations”

Rob HSeptember 15, 2020

Lambchop is a band. Often we just think it's Kurt Wagner with a bunch of collaborators, but with the new covers album, TRIP, coming out November 13, they are p...

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Sufjan Stevens is on a quest for purity in the majestic song and video “Sugar”

Rob HakimianSeptember 15, 2020

Sufjan Stevens is releasing his highly anticipated new album The Ascension next Friday, and following the singles "America" and "Video Game" comes one final te...

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