Martinibomb: Dizzy ke Peche
Martinibomb are a duo from Portland, Oregon who have been realeasing some very creative songs for at least the last five or more years, as we recall always being inspired by their sampling while listening to a variety of shows and digging through the Internet stacks. The page at the FMA claims Martinibomb enjoy cobbling […]
4m May 28, 2015
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Secret Friend: Blue Sky
Secret Friend is a musical project by Thailand-based songwriter and producer, Steven Fox. Sleeper, Secret Friend’s second self-produced album set to release August 14th, melds psychedelic ambiance and electronica with soft layers of acoustic pop melodies. Blue Sky inspires a dream like state of mind further illustrated throughout Secret Friend’s upcoming album. Web Site | […]
6m May 27, 2015
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Ancient Lasers: You in the Future
LA musician Daniel Finfer’s inspiration for blend­ing accel­er­at­ing tech­nolo­gies with music may sound famil­iar to many of you. Five years ago, he was struck by how few pop songs really had a mean­ing­ful mes­sage, and at the same time he was read­ing Ray Kurzweil’s The Sin­gu­lar­ity is Near. Fin­fer got the idea for cre­at­ing songs […]
3m May 26, 2015
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Demolition Means Progress: North Wind
BJ Bonin and Mike McCloskey became Demolition Means Progress in late 2011, having toured together since 2000 (as The Underthings). Grant Martin joined in 2013 to complete the lineup, and they have an ongoing collaboration with Minneapolis cellist Amy Waller. Their first EP “Destroy as Directed” features song topics ranging from politics to silly road […]
2m May 25, 2015
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Opa!: Russian State Museum’s Lottery
Opa! unites musicians from different parts of the huge area of the former USSR, who came together in Saint-Petersburg, the multicultural capital of Russia. This band is a product of self-expression via experienced musicians who grew up on a fertile ground of traditional weddings of the 90s, town celebrations, and world music festivals around the […]
6m May 24, 2015
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Learning Music: Electric Letter
Learning Music Monthly was a subscription based album-a-month series with today’s featured single coming from a compilation of songs from LMM 2.1 – LMM 2.6 (originally released from March – August 2009). Each season of LMM lasted for twelve months and included twelve issues. Every album featured artwork by a different visual artist, and was […]
4m May 23, 2015
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Poppy Brothers: Pillow Talk
Poppy Brothers just released their new album Dreams of the Newly Awake and today’s Dose Pillow Talk is from it. “Poppy Brothers is an American electropop duo consisting of vocalist James Tillman and producer Matthew Taylor. In 2012 the real life brothers released three radically different songs online which ranged from smooth R&B to thick […]
4m May 22, 2015
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La Luz: You Disappear
The first single has arrived from Weirdo Shrine, the new Ty Segall-produced sophomore album by Seattle surf-rock group La Luz, out August 7th on Hardly Art records. You Disappear is the perfect track to help launch off the quickly approaching summer and forthcoming holiday weekend here in the US. We recently also spied a notice […]
3m May 21, 2015
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The Wheel Workers: Burglar
Today’s Dose is by The Wheel Workers who are a Houston-based five-piece recently nominated as Houston’s “Best Pop Act” in 2014’s Houston Press Music Awards. Its the second single from their album Citizens which arrives on May 26th, 2015. Check out the video for the first single from the album, Yodel, which we featured a […]
5m May 20, 2015
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Lightning Bug: Bobby
New York based shoegaze and dream-pop indie band Lightning Bug started out as a group of best friends who started creating music together with the main ambition to share it with as many people as possible. Not too long after inception they found themselves with enough songs for a full length which took the form […]
4m May 19, 2015
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The Synthetic Dream Foundation: In Letters of Black Night
Today’s Dose is a track from the epic new EP The Witch King (1st Movement) from The Synthetic Dream Foundation. This 3 song EP is the first part of a trilogy, with 3 new songs being released every two months for the rest of the year. It will be released on May 29th via Mythical […]
4m May 18, 2015
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Black Angel: She Lost My Mind
Black Angel originated in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles in 1999. Currently based in the Bay Area, they’ve just released two free singles, one is today’s Dose, this song features the bass playing of Mike Stever and the drumming of Pat Woods. The other single being Confused. head over to SoundCloud for a free download […]
4m May 17, 2015
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Super Magic Hats: This Last Week
Super Magic Hats is a Melbourne-via-London based musician, beatmaker and producer whose work embraces melody, noise and experimentation. As an accomplished guitarist and bass player, live instrumentation makes its way into many Super Magic Hats tracks, while a love of the unusual leads to electronic gadgets such as Yamaha’s Tenori-On featuring prominently. Super Magic Hats […]
3m May 16, 2015
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Jeremy Bass: Firefly
Today’s Dose is by Jeremy Bass and is from his album New York In Spring which is to be Self-Released on June 9th, 2015. This one of two seasonal albums released in 2015, earlier he released Winter Bare. “For the last decade, Brooklyn-based songwriter Jeremy Bass has been the Musical Director of The Secret City, […]
4m May 15, 2015
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Crookram: Crookrilla
Netherlands based artist Crookram (Chris Angelovski) hails from The Hague, with today’s featured track coming from his 2010 release, ‘Through Windows’. Angelovski said much of his inspiration and many of his samples come from his parents’ record collection, which contained much 1970s jazzrock and jazzfunk. Its a great blend and really monumental when you can […]
4m May 14, 2015
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Sorren Maclean: Tree of Darkness
After a successful trip to the States with some tourdates here in California, Scottish artist Sorren Maclean has announced the release of his album, Winter Stay Autumn, available on 8th June 2015 via Middle Of Nowhere Recordings. The album began taking shape in 2012 when Sorren was commissioned by the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow […]
3m May 13, 2015
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Tree Machines: Late Snow
Today’s Dose Late Snow is by Lawrence, Kansas-based duo, Tree Machines. The track appears on their just-released debut self-titled EP. Web Site | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | SoundCloud
5m May 12, 2015
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The Vow: Free The World
“Liverpool [UK] pop rockers The Vow have released 3 albums in 3 consecutive years. Their 2014 release “You Are?”, like its 2012 and 2013 predecessors “For a Dreamer” and “Bluer than You” is packed with bright, bouncy, songalong tunes with deceptively meaningful lyrics.” [bio via Jamendo] Web Site | BandCamp | ReverbNation | Jamendo
4m May 11, 2015
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Professor Kliq: Wire & Flashing Lights
The original track by Chicago’s own Professor Kliq, “Plastic & Flashing Lights”, has been around for ages. He felt it could use a bit of a face lift and even a name change, in light of Patator Productions’ video, created by Victor Haegelin. Raised in the west suburbs of Chicago, Professor Kliq (Mike Else) underwent […]
4m May 10, 2015
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Institute: Perpetual Ebb
Politically speaking, not much has changed about the way Institute exists as a band since signing to Sacred Bones. Having members in Glue, Wiccans, and Back to Back, all fellow stalwarts of the Texas punk scene, helps streamline the approach for them, as all of their bands operate from the same basic ethos. In fact, […]
3m May 09, 2015
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Bells Atlas: Bling
Oakland, CA based Bells Atlas released their new single Bling and we’re pleased to be able to bring it to you as today’s Dose, the second from the Oakland, CA based band, following on from Future Bones, featured in April. Both singles are from their soon to be released EP Hyperlust which you can pre-order […]
4m May 08, 2015
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George Ezra: Budapest (Creange remix)
Parisian producer Creange recently issued this nice danceable remixed version of George Ezra’s rising single, Budapest. We typically don’t post too many remixes, but loved the tropical injection of sounds which definitely makes this mix shine on top of the already steady soulful sounds of English artist George Ezra. Check out more of Creange’s creations […]
4m May 07, 2015
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Porco/Rosso: Juliana
Porco/Rosso is Mark Tseng Putterman, a NYC-based songwriter/producer. For the past 10 years he’s been experimenting with songs, sounds, and storytelling. Today’s Dose is from his Feb 2015 release Innerventions. “Innerventions was written and recorded in Summer 2013, only to be forgotten and excavated nearly a year and a half later and finally produced and […]
4m May 06, 2015
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Chasing Dreams: Magic Sky
Previously known as ‘Need a Name’, Dario Lupio is now ‘Chasing Dreams’, an independent German based artist out of Berlin who crafts emotive ambient notalgic beats from the inner heart. The excellent new single Magic Sky is apparently a return to his old sound, released as a free track in the past few weeks. In […]
6m May 05, 2015
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The House of Jed: O Caligula
“The House of Jed is the solo project of Admiral Twin drummer Jarrod Gollihare. He records his alterna-pop-rock ditties about pretty girls, comet strikes and the end of the world (you know…the usual pop drivel) at his home studio, mostly on cloudy days. “About the track: This song makes prominent use of an Omnichord…one of […]
3m May 04, 2015
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A Virtual Friend: Paris La Nuit
Today’s Dose is by Swiss band A Virtual Friend. “AVF offers Alternative Pop Music with various influences. It’s A Mix Of Analog And Synthetic Sounds Accompanying The Female Lead Singer, Supported By An Electro Acoustic Rhythm Section. AVF’s lyrics explore the good and the bad side of human nature in an empathic way.” [about via […]
4m May 03, 2015
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Janelle Kroll: Numb
It’s a good day when you stumble across such an soulful track as the downtempo-laced ‘Numb’ by Janelle Kroll via Soundcloud’s explore feature. New York based songwriter Kroll is apparently best known for providing vocals to house legend Dennis Ferrer’s ‘Mind Ur Step’. Success followed topping charts on Beatport/Traxsource and quickly gathering some good radio […]
5m May 02, 2015
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The Traveling Suitcase: Off The Ground
Today’s Dose by The Traveling Suitcase is from their Nobody Wins EP “The Traveling Suitcase is a 3-piece rock outfit from Oshkosh, WI. Starting in 2010, the Suitcase has been unpacking all over the country having toured to Seattle, Nashville, Colorado, and all over the Midwest. Their musical amalgamation slams their listeners into a world […]
4m May 01, 2015
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Great Hare: Call Me Stupid
Great Hare is an indie rock quartet from Gothenburg, Sweden. Drummer Lars Olausson, singer and guitarist Kalle Mogren, guitarist Anders Holmström and bass player and producer Berne Randulv formed Great Hare a few years ago, after a long hiatus from music. They soon found a cramped loft and turned it into a simple rehearsal and […]
3m Apr 30, 2015
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LiVKi: Dark Blonde Rises
Today’s Dose is by Olivia Anna Livki a Berlin Germany based bassplayer, singer/songwriter, filmmaker and producer. Web Site | SoundCloud | Jamendo | Facebook | Twitter Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0)
4m Apr 29, 2015
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Xuman: Blood Won’t Run
Today we’ve got a new track up by Xuman, a Moscow based indie pop band fronted by Alexander Xuman of Orlovo, Russia, including members Ilya Sosnitskiy and David Sagamonyants. We picked out today’s feature “Blood Won’t Run” from deep within Xuman’s excellent second album – The Mask Gains Over Man – which was released on […]
4m Apr 28, 2015
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Moonbabies: 24
Today’s Dose, 24 by Swedish husband and wife duo Moonbabies is from the second double single from their album Wizards on the Beach which they are releasing tomorrow (Tuesday 28 April). Charles already gave you a taste of what this album was going to be like in December, when the featured Daily Dose track was […]
4m Apr 27, 2015
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Ed Ghost Tucker: Sofia (Single)
Ed Ghost Tucker is a four-piece Pop/Rock group from San Diego, CA fronted by three singer-songwriters, Ryan Miller, Rutger Rosenborg, and Cameron and Michaela Wilson, all of whom have played music together since childhood. The band’s musical stylings span a range of genres from doo-wop to new wave, and art-rock to world-pop. Their debut EP […]
3m Apr 26, 2015
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The Dead Heavys: Liquidator
Waterford Ireland’s The Dead Heavys are a 6 piece psychedelic rock band preparing to release their debut album, and they’ve got a few singles from it already in circulation. The band’s independently-released first single Everybody In The Nite was produced by Jagz Kooner (Primal Scream / Kasabian) and hit the Irish top fifty, meeting with […]
4m Apr 25, 2015
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In Letter Form: Reflecting The Rain
Reflecting The Rain is the new single from San Francisco based In Letter Form and a second play for them on The Dose. Web Site | Facebook | Twitter | SoundCloud | BandCamp
4m Apr 24, 2015
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Big Wild: Aftergold
“Aftergold” by Big Wild is the second release from Foreign Family Collective, a brand new highly anticipated outlet for musicians and visual artists alike curated by the duo behind ODESZA. Big Wild is Venice, CA based musician Jackson Stell who likes to tap into our natural curiosities by bending conventional boundaries in music and bringing […]
4m Apr 23, 2015
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Mr. Bukit: Leave
“Hailing from the east of the Netherlands, Mr. Bukit is a four piece indie rock band formed in the summer of 2014. The group’s musical style has been described as catchy reverb-ish indierock with postpunk, dreampop and shoegaze influences that takes inspiration from the likes of Interpol, Foals and DIIV. “The band, centered on the […]
4m Apr 22, 2015
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Emerald Park: LiberTeens
Malmo, Sweden’s Emerald Park are back with a sample from their forthcoming release, GO! GO! GO!. The first single, “Liberteens” comes from the promising new album due June 23rd. The song “Liberteens” was written after the group had listened to some Imogen Heap and were deciding on how best to incorporate Autotune into their music. […]
4m Apr 21, 2015
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Good Morning Finch: Gemini
Today’s Dose is the title track from the new album by Italian Band Good Morning Finch. It is their follow-up to their previous EP, which was a pure post-rock release, their first full length album brings Good Morning Finch in a different area, forging a shoegaze sound with pop lyrics and post-rock instrumentals. [from bio] […]
7m Apr 20, 2015
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The Vultures: Weakest Storm
The Vultures are a London sextet whose roots lie in five countries spanning three continents, they create songs that strain at the seams with eerie majesty and bewitching melody, courtesy of three-part vocals, cello, violin, viola, bass and drums. This is a band who eschew guitars, synths and digitalism in favour of intense in-the-flesh performance. […]
3m Apr 19, 2015
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Signal-to-Nose: Something to Say
Signal-to-Noise is the brand new project by Michael Downing, a talented electro-rock songwriter & producer based in Chicago who draws on influences from a diverse range of favorites (e.g. Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, and Supertramp, etc). Starting this past January, Michael locked himself away in his Chicago apartment, where he composed and produced his first […]
4m Apr 18, 2015
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La Casa Al Mare: M
La Casa al Mare is a three piece band from Rome, Italy, experimenting with shoegaze, dreampop, psychedelic, noise music. They are releasing their This Astro EP this month, and today’s Dose M is from it. Check out the videos below for M and another track from the EP Sunflowers. BandCamp | SoundCloud | Facebook | […]
5m Apr 17, 2015
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Jeremy Bass: Winter Bare
Brooklyn’s Jeremy Bass recently released the first of two EP’s included in his recent successful Kickstarter. Winter Bare, the excellent first gift in the pair enjoyed a successful release party a night or two back. Jeremy says of the new EP, “‘Winter Bare’ is an album of love songs, but its lyrical center tends to […]
4m Apr 16, 2015
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The Wheel Workers: Yodel
Today’s Dose is by The Wheel Workers who are a Houston-based five-piece recently nominated as Houston’s “Best Pop Act” in 2014’s Houston Press Music Awards. It is from their album Citizens which arrives on May 26th, 2015. Web Site | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Instagram | BandCamp
3m Apr 15, 2015
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Ever: Bodies
Isle of Wight based female singer-songwriter ‘Ever’ crafts a form of melodic electronica, a self-described original brand of personal confessions. Its a stunning debut from this new artist, with a self-exploratory theme finishing off with quite the beautiful outro and gorgeous vocals shining throughout. Today’s featured single is the debut which officially became available late […]
3m Apr 14, 2015
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Les Limbes: Hypersonic
Today’s Dose is the single from the debut self-titled EP from French outfit Les Limbes. The EP will see release on April 17th through Hidden Shoal. “Les Limbes is an exercise in intensely focused energy and atmosphere. Its four instrumental tracks are driven by dense, heavy guitars and a lithe, propulsive rhythm section, counterpointed with […]
5m Apr 13, 2015
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Telephantom: Silence
Houston Texas dream-pop band TELEPHANTOM recently released their first 3 song EP earlier this year on February 2. They’ve got a great video to go with the stellar track which dropped in January, which we’ve embedded in both forms further below. Additionally the band has issued a new track in the last few days titled, […]
4m Apr 12, 2015
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Small Talk: Brothers
Welp…National Siblings Day may be over but we apparently can’t let go of the feeling based on the title of today’s featured track. The aptly named ‘Brothers’ comes by way of the new Boston indie rock group SMALL TALK, specifically the second single from the excellent brand new “Us Kids” EP. This promising EP just […]
4m Apr 11, 2015
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The Peeks: Moving Pictures
“Led by songsmith Fraser Henry, The Peeks are a folk-rock trio from the sleepy Melbourne suburb of Williamstown. With a sound that is constantly evolving, the group tap into a studied pool of influences – from Fleet Foxes and Crowded House, to Jake Bugg and Ben Howard – and boast a live show that is […]
4m Apr 10, 2015
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Beth Bombara: Promised Land
The latest inspired single “Promised Land” from St. Louis-based Americana artist Beth Bombara was issued recently on March 5th. It’s the first soulful and spirited effort off her forthcoming self-titled LP, officially delivering on June 23. Of the song Bombara has stated, “I started writing this song at a point where a lot of things […]
5m Apr 09, 2015
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