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KANEHOLLER release Vol. 3 EP [LISTEN UP]

2/27/15

Los Angeles recording artist KANEHOLLER recently completed their first official releases with the February 13th release of Vol. 3. Listen Up!

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Johnny Jewel to score Ryan Goslings film ‘Lost River’

2/24/15

Ryan Gosling directs and Ben Mendelsohn, Eva Mendes, Saoirse Ronan and Matt Smith co-star in the film Lost River with all new music written by Johnny Jewel (Italians Do It Better)

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Lower Dens – To Die In L.A. [Video]

2/24/15

Lower Dens just released the SSION directed video for the single ‘To Die in L.A.’ off of their new album Escape from Evil.

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Watch the video ‘Apart’ by Kasper Bjørke

2/24/15

Watch the beautifully-shot, mysterious visual for the song “Apart” by Kasper Bjørke.

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Watch ‘Uh-Huh’ by Rambos [VIDEO]

2/24/15

Rambos recently released the video for the track ‘Uh-Huh’ off Rock N Roll Monsters that was released back in 2012.

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2015

2/24/15
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Punch Drunk Soul Club March 3rd

2/24/15
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Նռան գույնը (1969) – OST by Nicolas Jaar

2/24/15

Nicolas Jaar just released “an alternate soundtrack to the 1969 Soviet film written and directed by Sergei Parajanov entitled The Color of Pomegranates“.

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“Lisa Sawyer” by Leon Bridges [Listen Up]

2/24/15

Leon Bridges just released the newest track “Lisa Sawyer“. Listen Up!

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Blur Announce New Record “The Magic Whip”

2/19/15

It’s official! Blur announce new record!

Depeche Mode
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#tbt Depeche Mode / Violator (1990)

2/19/15

Do you remember the first time you heard Depeche Mode’s breakthrough album Violator?

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‘Stormy Dayz’ by WEATHERMAN [LISTEN UP]

2/18/15

Listen to the 2 new tracks by Weatherman from Chicago.

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G releases New “K Queen” Single [LISTEN UP]

2/18/15

G just announced the release of the EP titled ‘Copy | Hide’.

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CHROMATICS SINGLE ‘JUST LIKE YOU’ [LISTEN UP]

2/15/15

Download and listen to the new single off ‘Just Like You’ by CHROMATICS.

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‘Heart-Shaped Box’ by Father John Misty [Listen Up]

2/14/15

Father John Misty performed a cover of Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box” during a session for Sirius XMU.

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Listen to ‘To Die in L.A’ by Lower Dens

2/11/15

Baltimore Art Rockers Lower Dens just announced their third studio album, titled ‘Escape From Evil’.

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Watch / Listen to “Pedestrian At Best” by Courtney Barnett

2/11/15

Melbourne-based artist Courtney Barnett just announced her new album ‘Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit’ out on Mom+Pop Music March 24th.

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‘Human Again’ by GENEVIEVE [Listen Up]

2/11/15

Listen to “Human Again,” off the forthcoming debut EP by GENEVIEVE,

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Athenian Stella shares ‘Made To Attack’

2/11/15

Listen to the single ‘Made to Attack’ by Athenian artist STELLA.

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A Musician’s Drummer: A Conversation With Matt Johnson

2/11/15

Houston-bred New Yorker Matt Johnson has played on some of the most critically acclaimed records in almost everyone’s collections.

Hot Chip, Why Make Sense
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Hot Chip Drop new “Why Make Sense?” Album and Video for “Huarache Lights” [Watch]

2/10/15

Hot Chip have announced the follow up to their 2012 album In Our Heads. The album is called Why Make Sense, and will be made available May 18th on Domino Records.

Teenage Fanclub, Bandwagonesque
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#tbt Teenage Fanclub / Bandwagonesque (1991)

2/5/15

“She wears denim wherever she goes / Says she’s gonna get some records from the Status Quo”… the immortal words sung by Scottish Alt Rockers Teenage Fanclub ring on forever in many an audiophile’s hearts.

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