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Shannon and the Clams - Gone By The Dawn

September 7, 2015 Justin Gallegos

Shannon and the Clams are vintage-rock greats and Gone By The Dawn is their best produced album to date, managing to sound like an underwater symphony inspired by heartache.

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In Album Review Tags Shannon and the Clams, Hardly Art, garage/surf rock
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Two Beautifully Weird Artists

September 4, 2015 Justin Gallegos

Meet DIVA and Mourning Coup. Two wonderful women making music that can shake you and break you through haunting and beautiful vibrations. 

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In New Music Tags mourning coup, DIVA
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Dām-Funk - Invite the Light

September 3, 2015 Justin Gallegos

Dam-Funk is funk's modern-day ambassador, reminding people that the genre's progenitors were visionaries who wanted to make the world a better place, and Invite The Light is his magnum opus.

 

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In Album Review Tags dam-funk, stones throw records, funk
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3 Free Downloads - Wu - Wu / -enjoy- / Puzzle

September 1, 2015 Justin Gallegos

Here's an introduction to three members of Orange County's Vada Vada collective. Theirs is a style that blends Japanese pop-culture with American-strange. 

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In New Music Tags puzzle, wu-wu, -enjoy-
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Z's - Xe

August 31, 2015 Justin Gallegos

There's so much joy in listening to music that at once sounds familiar and like nothing you've heard before. Zs challenge every perception of music as they put jazz through a blender to create Xe. It sounds harsh, but the organized confusion of it all turns to bliss with careful listening.

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In Album Review Tags experimental, Zs, Northern Spy, Xe
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Toro Y Moi - Samantha

August 31, 2015 Justin Gallegos

Toro Y Moi drops a free album via Instagram, giving us more of his vision as a beat-maker inspired by trap-rap and funk.

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In New Music Tags toro y moi, samantha, 2015, nosaj thing
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The Holydrug Couple - How To Moonlust

August 27, 2015 Justin Gallegos

The Holydrug Couple might just be the most accessible band on the cult-favorite, Sacred Bones label, and their recently released album, Moonlust, is their most powerful one to date. Front man, Ives, tells us the inspiration behind the record, giving us insight as to how it can so easily pull back our skin and calm our nerves. 

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In Artist Interview Tags moonlust, sacred bones, the holydrug couple
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Paper Mâché Dream Balloon

August 24, 2015 Justin Gallegos

The King Gizz clan has already announced a new album. It's sickening how good, and prolific, some bands are these days, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is one of the best! Check out their folkish new single, "Paper Mâché Dream Balloon".

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In New Music Tags king gizzard & the lizard wizard, Australia, 2015 music
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Quarters!

August 24, 2015 Justin Gallegos

One of this year's best albums finds a freewheeling Australian psych band tightening up their sound to make us fall in love with jazz again.  

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In Album Review Tags king gizzard & the lizard wizard, Quarters!, Australia, Jazz, Psychedelic, 2015
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Gardens & Villa - Music For Dogs

August 21, 2015 Justin Gallegos

Gardens & Villa's third album, Music For Dogs, finds the band more comfortable with creating experimental songs as they embrace the art-pop influence of Brian Eno. 

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In Album Review Tags gardens & villa, secretly canadian, 2015, synth pop, weird pop
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Hype Williams x Sade

August 19, 2015 Justin Gallegos

Hype Williams covers Sade's lost classic, "The Sweetest Taboo", and shows us what it means to obsess over pop music, be weirder than everyone else, and make music that sounds nothing like its influences.

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In Lost Classic Tags dean blunt, inga copeland, sade, hype williams
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Sean Nicholas Savage - Casablanca

August 19, 2015 Justin Gallegos

Dear Sean Nicholas Savage, We love your funky-pop and find it to be one-of-a-kind. Your music sounds as if Buffalo Bill cleaned up his act, stepped out from in front of the mirror and into the studio. Don't go a changin'.

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In New Music Tags sean nicholas savage, arbutus records, casablanca, 2015 music
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Dam Funk - Glyde 2nyte

August 18, 2015 Justin Gallegos

Invite the Light, Dam-Funk's second LP, is so diverse in its application of boogie and funk music, with contributors ranging from Q-Tip to Ariel Pink, that it's difficult to not pin it as his greatest work to date.

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In New Music Tags dam-funk, warren g, nate dogg, 2015 music
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Stratford. Ct - 1 Year Anniversary Compilation

August 17, 2015 Justin Gallegos

Summer isn't over yet and Stratford Ct. keeps the summer jams flowing. They consistently offer free downloads of the tastiest synth-funk, vaporwave and electronic music out there.

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In New Music Tags stratford ct., 80s, vaporwave, vaporfunk, summer, 2015 music
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Ariel Pink ~ Everybody

August 16, 2015 Justin Gallegos

Revisiting this doozy of a Madonna cover by Ariel Pink since Spotify just released the remasters. Could it be because Pink dissed Madonna earlier this year? Who knows, but we suggest you press play and vogue.

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In New Music Tags ariel pink, madonna, julia holter, 2015 music
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Who is Juan Wauters?

August 15, 2015 Justin Gallegos

One of our favorites dropped in for a most in-depth interview, and taught us what it means to hustle. Question is, could Juan Wauters be the first Captured Tracks artist to turn full-blown rapper?

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In Artist Interview Tags juan wauters, captured tracks, who me?, queens
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Neon Indian - Slumlord

August 15, 2015 Justin Gallegos

"Slumlord" quickly nestled it's way into our earholes, and reminded us of one thing: every time Neon Indian's Alan Palomo drops an album it comes with one of the year's best dance songs.

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In New Music Tags VEGA INTL. Night School, slumlord, 2015 music, Neon Indian
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DRINKS - Hermits on Holiday

August 11, 2015 Justin Gallegos

The psych-maverick known as White Fence has teamed up with Cate Le Bon to form DRINKS, and their debut album, Hermits on Holiday, is the most unique thing we've heard all year.

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In Album Review Tags review, album review, drinks, hermits on holiday, heavenly recordings, tim presley, 2015, Psychedelic
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Phil Collins x Flying Lotus

August 10, 2015 Justin Gallegos
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Jazz fusion has been around for decades, but who knew Phil Collins and Flying Lotus had the same take on it?

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In Lost Classic Tags phil collins, flying lotus, brand x
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Electric Piano & Synth Ballads

August 9, 2015 Justin Gallegos

The third volume in Musically Proper’s collection of playlists: Electric Piano & Synth Ballads. 

“The music of Twin Peaks is everything that we aspire to as musicians..."

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In Playlist Tags twin peaks, synth ballads, yumi zouma, julee cruise, tops
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