Tag: 2014
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Nice and catchy. Not R&By like her last album, which didn’t do much for us. This one is more EDM than R&B. It’s not quite EDM either though. Just kind of in that vein, ya dig?
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Now this is a different sort of video from Banks. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. We love her and think she’s borderline flawless. We’re hoping she’ll have a big breakthrough single like Lorde did with “Royals” and get the larger audience that she deserves. But, secretly, sometimes we hope she doesn’t get any…
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Simply beautiful.
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Love is Pop favorite Poliça is releasing a deluxe edition of the band’s incredible Shulamith album, a record that shimmers with enough kaleidoscopic colors to temporarily blind you. One listen to the beautiful work of alt/art pop and you’ll never forget it. It’s the audio equivalent of seeing a famous painting in person at Le…
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I have to begin this by saying that it took some effort — I’m talking several listenings — before this album started to grow on me. I think it’s because I am so in love with her last album, Flesh Tone, and I wanted her to make another futuristic electro-pop album like that. So, when…
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Sam Smith’s gorgeous, haunting song “Stay With Me” achieves iconic status with Mary J. Blige’s help. One of the best new ballads to come along in a long time. This is deep, heartfelt stuff. Sam rips open his chest and exposes his heart for all the world to see here. It doesn’t get more honest…
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Kairos is the ancient Greek word for “the defining moment,” so it’s no surprise that Seattle’s Lena Simon has not only taken the word as her performing name but as the name of her new EP, which is, in fact, her defining moment du jour. What is a performing name? It’s what St. Vincent is…
