Tag: 2014
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This song isn’t bad, but it sounds more like a No Doubt song than a Gwen Stefani solo song. And we’ve actually liked her solo stuff more than No Doubt. So, we’re hoping that her album sounds more unique. We need more songs like “What Are You Waiting For” and “Wind It Up,” ya know?…
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This one took us a few listens to get into. Our intern, Gas Monkey, still isn’t sure if he likes it. In any case, it’s one of those abstract remixes that you wind up either loving or hating. During the first minute of it, it’s mostly ambient humming and odd sounds along with faint vocal…
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Co-written and produced by frequent Madonna collaborator Patrick Leonard, Leonard Cohen’s Popular Problems is easily the best album he’s released since his 2008 comeback after a 15 year absence. It’s only 9 songs long, clocking in at 36 minutes, but there’s not a bad one in the bunch. And, yes, I thought 2012’s Old Ideas…
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We’ve loved Oh Land since the first time we heard her very artsy debut album, Fauna. Her following album, which was self-titled, was even better, the songs catchier and more accessible. Now she’s back with “Head Up High,” the first single from her third album, entitled Earth Sick, and she’s managed to concoct an even…
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File this one under brilliant. From the up-tempo, almost EDM beats to T.I.’s rapid-fire rapping to Skylar Grey’s gorgeous vocals on the hook, everything about this one is impressive. Should really tear it up on top 40 radio.
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This one reminds us of The Beatles and Weezer. A very different sound for Foo Fighters!
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Imagine that The Killers were born a few decades earlier and were just starting out in 1985… We have a feeling that’s what Cosby did when the band wrote this uppity, super synthy number. The self-produced group, which features two brothers with the last name Cosby, also calls to mind M83, The Presets and Future…
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Sometimes a remix can be so good that the artist being remixed will actually drop it before releasing their original album version. Such is the case with this remix of Young & Sick’s “Ghost of a Chance” by RAC. Since we haven’t heard the original version of the song, it’s tough to compare them, but…
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Like many of her releases, singer/songwriter Priscilla Ahn’s new album is a Japan-only release. It consists of 10 songs that she wrote for Studio Ghibli’s 2014 animated film Omoide no Marnie. And the album is making me really, really want to see the film. Each of the 10 songs, which are largely folk, are quite beautiful. Surprisingly,…
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Maudlin Strangers is the current project of vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jake Hays, an all-around one man band and a talented one at that. “Overdose” is the title track from his forthcoming EP, which we are dying to hear now. As dark as it is seductive, the electro-embellished song is centered around a thick, deep…
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“Carousel” is the second song on Melanie Martinez’s Dollhouse EP and it’s a delicious electro-pop treat with fantastic lyrics that make good use of the song’s setting, an amusement park. It might take a couple of listens to get stuck in your head, but it’s well worth your time and attention, one of the best…
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“Tears fall / And I know / This pain is just a part of life,” sings Jacquie Lee, who’s thus far most known for being a contestant on The Voice, on her emotive new single, “Tears Fall.” It’s a catchy little number with a relatively organic sound, especially for something aimed at today’s pop radio.…
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Most of the songs on Passenger’s latest album are quiet, down-tempo affairs, some of which we’d dare to call a bit boring. But “27” is an entirely upbeat, feel good tune bursting with energy. It’s so good it calls to mind Ed Sheeran’s latest album. He’s got that rapid-fire vocals thing going on and it’s…
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These New Puritans are gearing up to release their new double live album, Expanded (Live at the Barbican), on October 20th. It will be released digitally, on CD and on limited edition double clear vinyl.
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