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  • Cerrone, otherwise known as Marc Cerrone, is the guy behind Supernature, which won multiple Grammy Awards and sold over 8 million records. His new single, “Move Me” features vocals from none other than Disclosure’s Brendan Reilly, though it’s likely that you never would’ve guessed that it’s him as he morphs his voice so perfectly into…

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  • “Take You Home” is the new single from Hardline’s forthcoming album Human Nature, which drops on October 14th via Frontiers, and boy is it a beauty. One of those primo piano ballads that tugs at your heartstrings the second you start listening to it and doesn’t let you go for at least an hour after…

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  • “I only want you when I’m wasted,” sings jazz pop songstress Nikki Yanofsky on her red hot new single “Miss You When I’m Drunk,” a song that reminds me of the late Amy Winehouse with its soulfulness and lively tempo. The big difference here is that there isn’t any grit to Nikki’s voice. Instead, her…

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  • Today Yann Tiersen releases EUSA, his first album of solo piano works, and it’s one of his most beautiful releases to date. It is, quite literally, one awe-inspiring moment of elation after another, providing lots of opportunities for the listener to bask in its brilliant light. The concept behind the record is fascinating; Tiersen was…

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  • “My God is better than your God is better than her God,” so sings Chloe Baker, better known as bitter’s kiss, on her touching new single “My God,” which points out how religious people everywhere all believe that their God is better than everybody else’s God. It’s a light-hearted enough song, but the message is…

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  • Singer/songwriter KT Tunstall has been a favorite of mine ever since the first time I heard “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” years ago. For many people, that was the only song of hers that they’d ever hear, since it was the only one that most radio stations — at least in the Boston area…

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  • On their last few albums, Die Antwoord were a very gimmicky, almost comedic duo. As Ninja describes their new video for the single “Banana Brain, “A young girl sneaks out to a party with an unusual thug rap-raver boy and has the worst / best night of her life.” Suffice to say it’s a pretty…

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  • The second single from Stryper frontman Michael Sweet’s new solo album One Sided War is called “Radio” and it pokes fun at rockers who think they can just move to Nashville and become country stars. Starting and ending with banjo, it’s a pretty funny song, especially if you listen to the witty lyrics. I imagine…

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  • “Somebody help me…” Say Lou Lou’s new single is a cover of the Bee Gees classic “Stayin’ Alive” and it’s Fabulous with a capital F. Completely and utterly gorgeous. At times, it’s a faithful enough cover, but at others it’s a reinvention. If I’m being entirely honest, I must admit that I’m not much of…

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  • D∆WN, better known as Dawn Richard, veers in a mainstream R&B/pop direction with her new single “Cali Sun,” which hails from her third album, Redemption, which is said to be the “final installment in the trilogy.” I was a big fan of the two previous albums, Goldenheart and Blackheart, which were both very abstract sort…

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  • We love Bat and Ball so much we interviewed them twice back in 2014. Then they kind of vanished for a little while there. Now they’re back with “Cruel Cats,” an exquisitely produced new single that’s ripe for the picking. With beats that clobber and slam, it grabs your attention immediately and it’s a sheer…

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