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Suzi Island - Show Me The Way
Suzi Island - Show Me The Way

Production styles ranging from hipster art-rock like Spoon to a grittier London sound like Circa Waves. 

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Aubrey Haddard - I Should Know Better
Aubrey Haddard - I Should Know Better

The city lights along Atlantic avenue; a cross-section of the filth and fever of a city mad with its own energy.

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Chicago Indie Rocker, Sipping Whisky Gingers. - Leah Capelle: Docs (Music Video)
Chicago Indie Rocker, Sipping Whisky Gingers. - Leah Capelle: Docs (Music Video)

Leah Capelle puts a finger on the reality of cognitive dissonance in the modern age. 

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COMA-CHI - water (feat. Josef Leimberg)
COMA-CHI - water (feat. Josef Leimberg)

Surprising, genuine, and a true synthesis of genres - there are conscious hip-hop and old soul elements. Also funk.

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Aaron Taylor - Get Through This
Aaron Taylor - Get Through This

Kicks are fatter now and we got a sample for that. Its dirty and funky and greazy, all at the same time.

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Velcro Mary - Stars In Eyes (Acoustic)
Velcro Mary - Stars In Eyes (Acoustic)

The honesty and the bittersweetness is palpable; theres a story there, and more importantly, there is true pathos.

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Rainbow Kitten Surprise - Hide
Rainbow Kitten Surprise - Hide

The sensibility is Modest Mouse... and something about the writing, the easy falsetto, the clean electric and the boomy kit, reminds me of Paulo Nutini.

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MXMS - The Run
MXMS - The Run

Using the deep synth and a laser-etched groove, MXMS is able to carve harmonies into raw quartz. The final effect is all hooks and prismatic light.

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