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  NEW METRONOMY COLLECTION + PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED REMIX

  February 3, 2012

  Mercury Prize nominated indie-electro-pop quartet, Metronomy, are set to release The English Riviera Unreleased Remixes, via Big Beat Records and Because Music, on March 6th.  As the title would suggest, the collection features thirteen reworkings of tracks from the group’s critically acclaimed third album, The English Riviera.  The English Riviera, which has sold over 150,000 copies worldwide, was proclaimed by NYLON Magazine the 2nd best album of 2011 calling it a “sexy and sultry…modest masterpiece.”  In addition to two new reworks of the single ‘The Look’ (which Huffington Post ranked among their top songs

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  NEW MUSIC FROM SOUTHERN NOISE-POP BAND: MOONLIGHT BRIDE

  February 3, 2012

  If you’re into bands like The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, My Bloody Valentine and Los Campesinos!, check out Chattanooga based noise-pop Moonlight Bride and their new EP Twin Lakes (out feb 28th). 
   Featuring the pop-gaze anthem “Lemonade,” Twin Lakes finds Moonlight Bride at their best, weaving brooding guitars with driving melodies and poignant vocals that drip with raw emotion.  The five song EP, self-produced and mixed by John Goodmanson (Death Cab For Cutie, Los Campesinos!), flows seamlessly in a dream-like procession through peaks and

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  NEW MUSIC FROM THE BAND IN HEAVEN: SLUDGY DREAMS

  February 3, 2012

  New music from South Florida noise duo – The Band in Heaven is available on 7″ featuring the track “Sludgy Dreams” on HoZac Records
  Watch the original Alice Cohen created video for “Sludgy Dreams” above or the alternate version – “Sludgy Dreams/Sleazy Dreams” HERE.

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  NEW MUSIC FROM SOFT LIGHTING: SLOW MOTION SILHOUETTES

  February 2, 2012

  Soft Lighting is the solo work of Bryan Cox, Kansas City based musician/producer. Equipped with a Juno60 and a bedroom studio, Cox makes his own brand of light headed pop music influenced by Italo Disco, 80s film soundtracks and contemporary Chillwave artists.
  Soft Lighting – Slow Motion Silhouettes (3/1/2012)

  Soft Lighting on Facebook

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  THE GITS: A DOCUMENTARY

  February 2, 2012

  In the early 1990s, Seattle was the focal point of an emerging musical underground. The Gits helped spearhead this new scene. Their sound was proto-grunge and all-out punk aggression.  The earnest, blues wail of front woman Mia Zapata was its center. Mia was the very embodiment of riot grrrl intensity, talent, and humanity. Her uncompromised integrity epitomized a way of life that influenced an entire generation of female artists to follow. Upon returning from a successful European tour -and at

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  RIP!: A REMIX MANIFESTO

  February 2, 2012

  Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A remix manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon culture in the information age.

  Brett Gaylor is a documentary filmmaker and new media director. He is the creator of opensourcecinema.org, a video remix community which supports the production of his feature documentary RiP: A

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  RYAN ADAMS, CHILDISH GAMBINO + MICHAEL MCDONALD ON 30 ROCK

  February 2, 2012

  Michael McDonald, Cee Lo, Ryan Adams and Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover) share song cameos in this animated 30 rock webisode. Donaghy needs to find a Super Bowl halftime performer to replace an injured Madonna and the four singers must compete against each other, while singing NBC theme songs. Don’t miss the Michael McDonald Saved by the Bell theme cover.

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  BURNING ICE: A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY PETER GILBERT

  February 1, 2012

  In September 2009, documentary filmmaker Peter Gilbert joined more than 40 observers – including musicians Laurie Anderson, Jarvis Cocker, Robyn Hitchcock, Ryuichi Sakamoto and writer Suzan-Lori Parks – on an ice-breaking ship for a nine-day voyage off the coast of Greenland with artist-led climate change project, Cape Farewell.
  Their goal was to see, experience and contemplate the effects of climate change first-hand – and to begin a creative conversation with the rest of the world about one of the most important

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  STREAM SHADES: CLEAR MOTIONS

  January 31, 2012

  The four-piece band from Boise, Idaho known to the universe as Shades bring an eclectic mix of woozy melodic synths, crunched drums, smooth vocals and sweet vibes. “Clear Motions” will be released in January. We’re very excited to share a fantastic collection of songs that flow brilliantly into each other as warm waves grab the soul with emotion. Perfect for fans of Small Black, Washed Out, and love Shoegaze Electronica.
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  STREAM A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS: ONWARDS TO THE WALL

  January 31, 2012

  Onwards To The Wall, the new EP from A Place To Bury Strangers, is available for streaming right now - a week in advance of release date – on Hype Machine. The disc has 5 brand new face-melting tracks and will officially be released on Dead Oceans next week on February 7. The  Boston Phoenix calls it “indebted to the pleasures of pressure…a suicide tease,” and KEXP  recently made “So Far Away” their Song of the Day.

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  TRANSPORT: A SHORT FILM FROM REGGIE WATTS

  January 31, 2012

  Transport is a short film collaboration between comedian/musician/maverick Reggie Watts and photographer Noah Kalina. Watts not only makes crazy beats and sounds with his voice, but also acts in this elegantly shot black and white walkabout.  Check out more of Watts here. 
   

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  BEFORE PORTLANDIA, THERE WAS THUNDERANT

  January 30, 2012

  Before sketch comedy duo Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney fame and Fred Armisen of SNL teamed up to make Portlandia, there was Thunderant.com; a series of awkward moments, misunderstandings, well-intentioned failures, and celebrations of cluelessness.  Watch the comedy side-project on the Thunderant Website or Thunderant on iTunes.

  Thunderant Website
  Thunderant on iTunes

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