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Sounds like:
Oasis,
Happy Mondays,
Stone Roses,
Miles Kane
By
Tobias Handke
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Feb 19, 2014
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Australia's I OH YOU have become music tastemakers over the last couple of years, signing and nurturing some of this county's biggest and brightest talents, including the likes of DZ Deathrays, Bleeding Knees Club, and Snakadaktal. Now you can add DM...
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Sounds like:
Air,
Broken Bells,
Electric Guest
By
kid-sam
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Feb 19, 2014
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Supergroups have become a bit cliché in recent years, but Starwalker is certainly an exception to the rule. Consisting of Air's Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Bang Gang's Bardi Johannsson, Starwalker make shadowy, celestial songs that are at once reminisce...
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3
Sounds like:
Josh Rouse,
Paul Westerberg,
The Shins
By
Philip Friedman
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Feb 14, 2014
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Oh, The City and Horses. Your sense of humor can make anything bearable. Even Valentine's Day.Finding the place where bossa nova grooves intersect with indie pop (and adding a healthy splash of the woodwind family) is something that could only be d...
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4
Sounds like:
Elliott Smith,
Bright Eyes
By
Philip Friedman
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Feb 13, 2014
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A few months ago, I came across "Hidden Edelweiss," a beautiful acoustic gem from singer-songwriter Spark Alaska. While Lorenzo Cook (the main behind the musical guise) has been busy in school, he hasn't been too busy to continue writing his simple...
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5
Sounds like:
She & Him,
Peter and Kerry
By
Justin Lam
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Feb 11, 2014
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Well, isn't this quite the collaboration! If you've watched Spike Jonze's Oscar-nominated movie Her, then you might've heard "The Moon Song" performed by Yeah Yeah Yeahs' front woman Karen O. Turns out she originally wrote it as duet. The alternate v...
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6
Sounds like:
Thao Nyugen,
Kimya Dawson
By
Christiana Bartolini
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Feb 8, 2014
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Tica Douglas takes on the lovely "Two-Headed Boy" by Neutral Milk Hotel and puts her own soothing twist to a classic indie rock song.This stripped-down version is simple but encapsulating -- the double vocals take precedent over the lightly plucked e...
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7
Sounds like:
Ben Harper,
Gary Clark Jr.
By
Christiana Bartolini
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Jan 21, 2014
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It's a common desire to cover Fleetwood Mac. Many have tried it, some have mastered. Connor Pledger has most definitely done the latter.This gorgeous, acoustic soul version of "Landslide" is stripped down but filled to the brim with substance. Connor...
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