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By
Cameron Stanton
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Nov 24, 2013
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Before you listen to any of their music, I suppose the first thing you should know about The North is that they are anything but discreet. Exceptionally broad, the London duo's second demo "Broken" is a hauntingly mellow lullaby. Its vast instrumenta...
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Sounds like:
Joy Division,
Interpol,
Kings of Leon,
Maximo Park
By
Tobias Handke
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Nov 18, 2013
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UK DJ Timothy J Fairplay's remix of Editors' "Honesty" is more of a reinvention than a slight mixup. Fairplay turns what was a melodic stadium number and turns it into a dark, threatening creeper that could easily be the soundtrack for an 80s horror ...
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3

Sounds like:
The Horrors,
Cut Copy,
World's End Press
By
Hugh McClure
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Nov 14, 2013
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City Calm Down is a band I've been following for a little while now; their Movements EP was one of my favorite musical highlights of 2012. This release garnered them plenty of attention, and saw them take their electric live show on the road with the...
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4

Sounds like:
Warpaint,
Sarah Blasko,
Wye Oak,
Manor
By
Hugh McClure
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Nov 7, 2013
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Sydney native Eleanor Dunlop has come full circle. Starting out as a solo artist, she then spent a couple of years as a vocalist for dark indie pop group Cameras, who sadly called it quits earlier this year. Now, she's struck out on her own again, wi...
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5

Sounds like:
RHODES,
Alice Boman,
Reuben Hollebon
By
Marietta Longley
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Nov 7, 2013
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Electronic-inflected folk is all the rage right now (as the popularity of Daughter remixes on Indie Shuffle astutely suggests.) For those of you into the slow-burning kind, I suggest you give London singer-songwriter Freddie Dickson a moment of your ...
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6

Sounds like:
Grouper,
Julianna Barwick,
Warpaint
By
Tobias Handke
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Nov 4, 2013
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Earlier this year, we posted a couple of songs from UK duo Hockeysmith, the dark, sprawling "Now I Want To" and first official single "Let's Bang," an epic seven minute journey through lo-fi guitars and creeping synths. Since then, there hasn't been ...
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7

Sounds like:
Crystal Castles,
Klaxons,
New Order
By
Justin Lam
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Oct 29, 2013
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Everything seems to be moving along quite nicely for Perth's Crooked Colours as they release yet another single from their upcoming sophomore EP. If you guys thought "Moontan Nocturnal" was darker than any other Crooked Colours single out there, then...
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8

Sounds like:
Grimes,
Zola Jesus,
Austra,
Charli XCX
By
Tobias Handke
on
Oct 27, 2013
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"Just Ok" is the gorgeous new tune from Berlin electronic artist SINAH (pronounced Xena). Incorporating elements lo-fi pop, electronica, and trip hop, SINAH is very much in the Grimes mold of indie pop star.Hypnotic melodies and vibrant electronica a...
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