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Sounds like:
Men I Trust,
Oh Wonder,
Daughter
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Oct 23, 2017
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I'm usually pretty critical when it comes to female-fronted synth-pop. It has a tendency to always sound the same: high quality but predictable. There needs to be something truly special that sets it apart...
Fortunately for Ontario-based outfit Diz...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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Oct 16, 2017
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I've got a soft spot for easy-going downtempo music, which is good news for South African-based Jason Barty.
"Ede" comes off the Cape Town artist's recently released album Simple Day, which you can listen to here. It has a wonderful layering of easy...
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3

Sounds like:
Daphni,
North Downs,
Jon Hopkins
By
Dylan Heneck
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Oct 16, 2017
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Shout out to Jason for the alley-oop on this one. He found this track, lobbed it my way and now it's being reviewed. Pretty exciting stuff.
Mere words aren't enough. We need videos. Give us that media. Yes, some of the greatest videos of alley-oops ...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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Oct 14, 2017
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I was a little on the fence about this track until the 0:40 mark. That's where the progression took hold and the decision to blog this became pretty obvious.
Shane Euston is a London-based producer who has been making music for quite some time -- si...
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5

Sounds like:
Fleet Foxes,
Mount Eerie,
Sun Kil Moon
By
Jami Selikow
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Oct 12, 2017
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It took me a while to get into Sufjan Stevens' "Wallowa Lake Monster" but at the end of the day, I kind of like any song that reminds me of Edward Scissorhands.
It takes a while to get there, but when the choir-like vocal harmonies kick in, Sufjan ...
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6

Sounds like:
24hrs,
PARTYNEXTDOOR,
Jeremih
By
Tobias Handke
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Oct 6, 2017
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Mysterious newcomer Thatshymn keeps the downtempo R&B vibes flowing with new single "Nothing Like Me."
Produced by Khalid-collaborator Chris McClenney, "Nothing Like Me" is a hazy late night jam you can't help by groove along to. Channeling fell...
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7

Sounds like:
Emancipator,
Bonobo
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Oct 4, 2017
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I'm a big fan of some good chillout music, and on that note Chicago-based producer Salvatore Cordova managed to hit the nail right on the head.
The artist is quite prolific, with a whole bunch of songs uploaded to his SoundCloud page. "Two Fields" c...
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8

Sounds like:
Partynextdoor,
Zayn,
Yates,
RKCB
By
Christiana Bartolini
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Sep 27, 2017
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Shoffy's new single, "Fake Friends," featuring Sidizen King marries downtempo with off-kilter tuning to aptly represent what is well and good in the indie R&B realm.
Shoffy has his finger on the pulse of what's trending in today's music world an...
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