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Sounds like:
Sinead Harnett,
CYN
By
Donna Arendse
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Apr 10, 2018
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For some reason Shay Lia hasn't been covered on Indie Shuffle for three years, and after a steady stream of amazing singles, I've taken it upon myself to rectify the situation.
Latest single "Cherish" brings melancholy chords and soulful vocals, whi...
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2

Sounds like:
Arcade Fire,
Interpol,
Talking Heads
By
John Matthew Simon
on
Aug 19, 2015
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Foreign Diplomats continue in the Montreal tradition of great emerging, stirring, and ground-breaking indie rock bands that harness the combination of seemingly contrary sounds with ease.
Their brash creativity pours forth disco tones, baroque melod...
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3

Sounds like:
Small Black,
Washed Out,
Beach House
By
Sam McLoughlin
on
Jun 6, 2014
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I was listening to a playlist I made last summer, and "Stay With Us" by Seoul came on. It was one of my favorite tracks of the summer, but I was disappointed in thinking that in the almost 11 months since, we hadn't heard anything more from...
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4

Sounds like:
Cherub,
Mayer Hawthorne,
Hall & Oates
By
Zach Connett
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May 17, 2014
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Electro funk royalty Dave 1 and P-Thugg, or Chromeo as they're more commonly referred to, are at home in New York City. The Montreal-hailing legends-in-the-making wrap up their COME ALIVE U.S. tour in the Big Apple this weekend, with back-to-back sol...
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5

Sounds like:
Breakbot,
Miami Horror,
Cut Copy,
Bag Raiders
By
Elizabeth Walker
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Apr 15, 2014
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If you live in San Francisco and weren't at Coachella last weekend, I sure as hell hope you attended Chromeo's set at The Independent. The East Coast duo took the stage and stole SF's heart with the best set I've personally seen at this venue before,...
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6

Sounds like:
Suicide,
Former Ghosts,
Daughn Gibson,
Eluvium,
Ducktails
By
David Peter Simon
on
Jul 2, 2013
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Alex Zhang Hungtai, more widely known as Dirty Beaches, can't be pinned down. Literally and musically. The roving bandit -- now in Berlin -- makes music that sways somewhere between ambient and rockabilly depending on how he's feeling. Good thing he ...
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7

Sounds like:
Daniel Johnston,
M. Ward,
The Mountain Goats,
Phil Elverum
By
David Peter Simon
on
Apr 29, 2013
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Take a dash of Phil Elverum, a splash of Daniel Johnston, and maybe a hint of Broken Social Scene, and you cook up singer-songwriter Daniel Gélinas, the man behind lo-fi pop rock project YouYourself&i.With his repetitive guitar strumming and sof...
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8

Sounds like:
Alex Clements,
Wintercoats
By
Anu Rana
on
Feb 11, 2013
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This beautifully singular remix of "Place To Be" is about a Jamaican man that is forced to move to Williamsburg, NYC, where his reggae spirit is filtered through an indietronica kaleidoscope. He slowly starts to lose his inner and outer light, so he ...
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