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Sounds like:
DeVotchKa,
Fleet Foxes,
Sufjan Stevens
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Feb 26, 2012
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It's Sunday. What does that mean? For one, it means there's a new episode of Sunday Night Chill in the works. It also means that there's virtually no good new music being released, so we're going to have to pull something out of our time machine.Toda...
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2

Sounds like:
Fleet Foxes,
S. Carey,
The Tallest Man On Earth
By
Devin Duckworth
on
Jan 13, 2012
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Probably one of the more powerful Bon Iver tracks to date, "Towers" is just that one song you can't quite shake. The folky breakdowns and orchestral climaxes are paired stunningly with Justin Vernon's angelic falsetto harmonies. Not since "Skinny Lo...
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3

Sounds like:
Hauschka,
Nils Frahm,
Peter Broderick
By
David Peter Simon
on
Nov 29, 2011
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Back in October, we were rendered speechless by Olafur Arnald's moving concept album, Living Room Songs. On December 5, Erased Tapes will finally be releasing a physical copy. Indie Shuffle was lucky enough to chat with the multi-instrumentalist from...
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4

Sounds like:
Hauschka,
Max Richter,
Sigur Ros,
Balmorhea
By
David Peter Simon
on
Oct 19, 2011
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Olafur Arnalds' new series, Living Room Songs, is an accessible listen to classical that holds no pretence. Positively moving, the songs take ambient music to another scale. This is music that encourages deeper listening from its pure beauty. At the ...
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5

Sounds like:
Múm,
Jónsi,
Ólafur Arnalds
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Aug 20, 2011
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Back in 2008, Sigur Ros released the first track off their album Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, titled "Gobbledigook." It peaked at #9 on the Iceland singles chart and climbed to #71 on Pitchfork's 100 Best Tracks of 2008, but didn't have much...
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6

Sounds like:
DeVotchKa,
Sufjan Stevens,
Devendra Banhart
By
Christiana Bartolini
on
Jul 19, 2011
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Oh Beirut, how we welcome you back with open arms (and ears). It's been far too long and I'm noticing that you haven't strayed far from your roots. We like your style and it's nice to hear that you're sticking to it.Beirut will be debuting their next...
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7

Sounds like:
Kunek,
Lost in the Trees,
Dark Dark Dark
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Jun 6, 2011
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How about something mildly obscure, but amazingly beautiful? This single from Other Lives reminds me quite quickly of Devendra Banhart or Edward Sharpe, though undoubtedly with elements all its own. For one, the band's melodies are perfectly harmonio...
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8

Sounds like:
DeVotchKa,
Fleet Foxes,
Little Joy
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Jun 4, 2011
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Hello, Beirut! I remember the first time I heard your song "Postcards from Italy" off 2006's debut Gulag Orkestar. It was so amazingly refreshing that I had to rush out and tell all my friends.Now, here you are again, teasing us with a recording of a...
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