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Sounds like:
Wolfmother,
The Sword
By
Christiana Bartolini
on
Aug 17, 2014
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Let's get heavy, shall we?
Asteroid No. 4's single "Back of Your Mind" is drenched in sludgy guitar riffs and echoing vocals. Together, they make for a hypnotically dark and twisted psych rock jam -- but let's not forget the drilling drums and bello...
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2

Sounds like:
Orbits,
Erasers,
All in the Golden Afternoon
By
sean o
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Jul 31, 2014
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Australian four-piece Yolke have come a long way since their 2010 debut. The band's latest EP, Real Memories, is a sharp, heavy, and somewhat haunting slice of electronic rock that refuses to be ignored.
Featured track "Waves" touches all the right ...
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3

Sounds like:
Alt-J,
St. Lucia,
Yeasayer,
The Chemical Brothers
By
Ashley Hefnawy
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Jul 29, 2014
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A friend recently said something to me about this band that really stuck. She said, "I'm excited about Jagwar Ma in the same way that I was excited about Yeasayer a few years ago."
Maybe it resonated with me so much because I love Yeasayer. The firs...
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4

Sounds like:
Night Moves,
Blood Orange
By
Devin Duckworth
on
Jul 16, 2014
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Some of us know Sinkane from his session collaborations with Caribou, Yeasayer, and Of Montreal but today we have a funkified solo track titled "How We Be" off his forthcoming sophomore album release, Mean Love.
Armed with some glitchy beats and fun...
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5

Sounds like:
Mazzy Star,
Lady Lamb The Beekeeper,
Torres
By
Marietta Longley
on
Jul 7, 2014
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There’s an unrivalled organic quality to lo-fi music that makes it the perfect platform to present pain, and Oh, Rose have lo-fi angst in bucketloads.
Opening with melancholic guitar strums and breathy, distant vocals, the track initially call...
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6

By
Christiana Bartolini
on
Jun 28, 2014
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It's time to put some new(ish) psyched-out surf pop on your radar.
Mystic Braves'single "Trippin' Like I Do" is a sticky sweet surf pop gem drenched in reverberation and discordant sounds. Their perfect encapsulation of a genre that's stood the test...
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7

Sounds like:
Zulu Winter,
The Helio Sequence,
Sea Wolf
By
Justin Lam
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Jun 26, 2014
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Who on Earth thinks of covering The Smiths in this darn age? Asheville electronic duo RBTS WIN does, and they've done an exceptional job of reviving the classic "There is A Light That Never Goes Out."
Ultimately what has been tinkered with here is t...
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8

Sounds like:
Fela Kuti,
Quantic,
Ana Tijoux
By
sweeney kovar
on
Jun 24, 2014
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Zongo Junction say they make music that sounds like "if the Talking Heads produced a Fela Kuti record of Sun Ra's music." That's a bold claim, but the Brooklyn nine-piece actually deliver.
Their debut LP, No Discount, is filled ...
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