In our never-ending quest to dig up some great bands that cost less than a corned beef sandwich at Katz’s Deli, we bring you another round of Blips. Blips highlights some great bands that are largely still in their larvae stage, but will soon morph into their beautiful butterfly. In this edition, we have some really cool new music, so take a sec, poke around their various websites, and see what.
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buy a puppy, it’ll make you more personable♫ Electric Tickle Machine – Part Of MeElectric Tickle Machine may not be sporting the years’ best new-band name but they have nailed the album art brilliantly. It’s almost good that record stores are no longer relevant because nobody has money for double-take-induced-whiplash treatment these days. Angelic nipple-slips aside, ETM has got a…
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Who: Yukon Blonde from Vancouver.What: Originally from Kelowna, but now based in Vancouver, here’s a four-piece bringing us nostalgia from those smoother sounds of the 60’s. Touching upon multi-part harmonies and thick yet simple hooks reminiscent of older bands (Fleetwood Mac, Crosby/Stills/Nash and America) and newer artists (Fleet Foxes and Local Natives), the band already [...]
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A look at the All Hands Electric record label and releases by Illuminations and Zachary Cale
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The Drums - Submarine I've noticed some buzz generating about this band lately and so the decision was made to personally investigate. My... (Visit my blog for more!)
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Kite in the Air hit the land of Beastonia earlier this year with a swirling gush of gooey electropop that was an immediate "play and repeat" addition to our extensive library. Their self-titled EP was a breath of fresh oxygen that revitalized both our playlists and our persons.Now, the kids otherwise known as Emma Lucia and WZRDZ are seeing their hard work pay off, as some bigwigs in the telly ...
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People in the Sky, the UK Label who first broke Friendly Fires with “Paris”, signed NightWaves for their debut single “She’s Electric”. The release is out now on iTunes...**Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.
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Some free lo-fi pop from around the globe ...Earlier in 2009 I was involved in putting together the virtual compilation album Crumby Lovers: A New Weird UK Sampler (Yeah yeah, we know can you please just STOP going on about it?). Well, anyway, it featured tracks that were a kind of quirky lo-fi pop that may or may not necessarily have done justice to the (now a little hackneyed) term ‘new weird.
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The “garage rock” phenom has been played up and down and all around over the last decade. Remember when the White Stripes were considered “garage?” Ever listen to Little Steven’s Underground Garage? But at the heart of the scene is just fun-loving people making dirty, fuzzy, fun-loving music. It’s garage rock without the quotation marks, [...]
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The xx’s eponymous debut is fast maturing into a serious contender for album of the year. Understated, simple, incredible lyrical arrangements and boundless originality for an album released in the MGMT and Lady Gaga “stick a synth on it” era; and yet I have only mentioned the young London band once before, in passing. So if you’ve never heard of the xx before, if you’ve been ignori
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I remember reading about this young lady a few weeks prior on Transparent, but was instantly reminded of how much I liked “Music Time” when I got it in my inbox today. At only 17 Dominique Young Unique has already been named top new artist in Florida and has been recording tracks in the Yo [...]
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Time to introduce you a new artist. The 22-year-old singer, songwriter, and rapper IYAZ cranks out undeniably pop-friendly tunes, like his first single "Replay", which is already exploding on mainstream radio stations all over the country. J.R. Rotem, the in-demand songwriter and producer who also discovered pop sensation Sean Kingston, signed him to his label Beluga Heights. You can get this ...
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The musical leviathan of Toronto serves up even more musical offerings – what’s going on over there? Are kids spoonfed magic melodic water or do their parents play them synth riffs in their sleep? Whatever the secret formula, there’s a whole raft of new talent coming your way, not least from electronic act Madrid who [...]
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Style over substance? Chloe George appraises the new album from Lovelikefire who have plenty of pop-hooks up their impressive sleeves...
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Sometimes a band transcends all the hype surrounding them, and most of the time, they unfortunately don’t. Girls go above and beyond the hype surrounding them, taking all the buzz and essentially proving it to be less than it should have been. I rarely use the word masterpiece to describe an album, but that’s exactly [...]
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