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Simplicity has its advantages. Less can be more, but simplicity and some light beat boxing is a whole other fantastic ball game. Exhibit A: “It’s Around You.”(...) Read More about Awesome New Republic: It’s Around You (183 words)

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WhoMadeWho. The Danish trio inquire by title even before we can ask the question hanging on our lips: Who makes WhoMadeWho? (...) Read More about WhoMadeWho: Inside World (131 words)

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“Sometimes, I don’t go out at night. I’m gonna kick it with my parents inside.” Why? Because they’re “alive!” If life could always be that simply beautiful.

Then again, the truth tends to seep out of(...) Read More about Trendland Talks With Nicky Blitz (360 words)

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Listen to “Keep Up With You (Lifelike Remix)” here

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It’s not often that the full potential of a Friday night pick-me-up fix is met by one song, which explains the remix tipping point of “Keep Up With You.” Granted, the original is delightful unto itself, but Lifelike’s edition is like alternative medicine. It just fulfills some ulterior need that not even the listener understands. Guillaume Manbell and Greg Kazubski are the French minds behind the original, (...) Read More about Teenage Bad Girl: Keep Up With You (Lifelike Remix) (102 words)

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Julie Budet, the femme-fabulous of French pop group, Yelle, took time to talk with us while at her home in Brittany, France. A beach town best known for its lush forests and Medieval feel along the Atlantic Ocean, surely, is not the most typical breeding grounds for a (...) Read More about Trendland Talks With Yelle (731 words)

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Let’s talk about Devonté Hynes, also known as Blood Orange. Now, let’s play the name drop game: The Chemical Brothers, Florence and the Machine, and Diana Vickers. These are just a few of names of artists to whom Hynes has donated his writing, producing, and composing talents. The British artist, (...) Read More about Blood Orange: Sutphin Boulevard (164 words)

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A band’s bond can be as thick as thieves. The new royalty of indie darkness, Phantogram, has had almost 15 years to perfect their chemistry. Sarah Barthel, the band’s vixen of a leading lady, takes out a moment in their headlining US tour to talk with Trendland about sleepless nights, and the new EP that resulted from them.

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Josh Carter and Sarah met in junior high in their hometown, Saratoga Springs, where they played in the school marching band: (...) Read More about Phantogram Talks With Trendland (827 words)

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Brother-sister synergy is no everyday commodity. It’s obvious that New York-based, Bruce and Erica Driscoll knew what they had and ran with it. In fact, before there was Blondfire,(...) Read More about Blondfire: Where The Kids Are (90 words)

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With a such an impressive debut album like, It’s a Corporate World, it would be a tragedy to marginalize any song as insignificant. Detroit-based duo, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. has managed to create a circular experience in their first round about.

There’s the introductory track, “Morning Thought,” which perfectly awakes the senses-(...) Read More about Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr: Vocal Chords (115 words)

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