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Music, Thoughts, and Other Things.
Sunday Digs
Snowmine
November 17, 2013
It's like Fleet Foxes and Oberhofer had a lovechild.
Tracks to Catch: "Trial and Error", "Beast In Air, Beast In Water"
RAC remixes
November 17, 2013
Every song you ever liked, loved, and got sick of is back, but it's better.
Tracks to Catch: "No Strings Attached (RAC Remix)", "Stranger Love (RAC Remix)", "New Theory (RAC Remix)"
Sounds Kind of Like: Miami Horror, Capital Cities
Work Drugs
October 6, 2013
Washed out, transcendent, and summer-y.
Tracks to Catch: "Rad Racer" and "Dirty Dreams"
Sounds Kind of Like: Summer Heart, Houses
Geographer
September 15, 2013
Beautiful, free flowing, high range vocals on a background of electronic indie pop? Too good to be true.
Tracks to catch: "Kites", "Original Sin"
Sounds Kind of Like: Yellow Ostrich, Faded Paper Figures
El Ten Eleven
September 15, 2013
Instrumental music is not synonymous with sleep-inducing.
Tracks to Catch: "Transitions", "No One Died This Time!"
Sounds Kind of Like: Explosions in the Sky, This Will Destroy You
Clubfeet
September 8, 2013
Dance-pop has proven to be agreeable, but maintain originality.
Tracks to Catch: "My Shadow", "Everything You Wanted"
Sounds Kind of Like: Two Door Cinema Cub
Polica
September 8, 2013
What makes me want to dance around and cry at the same time?
Tracks to Catch: "Lay Your Cards Out", "Amongster"
Sounds Kind of Like: A morph between Daughter and Summer Heart
Mac Miller's New Album: Watching Movies With The Sound Off
August 31, 2013
Maturing from "cheesy raps" by "easy Mac," Mac Miller has developed a laid back and more serious vibe.
Tracks to Catch: "Watching Movies", "The Star Room"
Sounds Kind of LIke: Outkast (the darker stuff), Childish Gambino
Milagres
August 25, 2013
Climatic instrumentals, deep vocals, and strong percussion remind me of what mountain climbing background music should sound like.
Tracks to Catch: Here to Stay, Gentle Beast
Sounds Kind of (a lot) Like: Grizzly Bear
Big Deal
August 18, 2013
Bare indie pop never sounded so....intriguing.
Tracks to Catch: Golden Light, PG
Sounds Kind of Like: Pepper Rabbit, Bibio
Aer
August 18, 2013
Reggae meets white-guy-rap meets guys-who-remind-you-of-douche-bags-from-your-high-school-you-secretly-wanted.
Tracks to Catch: Songbird, Come & Go
Sounds Kind of Like: Hoodie Allen, G-Eazy
Black Moth Super Rainbow
August 11, 2013
Quirky electronics sound best in the car with the bass turned up as high as possible.
Tracks to catch: Hairspray Heart, Windshield Smasher
Sounds Kind of Like: Panda Bear, Animal Collective
Wild Nothing
August 11, 2013
Get put into a summertime trance.
Tracks to Catch: Chinatown, Ocean Repeating (Big-Eyed Girl)
Sounds Kind of Like: Beach Fossils, Teen
Alpine
August 4, 2013
These lead women are eerily sweet and unsuspectingly powerful.
Track to Catch: Gasoline
Sounds Kind of Like: Little Dragon, Phantogram
Wavves
August 4, 2013
West Coast beach sound doesn't get more authentic than Wavves: slightly angsty, always rowdy, and genuinely lo-fi.
Tracks to catch: Sail to the Sun, Demon to Lean On
Sounds Kind of Like: Best Coast, Real Estate
