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Mae Shi - Forecasting (Double Beta Demo). First things first: Mae Shi are playing a show in Los Angeles on Saturday. They're playing at GroundZero Coffeehouse, which is on the USC Campus. It is a free...
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Pilooski - for mutant children only (exclusive mix) Pilooski is closely tied to the crew over at D*I*R*T*Y, the legendary Parisian website. They've been around for years now, collecting various music...
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Tommy Guerrero - Salve Tommy. Guerrero. What a rap sheet this (growed up) kid has: 80's skateboarding star, skate label co-founder, deck art director for Krooked boards, and oh yeah, dude makes music...
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Oh sweet '80s pop, will you save me from Tuesday? I think it's entirely likely. Just take a listen to this track by Brooklyn's My Teenage Stride. It's all catchy licks, sweet reverb, and steady beats....
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Black Devil Disco Club - The Devil In Us I love it when something like this comes along. Do you remember a few years back, when the Rephlex label put out a couple of records by someone called Black...
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Spacek - 1st Stroke (Funkstörung Remix) I've been a big fan of Funkstörung ever since I first heard their remix album, 1999's Additional Productions. Their remixes of Björk's "All Is Full Of Love" and...
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A Passing Feeling - Red Gold. Somehow A Passing Feeling was able to squeeze this record in under my radar, despite the fact that I wore out their EP and played phone tag with these guys for ages (and...
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Vietnam - Welcome to My Room. I know that if you're the kind of person who reads this site, by now you've probably heard a ton about this band. The truth is I've been sitting on this track for a few...
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Philippians - 100 Knives feat. Mirah. It's always surprising hearing what's happening in little corners of Los Angeles, right down the street from my house. I come across a lot of local music, but...
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Tomboy - Murky Jerky Denmark's Tomboy, aka Tomas Barfod, has been making eclectic dance music for few years now. His band-project, Whomadewho, made tons of top-ten electronic lists with their...
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Joakim - Rocket Pearl (LIVE) Tonight at APT (413 W 13th Street) MFR favorite Joakim is going to be laying down a likely wild DJ set - based on his remixes, his own songs, and the DJ sets of his that...
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The Isles - Summer Loans Melodic records keeps hitting me out of nowhere with these songs I can't get enough of. First all that Pedro goodness, now New York's The Isles, and more on the way. The Isles...
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Softlightes - Girlkillsbear [Lo-Fi-FNK Remix]. If we haven't already, we need to talk about Friend Rock. This is the music that your friends make which you are obligated to see. Used in a sentence, it...
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What is it with Scandinavians and great pop music? I don't know what's in the water over there, but I want some to pour in my morning coffee. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Loop Duplicate My...
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Audionom - Kein Bock TGIF right guys? Whew! Here's a little (well ok, not so little at 8+ minutes long) electro-rock jam to finish off this week by Sweden's Audionom. They've been pretty big in the...
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