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The One AM Radio - Sunlight

The One AM Radio is the musical project of Hrishikesh Hirway, a composer and songwriter from Los Angeles. The sound is often characterized by Hrishikesh's lush, soothing vocals over dream-like instrumental arrangements. He does most of his own recording, playing several of the instruments and producing all the beats. The style borders electronica, folk, post-rock, chamber music and ambient music.

Born in Massachusetts, Hrishikesh began The One AM Radio while being a student at Yale University, where he studied art and film. After moving to Los Angeles, the project expanded to include new bandmates Scott Leahy and Fontaine Cole.

Sunlight is the lead track from the new album Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread. The song is about driving all night through the empty city, waiting for the sun to come out and bring the chance to start over.



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Source: Wikipedia

Galaxie - Camouflar

Galaxie , formerly known as Galaxie 500, is a francophone indie rock band, formed in 2002 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Under their original name, the band released two albums, Galaxie 500 (2002) and Le Temps au point mort (2006). The lineup that recorded Galaxie 500 consisted of Olivier Langevin, Pierre Girard, Fred Fortin, Simon Gauthier and Michel Dufour.

Several changes in personnel occurred between the recording of the two albums. For Le Temps au point mort, Langevin was joined by returning members Girard and Fortin, Vincent Peake of Groovy Aardvark (1986–2005) and Frank Lafontaine of Karkwa.

Camouflar is taken from their third album, Tigre et diesel, which was released in February.



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Source: Wikipedia

Hoop Dreams - XCPR

Hoop Dreams is a mellow indie pop band from Blacksburg, made up of Max Brooks and Jeff Haley (former members of Wild Nothing), Tommy Davidson (Dream Cop), Jordan Mrazik, Julie Shepherd and Marcus McDonald. They make clattering, slightly neurotic pop songs in the vein of a deconstructed Cure.

The band is currently mixing a batch of songs for an LP release with Captured Tracks due out late this summer / early fall. Their first ever 7", XCPR, was released on 21 June. It stands for “cross country personal record”. Basically, it's to get people moving fast: dancing, running, speeding down the road.



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Source: One for the people

Jesse Ruins - Sofija

Nobody seems to know who or what Jesse Ruins is, except that it’s some sort of project out of Tokyo which has put out a collaboration record on Cuz Me Pain records. Jesse Ruins maintains “that [he or she] is not doing this intentionally.”

Three songs have been released slowly over the past few months: Dream Analysis, Inner Ambient and Sofija. There are no plans for a record release yet.







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Source: Subrepublic

Body Language - You Can

Brooklyn-based group Body Language consists of Matthew Young, Grant Wheeler, Angelica Bess and Ian Chang.

The band has risen from the DIY venue basements armed with the kinetic dynamite you would expect from the name. Their original music was born from weekly dance party remixes crafted by Wheeler and Young, and graced by the soul stylings of Bess. Their efforts, which illustrated their arrival into Brooklyn, were delivered in a five track EP called Speaks.

Since the EP release, Body Language has been touring with Zero 7, Sia and burning holes in New York City dance floors, appearing with the likes of Passion Pit, Little Boots, La Roux, School of Seven Bells and Theophilus London.

Single You Can is taken from their EP Social Studies. A deluxe edition of this EP is scheduled for release in October.



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Source: Body Language

Sun Airway - Symphony In White, No. 2

Sun Airway is the Philadelphia-based project from ex-A-Sides Patrick Marsceill and Jon Bathmus. The duo comprise the core of the band, but they also expand to a fuller band for some of their live sets.

In a way, Sun Airway has a common sound with Animal Collective, but there is also hints of the melancholy side of British rock, from The Beatles to Blur. It’s this distinction that seperates them from many of their peers that are putting together records on their basement computers.

Sun Airway released a 4-song EP called Oh, Naoko, in 2009 and debut full-length, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier, in October 2010.

Symphony in White is the B-side from their new 7-inch Wild Palms, scheduled for release on July 19.



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Source: Operation Every Band, LastFM

Future Islands - Before the Bridge

J Gerrit Welmers, William Cashion and Samuel T Herring have been making music together since 2003, and as Future Islands since 2006. Formed as college friends in Greenville, NC, they relocated to Baltimore after becoming friends with electronic musician Dan Deacon, an early and avid supporter of the band.

Rolling Stone describes their style as, “adding punishing heft to simple pop melodies, making blippy electropop sound oddly confrontational.” Future Islands calls it “Post-Wave,” taking in part from the emotional fragility of New Wave and coupling it with the power and drive of Post-Punk.

New single Before the Bridge will be released on 18 July as a limited edition vinyl 7-inch single.

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Source: Thrill Jockey

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

Wouter De Backer (born in Bruges, Belgium), also known as Walter (or Wally) De Backer, was raised in Australia, and is often referred to by the name of his solo-project Gotye (pronounced: ‘Gaultier’).

De Backer is an ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter. As Gotye, he has released two studio albums independently and one remix album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums. He is also one-third of Melbourne indie-pop band The Basics, who have independently released three studio albums and numerous other titles since 2002.

Gotye’s sound is a melting pot of samples from sources far and wide, mixed with Wally’s vocals and home recorded sounds to form original songs that are as likely to channel ’80s New Romantic pop or ’60s Motown soul as they are to be experiments in kooky turntablism or progressive trip-hop landscapes.

New single, Somebody That I Used To Know, is the first single from his new album, Making Mirrors, scheduled for release on August 19.



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Source: LastFM, Wikipedia

Gardens & Villa - Black Hills

Gardens & Villa is the project of five college friends from Santa Barbara, formed following the collapse of a noisier post-punk band and a hitch-hiking journey up the west coast. Members Chris Lynch, Adam Rasmussen, Levi Hayden, Shane McKillop began playing as Gardens & Villa in 2008. The name is pulled from the location of their house on Villa Street, and the property's garden to which they tend.

The music they make is very much connected to the coastal city they call home -- the stoney bike rides, dance parties, a scene free of judgment. The band refers to this Santa Barbara feeling as "coco vibes."

For two weeks in the summer of 2010, the band camped behind visionary and now-labelmate Richard Swift's Oregon studio. No shower, no kitchen, but all the magic you could ask for. After taking a band oath to always play all parts live -- a la Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense -- the band added member Dusty Ineman to supremely execute the live incarnation of the band.

Black Hills is taken from their self titled debut album, released this month.



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Source: Secretly Canadian

The Kill Van Kulls - Lost and Found

When you think of finely tuned guitar-pop, Stockport, UK is not what necessarily comes to mind as a breeding ground for the next big thing. Indie rockers The Kill Van Kulls - now Manchester-based - have only been together for less than 1 year and have already garnered attention from the likes of XFM and BBC.

What started out as a three piece plus a drum machine, has evolved into a more robust and lush sounding quartet that’s reminiscent of The Doves, The Cure, Simple Minds and pretty much any John Hughes film soundtrack.

Their latest single, Lost and Found, is released this week via the band’s own label, KVK Records.



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Source: Alt Sounds

Burning Hearts - Into the Wilderness

It all started with 2 bands. Le Futur Pompiste, released one album in 2004, Your Stories and Your Thoughts, before the vagaries of adult life scattered them far and wide; and Cats on Fire, whose debut long-player, 2007’s The Province Complains, captivated all who were lucky enough to hear it.

It was inevitable that this pair of bands, whose music shares a poise and sophistication, would find each other. When they did, two members - Cats on Fire drummer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Ojala, and Le Futur Pompiste singer Jessika Rapo - decided to make yet more music on their own. The result is Burning Hearts.

New single Into the Wilderness is taken from their debut album, Aboa Sleeping.



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Source: LastFM

The War On Drugs - Baby Missiles

The War on Drugs is an American indie rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The band is the creation of a pair of Dylan fans, Adam Granduciel and Kurt Vile, who met at a party in 2003. After several drinks, Granduciel and Vile discovered their shared fascination with the Bard of Minnesota, and began working on songs together. By 2005, the pair had enough material to launch a proper band, and the War on Drugs were born. With Granduciel and Vile fronting the band, a variety of accompanists drifted in and out of the lineup before the War on Drugs settled on a stable lineup of Granduciel, Vile, Charlie Hall, Dave Hartley and Kyle Lloyd.

While they were hesitant to quit their jobs and begin touring extensively, the band became a frequent presence on the Philadelphia music scene. In 2007, they completed their debut EP, called Barrel of Batteries, posted online as a free download. Debut LP, Wagonwheel Blues, was released in 2008.

The lineup underwent several changes, and by the end of 2008, Kurt Vile, Charlie Hall, and Kyle Lloyd had all exited the group. Granduciel and Hartley were joined by drummer Mike Zanghi as the group slimmed to three members.

The long-awaited follow-up to 2008′s Wagonwheel Blues will be released on August 16th.



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Source: Wikipedia, itunes

Blouse - Into black

Blouse is based out of a 6,000 square-foot warehouse in North Portland. The project started in the summer of 2010, after Los Angeles native Charlie Hilton met Patrick Adams in art school. They made a few home recordings and soon began spending nights at the warehouse recording with Jacob Portrait (Producer of Mint Chicks, Dandy Warhols, Starfucker).

Having played music since their teens, the three found that there was something inexplicable in their coming together. After posting two demo tracks to Bandcamp's website, the group was picked up by Captured Tracks. They are currently recording their first LP which has been set for release around July

Into black is Blouse's debut single.



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Source: Sub Pop records

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