Fe stakes out a standout from the rest dark pop lane with majestic and cinematic new one “Daffodils of Paris”. A sweeping ebb/flow of slowly pulsed electronics and live instruments, “Daffodils of Paris” succeeds on its electric instrumental and Fe’s evocative vocal and narrative.
Fe 
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Buzzing LA-based 4-piece Transviolet gets a strong remix from Twin Shadow on “Girls Your Age”. TS’s added guitar riffs alone make this remix a stand out but the new groove and the drums take it over the top. Feel the head-bob inducing flip below. Reviewed by Tony Perkis.
Transviolet 
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We’re into the robust and soulful, scratchy-turbulent synth-bemused perspective and carefully laid muffled pace of “Tidal Wave of Love” a slow-moving new demo track from Ben Khan, a B3-fave ultra-talent who recently released his “1000” EP. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
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Favorites GEMS announce debut LP for Carpark Records Kill the One You Love with MBV guitar-referencing single “Living as a Ghost”. The new song ably blends GEMS’ penchant for interesting rhythmic architecture based writing with avant instrumentation and vocal mixing and is a very strong return. Welcome back, GEMS. Kill the One You Love is out October 30.
GEMS 
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Ryan Egan is back today with the second stream from his upcoming “Postures” EP, “Between the Pages”. The track produced by Luca Buccellati (Tei Shi, REN), is a second expert example of nearly perfectly constructed indie pop. This is the template.
Ryan Egan 
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Delve into the deep-wading atmospheric-calm and transparent heart-felt vocal reaches of British songstress Emily Jones on “Translate” the uniquely-elegant soulfully-exquisite Bon Iver-styled title track off Emily’s recently-released Henry Green-produced debut EP. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Emily Jones (Soundcloud)
Lose yourself amidst the soft-edged muted-expansive down-tempo temperament and upbeat-inspirational vocal under-layers of “Desire” a quietly scintillating new remix (of B3-fave Years and Years) from NYC producer Gryffin, who we last covered in December for their stellar dance remix of Bipolar Sunshine’s (moody-sublime) pop-inspired track “Daydreamer”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Gryffin (Soundcloud)
We’re enthralled with the superb soul-centered vocals of B3-fave singer-songwriter Jamie Woon on his luminously-excellent radio-ready stunner beauty “Sharpness” which is the first track to release off his upcoming EP out later this year. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Jamie Woon (Soundcloud)
In March we adored the soft and sensuous, lyrically stunning, intimately-charged feels of “Technicolour Beat” an acoustic-leaning track from London-based duo Oh Wonder which recently saw a vivid-vibe remix from Hamburg-based beat-maker Bread Story; a remix which we like for its smoothed-out tone-drenched harmonics, vibrant swatches of vocal-led melody and gorgeous sublimely-synchronous sense-blasting arrays of quietly-simmering shimmery beats. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Bread Story 
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We like the subtly tantalizing word play, classical emotive-blast choral-string interludes and sweetly catchy melody on “Drive” from Oh Wonder, a.k.a. Anthony and Josephine, London’s B3-highlighted electro-pop songwriter duo who we have covered here numerous times on the blog for their one-track-a-month-for-a-year series. August’s song “Drive” is Oh Wonder’s latest (and last) installment prior to the release of their self-titled LP on September 4th. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Oh Wonder (Facebook)
We like the lighthearted sweetly-commanding bongo-simple boogie-down funk-town disco-infused pop vibrations of new song “Waiting For You” from London-based NZ-born disco electro-collective Flamingo Pier off their debut EP called “FPC001”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Flamingo Pier (Soundcloud)
