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Emmi – My Kinda Swag

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Born in Devon UK but raised in Australia, Emmi, already a known commodity within the industry after working on the writing of tracks for Little Nikki and Leona Lewis makes her online debut with first original track “My Kinda Swag”. Operating in channel firmly anchored to 90’s R&B (think Aaliyah and Mary J. Blige), Emmi ably adds a modern and personal spin on that sound with the fresh “My Kinda Swag”.

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05-27-15

Savannah Outen – Boys

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Sample the pinpoint perfect pop of “Boys” (the track was written by Eman and Jon Redwine, the team behind Tinashe’s “2 On”) by pop newcomer Savannah. A star already on Youtube (Savannah has over 600k subscribers on the site), “Boys” is Ms. Outen’s first wide release of original material.

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05-26-15

Billie Black – Going Under

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Fast rising UK popstress Billie Black will release her “Teach Me” EP on May 25 and now is streaming latest preview, “Going Under”, a forward-thinking house-ref’ing late night gem.

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05-22-15

The Night VI – Just Words

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“Just Words”, the new track from UK band The Night VI, probes the more R&B-side of the band’s sound with terrific results. The bit of melody in the chorus where keyboardist Kristy Burglass turns to falsetto and sings “are you saying something real” is just perfection. Look for a new EP, of which “Just Words” will be apart of, from The Night VI in September.

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05-21-15

dePresno – Forever

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17 year old dePresno from Norway’s second city of Bergen (home to artists like Kings of Convenience, Royksopp, and Datarock) is very impressive on debut track “Forever”. Merging an aesthetically Krule-esque vocal (and hairstyle) to inventive multi-chromatic production (the range of sounds and ideas on “Forever” is particularly notable), “Forever” is a standout special debut.

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05-21-15

Goldroom – Embrace (Feat. George Maple)

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Goldroom teams with favorite vocalist George Maple (whom GR originally penned the track with) on a kinetic re-imagining of song “Embrace” for new EP “It’s Like You Never Went Away”

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05-21-15

Boycrush – Flirt (Feat. Yumi Zouma & Madeira)

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We’re into “Flirt” a perfectly hazy pop tune from Auckland, New Zealand artist Boycrush. With the assistance of NZ pal foursome Yumi Zouma and NZ producer Madiera, new act Boy Crush excels with a flawless mesh of drum accents, simmering beats and slightly-mumbled sing-songy lyrics which are dipped in a lovely vibe of emotional truth. “Flirt” is the newest single from Boy Crush’s ‘Girls On Top’ EP that is out May 27th. Reviewed by Erin Shay

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05-20-15

RALPH – Trouble

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Torontonian RALPH dials up a mid 70’s pop radio vibe (think Fleetwood Mac meets nu-disco) on infectious new one “Trouble”

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05-19-15

Cape Cub – Swim

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“Swim” is the second song online from UK act Cape Cub. “Swim”, quite simply, is a very accomplished piece of pop songwriting from its mid-career Coldplay-isms in the verse to its overwhelming anthemic and uplifting chorus hook (we can very easily hear 100,000 odd festival go’ers chanting back “if there’s something that you to know” at the top of their lungs). Stream “Swim” below.

Cape Cub (Soundcloud)

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05-19-15

Henry Green – Slow

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Henry Green will release his “Slow” EP on June 1. The minimal clean guitar/sparse beats sound of “Slow” will join Hypem hit “Barcelona” on the new EP which will be released by Akira Records.

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05-18-15

Weeknd – Earned It (Marian Hill Remix)

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If you’ve turned on hip hop/r&B/pop/life/country radio in the last three-four months you’ve no doubt been immediately acquainted with the ubiquity of Weeknd (amazingly the same Weeknd bro who made House of Balloons) and his Fifty Shades paean “Earned It”. Enter Jeremy Lloyd of soon to be ubiquitous B3 Records alums Marian Hill who takes his expert remix skills to the Weeknd track with the sort of A+ results that 2011 Abel Tesfaye (and the bloggers that made him) would probably vibe to. We dig it.

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05-18-15