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The summer of 2011 was a good one. It was then that Georgia's Ernest Greene—or as we like to call him, Washed Out—released his chill-yet-captivating dream pop debut, Within and Without, touring it extensively last year.
This week, Greene unveiled an album trailer to prepare fans for the follow-up to his beloved debut: Paracosm.
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We love hearing music from all over the world, which is why we are thrilled to hear about V-ROX: the first Russian showcase-festival!
V-ROX will take place from August 22-25 in various locations around the city of Vladivostok. It will be a weekend chock-full of sweet concerts, lectures and workshops to showcase bands from Russia, Korea, Japan, China and the U.S.
V-ROX is a wonderful and helpful way for young artists to gain a better understanding of the world of modern music.
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The Brigade design studio in Portland has gathered up some of their favorite artists to pay homage to their favorite album covers! Artwork will then be up for bidding at a silent auction taking place at The Cleaners at Ace Hotel, tomorrow, May 24!
Reviews
Fronted by a black-clad fire-breather who goes by the deceptively unthreatening moniker Jehnny Beth, Savages traject a world hurtling towards oblivion. High-speed, tension-plagued stormers like “Shut Up” and “Husbands” sound like they may shatter into obliteration at any moment. Not content to simply cop post-punk aesthetics, these East London dread merchants are steeped in the sort dystopianism and apocalyptic anxiety that drove the likes of Killing Joke and The Banshees to such dizzying heights of foreboding. Guitars squeal and howl as if they were burning machinery, drums gallop and thunder, making each track its own pummeling, metallic symphony. The bedlam only recedes on “Dead...
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Still just a horsehair away from being an absolute solo project, singer Victoria Hesketh moves from making dance music that sounds like Kylie Minogue to the hard stuff of nighttime fantasies. On her first Little Boots record, 2009’s Hands, writing and production credits came by way of Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and Lady Gaga’s RedOne. This time, though, it’s DFA co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford and Hercules and Love Affair’s Andy Butler who align with Hesketh for stuttering tributes to ’90s house and good old-fashioned four-on-the-floor disco cuts like “Crescendo” and “Beat Beat.” There are still big dollops of pop on Little Boots’ second electro-enhanced work, and...
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With FILTER 52 being released this Friday, we're excited to share with you a music sampler featured in the issue via Google Play! It is the perfect playlist to take you right into summer with some laid-back tracks from our favorites like Fitz & The Tantrums (having a blast in the photo above), KITTEN and Broadheds.
Good music for free? Yes, please!
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Holy Ghost!
The Observatory
Santa Ana, California
May 19, 2013
It was a dance party on Sunday when Holy Ghost! performed at The Observatory. Their electronic dance beats swept through the floor and had everyone on their toes.
Reviews
Australian alternative six-piece Alpine—fronted by the ethereal dual vocals of Phoebe Baker and Lou James—decided to throw everything but the musical kitchen sink into their debut album and, surprisingly, it works. Light harmonies? Check. Disco beats? Check. Quiet reflective songs? Of course. Killer dance songs begging to be remixed? They’ve got them! Within the 12 tracks that make up A Is For Alpine, the sextet (which also includes Christian O’Brien, Ryan Lamb, Tim Royall and Phil Tucker) oscillates their sound smoothly between delicate guitar-driven dream pop and synth-laden electronic soundscapes featuring an undeniable dance beat—seen immediately from the get-go with the first pairing...
Media
FILTER and Converse have been quite the inseparable, dynamic duo lately, pairing up with one goal in mind: to give you a series of insightful, one of a kind videos featuring artists and what makes them unique.
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Every time we listen to Icelandic composer, Ólafur Arnalds, we fall more in love with the exquisite sounds he creates.
For Now I Am Winter is still one of our favorite albums of the year and we're so excited that he's announced a handful of summer tour dates to promote it! Given all the amazing live videos we've seen, we know this is a show you won't want to miss!
