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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!
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The Copenhagen electropop group, When Saints Go Machine, have released their video for "Iodine," and we can't get enough of it!
With its breezy, groovy mood, "Iodine" is sure to be on our summer playlist. This track is featured on WSGM's upcoming album, Infinity Pool, due out May 28 via !K7 Records.
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Big Boi
The Observatory
Santa Ana, California
May 17, 2013
Every time Big Boi walks on stage, he completely takes control of it.
Last Friday, when Big Boi performed at The Observatory, he dominated that stage, proving he is one of our favorite veteran performers around. Everyone was having fun, and it was apparent in the energy that shook the entire venue.
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That time of year is approaching when the leading visionaries of today's music business gather in New York City for the New Music Seminar, taking place June 9-11.
We are so excited to be a part of this: sharing a space with others that appreciate good music as much as we do.
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Since the inception of She & Him back in 2006, Zooey Deschanel has gone from Hollywood’s best-kept secret to a run-of-the-mill sitcom star. While Deschanel has become overexposed on the small screen, Volume 3, the latest offering from the “New Girl” and M. Ward reminds us all that Deschanel’s got some pipes…and a couple of serious grudges. The album almost follows the same musical checklist as the first two She & Him volumes—layered Deschanel vocals, doo-wop beats, a couple of covers thrown in, plus an always surprising appearance of Ward’s gravelly voice—but 3 shows a slightly darker side of the squeaky-clean She. With lyrics like “You and I told a story of love from our hearts/But it...
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It takes real cojones to call an album Thriller; any album, really, let alone another one meant to storm the dance floor with pop and funk-lite sounds. Well, leave it to !!!. The been-around-the-block multi-man outfit that formed in the wake of the Yah Mos’ bust-up had its first hit with the nearly-10-minute-long “Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)” and have, since that 2003 smash, kept things danse-punk oriented before LCD had its soundsystem. Their songs never got shorter or less dense even when similar acts and funky followers were awarded bigger sales for slighter efforts. Yet, rather than continue to rely on the steely soul and sweat of its live shows—a repetitive...
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Smith Westerns aren’t quite made for these times. The Chicago three-piece create glossy, ’70s-sugared tunes that unabashedly draw from the sad-yet-sweet tradition set forth by Britpop, from The Beatles’ later work to more contemporary pioneers like The Stone Roses. With hooky guitar licks, the band has returned to release their third album, Soft Will, the follow-up to 2011’s candied Dye It Blonde. Smith Westerns wear their musical influences on their sleeve. “XXIII” features the very chords from “The Great Gig In the Sky,” and the reverb-dripped “Idol” twinkles with lighthearted ’60s pop. Soft Will’s smart production results in their most refined release yet, especially with tracks like...
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It can be a whirlwind of an experience, going from having a small fanbase over the course of a few years to having thousands of new ones overnight. And that is exactly what happened to Canadian quartet, Paper Lions, who experienced the full force of the Internet when their video for 2007's "Traveling" went viral in recent months.
Now, the band is ready to release their second LP, My Friends, on August 20 via Fountain Pop Records, and we're excited to premiere a rad track from it: "Philadelphia"!
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A couple of weeks ago, we were crushing out on Bleached and their impromptu Spice Girls cover. They were one of several bands that came to hang out with FILTER and Dr. Martens at SXSW in March. Ahhh the memories.
This week, we're reminiscing about our fabulous time in Austin with headliners and fellow Southern California surf-rockers Wavves.
