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Jonathan Visger's Absofacto.

Jonathan Visger is a man with pop intelligence. As a singer in Mason Proper, he also writes beautifully constructed lyrics for his own band, Absofacto. Comparing people is never fair but after some research on Jonathan, I kept linking him to indie mastermind Jason Schwartzman and his band, Coconut Records. Maybe you can hear it too, his intonations? One of my lazy music confessions is downloading the monthly BIRP and that is how I discovered Absofacto.  "Whose Side Are You On Anyway?" was first introduced to me last...

Young The Giant - Cough Syrup (Ra Ra Riot Remix)

Picture yourself walking down a flight of electronic keyboard steps with a bottle of cough syrup in one hand and a mini 80's marching band right behind you. Also, did I mention beautiful echoes from Sameer Gadhia from Young The Giant are coming from all directions? Well, this illustrated experience is what happens when members of Ra Ra Riot mingle with Young The Giant. Lyrics of  "I'm losing my mind, losing my mind, losing it all..." will no doubt be left as memory scars from this trip. ...

Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "Teenage Tide" [VIDEO]

One last thing before summer is over, check out the new music video from Letting Up Despite Great Faults. "Teenage Tide"was recently featured on Rolling Stones' New&Hot videos and received much attention from shoegaze/nu gaze fans. I'm not sure if this is the correct word usage but I am...

Earmilk Interview: LUM

If you are a constant reader of Earmilk's indie section, which I hope you are, then you may have stumbled across several posts featuring songs from Liam Sanagan, an up-and-coming Toronto-based solo musician who is the voice behind LUM. Sanagan recently released his four-track EP, EP 1, also known...

Earmilk Interview: Wise Blood

  Once described on Earmilk as an "eccentric fairy-tale-er", Wise Blood is a band from Pittsburgh with the ability to make incomparable pop music. Saying "pop" doesn't justify the band's diversity because every track creeps on something different and throws the band to another genre. However,...

Listen to Neon Indian's New Album

Not too long ago, we gave all of you guys a sneak preview to the new Neon Indian LP, Era Extraña, with the release of their first single "Fallout". With the album set for release on September 13 via frontman Alan Palomo's Static Tongues and Mom + Pop Music, NPR Music is giving fans a chance to...

Toro Y Moi - "All Alone", Freaking Out EP

Chaz Bundick (Toro Y Moi) has a new project entitled Freaking Out. This EP will be released next Tuesday. Right now, just freak out to the disco influenced sounds of "All Alone". We all know Chaz does chillwave best.   Play  

Justice - "Audio, Video, Disco" [New Single]

"Civilization", Justice's first single from their upcoming, sophomore album, Audio, Video, Disco, was first revealed earlier this year in the Romain Gavras-directed "Adidas Is All In" commercial. "Audio, Video, Disco" is the next single from the follow-up to 2009's Cross set for release on...