Blog: newdust

Night Drive – “Drones” EP + video

Jun 19, 9:51am newdust

Check out the video and EP for "Drones" from electronic duo Night Drive. These guys aren't doing anything new, but what they are doing, they are doing really well. Like an electronic/synth extension of White Lies, circa 2008. Enjoy...

• Night Drive - Drones

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Artist:	Night Drive
Title:	Drones
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Electro
Year:	2013

Tommy Toussaint – “Computer Snacks” EP + “I Don’t Wanna Cry” music video game

Jun 18, 9:22am newdust

Remember Dent May? Harlem-based songwriter Jesse Thompson has been regularly rolling with them since 2008, and he has released earlier this year another solo EP as Tommy Toussaint, his oh-so-sentimental vintage-pop moniker. Called "Computer Snacks", this incredibly tight and outrageously ignored opus is a collection of unapologetically romantic songs "heavily informed by an extensive use [...]

• Tommy Toussaint - Floating Islands
• Tommy Toussaint - Scared to Death

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Artist:	Tommy Toussaint
Title:	Floating Islands
File Name:	SoundCloud

Artist:	Tommy Toussaint
Title:	Scared to Death
File Name:	SoundCloud

Young Galaxy – “New Summer” video

Jun 17, 9:35am newdust

New video from Young Galaxy for their single “New Summer” is as haunting and profound as the track that inspired it, depicting a slow-motion breakdown of the end of life as we know it. The video comes with an announcement of a North American tour, although there are currently no east coast dates announced. Check [...]

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Breezy Sundays: Kisses – “Huddle” video

Jun 16, 1:45pm newdust

Get breezy with the video for "Huddle" from LA synth-pop duo Kisses. Enjoy...

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Electric Saturdays: Lapalux, Dauwd

Jun 15, 1:00am newdust

Lapalux | Swallowing Smoke Dauwd | Heat Division Lapalux - Swallowing Smoke Dauwd - Heat Division

• Dauwd - Heat Division
• Lapalux - Swallowing Smoke

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Artist:	Dauwd
Title:	Heat Division
Link Text:	Dauwd - Heat Division
File Name:	dauwd_heat-division.mp3
Genre:	Dance & DJ
Year:	2013

Artist:	Lapalux
Title:	Swallowing Smoke
Link Text:	Lapalux - Swallowing Smoke
File Name:	lapalux_swallowing-smoke.mp3
Genre:	Dance & DJ
Year:	2013

The Black And White Years – “Just Like Old Times”

Jun 14, 2:09pm newdust

The new single from Austin natives The Black and White Years comes as a precursor to their newly finished third full length album. The track, titled “Just Like Old Times,” features a relaxed mix of the shoegaze and singer/songwriter genres. The low-synth melody is cute, subtle, pretty, and shoe-staring worthy all at the same time. [...]

• The Black and White Years - Just Like Old Times

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Artist:	The Black and White Years
Title:	Just Like Old Times
File Name:	SoundCloud

Hanni El Khatib – “Penny” video + Classixx Remix

Jun 13, 1:30pm newdust

Rock'n'roll darling and cow-boy gear lover Hanni El Khatib has just shared via Esquire his brand new video for the lovely "Penny". Directed by rising French talent Simon Cahn, who has recently wrapped up a short film with Spike Jonze, Mourir Auprès de Toi, the video further explores Hanni's seemingly boundless American inspiration, and gives us a sneak peek of what [...]

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Metro Area – “Miura”

Jun 13, 9:18am newdust

Everyone is going bananas for Daft Punk's Random Access Memories but I am cynical about it. I agree with Sasha Frere-Jones, “The duo has become so good at making records that I replay parts of “Random Access Memories” repeatedly while simultaneously thinking it is some of the worst music I’ve ever heard.” Even though I [...]

• Metro Area - Miura

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Artist:	Metro Area
Title:	Miura
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	deep house

Running In the Fog – “Silver”

Jun 12, 1:00pm newdust

In addition to having the hottest bangs ever (Chan Marshall, is that you?), SF-based singer, songwriter & producer and personal favorite Amanda Harper makes an extremely soothing and delicate brand of synth-pop with her über-under the radar electronic project, Running In The Fog. She has recently released this slinky, laid-back little gem called "Silver", and is [...]

• running in the fog - Silver

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Artist:	running in the fog
Title:	Silver
File Name:	SoundCloud

Secret Circuit – “Higher Heights”

Jun 12, 9:06am newdust

Secret Circuit, aka LA’s Eddie Ruscha Jr, makes tender and psychedelic electronica. With songs titles like Nebula Sphynx, he is a bit of a California psychedelia cliche but somehow his whole aestheticis refreshing. His tracks are breezy and dancey with none of the uptightness that surrounds the current house and techno scene. This track, Higher [...]

• timsweeney - Secret Circuit "Higher Heights" BIS006

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Artist:	timsweeney
Title:	Secret Circuit "Higher Heights" BIS006
File Name:	SoundCloud
Year:	2013

Premiere: Seafoam – “Daylight”

Jun 11, 1:30pm newdust

Friend of the site John Jagos of Brothertiger fame, has launched a cool new indie-rock project. With breezy guitars reminiscent of of Real Estate or The Smiths, Jagos takes his new band Seafoam down the path of 90s esque, jangly alt-rock. Enjoy and stay tuned, as we hope to hear much more from the band [...]

• Seafoam - Daylight

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Artist:	Seafoam
Title:	Daylight
Link Text:	Daylight
File Name:	seafoam_daylight.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Genre:	Other
Year:	2013

Full Moon 2013 (NYC)

Jun 11, 8:00am newdust

For the common folk, a full moon generally conjures up cerebral depictions of pagan worship, howling (were)wolves, and aged cheese wheels. Though for many cult music fiends, South Asian travelers, and audacious festheads alike, this monthly lunar phenomenon instead evokes a distinctive obligation to dance unremittingly to the grandiose neon synth tunage catered by some [...]

• Miami Horror - Moon Theory
• Tanlines - Real Life
• Wild Belle - Its Too Late (Employee Of The Year Remix)

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Artist:	Miami Horror
Title:	Moon Theory
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	dance, electronic,
Year:	2010

Artist:	Tanlines
Title:	Real Life
File Name:	SoundCloud

Artist:	Wild Belle
Title:	Its Too Late (Employee Of The Year Remix)
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	slow french

GIVEAWAY: Junip at 930 Club (6/15)

Jun 10, 7:08pm newdust

Junip released one of the most unique records so far this year, and the band has continued to keep my attention with every single and every video so far. Naturally, I am very excited to see what their live show brings as the band is playing on June 15 at 930 Club with Quadron and [...]

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Mac DeMarco – “Still Together” Rdio Session

Jun 10, 2:09pm newdust

In case you needed more reason to love Mac DeMarco, here's an intimate live recording of "Still Together" brought to you by Your Truly in partnership with Rdio. You can listen to the four-song Rdio session here.

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The Colouist – “Little Games” 7 inch + video

Jun 10, 9:10am newdust

New release from DC's All Things Go Records! The video for The Colourist’s new single “Little Games” shows the band taking conventions of suburbia by the hose and washing it away with its copious running water. The tune itself is pop-y and peppy and fun. The single is off their new 7”, out last week. [...]

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Breezy Sundays: Long Walks On The Beach – “1st Times (You and I)”

Jun 9, 10:21am newdust

One of our all time favorite DC bands has dropped a new single. Another solid, earnest pop song, ready for your Summer make out session. Get breezy DC... Get breezy world... Long Walks On The Beach | 1st Times (You and I)

• Long Walks On The Beach - 1st Times (You and I)

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Artist:	Long Walks On The Beach
Title:	1st Times (You and I)
Link Text:	1st Times (You and I)
File Name:	lwotb_1st-times-you-and-i.mp3
Year:	2020

Say Anything’s Rarities & More Tour – A Spotlight on The Openers: Eisley, HRVRD, & Northern Faces

Jun 7, 5:58pm newdust

Indie rock icons Say Anything just kicked off their "Rarities & More Tour" last night in Deep Ellum at the legendary venue The Door, and the ecstatic, pumped up energy emulating from a packed house filled with adoring fans made for quite an amazing night. They were complemented wonderfully by Tyler, Texas' sibling-group darlings Eisley, [...]

• HRVRD - Black Creme
• Northern Faces - Under My Skin

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Artist:	HRVRD
Title:	Black Creme
Link Text:	Black Creme
File Name:	hrvrd_black-creme.mp3
Bitrate:	129 kbps

Artist:	Northern Faces
Title:	Under My Skin
Link Text:	Under My Skin
File Name:	northern-faces_under-my-skin.m p3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Jungle – “Platoon”

Jun 6, 3:15pm newdust

Know when a song is so good and hits you so right that you actually cannot wait to wake up in the morning just to play it again? By the first fifteen seconds of Jungle's "Platoon", you shall experience it, too. I have been totally smitten (and slightly obsessed) with this sultry, groovy and soulful [...]

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TEEN – Carolina EP + video

Jun 6, 9:00am newdust

I don’t want to compare TEEN to the Dirty Projectors for fear of people thinking they’re a DP sound-alike, or evoking thoughts of TEENS as unoriginal, for neither of these things are true, but there are certain aspects of TEEN and Dirty Projectors that are certainly worth comparing. Firstly, they both have killer songs featuring [...]

• TEEN - Carolina

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Artist:	TEEN
Title:	Carolina
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Indie Pop

The Post Nobles – “Summer Toons”

Jun 5, 8:00am newdust

So maybe you’ve (I certainly haven’t, but still…) grown tired of the whimsicality of Wild Nothing/Craft Spells bands, the brattiness of Nathan Williams, or are merely always on the lookout for quality (as I am) sun-soaked pop. Whichever state you happen to be in, as the latest ambassadors of (hehe) summer tunes, The Post Nobles [...]

• The Post Nobles - Summer Toons

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Artist:	The Post Nobles
Title:	Summer Toons
Link Text:	Summer Toons
File Name:	the-post-nobles_summer-toons.m p3