Upon a rolling wave of buzzing beats and percussion pitched halfway between the Burundi borrowings of Bow Wow Wow and Gene Krupa’s “Sing Sing Sing,” comes indie-pop nymph Lykke Li with “Get Some.” Except forget about that nymph bit. Gone is the coy fragility that marked 2008’s Youth Novels, Here the Swedish chanteuse accesses her inner Pam Grier - sounding [...]

A Austrália é um lugar que tem nos presenteado com músicos incríveis desde sempre, e não dá pra negar que a cena eletrônica é uma das mais interessantes do país. Nomes como Cut Copy, Empire Of The Sun e Miami Horror fazem barulho lá e aqui, e por isso a gente percebe que os australianos tem um talento especial para nos fazer dançar com seus sintetizadores eufóricos e batidas contagiantes. E no meio desse cenário inflado por bandas e duos incríveis, os dois irmãos Cosmo e Patrick Liney surgem, diretamente de Sidney, para te fazer embarcar na viagem envolvente do [...]

It's 2013, and human beings are still trying to figure out how to automate music discovery. Trends come and go, new services pop up and disappear, and a music discovery app is created, marketed, and killed off every few days. The thing is, no algorithm, social networking service, or customizable radio station has been able to really nail it. There's still nothing quite as effective as a friend saying, "You like so-and-so? Check this out."

Nunca vamos cansar de mostrar como a Suécia é a terra do pop alternativo, e o mais novo fruto dessa leva de artistas é Linda Carlsson, vocalista, pianista e cabeça do Miss Li . Antes da atual banda, Linda cantava de ópera a metal, até se situar como Miss Li em 2006, e desde então, junto com sua banda, produz uma mistura que vai de encontro ao pop e o blues, que já lhe garantiu uma série de álbuns lançados pelo selo independente National desde então. "Spaceship", o novo single da banda, soa quase descaradamente [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: London Grammar, Keep Shelly In Athens Song: Mr. Little Jeans - Waterfalls [download here ] What's so good? For [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Gold Fields, Burial Song: The xx - Together [download here ] What's so good? Truth be told, I [...]

Sometimes I like to draw parallels between the music introduced here and fragments from movies, places or situations that really fit the feeling or vibe that I want to describe but can’t find the correct words to do so. That's the case here. Beatrice Eli ’s music evokes the power of the young girls of our generation, shouting out loud to the world their ideas and feelings, super exposed - in most situations, crudely. Listening to her recently released EP, It’s Over , brought to my mind the work of illustrator [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Sonnymoon, Lykke Li, Beach House Song: Empress Of - Tristeza [download here ] What's so good? My homegirl [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Lykke Li, Chairlift, Santigold Song: KLP - Revolution [download here ] What's so good? For someone who’s been somewhat [...]

Wer den Stress des Alltags bannen möchte und wen die Versuchungen des Wochenendes locken, der kann sich diesen Freitag ( 19.04.13 ) im Gretchen von einem dunkelhaarigen Belgier verzaubern lassen. Kein willkürlicher Hokuspokus erwartet euch, sondern feinste Turntable-Magie von The Magician höchstpersönlich. Stets elegant gekleidet, avantgardistisch angehaucht und dabei bezaubernd produktiv! Er braucht weder einen Zauberstab noch einen Feuerblitz oder anderen Schnickschnack um Funken sprühende, rosa Wölkchen puffende Tracks lebendig werden zu lassen wie bei seiner letzten EP " Memory ". Ein wenig Feenstaub hat er außerdem Songs von Lykke Li oder Yukseks " On a [...]
This week's Sunday Night Chill owes a great deal of inspiration to Germany Germany's new track, " Saturn ," which I wrote about last month (it "plays like an intrepid explorer finding himself in the fetal position on the rings of a planet’s icy, galactic roadways, racking his mind for an answer to the loneliness that ails him.") After that post, I spent a lot of time envisioning the thought-life of that explorer. That imagery served as a perfect embodiment of the self-growth potential of total isolation. After all, where all is silent, all is wild - and the [...]
This is a pretty good look from the LA-based producer Parcel, a remix of Kleerup that reminds me of, and how much I miss, Lykke Li. Where is she? What is she doing? I hope she is well. - Follow Parcel: Facebook | SoundCloud

Mais uma prova da criatividade-pop sueca, Suvi Ritcher é uma das coisas para se ficar de olho nos próximos meses. A cantora finlandesa, que se mudou cedo para Estocolmo, começou o ano chamando a atenção por grandes motivos, principalmente pelo trabalho com os produtores Julius Duhs e Robin Svensk (Robin Rocks & Rubio), conhecidos por assinar faixas de artistas como Miike Snow e Nervo . De fato, isso não é uma grande conquista quando se está a sombra de uma grande gravadora, mas ao contrário de qualquer conclusão precipitada, estamos falando de uma cantora independente, [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Birdy, Fallulah, Lykke Li Song: Florrie - Live a Little [download here ] What's so good? I'm more than [...]

By Sasha Hecht & Caitlin White Why would an artist ever choose to cover a song? I mean, seriously. Nine times out of ten, their efforts are met with something between "Not bad... but nothing compared to the original" and "This has ruined my favorite song for me forever. I hope you go septic and poison yourself from the inside out with your own feces." Often, cover songs are an attempt by a younger artist to assert their skill level as on par with a classic musician—and usually the two aren't actually equal. [...]

Continuando con la edición de nuestras noches MENTAL , presentamos en México a una banda originaria de Colonia, Alemania: VIMES . Vimes ha logrado un reconocimiento internacional por su sonido único dentro de la música electrónica. Con un sonido orgánico y visuales estremecedores , mezclando su sonido ¨deep¨ con un pop edificante. VIMES ha ganado el reconocimiento del productor nominado al Grammy, Chilly Gonzalez (Soundtrack de Drive, Peaches, Feist) que se ha declarado fan de la banda. Después de varios shows en Europa y una invitación de Hot Chip para participar con ellos en su pasado show [...]

By Nicholas Alan Cope I finally ran through SoundCloud submissions, there were some good looks. There's a slow, yet driving beat going on here. This would be the soundtrack to a scene in a movie if someone were sitting in a window sill reading a book or something, at least that's what I'm seeing. Weird. "Murky House" may be the best way to describe this one from London's Cralias. I don't understand a word of it, but it sounds good. [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Lykke Li, Yelle, Oh Land Song: Fallulah - Dried Out Cities [download here ] What's so good? While Fallulah [...]
Dark, edgy, and beautiful. Meet Love and Radiation, Chicago's hardest working synth-pop band.
It's been a minute since we've heard from edgy Swedish singer/songwriter Beatrice Eli but she's back! Check out the recently released music video for "It's Over," title track from her debut EP, due March 24th (via Razzia/Family Tree Music/EMI). "It's Over" is a punchy, attitude-filled synth-pop stomper that further solidifies her place as one of my 'Ones to Watch.' Listen to the song on