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Bat For Lashes is set to release her third project the Haunted Man this month and while we highly anticipate its release we've carefully selected twenty five of her best images and wanted to take a look back at the beauty and talent that is Natasha Khan. Enjoy the gallery below. The 25 Best Bat For Lashes Pictures

Sporting a typical rock band name with the trademark definite article, The Killers are a musical booster that reminds us that, as opposed to Marilyn Manson's claim, rock is not dead. These four stars and stripes boys, all Nevada natives, have been immerging us in delicious and pungeant soudnwaves since 2004 when their debut album was released with a bang. They havn't taken much time to take a breath ever since although the four years which followed the release of Day and Age in 2008 have been slightly longer than what we hoped. But naught is lost since the band [...]

Sporting a typical rock band name with the trademark definite article, The Killers are a musical booster that reminds us that, as opposed to Marilyn Manson's claim, rock is not dead. These four stars and stripes boys, all Nevada natives, have been immerging us in delicious and pungeant soudnwaves since 2004 when their debut album was released with a bang. They havn't taken much time to take a breath ever since although the four years which followed the release of Day and Age in 2008 have been slightly longer than what we hoped. But naught is lost since the band [...]

Labor day's bell has tolled for this summer past and so we have decided to make out own musical chimes sound out with our monthly mixtape. Although it's the return to the back to school, back to work, back to Autumn grind, these tracks are just what you need to make the medicine go down and make you look back on this last month of sunshine with a trace of nostalgia and a sigh of satisfaction. August of 2012 was epic, and so is our mixtape. 01 TEEN [...]

• The Maroon Cafe - The Maroon Cafe August Mixtape 2012

"On most of the tracks, after the nervous strum of the guitar sounds, you’d almost expect Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley or Blink 182’s Tom DeLonge to break out singing about crashing a house party or brushing� �up against a crush’s lo cker." Best Coast - The Only Place (2012) 4.0/10 Mexican Summer « When I’m with you » had the record player scratchiness that a picture would have being bleached by Californian sun, bringing to mind a dog-eared portrait of laughing youngsters with just enough candidness so as not to fall into to prepubescent teen-pop and conjure up a kind of universal nostalgia of summers past – conveying [...]

Friends gives us a clip for their latest single 'Mind Control' from the forthcoming debut ' Manifest .' This is the kind of music you can expect us to be blasting for the Summer, rooftop parties, cookouts included. Samantha Urbani.... you really are our favorite she-popper at the mo....... album will see daylight on June 4th.

"The Swedes offered too greedy a bite of their album beforehand, leaving no chance for a tang to come tickle one’s pallet.." Niki and the Dove - Instinct (2012) 6.5/10 Mercury Records You might have already had a taste of the electronic shamanic chants of Nikki and the Dove thanks to their pre-released tracks or remarkable remixes – namely that of Goldroom that pumped up the tribal sounding drums to fit an underground dance floor – and if not you’re about to witness the Nordic full moon eeriness of a musical [...]

"Little Broken Hearts hops from the maverick caravel onto the port-bound steamer." Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts (2012) 5.5/10 Blue Note/EMI If like me, you feel that Come Away With Me was one of those set in the stone of my musical memory albums, you’ll be quite surprise by Norah Jones’ 5th album – “Little Broken Hearts”. Although she had already moved from the minimalistic suave jazz instrumentals and patterns of her debut with 2009’s “The Fall” – the Chasing Pirates video epitomizes her creating a much more specific [...]

Last day of April and it's been a fun 30 days, our first Coachella, new venture expansions coming in the next few weeks that includes a stellar new layout, it all went down this month.  So in same monthly fashion we've conjured up the hottest jams from around the planet for your listening pleasure which you can stream/download in full below.  With new music from Kindess, a blazing collab from Disclosure feat. Sinead Harnett, Fiona Apple, Purity Ring and more.... it's all here! Hit play and listen all the way through, your ears will thank you for it. [...]

Before Yukimi Nagano became frontwoman of one of the coolest bands out right now  Little Dragon , she was collaborating and assisting in hidden gems like the Hird track 'Keep You Kimi.'  This is off his 2004 project ' Moving On .'

While servers that make our site run more smoothly are still down, we thought this would be a perfect opportunity to share this fascinating clip of our Fresh Faced darling Lianne La Havas  6 Music 10th Anniversary special. The singer-songwriter recently took to the stage to perform a full set, a set you can enjoy above. ' Lost and Found ' her forthcoming Ep will see daylight on April 30th. Lianne La Havas 6 Music 10th Anniversary set list No Room For Doubt - 00:00 Au Cinema - 04:05 [...]

"Mondo is more of the comet kind of LPs, smoothly sailing across the skies before entering the ozone layers giving off sparks." Electric Guest - Mondo (2012) 7.5/10 Downtown Records For those who had snuck a peek at pre-released slow-motion mind-blowing “Troubleman” or pined for the “next MGMT” reputation put out there by the blogosphere to come through – you could be setback by the very pop sounding head voice featured on the first few tracks that lack the electronic psychedelic depth of Empire of the Sun&co. Or [...]

Jack White will be releasing his new project 'Blunderbuss' on April 24th and in honor of White's first solo effort, we've collected an archive of different ventures the musician has been on over the past decade. So if you're a fan of The White Stripes , The Ranconteurs or The Dead Weather everything is here! we even scrapped up some b-sides and a rare Upholsterers track which are all included in this mix, a mix we've aptly titled 'The Many Faces Of Jack White.'   In the meantime look at this as [...]

Unable to attend this years festivities? not to worry, you can stream the live performances in their entirety all weekend. From The Black Keys to Florence and the Machine & Miike Snow, you'll witness all of those acts plus more.  Full listing and link are below. Coachella Live Stream Friday, April 13th 03:50 – GIVERS 04:10 – honeyhoney 04:35 – Neon Indian 05:00 – Gary Clark Jr. 05:05 – Grouplove 05:25 – Jimmy Cliff & Tim Armstrong 06:00 – Yuck 06:20 – [...]

"You got red lips snakes in your eyes Long legs great thighs You got the cutest ass I've ever seen Knock me down for a six any time" In what could be one of the sexiest tunes from the iconic collective courtesy of their 1982 album "Hot Space" and a guaranteed mood setter.  Freddie Mercury you are missed greatly!

 Our Fresh Faces and Brooklyn buzz favorites Friends have finally surfaced with brand new material from their debut project.  The sleek disco-pop funk inspired 'Mind Control' which was mixed by Paul Epworth (Adele,Florence and the Machine) will be the collectives first single off of the forthcoming album ' Manifest ' on June 4th via Lucky Number.  Listen as Samantha Urbani and gang gives us a serious reason to be looking forward to Summer. Friends - Mind Control

Noosa  really defines the current state of dreampop and the duo even embodies what a dreampop outfit would sound like in the city of New York.  Full of enchanting ethereal vibes that are as sweet as they appear to be. Which is why we couldn't resist the temptation of having the duo comprised of Sky Barbarick & Matt Buszko to send us over an impromptu set of songs that we've aptly titled 'Pleasuredome Mix.' If you're assuming that this mix includes appearances by Miami Horror , Cut Copy , SBTRKT & even Berlin [...]

"Time Capsules II is a set of 10 potential hits who are mature enough to not take themselves seriously." Oberhofer - Time Capsules II (2012) 9.5/10 Glassnote Recordings If you’re the type to judge a book by its cover – or an album by its casing – you’d be tempted to point a reproachful finger at the web 2.0 phonetic spelling of the track titles of Oberhofer’s first album, Time Capsules II, and tag underage front man Brad Oberhofer of being just that. Yet precisely – and as the [...]

Introducing a new feature on the site where we give you our thoughts and comments on the hottest tracks/albums/things on the interwebs. Call it us as a team breaking out and interacting with you a lot more! Spearheaded by myself (Hollywood Q) and partner extraordinaire (London D.) we're going back and forth and plan on bringing you our honest opinion on the topic at hand.  First up is the brand new track 'Jasmine' from Jai Paul.  Read our feedback below. H.Q.  I totally forgot about this guy! [...]

Not sure if you've heard but Miike Snow have released their glossy Electropop project titled ' Happy To You ' and we're giving away a few copies.  So all you fans of the Swedish outfit here's your chance to win a freebie, courtesy of us.   Read the simple details below. Here's how you enter Like us on Facebook  and comment "Happy To You" on this Miike Snow post on our  page OR [...]