BROODS, You’ve Got It Going On

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Chicago – Chances are by now you’ve heard “Bridges,” by New Zealand sibling duo BROODS. Caleb Nott and his younger sister Georgia took a hold of everyone in the music biz and blogosphere with their irresistible electro-pop single before they even released their self-titled EP, which was produced by Joel Little (Lorde). You can say

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We Talk With Maya Tuttle Of The Colourist

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Seattle — Since the release of their debut full-length album last month, Orange County-based The Colourist has been making a splash with their, as BestNewBands.com’s writer Beth McAllister put it in her review, “relatable front with an eccentric twist.” While selling out shows on their first-ever headlining tour and seeing their self-titled album take over

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Interview – Birdy

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Brooklyn – UK-darling Jasmine Van Den Bogaerde, better known as Birdy, is a 17-year-old prodigy whose work floats in the realm of emotive, expressive and accessible pop. After earning an international following with the release of her first album in 2011, the young musician has reached record levels of stardom in her yet brief career.

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Katie Kate Changes for No One

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Seattle – On one of the first truly sunny days in March (Seattle isn’t just rain, folks), I was driving with the windows down and listening to 90.3 KEXP. A song started to play that instantly captivated me with its beat, attitude, and lyrics, “I am set in stone, I am Rushmore…I change for no

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Mystic Musings: An Interview with Little Daylight

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Chicago – Nikki Taylor, Matt Lewkowicz, and Eric Zeiler have been turning heads and heating up dance floors with their official remixes for bands like Passion Pit, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and Atlas Genius. However the Brooklyn trio, known as Little Daylight, are proving themselves fully capable of creating their own catchy tunes.

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All The Mowgli’s Stories

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  Chicago – Unless you’ve been living under a rock, by now you’ve heard the hit single “San Francisco” by the Mowgli’s. Formally an octet, the recently turned septet consists of Dave Appelbaum, Colin Louis Dieden, Katie Jayne Earl, Josh Hogan, Matthew Di Panni, Spencer Trent, and Andy Warren. The California band mixes rock, folk,

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Talking Shop with July Talk

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Chicago – Peter Dreimanis walks into a bar… now, wait a minute. I swear, this isn’t some bad joke. It’s more like a beautiful black and white movie, in which you might find Bogart and Bacall partaking in some feisty yet charming banter. The story goes like this: one night Dreimanis sat in dark Toronto

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