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Tei Shi – Keep Running

Tei Shi by JJ Medina

Tei Shi by JJ Medina

Tei Shi is back!

The Agostina Gálvez-directed video for ‘Keep Running’ by the Brooklyn based songstress oozes sex appeal and instantly takes us back to that Flake advert from the 80’s, but this time it’s a mic and not a chocolate bar.

Tei Shi’s debut album, ‘Crawl Space’, is out 31 March on Downtown/Interscope Records.

Sounds like: ASTR, Tinashe, Shura, Claire, Ballet School, VÉRITÉ, La Roux, Ronika, Kitten, Depeche Mode, Lykke Li, FKA Twigs, Rilo Kiley, Dominique

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Geowulf – Don’t Talk About You

Geowulf

Geowulf

Geowulf are an Australian born dream pop duo comprised of Star Kendrick (vocals) and Toma Banjanin (guitar/production), who now reside in London/Berlin.

Following on from their summer hit, the amorous ‘Saltwater’, is the video for ‘Don’t Talk About You’. It was shot in Berlin and watches as the couple explore the city through a hazy filtered lens.

About the track, the duo explain,

“This song went through a geographical & creative metamorphosis over almost two years… We originally wrote it in Copenhagen, demo’ed it in Stockholm and then revisited it recently when Toma & I were both in London. I guess the song speaks for itself but ultimately it falls in the good ol’ “wanting-something-that-ain’t-good-for-you” vein …”

It’s out now on 37 Adventures.

Sounds like: Hazel English, Summer Heart, Rilo Kiley, Daywave, Kurt Vile, Warpaint

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Best Youth – Black Eyes

Best Youth

Best Youth

Best Youth is a funky synth twosome from Porto in Portugal.

Their incredibly seductive new video for ‘Black Eyes’ features the duo, Ed Rocha Gonçalves and Catarina Salinas.

Ed and Catarina met as teenagers during the summer holidays. They formed a three-piece band called Genius Loki which released two EPs and toured nationally, but later disbanded. After a few years, while working on a solo album, Ed got back in touch with Catarina for a few recording sessions and they started officially working together under the name Best Youth.

Sounds like: True Noir, Rilo Kiley, Moullinex

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Hot As Sun – I Can Feel Your Love

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Hot As Sun by Naveen Chabaul

Hot As Sun is the electronic pop project of singer-songwriter/composer Jamie Jackson.

Working with Seth Kauffman (Lana Del Rey, Ray La Montagne) and The Gifted, Jamie recorded her ‘Little Friend’ EP in her basement whilst pregnant and the track ‘I Can Feel Your Love’ is about giving birth to her daughter.

Sounds like: Rilo Kiley, Lana Del Rey, Henri, Fleet Foxes, Susanne Sundfør, Foster The People, Phantogram

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Metric – The Shade

Metric by Justin Broadbent

Metric by Justin Broadbent

Are you ready Pagans?

After a three year hiatus, Metric returns with the official video for ‘The Shade’.

The video has been directed by Lauren Graham and features a sequence of loops in utopian downtown LA.

It has been taken from upcoming album, ‘Pagans in Vegas’, due for release on 18 September via the band’s own label, MMI. Pre-orders here.

Want to stay up to date with Metric? Their ‘The Pagan Portal’ app features advance releases and special announcements.

October
Wed 7th BRISTOL, O2 Academy
Thur 8th BIRMINGHAM, Birmingham Institute
Fri 9th MANCHESTER, Ritz
Sun 11th GLASGOW, O2 ABC
Mon 12th OXFORD, O2 Academy
Wed 14th LONDON, Forum

Sounds like: The Naked and Famous, Karen O, Chvrches, Hot Hot Heat, The Sounds, Rilo Kiley, Wolf Parade

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Telepathe – Drown Around Me

Telepathe

Telepathe

Telepathe (aka multi-instrumentalists Busy Gangnes and Melissa Livaudais) have quite a history.

The duo initially started recording music in 2006 by moving to a warehouse in Bushwick and recording their first EP ‘Farewell Forest’. This was followed in 2008 with their debut album ‘Dance Mother’, which they worked on with TV on the Radio‘s Dave Sitek.

They later quit their day jobs and relocated to Los Angeles to record the album in a few short and intense months. “Melissa and I decided to leave NY for a couple of months during the winter to write and record this new album,” Busy explains. “We rented an apartment on Sunset Boulevard. At the time we were reading a lot Science Fiction and researching California cults, which became themes that seeped into our music.”

Watch the effortlessly cool video for ‘Drown Around Me’ below:

The track has been taken from their long-awaited second album ‘Destroyer’. Co-produced with Lewis Pesacov and mixed by Matty Green, the girls have started their own label BZML to release their album on their own terms.

Sounds like: Ballet School, Monogem, Madonna, LCD Soundsystem, Tom Vek, Rilo Kiley

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Tei Shi – Bassically

Tei Shi - Bassically

Tei Shi – Bassically

Sometimes we listen to a song that makes us have no doubt in our minds that writing our music blog is important. ‘Bassically’ by Tei Shi is one of those tracks.

Tei Shi is Brooklyn-based Colombian singer, Valerie Teicher. ‘Bassically’ is catchy pop that rings 80’s electronica with modern R&B. Get ready to feel sexy.

Sounds like: Shura, Claire, Ballet School, La Roux, Ronika, Kitten, Depeche Mode, Lykke Li, FKA Twigs, Rilo Kiley

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