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CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from James Blake, Angel Du$t, Tsatsami, Shy One, Moonlight + Lykke Li…
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🎧 Approved: Lowertown
Lowertown’s world has that charming lo-fi intimacy and Tumblr-born romanticism. New single ‘I Like You A Lot’ is a rare love song from the pair. Set to a spry drumbeat and tape-worn guitars, it details the physical sensations and mental spirals of infatuation…
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🎧 Approved: Girl Scout
Girl Scout’s jazz school chops and a penchant for scrappier music gives their songs a loose, lived-in feel, where melody comes first and polish is optional. New single ‘Keeper’ pulls away from the scuzziness of last month’s ‘Operator’ and sinks into something foggier and more exposed…
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🎧 Approved: Joseph Terrell
Joseph Terrell isn’t your typical strummy folk protagonist, he’s proof that American folk music still has teeth, and that sometimes the smile comes before the bite…
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🎧 Approved: ugly ozo
Isle of Wight trio ugly ozo dwell in a languid space between grungey bedroom pop and doom-gaze. New single ‘hi, how are you?’ was written during a stretch of burnout and emotional numbness, and it carries that weight…
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CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise last week, from Ray Laurél, COUCOU CHLOE, Labrinth, Artemas + Kneecap…
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🎧 Approved: Namasenda
Swedish pop visionary Namasenda is in her own Eurobeat-tinged, angelic pop world. New single ‘Cola’ is a glossy, digi-soaked rush of avant-pop, pairing accelerated guitar arpeggios with elastic rhythms and a tectonic low end for a sleek, hypnotic, all-around bop…
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🎧 Approved: GUV
GUV grew up moving between Toronto and England and carries a very real strain of UK lineage that separates him from other hardcore kids sporting bowl cuts. New single ‘Blue Jade’ leans hard into punchy shoegaze, smearing hummable melodies beneath a thick gloss of distortion and texture…
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CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise last week, from Arctic Monkeys, James Blake, Charlotte Plank, Joji + Pollyfromthedirt…
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🎧 Approved: tofusmell
Tofusmell, the project of Winnipeg musician Rae Chen, carries echoes of 90s indie folk, Elliott Smith, early Sufjan Stevens, but Chen isn’t chasing their shadows. New single ‘(Me Tomorrow)’ gently stretches their framework. It’s unassuming, almost lulling, until the final moments…
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🎧 Approved: Odd Beholder
Odd Beholder is the project of Swiss artist Daniela Weinmann, who makes electro wave and dreamily dark indie pop that documents the oddities and quiet failures of contemporary life. New single ‘Like A Chore’ emerged from a specific moment she witnessed while working as a teacher to finance her music…
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CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise last week, from Charli xcx, Holy Fuck, Flea, Thom Yorke, Shy One, George Riley, Sophia Stel + Mura Masa…