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Check ‘Em Out: Goldensuns

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Goldensuns are an LA-by-way-of-Utah brotherly trio and their EP is a beautiful mix of indie rock, shoegaze and funk.  Their first single “I Feel This Place” earned the top spot on Indie Shuffle’s “Popular” chart last month and also charted on Hype Machine, giving some buzz to a band that is currently making a solid name for themselves in Los Angeles. They followed up “I Feel This Place” with the premiere of “Give It Up” on Nerdist a few weeks ago. Check out the EP below. “Gold Chains” has vocals that remind me of Empire of the Sun. I think we’re gonna start to hear more about these guys soon.

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New Song from Coast Modern: “Guru”

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Coast Modern has been on a roll lately after their debut single, “Hollow Life” hit number 2 and “Animals” hit number 3 on HypeM. Now they’ve released their newest track, “Guru”. They’ve got an extensive tour starting in just a few days….this month they’re with BØRNS; over the summer they’ll be with The Wombats and then The Temper Trap in the fall. Check out all the stops below.

Catch Coast Modern on Tour:
May 22– The Orange Peel-Asheville, NC*
May 23– The National – Richmond, VA*
May 249:30 Club – Washington, DC*
May 25– Terminal 5 – New York City , NY*
May 27– Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA*
June 10– Popscene – San Francisco, CA
June 14– Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY**
June 15– College Street Music Hall – New Haven, CT**
June 16– Rough Trade, Brooklyn, NY
June 18– Amos’ South End – Charlotte, NC**
June 20– The Music Farm – Charleston, SC**
June 21– Center Stage – Atlanta, GA**
July 8– Summerfest – Milwaukee, WI
July 9– Power & Light District – Kansas City, MO**
July 11– Deluxe @ Old National Center – Indianapolis, IN**
July 12– First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN**
July 13– Metro – Chicago, IL**
July 15– PromoWest Fest – Columbus, OH
July 18– The Ready Room – St. Louis, MO**
July 19– Cannery Ballroom – Nashville, TN**
July 23– Mo Pop Festival – Detroit, MI
August 1– The Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ**
August 3– The Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA**
August 5– The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA**
September 2 – Bumbershoot – Seattle, WA
September 19 – Wonder – Portland, OR***
September 21 – Commodore – Vancouver, BC***
September 25 – Gothic – Denver, Colorado***
September 27 – Varsity – Minneapolis, MN***
September 28 – Metro – Chicago, IL***
September 30 – Phoenix – Toronto, ON***
October 4 – Royale – Boston, MA***
October 5 – TLA – Philadelphia, PA***
October 6 – 930 Club – Washington, DC***
October 8 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA***
October 9 – 3rd and Lindsley – Nashville, TN***
October 11 – Granada – Dallas, TX***
October 12 – White Oak – Houston, TX***
October 13 – Emo’s – Austin TX***
October 16 – Observatory North Park – San Diego, CA***
October 17 – Observatory – Orange County, CA***
October 18 – Belasco Theatre – Los Angeles, CA***
October 19 – Warfield – San Francisco, CA***
* supporting BØRNS
** supporting The Wombats
*** supporting The Temper Trap
+ more festivals to be announced

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Check ‘Em Out: Corbu

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“Brooklyn band using chopped-up movie music to create heavy-lidded dreampop” – The Guardian

“A combination of chillingly beautiful synth instrumental sound and introspective whispery vocals, with a lava lamp aesthetic.” – NYLON

New York neo-psyche band Corbu are streaming “Polygon Forest”, the first track from their forthcoming debut album. With its choral harmonies and tribal drumming over shimmering, glacial synths “Polygon Forest” is a glorious and uplifting trip, taken from their album Crayon Soul, out 5th August 2016 via 3 Beat (EU) & Big Picnic (US).

Recorded and produced by the band, Crayon Soul was mixed by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, MGMT). A vivid exploration inspired in part by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Graves’ lucid dreams, Crayon Soul is a truly realised vision. “It’s a journey through a series of “gates”, or events that you pass through with the narrator,” says Graves of the album. “At each event, you change and shift into a new part of the story.”

Extremely visual, Corbu create captivating, kaleidoscopic visuals to accompany their music. Encouraging listeners to paint their own path through Corbu’s world, Crayon Soul includes a colouring book, as well as artwork inspired by each of the twelve songs.

Crayon Soul follows two acclaimed EPs, We Are Sound and Everything You Imagine Is Real, which garnered praise from the likes of NYLON, Stereogum, The Guardian, NME and more, as well as capturing the attention of Jessie Ware, who personally requested the band to remix her song “You & I (Forever)”.

Crayon Soul is released 5th August 2016.

 

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