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Newest Love: Gordon Voidwell

On the track, “Ivy League Circus,” the velvety, 80’s R&B style vocals glide over an elastic, electro-funk groove. The clip was directed by The Wilderness, who also helmed videos for Passion Pit, The Juan MacLean, Antipop Consortium, and Spank Rock.

 He has produced songs on both Das Racist mixtapes (“Shorty Said” and “Puerto Rican Cousins”), an official remix of Twin Shadow’s I Can’t Wait,” and the track “Spring Fever” for battle rap king Iron Solomon. 
 
Gordon has also won the adorations of everyone from indie darlings BRAHMS (who remixed Voidwell’s “Ivy League Circus”) to pop music masterminds like Grammy-winning producer Mark Ronson (who declared “I love this shit.  I play it on my radio show, in my house AND in my sets.”)  Mayer Hawthorne, another fan, even invited Gordon to open his tour this past Fall along with The Heavy. His first full length debut album will be out later this year.

You can grab a free download of the original AND BRAHMS remix of “Ivy League Circus” over at Stereogum: click here!

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New Video: Poly Styrene – “Virtual Boyfriend”

At the end of 2010, Poly Styrene, the unforgettable frontwoman and iconic face of the seminal band X-ray Spex announced her return to the music scene. A true musical; and fashion rebel, Poly Styrene has returned at her most thrilling.

X-ray Spex may have only been around for a couple of years but their star shone brightly. Poly Styrene’s return is highly anticipated; she remains a genuine icon and one of the premier influences on the Riot Grrrl and Britpop scenes. Currently, a new set of young American bands like the Yeah Yeahs Yeahs, The Gossip and countless others recognize her fiery, irrepressible presence. With her great self-styled image, brilliantly sharp lyrics and powerful presence, Poly’s indomitable spirit still inspires.

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2011: Top 100 Artists on the Verge

These are the artists in America most ready to break for 2011. These artists have built a strong base for themselves in the areas of ticket sales, music sales, video views, music listens, and social media attention. In addition, the New Music Seminar music committee has recognized criteria including quality and uniqueness of songs, recordings and live show as well as the artists’ image/statement. Which ones do you already know and love?

Abe Vigoda
Aerodrone
Allie Moss
Amber Rubarth
Avery*Sunshine
Avey Tare
Baths
Black Metal Box
Bop Skizzum
Cold Cave
Dark Dark Dark
Das Racist
Devil To Pay
Ducktails
Emilio Rojas
Emily Wells
Enation
Faded Paper Figures
Fashawn
Fences
Filligar
Fitz and The Tantrums
Francis and The Lights
Gaby Moreno
Gentlemen Hall
Get Busy Committee
Glasser
Go Periscope
Hey Marseilles
Holly Conlan
Jarrod Gorbel
Javelin
Jes Hudak
Jesse Boykins III
Jesse Idol
John Regan
Jon Connor
Kari Kimmel
Kat Edmonson
Kate Tucker
Katie Cole
Keep Me Conscious
Kendrick Lamar
Kevin Ross
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Lady Lamb Beekeeper
Leftover Cuties
Light Asylum
LoveSick Radio
Macklemore
Marcus Strickland
Marina V
Marnie Stern
Mary Magdalan
Maserati
Matthew Ebel
Mieka Pauley
Mike Del Rio
MNDR
My Dear Disco
Nick Javas
Nylon Pink
O’DEATH
Oneohtrix Point Never
Pepper Rabbit
Perfume Genius
Phil Adé
Red Molly
Reef The Lost Cauze
Reks
SB
Shane Alexander
Shayna Zaid And The Catch
Shinobi Ninja
Skylar Grey
Sleeperstar
Smoke DZA
Stars Go Dim
Tamaryn
Teengirl Fantasy
The Astronomical Kid
The Black and White Years
The Daylights
The Ferocious Few
The Gaslamp Killer
The Kicks
The Kid Daytona
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Thee Oh Sees
Time and Distance
Tobacco
Toro Y Moi
Trash Talk
Tu Fawning
Twin Sister
Tyler, The Creator
Wild Nothing
Young Widows
Yuck
Zoe Keating 

The NMS Artist on the Verge Top 100 is compiled based on analytics both online and traditional. Factors considered include: music sales (physical and digital) ticket sales, frequency of gigs, touring history, merchandise sales, media (both online and print), social media activity, online buzz and other factors as determined by the NMS Music Committee.

Artists are further evaluated by using an arsenal of analytics from NMS Partners: BigChampagne, Next Big Sound, ReverbNation and OurStage; music industry experts and tastemakers. From this collected data, the NMS Music Committee selects The Artists on the Verge Top 100, which are listed alphabetically, regardless of genre.

The Artist on the Verge Project is a closed process and solicitations are never accepted or considered. The NMS Artist on the Verge Project is NOT an open contest for artists to submit their music to NMS like other contests, which are subjective in nature. NMS does not charge artists to enter or to be selected.

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New Video: CREEP “Days” ft. Romy Madley-Croft of The xx

Brooklyn duo CREEP (producers/DJs Lauren Flax and Lauren Dillard) released their debut single, “Days,” yesterday, January 25, through Young Turks.  The single features guest vocals by The xx’s Romy Madley-Croft. 
 
“Days” is a ghostly blend of Romy’s ethereal voice and CREEP’s sinister beats, blending tones of goth, shoegaze and R&B to create darkly prophetic and orchestral soundscapes. I’ll keep ya updated on the full album that’s set for release this year.

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Musically Amusing’s Top 10 Albums of ’10

Generally I have a hard time coming up with a list of top albums from the year. Probably because there are few albums where I genuinely like over half of the songs. Entire albums tend to disappoint me, especially when you check out a band because of one particular song only to find out the rest of them suck. With that said, this list is serious. The following albums from this year demand your attention if you haven’t given it up already. Oh, and I tried to put them in order of relevancy, but I can’t. Some are easily in the top half, some are easily in the bottom half; but I just can’t differentiate and after 3 tries and the third not being a charm, I quit. (Hahaaaa!)

 10. MenomenaMines

Favorite song: “Oh Pretty Boy, You’re Such a Big Boy”

9. The LimousinesGet Sharp

Favorite song: “Internet Killed the Video Star

8. School of Seven BellsDisconnect from Desire

Favorite song: (It’s a tie!) “Windstorm” and “Heart Is Strange”

7. Two Door Cinema ClubTourist History

Favorite song: “I Can Talk”

6. Broken BellsBroken Bells

Favorite song: (another tie!) “October” and “Trap Doors”

5. JavelinNo Mas

Favorite Song: “The Merkin Jerk”

4. SuckersWild Smile

Favorite Song: “Roman Candles”

3. Wolf ParadeExpo 86

Favorite song: “What Did My Lover Say?”

2. Matt & KimSidewalks

Favorite song: “Block After Block”

1. Girl TalkAll Day

Favorite song: “That’s Right”

 (The back cover is even cooler!)

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“OMFG” Innerparty System Remix MP3

Hailed by ZINK Magazine as “U.K.’s best kept secret” Deluka’s “OMFG” Innerparty System remix premiered yesterday.  Having remixed everyone from Katy Perry to the Killers, Innerparty System has infused a fast and intense beat into the electrifying hit song that is sure to get your body moving.  You can download the “OMFG” Innerparty System remix on The Street Date or here.
 
If you missed Deluka’s commanding performances at CMJ, the band has several new shows coming up. Baeble Music is also offering 3 lucky fans the chance to win a signed copy of You Are the Night and a Deluka t-shirt.  The contest ends 11/30, click here to enter.

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February’s New Music Seminar Held In LA

The New Music Seminar has generated huge buzz as one of the new key future of music industry events to attend. The next scheduled multi-day conference is hitting LA on February 14th through 16th, 2011 (the day after the Grammys). NMS NYC sold out this summer with a hot red carpet events and tons of talent/artists involved.  This upcoming LA event promises to be nothing less than stellar. The kickoff red carpet event, The After Grammy Jammy (the NMS Opening Night Party), will be held at The Music Box in Hollywood on Monday night, February 14th with the “Artist on the Verge Finals”, which selects one artist who will walk away with over $50K in promotion and marketing, Tuesday, February 15th at The Roxy. 

NMS founder Tom Silverman explains;

“The New Music Seminar is the epicenter of a new movement. The NMS is the creative crucible where new ideas are hatched and new collaborations formed.  The New Music Seminar is a meeting of the architects of the next music business; the creators, the investors, the technological visionaries, those for whom music is a passion that they cannot do without.”

Media partners and sponsors include: The Recording Academy, Grammy Museum, LA Weekly, Music Connection, Digital Music News, Reverbnation, KCRW, Indie 103.1, MySpace Music, Hypebot, IndiePower, Gibson, Filter Magazine, Soundexchange and a host of other new technology and traditional music and entertainment companies.

For NMS tickets please go to http://www.NewMusicSeminar.com. Register by November 26th and receive early discount price of $175.  All registered delegates prior to November 26th will have a chance to win two tickets to the Grammys on Sunday, February 13th.  NMS also is offering registered delegates a room rate of $169 plus tax at the Sheraton Universal Hotel, where all the networking will take place all day and night and will be the place to meet your next business partners.  All registrations and reservations are available by going to http://www.NewMusicSeminar.com

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Kraddy’s First Solo Release

Since Kraddy’s departure from the Glitch Mob last year, he’s been hard at work on his first solo EP. Now it’s ready and Labyrinth will be on sale tomorrow. You can preview Labyrinth on Kraddy’s website by clicking here (and you can get a free download of “No Comply” — check out 3:40 when the breakdown begins!)

ALSO — Download the FREE Dirty Got Soul mix for a taste of what’s to come.

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Miniature Tigers “Bullfighter Jacket” Video

Click image to watch the video for "Bullfighter Jacket"

 
“A zeitgeisty comination of vocal-indie-world-pop (a la Grizzly Bear and Local Natives), old-school indie pop, casual experimentation, and the druggy-haze of dream-pop.” – Metromix
 
Named one of SPIN Magazine‘s 5 Best New Artists for October, Miniature Tigers have a new “Where’s Waldo” themed video for their single “Bullfighter Jacket”. It’s honestly one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen!

After wrapping up a month with Neon Indian, The Tigers are hitting the road again for a string of dates with The Walkmen and Japandroids followed by a full US tour with Freelance Whales.

Miniature Tigers Tour Dates:

w/ THE WALKMEN & JAPANDROIDS
Oct 13 – Metro – Chicago, IL
Oct 14 – Barrymore Theater – Madison, WI
Oct 15 – Cabooze on the West Bank – Minneapolis, MN
CMJ
Oct 19 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY   
CMJ Show w/ Kevin Devine, the Goddamn Band
w/ FREELANCE WHALES
Nov 5 – Maxwell’s – Hoboken, NJ
Nov 6 – Black Cat – Washington, DC   
Nov 7 – Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC   
Nov 8 – Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta, GA   
Nov 10 – Fitzgerald’s Downstairs – Houston, TX 
Nov 11 – The ND at 501 Studios – Austin, TX
Nov 12 – Loft – Dallas, TX
Nov 14 – Clubhouse Music Venue – Tempe, AZ   
Nov 16 – Detroit Bar – Costa Mesa, CA 
Nov 18 – Troubadour – LA, CA
Nov 19 – Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA
Nov 21 – Doug Fir – Portland, OR
Nov 23 – Crocodile Cafe – Seattle, WA
Nov 26 – Neurolux Lounge – Boise, ID   
Nov 27 – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT   
Nov 29 – Hi Dive – Denver, CO   
Dec 3 – The Basement – Columbus, OH   
Dec 4 – Brillobox, – Pittsburgh, PA   
Dec 5 – Mohawk Place – Buffalo, NY   
Dec 7 – The Monkey House – Burlington, VT   
Dec 8 – Castaways – Ithaca, NY   
Dec 9 – Middle East – Boston, MA   
Dec 10 – Iron Horse Music Hall – Northampton, MA   
Dec 14 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA

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Highly Anticipated: New Digitalism

Out November 9, 2010 (US) on Kitsune

Digitalism has debuted a teaser for their first new track in THREE years! Click here for a taste of “Blitz” which SPIN calls “…fresh Daft Punk-like beats and moody rhythms similar to Interpol.”

Discovering a galaxy of new sounds and rhythmic activity, all reports indicate that the duo are almost ready to bring their collective movements back to earth when they release their long awaited second album next year. Their 2007 debut LP Idealism stood out among a sea of similar-minded acts, attributed to their ability to so deftly walk the line of rock and electronic, and prompting Pitchfork to iterate that among their peers “Digitalism turn out to be the artists probably most dedicated of all to the idea of merging rock and electronic dance music.”

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