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Forgotten Worlds

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Do you watch the Olympics like I do? Maybe you do, Maybe you don’t. As for me??? I LIVE FOR IT. And if I were to be completely honest, the whole sports thing isn’t even my favorite part. ITS THE PARADE OF NATIONS! I love watching the citizens of the globe proudly wave their flag around, wearing fun outfits that either show off their flag colors or something else entirely *ahem* TONGA *ahem*. And while I am in love with countries, continents, cultures, languages and the like, EVEN I FORGET ABOUT CERTAIN COUNTRIES. So I will give a few of … Continue reading Forgotten Worlds

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THIS JUST IN: Music News – 03.22

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Onuka Releases New Album – Out TODAY! Ukraine | Electro-Folk I’ve already listened to this album from start to finish today a few times and wow… just wow. I’ll review this at a later date, but for now, just do yourself a favor and have a listen. Onuka is doing something that is so conceptually cool with her music that goes above and beyond any sort of expectation from a listener. Find it on Spotify here or wherever you buy/stream your music!   Pausini Announces U.S. Tour Dates Italy | Pop A post shared by Laura Pausini Official (@laurapausini) on … Continue reading THIS JUST IN: Music News – 03.22

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SPOTLIGHT: Indie/Dream Pop

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Indie/Dream Pop is “an atmospheric subgenre of alternative rock that relies on sonic textures as much as melody”, according to Urban Dictionary. It’s psychaedelic, ambient, floaty, vintage-sounding and as melodic as a melody can get. Began by the likes of Scottish band Cocteau Twins in the ’80s and grown to popularity over the decades, dream pop and simultaneously, indie pop, have become a huge player in the music industry as of late, with brand new acts springing up left and right. American bands like Now, Now and Best Coast are doing a killer job producing amazing music in this genre, … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT: Indie/Dream Pop

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THIS JUST IN – Music News on Chinese Streaming, Bjork’s New single and More!

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Chinese Government Issues Notice to Streaming Services According to digitalmusicnews.com, the Chinese government recently stepped in and wrote a “warning” to Chinese-based music streaming services, warning them against the usage of “exclusive content” and copyright, severely limiting the streaming market and stagnating certain companies. You see, what certain companies like Tencent and NetEase were doing was signing contracts with certain artists or their labels and then refusing to share the “copyrighted/exclusive” content with any other streaming services, thus limiting listeners severely. Listeners would need to subscribe to multiple different service providers and well, that is bound to stagnate any sort … Continue reading THIS JUST IN – Music News on Chinese Streaming, Bjork’s New single and More!

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Courtney Barnett

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 AUSTRALIA | INDIE ROCK/ PSYCHEDELIC How to Boil an Egg – what a peculiar title and what a peculiar girl. Known for her deadpan style of singing, all melancholy-like, Courtney Barnett has been featured everywhere from Rolling Stone Mag, to playing on Ellen, Conan, and even SNL! She has played some of the biggest music festivals around like Coachella and SXSW and was even nominated for a Grammy back in 2015, upon release of her first LP Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit! This Aussie is a skillful storyteller above all else when it comes to … Continue reading Courtney Barnett

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Extinct Series – vol. 2: Operator, Please

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Operator, Please Australia | Pop Rock, Dance-Punk RIP 2005-2011 Why you need to know them… Created their own sound and wrote most of their own music Virtually Unknown (to most Americans anyway), thus a novel band. Super catchy and dance-worthy They played some of the largest festivals in Europe and Australia Members Amandah Wilkinson (lead vocals, guitar) Ashley McConnell (bass, BGV) Tim Commandeur (drums) Chris Holland (keys – not pictured above, but below) Taylor Henderson (violin, BGV) Winning a Battle of the Bands contest at their high school was only just the beginning for these awesome teenage punk-poppers, who went … Continue reading Extinct Series – vol. 2: Operator, Please