Category Archive: Alternative

HIGHASAKITE – ALL THAT FLOATS WILL RAIN (Alternative/Pop – Norway)

Highasakite (Photo by Benedikte Olsen)

Highasakite are Trond Bersu, Ingrid Helene Håvik and Øystein Skar. Together they create smart pop music with elegant arrangements and lush soundscapes. Their mix of driving keyboards, pounding drums, powerful vocals and the occasional noise guitar is unlike most things to come out of Norway in the past few years and that’s precisely why you …

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GIVERS – CEILING OF PLANKTON (Indie/Pop – US)

Givers

After the sweeping success of their 2011 debut album In Light, released in June 2011 via Glassnote Records, Louisiana indie outfit Givers keep distilling their feel-good brand of bouncy pop with new single “Ceiling of Plankton”. To be completely honest, the song is not technically new, since it was actually shared a couple of years …

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JONATHAN BOULET – THIS SONG IS CALLED RAGGED (Alternative/Indie – Australia)

Jonathan Boulet

Sydney upstart Jonathan Boulet gives you his new single, “This Song Is Called Ragged”, from the forthcoming album We Keep The Beat, Found The Sound, See The Need, Start The Heart. The song is currently available as a free MP3 download via the Modular Soundcloud for two weeks only. Jonathan Boulet – This Song Is …

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CHAPELIER FOU – INVISIBLE (Alt/Electronica – France)

Chapelier Fou

Even though Louis Warynski (aka Chapelier Fou) is still relatively unknown to the masses, he already has quite a lot to show for himself. Three EPs, a critically-acclaimed debut album, over a hundred live shows all around the world and now a second full length, Invisible, which is already getting a lot of heat. Released …

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ANNI B SWEET – AT HOME (Folk/Indie – Spain)

Anni B Sweet

Malaga-born singer-songwriter Anni B Sweet is one of the most promising Spanish newcomers of the last few years. After releasing her debut album Start, Restart, Undo in 2009 on indie label Subterfuge Records and conquering the hearts of thousands of fans in Spain (her debut went gold in just a few months), Anni is ready …

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VIDEO : MINT JULEP – TO THE SEA (Alternative/Rock – US)

Formed in Boston in 2007, Mint Julep is the husband-and-wife team of Keith and Hollie Kenniff. Now based in Portland, the duo released their sophomore album, Save Your Season, in August 2011 via Village Green. “To The Sea” is the third single taken off the album and it comes with a video directed by A …

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SISTRA – REVOLVING IN YOU (Indie/Electro – Russia)

Sistra

Hailing from the Far Eastern town of Khabarovsk, indie electronic outfit Sistra (or more correctly систра) was created in 2006 by Artem Gnesin (vocals), Roman Lopatkov (bass), Roman Murashtov (drums) and Arsenii Sysoletin (guitars). After three EPs and countless gigs around Russia and Ukraine, the quartet is now releasing their new single “Revolving in You” …

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VIDEO : WE HAVE BAND – WHERE ARE YOUR PEOPLE (Indie/Electro – UK)

London-based indie trio We Have Band have a new single out! “Where Are your People” is taken off their sophomore album, Ternion, released last January via Naive. The single comes with remixes from Aashton & Swift, Eats Everything, Walls and Kinema and a slightly disturbing video directed by Alex Turvey. We Have Band – Where …

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