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Apr 08

EW: SONGS ON THE VERGE

Make sure to download the newest episode of the pmaCAST: Looking Better, Shining Brighter Than You Do, featuring Four Tet, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The xx, Yeasayer, Department of Eagles, Hot Chip and more.

EW picks the Spring’s next big singles! But in my eyes, this list is crap, none of these will be “big”… because, well, Rihanna nor Chris Brown are on it.. also HOW can these be hits without Timbaland or T-Pain being involved? This is a little too confusing.

1. TEYANA TAYLOR – Google Me: Download | Link 2
Alright… maybe this song will make it.

2. SHE & HIM – Why Do You Let Me Stay Here
Indie crooner M. Ward + actress/singer/pixie Zooey Deschanel = one delightful country-pop ditty.

3. KATHLEEN EDWARDS – Buffalo
Gorgeous piano stunner from the gifted Canadian folkie.

4. SANTOGOLD – L.E.S. Artistes: Download | XXXChange RMX
Downtown cool filtered through spare, ragga-inspired backbeats.

5. HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR – Blind: Download
Indelible, horn-addled electro for the masses.

6. IDLE WARSHIP – Industry Diary
Rapper Talib Kweli and songstress Res take down the music biz, create superhot cut.

7. APES & ANDROIDS – Riverside: Download
Ambitious psych epic rife with squiggles and tambourines.

8. RAFTER – Love Time Now Please
Floaty, horn-filled kook-rock pastiche from the San Diego-based Friend of Sufjan.

9. ELF POWER – Spiral Stairs
Longtime Athens, Ga., collective produce pretty piece of jangle-pop fuzz.

10. SEAN GARRETT – Grippin’: Download | Link 2
Atlanta hip-hopper enlists Ludacris for sweet, synth-driven come-on.

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4 comments

  1. I am feeling Santogold, but this type of music isnt the kind to become “hits”.

  2. That Google song is gonna be the next annoying radio hit…

  3. Leigh

    what the fuck is that last song? ugh, terrible!

  4. M

    i agree wit most of this list, these songs are great

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