MIIKE SNOW

Swedish pop trio, Miike Snow – who brought us inescapable earworms like “Animal” and “Silvia” in 2009 – are coming back this March with their sophomore LP, Happy To You.

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SONDRE LERCHE

Sondre Lerche has proven himself a pop culturally voracious man over the past few years, what with his choice of covers, but he’s outdone himself with his traditional holiday release…

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Lykke Li

Here’s your holiday gift from everyone’s favorite Swedish pop songstress – Lykke Li’s offering a free three-song EP of “Lost Sessions” on her blog, which features alternate takes of Wounded…

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DRAKE TAKE CARE

Fresh off racking up year-end accolades left and right for Take Care, Drake’s released a video for “The Motto.” The Lil Wayne and Tyga-featuring track is a serious album highlight,…

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FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE CEREMONIALS

Earlier this week, Florence Welsh of Florence + the Machine covered Amy Winehouse’s “Back To Black” on cable television. This inspired us to give away two rather beautiful pieces of…

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FLORENCE + THE MACHINE

TV On the Radio’s Dave Sitek has been busy in 2011 – dropping a (very dope) record with his own band, producing material for countless bands, and churning out remixes…

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NICKI MINAJ STUPID HOE

In unsurprising Nicki Minaj news of the day, the self-styled “Female Weezy” has finally titled a song “Stupid Hoe” – she uses the phrase enough in her music.

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WIN WIN

This awards season, Hollywood bigwigs are shining some light on indie music – first Bon Iver’s Bon Iver received a Grammy nomination or two, now the shortlist for the Oscar…

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CEO

The Tough Alliance’s Eric Berglund dropped a remix EP of cuts from White Magic, his 2010 record under his nom-de-Balearic-pop ceo, late last year in his native Scandinavia, but it’s…

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LIGHTOUTS

Brooklyn’s Lightouts have been releasing catchy indie rock in the vein of old school Killers, all year long. The band has just released the visuals for their catchiest earworm, “The…

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THE INTERNET

Good news – the internet didn’t develop a sentient consciousness and make a record called Purple Naked Ladies: rather, Syd Tha Kid (better known in her role as Odd Future’s…

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TALIB KWELI

Talib Kweli’s next record, due next year, is called Prisoner of Conscious, and our first taste of it is “Distractions.” Kweli might play on his constant labeling as a “conscious…

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PANDA BEAR

Panda Bear’s reverent and heartwarming carol “You Can Count On Me” has been given some trippy (as usual) visuals, courtesy of director Danny Perez. It’s a Panda Bear-appropriate way to…

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KRIT CLAMS

The FADER’s very awesome HTC X Squared series pairs up and up rappers and interesting producers together and the latest collaboration is very exciting – one of the most promising…

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FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

On this year’s VH1 Divas, Florence + the Machine paid tribute to the late, great Amy Winehouse with this short cover of “Back To Black,” the title track to Winehouse’s…

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LANA DEL REY BORN TO DIE

Earlier today, iTunes UK begam to offer up a new Lana Del Rey song called “Off To The Races” as it’s Free Single of the Week. Naturally, the song has…

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COMMON

On his ninth studio album, Common is front and center, handling the spotlight with the same hungry humility he’s held on to all these years.

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LCD Soundsystem

For this year’s Record Store Day, the now-defunct LCD Soundsystem contributed to Franz Ferdinand’s Covers EP; returning the favor for FF’s cover of LCD’s masterwork, “All My Friends” back in…

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JAMES BLAKE ENOUGH THUNDER

James Blake’s visuals for “A Case of You” – the singer-songwriter dubsteb wunderkind’s ode to Joni Mitchell – have been released. Like all of Blake’s videos, the clip is quality…

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Memoryhouse

Sub Pop will put out Memoryhouse’s first full-length album The Slideshow Effect on February 28, and in the meantime you can listen to “The Kids Were Wrong,” an awesome new…

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