CRAIG FINN

You know how every Hold Steady song begins with frontman Craig Finn telling a story over slowly building guitar riffs, before the band explodes into an epic, sing-along hook? Now imagine that minus the epic explosion. That’s Finn’s solo album, Clear Heart Full Eyes in a nutshell.

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LANA DEL REY

Gorillaz and Blur frontman, Damon Albarn, is the latest musician to rework one of Lana Del Rey’s singles, joining the likes of Clams Casino, Joy Orbison, Jamie Woon and The…

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FIRST AID KIT

Releasing their sophmore album, The Lion’s Roar, this sister duo from Sweden grabs attention quickly with plucky guitar and standard folk harmonies, but it is their vocals that isolate themselves and ultimately demand attention.

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ARCTIC MONKEYS

Arctic Monkeys dropped the horrendously titled but otherwise pretty good Suck It and See in 2011 and it’s still yielding singles – next up is “Black Treacle,” b/w the brand…

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ELEPHANT CASTLE TUNE

Ambient-leaning electro composer Elephant & Castle (aka David Vincent Reep) is gearing up to drop his first full-length LP Transitions soon, and he’s warming up his audience with an album…

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SBTRKT

On his 2011 self-titled record and the assorted non-album tracks he’s been dropping left and right since then, anonymous, genre-busting London producer SBTRKT is giving the UK’s art-dubstep trend a…

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DJANGO DJANGO

UK pop rockers Django Django may take their name from the French jazz musician Django Reinhardt, but they get their dizzyingly hyper-rhythmic, electro-pervaded indie pop from the school of Franz…

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CLASS ACTRESS

Class Actress, the Brooklyn-based project of Los Angelean songwriter Elizabeth Harper and actual doctor of psychology Mark Richardson, are befittingly a class act – their smooth, bass-heavy electropop is irresistibly…

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NADA SURF THE STARS

Nearly two decades in the game, Nada Surf have proven that they’re solid pop songwriters, and these are truly, undeniably solid pop songs.

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JUSTICE

The french electro duo just dropped this NSFW video for the latest Audio Video Disco single, “On’n’On,” directed by Alexandre Courtes.

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SCHOOLBOY Q

This jam has been on constant rotation at casa de PMA since ScHoolboy Q dropped his Habits and Contradictions LP last Friday. This JeromeD-directed clip is our latest excuse for…

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NICKI MINAJ

Here is a colorful new video from Nicki Minaj’s eccentric “Stupid Hoe.” Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded is out February 14 April 3rd on Young Money.

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PMACAST

The thirty-eighth installment of our semi-regular podcast, including new and recent favorites.

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MIIKE SNOW

Miike Snow’s prepping for a banner 2012: confirming a Coachella appearance, announcing a new record, dropping catchy singles: now they’re countering the alpine imagery in their name with a new…

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AZEALIA BANKS

Universal’s latest signee Azealia Banks debuts a new track in a strange place, even for her: the runway at Mugler’s show at Paris Fashion Week (remember her standout “212″ lyric,…

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OBERHOFER

We have to admit we were a little nervous when we found out Brad Oberhofer, the 21-year-old Brooklyn-via-Tacoma pop alchemist who makes catchy, schizophrenic songs under his last name, was…

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TRUST

We’re really into Trust, the chilly electro project of Austra drummer Maya Postepski and Robert Alfons (see: our obsession with their early single “Bulbform”), so we’re psyched about the release…

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DIE ANTWOORD TENSION

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely heard about South African rave-rap crew Die Antwoord’s upcoming second LP Ten$ion. Until its release they’re building up Internet hype the…

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HARD MIX

Hard Mix is 21-year-old Noah Smith’s name for his hypnotic, homespun electronic experiments, which just happen to be so good he’s already premiering new tracks via mixes for SiriusXM Chill.…

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FRANKIE ROSE

Brooklyn native Frankie Rose has drummed in three of the best reverb-soaked lo-fi bands her borough has to offer, but now she’s taking frontwoman duties and cleaning up her act…

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