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Premiere: Rökkurró – Blue Skies

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Icelandic band Rökkurró strike a majestic and cinematic-styled bit of dark orchestral pop on brand new single “Blue Skies”. Taken from the band’s forthcoming album – the follow-up to 2010’s Í Annan Heim which spent over 100 weeks in the Top 30 of Iceland’s album charts, the wistful and emotionally precise “Blue Skies” was recently explained thematically by singer Hildur Kristín Stefánsdóttir, “The lyrics talk about fulfilling your dreams and the fact that these dreams can die, if you don’t nurture them. I was having a bad day and had this feeling of when things are slipping out of your hands. I noticed that the dress I was wearing had a blue skies pattern on it and it straight away inspired me to write this line: “Blue skies, all your dreams are dying, blue skies, come and bring them back to life.” It was an instant reminder of how you sometimes just need to snap out of it and remember that blue skies are always there.” We’re very pleased to premiere “Blue Skies” below.

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Pre-order “Blue Skies” HERE

Rating 8.3

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reviewed by
09-03-14

WIN TIX to All Things Go Fall Classic with Future Islands, Tove Lo, Panama Weddings and More!

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District of Columbia music fanatics make note because you are in for a treat this coming September 13, as ATG presents the All Things Go Fall Classic! This mini-festival in Washington DC at Union Market boasts a killer line-up featuring Future Islands, Tove Lo, HAERTS, Bear Hands, Panama Wedding, U.S. Royalty, Sun Club, and Young Summer. Sample a playlist from the show as well as get more info on the show and tickets below. *OR* you can try your luck to win a pair of tickets to the show that we’re giving away! To win just email us HERE and let us know you’d like to be entered in the ‘All Things Go Fall Classic Ticket Giveaway’. Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions on Friday, September 12, so keep an eye on your inbox (one entry per person). Good luck!

All Things Go Fall Classic (Info and Tickets)

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09-02-14

She Keeps Bees – Radiance

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“Radiance” is single #2 from She Keeps Bees (following-up the great Sharon Van Etten-featuring “Is What It Is”) upcoming Eight Houses LP for Future Gods Records. Vocalist Jessica Larrabee’s many-textured alto is again standout; as each melodic ache and twist on “Radiance” is believably and dynamically phrased. September 16th is the street date for Eight Houses.

She Keeps Bees (Facebook)

Rating 8.5

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reviewed by
08-29-14

Fiance – Ivy

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The modern ‘gaze of “Ivy” is the single from Delaware band Fiance’s aptly-titled debut EP “EP1”. The EP is out October 7th on SQE Music and you can stream the very good “Ivy” below.

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08-28-14