Introducing City 21…

Downtempo/trip-hop music from Portugeuse duo City 21's debut EP, Evaporar... http://soundcloud.com/blueshift-records/sets/city-21-evaporar-ep Buy Mp3s @ Amazon Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Avec Sans: Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush Cover)

Dark, trippy, electro-pop cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" by Avec Sans. You can download the mp3 at Soundcloud. http://soundcloud.com/avecsans/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-avec-sans-cover http://youtu.be/Ejg_JdAx59w Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Introducing Suntrapp…

Some folk songs are like a breath of fresh air, like Nick Drake's "Northern Sky," Alexi Murdoch's "Orange Sky" and "Sun Down" by Nik Freitus. "New Morning" by Suntrapp is one such song... https://soundcloud.com/suntrapp/new-morning Buy Mp3 @ Amazon Suntrapp Official Site Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Introducing Ricky Valet…

Ricky Valet's debut EP is a trippy carnival ride, or as they call it "minimal electronic/rap/witch music." Trippy electri-pop tracks "Amongst Friends" (feat. Mothica) and "Stuck Up" (feat. Rachel Mason) bookend trippy rap track "New Oxygen" (feat. Dain the Sire & John Tabler). The entire EP is available as a free, legal download at Soundcloud....

Shovels & Rope Singer Duets w/ Quiet Life

This jaunty Tin Pan Alley duet is Quiet Life's new single featuring Shovels & Rope singer, Cary Ann Hearst. The song is from Quiet Life's new EP, Housebroken Man. http://soundcloud.com/mamabirdrecordingco/housebroken-man Buy @ Amazon Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Introducing Michael Persall…

"If you like Puppies or Nutella" was the subject line for this Muruch music submission. I usually hate such press release gimmicks, but Michael Persall knew how to hook me and more importantly the 21-year old NYC singer-songwriter's music and smooth falsetto lives up to the lofty subject teaser. "Stance" is from Persall's upcoming second...

Muruch Weekly Playlist, 10-17-14

What I've been listening to this week... http://open.spotify.com/user/muruch/playlist/1NBvETzr0V4bMecp6bw2rS Missing from Spotify: "O Death" by Lotte Kestner (Vic Chesnutt cover), "Blue Moon Revisited" by Cowboy Junkies & Vic Chestnutt (live version from Trinity Revisited), "<a href="Fall">Fall" by Victoria, "Amazing" by Johnette Napolitano, "Hotride" by Prodigy & Juliette Lewis, "In The Parlor" by Pina, "Amaritsi" by Luminescent...

Kate Miller-Heidke: O Vertigo!

Kate Miller-Heidke's new album, O Vertigo!, features her signature combination of quirky avante-pop and astoundingly beautiful operatic flourishes with a heavier electro-beat undercurrent than her previous releases. The opening track and first single, "Offer It Up," uses an electro-gospel multi-tracked choir of Kate's voice as both backing vocals and rhythmic embellishments. We premiered the song...

Prince on Scandal

The song in the party scene of ABC's Scandal was "Controversy" by Prince. So awesome. http://open.spotify.com/track/5shPZ6RnC6sCm0iSZiv7wU Buy Mp3 @ Amazon Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');

Introducing Clara Berry & Wooldog…

New Hampshire duo Clara Berry & Wooldog's new single, "Riches & The Girls," has a sultry, dark electro-pop sound reminiscent of Elysian Fields. You can hear it and "Air Traffic," a track from their debut album The Magician's Wife, below... Buy @ Amazon Clara Berry Official Site Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');