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All Things Blue - llawgne - Flight Attendant - Palberta

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All Things Blue are a Los Angeles pysch-shoegaze band and they have just released 'Lully' ahead of their debut album 'Get Bit'. The song itself slowly opens with gorgeous vocals and plenty of originality, adding some refined musical accompanyment. ===== llawgne (aka Mathias Engwall) shares 'Reverie Neverending' a song that is smooth flowing dream pop with a hint or two of showegaze, the melodic hooks making the piece really stand out. ===== From Flight Attendant we have the new track and video for 'Comedy Show'. The Nashville based quintet serve up a song that builds both musically and with intensity, it's a little dramatic and very enticing, the video conveys all of that. ===== Palberta return just over a month since we featured 'Before I Got Here' with another new song and video for 'Corner Store'. Once again the vocals and especially the harmonies are notable and the stripped back music complements well. ========================

Flor and The Sea - Sketch Club - Rampton Prom - Looms

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Flor and The Sea have just released their new E.P 'Kings & Queens'. Last month we shared 'A Candid Lie' from the collection and we now have the full set streaming below, this really is a sumptuous collection of indie electro music. ===== Yesterday Sketch Club released 'Futile Pursuits' which is a rhythmic and sweeping alt rocker with some fabulous melodic hooks. ===== Rampton Prom debut single 'Too Baby' is a stunning and dreamy song that flows along and demands an immediate replay. ===== Brooklyn rockers Looms have shared 'Obvious' a song that packs plenty of power, emotion and some very catchy vibes. =================================================== Flor and The Sea - Kings & Queens (E.P). The songs of Flor and the Sea’s debut EP Kings & Queens invite listeners to surrender themselves to the stream of music: to dream, to dance and to defy the world’s tumult for a moment and abandon themselves to the group’s heady stylistic fus

Falcon Jane - Loryn Taggart - Leif Vollebekk - HOPdot

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Falcon Jane has shared 'Feelings' just ahead of Friday's album releases 'Faith'. We have already had the pleasure of featuring two songs from the new album and the latest 'Feelings' is another fine reminder of her knack for creating original and lovable music. ===== From Loryn Taggart we have 'The River' where the folk and singer songwriter shares a gently opening and intimate song, the build is gradual, the end is fabulous and in between we are treated to some wonderful vibes. ===== Leif Vollebekk has released a new original song entitled 'Long Blue Light' it's accompanied by a cover of Bon Iver's '29 #Strafford APTS'. We are just sharing 'Long Blue Light' which is a gorgeous piece that just funnels emotion. ===== HOPdot contacted us directly with 'Before We All Go Under'. They are a father and daughter duo and collectively they are simply fabulous as is born out with this gentle, intelligent and beautiful

Michaela Bekenn - AJ Rosales - Muca & La Marquise

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Michaela Bekenn recently released 'The Earth Has Music' and thankfully it came our way this week. The Toronto based artist has a multitude of skills which include creating intimate, refined and beautifully arranged singer songwriter pieces, as this track amply demonstrates. ===== Chicago singer-songwriter AJ Rosales has shared 'If Not Today'. AJ has drawn a number of impressive comparisons and his music is hard to pin down into any one genre, more importantly though this is one powerful and irresistible song. ===== We are also just catching up on Muca & La Marquise who released 'October Blues' unsurprisingly at the end of October. The vocals are quite stunning as is the sumptuous bluesy musical backdrop, there's shades of Jeff Buckley but come on, surely nobody can complain about that. =================================================== Michaela Bekenn - The Earth Has Music. Michaela Bekenn is a Toronto-based interdisciplinary singer-songwriter, soun

Lusterlit - Red Spot Rhythm Section

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It's been a couple of years since we last shared a song from Lusterlit (time flies and all of that) so it's a big welcome back especially as their new song 'Squealer' is just so good. It's something of a departure from the last song share however it's still something special as the rhythm and vocal passion simmer together wonderfully. ===== Another band serving up some original and creative vibes are Red Spot Rhythm Section who recently shared a couple of imaginative and hook filled tunes, namely 'Hard To Give Thanks' and 'Foundation'. =================================================== Lusterlit - Squealer. With their songs created for Bushwick Book Club, BBC founder, Susan Hwang and BBC contributor and producer, Charlie Nieland, have joined forces to perform as the new, literature-inspired duo—Lusterlit. Both vocalists and multi-instrumentalists, Charlie and Susan alternate lead vocals and harmonies while supporting each other on guitar, bas

Kai Strauss - Grace Gillespie - Rosie Carney - WeatheredMan and The Noise

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Kai Strauss shares the title song for his forthcoming album 'In My Prime'. Comprising of eleven tracks this is a powerful, high quality collection of stylish blues and blues rock material ===== Grace Gillespie is back with her beautiful, personal and gently melodic song 'The Child' making it appearance number five this year. ===== Rosie Carney is another regular here and long may that continue as she presents another song from Radiohead's 'The Bends album this time we have 'Black Star' where to say she puts her own mark on it is something of an understatement. ===== WeatheredMan and The Noise have released 'Natural Force' and the band serve up some feisty, hook filled rock that has plenty of depth and layers considering there's just two of them. =================================================== Kai Strauss - In My Prime. After 25 years on the scene Kai Strauss is no longer “just another guitar player from Europe”. First as musical master

Bear of Bombay - GIUNGLA - Tempesst

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Bear of Bombay shares 'Night Tree' the first single excerpt from his 'Something Stranger', debut EP. Lorenzo Parisini has been creating electronic and dream-wave music for sometime and it's good to hear plenty of his originality and vibrancy is still fresh and present. ===== GIUNGLA has just released 'Walk On The Ceiling'. The project of Milan based artist Ema Drei, this is a smooth, rhythmic and striking track. ===== We first featured Tempesst in July 2016 and a number of times since. Taking a little look back at our older features and noticing the number of hits for their new piece 'Walk on the Water' this would appear to be a real and deserved breakthrough song, it's nice to have been a small part of that journey. =================================================== Bear of Bombay - Night Tree. 'Night Tree', is the first single excerpt from 'Something Stranger', debut EP by electronic / dream-wave project Bear of Bombay (Mil

Turkey The Bird - Golden Bear - Peter Cat - HMS Morris

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Turkey The Bird were first featured here back in September and they return today with 'Art and Design' where their refreshing bright and stylish brand of indie pop impresses again. ===== Golden Bear have today released their new album 'Dear Texas'. The album mixes Texan country rock with Americana and both the musicianship and natural vocals ensure this is a great collection of songs. ===== Peter Cat has released the new album 'The Saccharine Underground' from which we have two tracks, namely 'SO STR8' and 'The Big House'. Musically the band cover considerable territory including post-punk, glam rock, baroque pop and synth-pop, so treat these two really fine songs as but a glimpse of the whole. ===== HMS Morris make their fourth appearance on Beehive Candy this year with today's single release 'Partypooper' and once again this versatile duo are on splendid and upbeat form. =================================================== Turkey

Tender Central (feat. Matthew And The Atlas) - The Besnard Lakes

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Tender Central today shares 'Ashes' featuring Matthew And The Atlas and has also announced her debut album 'The Garden' which is due in January. 'Ashes' is a duet with Matthew Hegarty, where vocals and a clapping rhythm are eventually joined with a deeper musical arrangement, by which time the atmosphere and sheer depth of this song have dug their hooks in deep.  ===== Montreal psych-rock band The Besnard Lakes have released the gorgeous new song 'Raindrops' where all the renowned trappings of this act are present, indeed it's grand to see this band can still create epic and addictive music. =================================================== Tender Central - Ashes (feat. Matthew And The Atlas). Tender Central is the electronic pop project of Devon born, classically trained cellist India Bourne. Today, Tender Central has shared brand new single ‘Ashes’ alongside the announcement of her long-awaited debut album ‘The Garden’, which is set for releas

Graber Gryass - Sweet Roger

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This week Graber Gryass officially release their debut album 'Late Bloom'. Comprising of twelve high quality folk based roots and bluegrass songs, the musicianship is constantly impressive with some stunning arrangements, whilst the vocals are a natural fit for this style of music. The collective are both creative and bring different styles to fruition with apparent ease. For anyone uncertain about these genres, Graber Gryass's new album is a great place to start finding out more. ===== Sweet Roger brand new release 'Pay Me' is a natural and at times raw acoustic song, the vocals are striking and add something of a blues vibe to this subtly addictive track. =================================================== Graber Gryass - Late Bloom (Album). Memphis bluegrass collective Graber Gryass have officially released their debut LP Late Bloom after receiving praise from Relix, Wide Open Country, AmericanaUK, and Glide Magazine in the buildup to release, with the latter