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Former music and pop culture blogger, couch to 5k podcaster, animal enthusiast.

Ambient Swedish Electronic Act, Korallreven, Making US Debut

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KorallrevenThe Swedes are continuing their not-so-hostile takeover of the U.S. music scene with dreamy electro pop duo, Korallreven. Starting next week, the band will be playing their first shows in the U.S. in support of their beautifully ambient 2011 debut, An Album By Korallreven.

The good news: The band will be making a stop in Chicago on March 6th @ Lincoln Hall.

The bad news: Victoria Bergsman won’t be making a guest appearance at that particular show. If you haven’t heard her in the bands Taken By Trees or The Concretes, you should definitely give them a spin too.

Check out and download their ethereal song, “Sa Sa Samoa” (ft. Juliana Barwick) below and download the “For Real For Sure For You” remix of the song.

3/4 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
3/5 – Washington DC – Black Cat
3/6 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
3/7 – San Francisco, CA – Independent*
3/8 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex*

*Guest appearance by Victoria Bergsman (who you can hear below)

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Estelle & Janelle Monáe Killin It on “Do My Thing”

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Game. Set. Match. This is the jam and I need to post it right quick so I can get back to listening to it.

Estelle "All of Me"

Beautiful Song But My Face Won’t Stay Dry for Ane Brun’s “Worship” Video

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I’m still learning a lot about myself these days, but there are a few things I know very well: If a video has animals or old people hurting in any way, I will cry. I can’t step foot into a Humane Society because the last time I did, I could barely catch my breath from sobbing at the thought of not being able to save all of the dogs and cats. I cry when I think about The Giving Tree, too. Apparently I cry a lot.

So, the second I started up Ane Brun‘s “Worship” video and saw an old, sick man – I went into, ASPCA-commercial mode and popped open a new window so as to shield myself from whatever painful things this character was going through.

The song itself, featuring Jose Gonzalez, is really quite beautiful. I love the violins in the background combined with some of Brun’s lilting vocals.

Rode Hard and Put Away Rhye

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I included the band Rhye in one of my columns last week but can’t seem to shake them or their first single, “Open”. Ever since Valentine’s Day – when I heard my morning news anchors talking about how a new study proves the validity of Broken Heart Syndrom as a medical condition – I’ve been having pains in my chest. The feeling isn’t constant, but it hasn’t disappeared.

The only time Ive been able to pin-point the exact moment of a broken-hearted reaction to something was right before bed a few days ago. I turned on a mix to listen to while trying to trick my brain into letting me fall asleep in less than three hours, but about three songs in, “Open” came on.

Rhye Open

The opening strings, followed by the horns, followed by the dipping bass and rounded out with Sade-esque vocals – it was too much. It felt like I had locked my heart in a room for a week with only a  TV-VCR combo, twelve bottles of wine and the only movies to choose from were Boys on the Side, Legends of the Fall, My Girl and Beaches.

But I still can’t stop listening.

The video below is NSFW and so beautiful.

Fell In Love With A Sunday Girl (RAC Remix)

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Sunday Girl

I’m going through a bit of a mid-mid-life crisis at the moment and am in need of a big change so as to not lose whatever is left of my mind. I’m being challenged but unfortunately most of that is finding enough hours in the day to get things done in.

I’m really happy to have been able to stop and smell the roses for at least four minutes and twenty-one seconds. And with that, a big thank you to Sunday Girl and this fantastic RAC remix.