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I SHOULDN’T LEAVE YOU WITHOUT A DOPE BEAT TO STEP TO
I am on my way to hang with the fam in sunny Winnipeg. I will most likely be spending the time soaking up the rays at the lovely Assiniboine Park or kick-ass Grand Beach, and not writing about any cool...
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CALGARY’S BEST KEPT SECRET
PAUL MARKEN – MAKE YOU WAIT/WASN’T ME/ALIVE/SAME OL’ SONG Almost a year before the release of Girl Talk’s ultimate mash-up album Feed the Animals, a Calgarian named Paul Marken would start his own...
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LET’S FLESH THIS OUT
JAMES BLAKE – RETROGRADE For Fans of: The xx, How to Dress Well, James Blake made himself famous/infamous for creating songs that bordered on the intolerable side of minimalist. With barely enough...
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THE PRINCE OF BUZZ
MAJICAL CLOUDZ – I DO SING FOR YOU/TURNS TURNS TURNS For Fans of: The XX, How to Dress Well, Joy Division, Owen Pallett described the hostility of the Montreal music scene in his outstanding song This...
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DEEP INTO INERTIA
SAFE – BLACK SATIN LIVING ROOM For Fans of: The XX, Postal Service, James Blake, The National, Imagery of wasted days. Dust floating through a window’s sun rays, their projection slipping thick and...
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A SPIDER WEB
LONDON GRAMMAR – STRONG For Fans of: Florence & the Machine, Saint Saviour, The XX, It’s hard not to get caught up in Hannah Reid’s voice. Like fellow Londoner Florence Welch, Reid has a deep and...
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ALLOW FOR SPACE
FKA TWIGS – WATER ME For Fans of: The Knife, Majical Cloudz, James Blake, Autre Ne Veut, The XX, Massive Attack, Add FKA twigs to the list of names bringing electronic minimalism to the forefront of...
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A NORMAL ROOM
JANELLE MONAE – PRIMETIME (FEAT. MIGUEL) For Fans of: Lauryn Hill, Solange, Jessie Ware, The XX, For me, The ArchAndroid wasn’t the eclectic wonder that critics made it out to be. The album didn’t feel...
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GIVE ME SUMMER
ALVIN & LYLE – STRANGERS For Fans of: Washed Out, M83, James Blake, The XX, Junior Boys, Thank you for the white Christmas and the festive New Year’s Eve, Mother Nature, it was all quite pleasant....
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THE NAVAHO IDENTITY
CHIEF NAVAHO – THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (COMPASS) For Fans of: The Weeknd, James Blake, The XX, Junior Boys, The aliased and elusive Calgarian brothers that form Chief Navaho have little...
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THIS IS MY DREAM OF LAURA
BIBIO – DYE THE WATER GREEN For Fans of: Chillwave, Washed Out, The XX, Astronauts, Etc., English producer Stephen Wilkinson (aka Bibio) has created the soundtrack to our calm but unsettling dreams...
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IMMEDIATE
WILD BEASTS – MECCA For Fans of: Purity Ring, Bat for Lashes, Antony & the Johnsons, The XX, “Present Tense might lack the immediacy of both Smother and Two Dancers, but scratch away at the surface...
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THE BABY MAKERS
FKA TWIGS – KICKS For Fans of: The Weeknd, The XX, James Blake, How to Dress Well, Autre Ne Veut, Safe, Yesterday, when highlighting metal/punk band The Press Gang, I poked fun of the trendy minimal...
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IT BREATHES
REVIN GOFF – SALTHILL Artwork credit – Revin Goff For Fans of: Alt-J, The XX, James Blake, How to Dress Well, The Weeknd, Phantogram, Hundred Waters, Inspired by the western shores of Ireland’s...
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‘TIS THE SEASON PT.2
FKA TWIGS – TWO WEEKS For Fans of: The Weeknd, James Blake, The XX, ‘Tis the season of iTunes gift cards. They are great stocking stuffers and the perfect impersonal gift for that special acquaintance...
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FROM BEDROOM TO DANCE FLOOR
JAMIE XX – LOUD PLACES (FT. ROMY) For Fans of: Four Tet, Cut Copy, James Blake, Hot Chip, Written by Amy Prieve Just because Jamie Smith went solo doesn’t mean he forgot what got him there. Smith,...
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LOWER DENS: NOW AVAILABLE IN THE BEDROOM MODEL
LOWER DENS – ONDINE For Fans of: The XX, Rhye, Written by Amy Prieve In an interview with Consequence of Sound, Jana Hunter said that for new album Escape from Evil she “stopped fighting what is almost...
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VITRUVIAN WOMAN
SHARON VAN ETTEN – PAY MY DEBTS For Fans of: The xx, The National, Cat Power, Windigo, Paula Cole, Written by Amy Prieve Leonardo da Vinci said simplicity was the ultimate sophistication. I don’t...
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YOU SHOT ME STANDING TALL
CORBIN (FKA SPOOKY BLACK) – TAKE THE BLAME SO I DON’T HAVE TO For fans of: James Blake, The xx, Washed Out, Clams Casino Written by Taylor Odishaw-Dyck Imagine this: you’re taking your first few steps...
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A PERSON BEHIND THE NOISE
BOB MOSES – I AIN’T GONNA BE THE FIRST TO CRY For fans of: Chet Faker, Glass Animals, The xx, Astronauts etc., Junior Boys, FKA Twigs, The Acid by Taylor Odishaw-Dyck Bob Moses brings the energy of a...
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