Hailing from New Orleans, Youth Sounds is proud to introduce their new single, “Burn Out.” Their nostalgic flare doesn’t just refer to the lyrics but also the sparkling synth and Erika Mejia’s gentle vocals. Although they are bilingual (they offer the track in Spanish too, as “Sin Ti,” which seems more appropriate actually), they blend their musical and cultural influences to create breathy dreampop full of structural hooks – think M83‘s track, “Where The Boats Go” off of Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming!.

Youth Sounds has also launched a Kickstarter campaign to partner up with friends and fans in raising funds to record their new album, Favors. Stream “Burn Out” below and purchase it on iTunes.

Tags: dreampop, New Orleans, Youth Sounds

Got a new mix for y’all, this one dropped earlier this week from rising Canadian electro-pop band Dragonette. This is 30+ minute mixtape of Pre Party Jamz to help get you ready while you do your hair & put on your duds. Created by Joel Stouffer, drummer of Dragonnette.

By the way, Dragonette recently released a banging new single that is sure to get play all over the world as it’s so CATCHY! Listen to “Let It Go” and the awesome remixes to the single below. (more…)

Tags: Canada, Dragonette, Laidback Luke, Pre-Party Jamz #1, single, The Knocks

To kick off his Glow Sticks for Breakfast Tour with Hyper Crush, Black Cards and Benzi, Silver Medallion released a brand new music video for his song “The Young and The Reckless”.  The song produced by Spadez, is a high energy anthem dedicated to the lifestyles of the young and the reckless.  The video was captured by director Jr Kc the night of Silver Medallion‘s recent show in Boise, ID.

Watch the video to “The Young and The Reckless” below.
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Tags: Glow Sticks for Breakfast Tour, Silver Medallion, Spadez

1st, shout out to Hunter Reece of Mister Mistress for the slick cover art above! Our 6th edition of Best You Never Heard is here! This time we contacted each artist and asked permission to put their song on bandcamp, which is where we intend to release all our mixes from now on.

With Best You Never Heard 6: Spring Fling we once again selected artists that as of April 1, had less than 5,000 facebook fans and hadn’t been signed by major record labels… yet!

Listen and download the 15-track Best You Never Heard 6: Spring Fling below.

Tags: Ain't No Love, Best You Never Heard, Black EL x Durkin, Carousel, Codes, Dangerflow, Dean Risko, Dizz, DownBeat Keys, DVBBS, Luck-One & Dekk, Mac Sharks, Mike Ballz, Polaris At Noon, Solidisco, The Chevin, Tic Tic Boom!, Travi$ Scott

This week Futurecop! released their EP for the single, “Starworshipper” which has such a fun 80′s sound. I would categorize it as synth-wave pop/dream-wave pop.

The official release date for this EP single is April 24 but we wanted to let you stream and download 1 of the remixes to “Starworshipper”.

Previous: Taylor Swift – a (robot) Love Story (Futurecop! remix)

Tags: dreamwave, Futurecop!, Starworshipper EP, synthwave

A few weeks ago, I did a phone interview with Jamie and Robert of electornic/dance/pop duo DWNTWN, an up-and-coming Los Angeles band that will be mainstream before you can say “Spottieottiedopalicious”.

Find out how they became DWNTWN, their night at the gay club in Utah and the unique word they use to describe their music! Read the interview below.
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Tags: Beataucue, DWNTWN, exclusive interview, interview, Pindetro

New track from Carousel!!! “Where Have You Gone” has that smooth indie electronic pop sound that kept me and plenty of new fans coming back for more from the up-and-coming Boston band.

Listen and download “Where Have You Gone” below.

Previous: Carousel – Open Road (my favorite song from them)

Tags: Boston, Carousel, indie electronic pop

If you haven’t heard of Dave Edwards yet, you soon will. Dave’s signature sound, which combines elements of American pop, classic French House, and modern House and Electro production techniques, is undeniably unique.

2012 looks to be the biggest year yet for Edwards rising career, with a string of original releases and remixes planned, as well as live performances and touring. His first original release of the year, “American Girl” with Silver Medallion, was a major hit in my eyes and built on the momentum with the releases to come.

Speaking of those releases, below is his latest track, a remix to the classic Fleetwood Mac song “Dreams”. Also featured below is an instrumental of his 2nd original release of the year, “First Time”.

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Tags: Brooklyn, Dave Edwards, Fleetwood Mac, New York

Here’s 4 of the best song submissions from relatively unknown acts that more people need to know about including Heights NS, Johnny Astro, Twin Falcons and Tyson Willert. (more…)

Tags: Heights NS, Johnny Astro, SoundCloud, Twin Falcons, Tyson Willert

Capital Cities just keeps getting better! I’m a huge fan of this Los Angeles duo and their latest song, “Kangaroo Court” is an pop electro rock must-listen, must-download track. It’s truly a gem from a band that will be touring all over the world by next year… let’s hope I’m right.

Listen and download “Kangaroo Court” below.

Previous: Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (DiscoTech remix)

Tags: Capital Cities