Monogrenade - Ce soir

Ce soir j'te fait danser
J'te jure j'te fait danser
J'tai pas oublié
C'est juste que ça me hante
Que tu me vois étrange
Qu'un jour on se réveille

I've been wanting to share this wonderful song from Montreal's Monogranade for awhile now. They do have an English version of the song, "We Will Be Free" but even though I can't understand a lick of it, I like the original French. Most of their other music has a similar atmospheric and sophisticated feel that's really chill.

The stop-motion video for "Ce soir" is also excellent. Check it out:

RIYL: Editors, Starsailor, Bon Iver, Phosphorescent

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Slowdive - Star Roving

This classic shoegaze band reunited to tour mostly European festivals a couple years back but who knew that it would lead to new music?! Just this single so far, but we'll gladly take it while they work on their first album in 22 years. For a slice of early-90s nostalgia, check out their video for "Shine". (Rrather reminds me of the vid for Blind Melon's "No Rain" which came out about a year later, hmm.) 

RIYL: Catherine Wheel, The Ocean Blue, DIIV, the xx

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Old Sea Brigade - Wash Me Away

Twenty years down the road
We'll grow old and say
That light of the day was ordinary

It's cold, I've been sick the last few days and as I write this I'm not super hopeful I'll come out from under the weather today. But hey, there is always soup, snuggles, warm blankets and some chill music to relax to. Nashville's Ben Cramer, known here, and I presume elsewhere, as Old Sea Brigade fits my energy and mood very well. He had a new single drop yesterday and here it is.

RIYL: Woodlock, Bon Iver, Pinegrove, Iron & Wine, Andrew Bird

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Flock of Dimes - Everything Is Happening Today

So I watch the sun go up
And I watch the sun go down
And the horizon hovering
Like a missing piece
That can never be found
And as the seasons lie in wait
Like a secret you already know
Winter is behind us now
It is ahead of us, also

Flock of Dimes is the side project of Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner and it's producing some really delightful music. I first heard Flock of Dimes on the Crowded House cover collab of "Don't Dream It's Over" with Sylvan Esso, which is an interesting and groovy take on a classic hit. Flock of Dimes' album, If You See Me, Say Yes, out back in September, is whimsical, well constructed, moody and dreamy. It's also infused with the spine-tingling vocals and production that made Wye Oak's Civilian so compelling. 

RIYL: Wye Oak, Lucius, Eisley, First Aid Kit

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American Wrestlers - Give Up

If I take my time they’ll bury me alive

"Give Up", the first single off American Wrestler's latest, Goodbye Terrible Youth, is an upbeat, sort of summer-meets-fall ditty where catchy guitars and distorted vocals interrupt, in a good way, an otherwise classic shoegazer. It's sort of indicative of the rest of the album; a nicely-crafted mellow-except-when-your-chair-dancing rock affair that sounds familiar in a way I can't really put my finger on. If you're looking for a chill (except when it's upbeat) backdrop to wind up your week, give it a listen.

RIYL: Library Voices, Nada Surf, The Posies, Vampire Weekend

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