Artist: Alison Wonderland
Song: “Take It To Reality”
Why you want to watch: Neat little graphics highlighting Alison in Wonderland and her fans. There’s lots of dancing and fun going on here – totally appropriate, as the genre listed on Alison Wonderland’s Facebook page is party.
Details: Sydney, Australia DJ Alison Wonderland’s debut album, Run, just came out this year. It sees her working with the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne on track “U Don’t Know.”
Alison Wonderland
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Artist: The Vaccines
Song: “20/20”
Why you want to watch: There’s some weird stuff going on with a fellow and eyes; and it’s the Vaccines, sounding great and looking dishy in white.
Details: Always a favorite of mine, the Vaccines have a hot new album, English Graffiti, and return to Seattle on August 8th for a date with their fans at Neumos.
The Vaccines
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Artist: Raw Calibre
Song: “Madman”
Why you want to watch: Manchester, England’s Raw Calibre get locked up and bloodied, piñata style. This is probably NSFW. In the words of the director KC Locke, it’s “Sick in every meaning of the word.”
Details: A cool-sounding grime band whose debut EP, Hierarchy comes out next month.
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Artist: July Talk
Song: “Guns & Ammunition”
Why you want to watch: A straightforward piece emphasizing the lead singers in a stark and sexy way.
Details: Canadian band with fascinating vocals by Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay. Don’t know this group? Familiarize yourselves now – they have a date in Seattle at the Sunset on June 1st.
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Artist: Katy Tiz
Song: “Whistle (While You Work It)”
Why you want to watch: Katy has cartoon friends, and maybe she is a rabbit cartoon too. Maybe?
Details: British artist sings really, really well and writes some damn cool songs. Great pop music lives!
Artist: Martin Gore
Song: “Europa Hymn”
Why you want to watch: This gives a new, literal, meaning to the term musical landscape.
Details: The track comes off Gore’s latest album, MG, which you can get on April 28th. Gore has said he wanted to give the music “an almost sci-fi like quality.” Sounds about right.
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