R&B neo-crooner How To Dress Well has given us a bit of time to soak up his gorgeous new album, What Is This Heart?, since it came out in June. Now he’s coming back, swinging that emotional stick hard until we’ve all cried more than we’re used to. To support the LP, he announced that a trilogy of […]
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How To Dress Well Finishes Music Video Trilogy With “Childhood Faith In Love”
July 2nd, 2014 
Nina Corcoran 
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Hear AlunaGeorge Remix Coldplay’s “Magic”
June 30th, 2014 Nina Corcoran It’s been a little while since we’ve heard something new from London electro-pop duo AlunaGeorge, but today they’ve returned (without an awesome music video, unfortunately). The two have picked up Coldplay’s newest hit and given it a sultry remix that works effortlessly with Chris Martin’s vocals. When filtered through clicky electro-R&B and spaced out to […]
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FKA Twigs Shares Gorgeous “Two Weeks” Music Video
June 24th, 2014 Nina Corcoran British experimental R&B artist FKA Twigs made a name for herself with last year’s EP, and she’s running fast this year as well with LP1, her debut full length that she’s been dropping tracks from at live shows like “Hide.” Today, she shares the first official track and its accompanying video, “Two Weeks.” With unusual ease, […]
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ALBUM STREAM: How To Dress Well – ‘What Is This Heart?’
June 19th, 2014 Nina Corcoran If there’s one thing we know about Tom Krell, aka the neo-R&B crooner behind How To Dress Well, it’s that he knows how to articulate his emotions. His third album, What Is This Heart?, comes out on June 24 via Weird World, but the record is up in full to stream prior to that release. Listen at your own risk — you may […]
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Watch How To Dress Well’s Heartbreaking “Repeat Pleasure” Music Video
May 9th, 2014 Nina Corcoran The always sad but still smiling R&B crooner Tom Krell, aka How to Dress Well, has shared a new music video for “Repeat Pleasure” off his upcoming album, What Is This Heart?, due out June 24 via Domino. “Repeat Pleasure” is the second single we’ve heard off the album and the video gives it an appropriately heartbreaking story. […]
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tUnE-yArDs Shares New Single “Wait for a Minute”
April 8th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Freak folk group tUnE-yArDs announced last month that a new album would be coming out May 6 via 4AD. The album, called Nikki Nack, will be a brighter, more accessible sound than the previous two albums. With the new single shared today, “Wait for a Minute,” we get a better understanding of how. Unlike the previously shared “Water […]
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April 3rd, 2014 Tyler Hanan Following up the release of the coolly restrained and impeccably mixed “Words I Don’t Remember” last month, How To Dress Well has announced the follow-up to 2012’s Total Loss. Bearing the title What Is This Heart?, the album will see light on June 24 (June 23 in Europe) via Domino. Accompanying the announcement is another new song off […]
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WATCH: Chvrches Cover Janelle Monáe
January 10th, 2014 Rebecca Docter Glasgow synth-pop gurus Chvrches have posted a cover of the R&B diva’s stylish 2010 single, “Tightrope.” The performance was recorded during Billboard’s “Women in Music” event, at which Monáe was in attendance. The band included a special introduction thanking Monáe and Billboard for the opportunity to cover the song. Monáe took home the award for “Rising Star.” […]
UTG TV: Janelle Monáe Talks ‘The Electric Lady’ And New Year’s Eve Performance
December 31st, 2013 Nina Corcoran Ladies and gentlemen, here she is. Billboard’s Rising Star of 2013. In 2010, Janelle Monáe reinvented pop music with her debut release The ArchAndroid. This year she returned to the forefront with The Electric Lady– a multi-suite album centered around empowering female protagonists–that wound up topping numerous radio charts and end-of-year lists. It wasn’t long before she won Billboard’s Rising Star […]
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REVIEW: A Loss For Words – ‘Before It Caves’
October 7th, 2013 Tyler Osborne Band: A Loss For Words Album: Before It Caves Genre: Pop-Punk Label: Rise Records Boston pop-punk act A Loss For Words have been a band since 1999. This may come as a surprise to some of our younger readers of the site, because it’s only been a few years since A Loss for Words’ more prominent […]
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EP STREAM: BASECAMP – ‘BASECAMP’
August 27th, 2013 Brian Leak Nashville producer trio, BASECAMP, have been on our radar for a bit since we originally heard the killer “Emmanuel,” and now we’re awarded the pleasure of hearing all four tracks from their debut self-titled EP. It’s currently streaming exclusively over at This Is Fake DIY. With stellar production melding elements of down-tempo R&B, huge anthemic […]
MUSIC VIDEO: Bad Rabbits – “Dance With You”
August 27th, 2013 Tyler Osborne Boston-based R&B group Bad Rabbits released a video for their newest single, “Dance With You,” last night on Billboard, and like every other one of their videos, it’s a ton of fun that perfectly compliments the wonderful music pumping into your headphones. The new video shows Bad Rabbits playing a dock party to a ton of […]
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