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DIANA's beautiful, basically flawless soft-focus dance-pop dream "Born Again" finally gets some appropriate visuals, directed by Geoffrey Pugen, and starring Carmen Elle and other assorted psychedelic jungle dwellers. In other exciting news, DIANA's exceedingly lovely and timeless self-titled debut -- without question one of the year's best -- is out August 20 on Jagjaguwar + on Paper Ba

Download 3 excellent, very different takes on Diana's "Born Again," re-worked by their friends Doldrums, Heathered Pearls, and Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians. The original version + the Doldrums remix appear on the band's debut 12" single, out now on Forest Family...

"'Born Again' skitters with lo-fi drama while simultaneously delivering a crisp neon 80s vibe that would fit perfectly in a slow motion montage of lovers driving down the 10W at sunset in an imaginary John Hughes/Michael Mann movie." -- KCRW "...

Gorilla vs. Bear + our label Forest Family have teamed up with our friends at Yours Truly once again to bring you this unofficial CMJ 2012 party on Thursday, October 18, at 285 Kent, featuring Kilo Kish, DIANA, Ryan Hemsworth, Flume, TOPS, ForteBowie, Sam Flax, and Empress Of, with Evy Jane spinning magic between sets. Dancing flyer by the great Will Bryant. Very psyched about all of the future s

Here's a new one from DIANA, a new Toronto group which counts Destroyer's sax player Joseph Shabason as one of its members. We're not about to call this chillwave, but the gauzy, soft pop/disco-lite gem "Born Again" does elicit some Causers of This vibes, and also works nicely when alternated on repeat with that new Moons single that we can't seem to stop listening to...