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We're psyched to welcome one of our favorite new artists, Kedr Livanskiy, for a little two-part takeover here on the site today, featuring some of the music and films from Russia that informed her unique sound growing up in the post-Soviet '90s...

Washington D.C.'s GEMS follow up their gorgeous recent singles "Medusa" + "Ephemera" with a floating shadow-pop take on a '90s MTV staple, complete with some faithfully re-created cover art. Regardless of how you feel about the original in 2014, I think you'll find that GEMS' dramatic, dreamily atmospheric version makes perfect sense...

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New summer jam from Barcelona's John Talabot, taken from his forthcoming Families EP, due May 9 on Young Turks. Featuring vocals from the lovely Cameron Mesirow, aka Glasser. We are also big fans of the cover art, for obvious reasons. John Talabot :: Families (feat...