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Thom Yorke - Suspirium
Thom Yorke
Suspirium
Sounds like: Prateek Kuhad, Nils Frahm
There's a remake of a film called Suspiria coming out sometime soon, and apparently Thom Yorke is providing the soundtrack. Can't say I'm familiar wit...
Radiohead - I Promise
Radiohead
I Promise
Sounds like: Travis, Battleships, Valar
Radiohead are celebrating the the 20th anniversary of their album OK Computer, and as part the festivities have uploaded a previously unreleased song ...
Portico - 101 (Ft. Alt-J)
Portico
101 (Ft. Alt-J)
Sounds like: Joe Newman, Kins, Valar
Okay, two things to note here: 1) This isn't actually Alt-J, it's their lead singer Joe Newman. I just put that in the title because of clickbait. 2...
Soto Voce - Better
Soto Voce
Better
No lie, I compared Soto Voce to Radiohead because I figured it would draw a few more ears and eyeballs to this post. This fresh Oakland duo, as in le...
Radiohead - Daydreaming
Radiohead
Daydreaming
Sounds like: Thom Yorke, Four Tet
Radiohead hinted that a second new single was coming today when they uploaded another mysterious short to their Instagram. Flash forward a few hours,...
Radiohead - Burn The Witch
Radiohead
Burn The Witch
Sounds like: Thom Yorke, Valar, Still Parade
OMG OMG It's here. These guys have been teasing us for ages now about their upcoming music, but it's finally out in the open. "Burn The Witch" sounds...
Klangstof - Hostage
Klangstof
Hostage
Sounds like: Pinback, Airling, Valar
I tell you, the folks running the L.A.-based record label Mind of a Genius are geniuses themselves. They brought us ZHU, Galant, and now their latest ...
Harriet - I'm Trying
Harriet
I'm Trying
Sounds like: Radiohead, Alt-j, Valar, Absofacto
This song had my attention from the word "go." And from there it kept me on my toes, with a difficult and interesting melody that twists and turns at ...
Suburban Birds - Losing Your Senses
Suburban Birds
Losing Your Senses
Sounds like: Radiohead, Valar, Kins
This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I follow a bunch of record labels on SoundCloud. Suburban birds are virtually unknown, but fortunately Fat Cat rec...
Canary - Women's Business
Canary
Women's Business
Sounds like: Radiohead, Valar, Tamper
This one popped up in my SoundCloud feed courtesy of a reblog by Lanks. It caught my attention quickly, with a slow-building acoustic introduction tha...
Radiohead - A Punchup At A Wedding
Radiohead
A Punchup At A Wedding
Sounds like: Valar, Beck, R.E.M., Kins
Sundays can be a real bore for finding new music. I've spent the last hour trying to find something juicy to no avail, and so it dawned on me that ins...
Kins - Aimless
Kins
Aimless
Sounds like: Radiohead, Alt-J, Wild Beasts, Valar
I take my strictly Aussie-only (and occasionally a New Zealand act) policy pretty seriously, and this one took me awhile to clarify. Kins is a four-pi...
Valar - Baby I Like the Feeling
Valar
Baby I Like the Feeling
Sounds like: Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, Thom Yorke
Sydney three-piece Valar (James Blackwood, Pete Covington, Tim Parsons) have been featured on Indie Shuffle a couple of times over the past months in ...
Valar - Anoesis
Valar
Anoesis
Sounds like: Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, Thom Yorke
Sydney band Valar have always had a pretty typical sound to their music -- a great sound, but one that you could class as "typically Valar." Well, the...
Valar - Astronaut
Valar
Astronaut
Sounds like: Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, Thom Yorke
After disappearing into hibernation for more than a year, Sydney-based Valar are back with brand new material, something I'm rather excited about. In ...
Valar - Uptight
Valar
Uptight
Sounds like: Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, Local Natives, Deerhunter, The Middle East
When I first decided to dedicate myself to a life of music consumption, Valar was a band that I knew I should investigate, but I never got around to i...