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Foreign Slippers - Oh Death EP -

As its title suggests, the first release for alt. folk singer Foreign Slippers was born out of the experience of death. Its varied subject matter, whether personal, mystical or romantic, is filtered through the lens of this loss. Gabrielle Froden, as she is otherwise known, has a created a dark...

Björk Live at the Náttúra Festival - This past Saturday Bjrk played a free concert with Sgur Rios in Iceland, to raise awareness about the destruction of Icelands natural landscape. For anyone who missed the live stream on National Geographic, here is a clip of Bjork performing the title track from her latest album Wonderlust and Hyperballad...

Hanne Hukkelberg - Blood from a Stone -

Did you know that Norway has an average temperature in January of minus 13 centigrade? Or that for two months in winter the sun never rises above the north horizon? So what you might ask? Well, it suddenly makes the mood of Hanne Hukkelberg’s ‘Blood From A Stone’ a little...

Inbox: Flunk -

For this week's Inbox, XLR8R catches up with Ulf Nygaard (pictured above, center), producer for Norwegian trip-hop group Flunk, while he sails on a fjord outside of Oslo (no, seriously). Nygaard reveals his Regina Spektor and Nespresso addictions, the pitfalls of touring rural Scandinavia, and his penchant for...

Portishead, Mangum Set for All Tomorrow's Parties -

All Tomorrow's Parties -- the annual festival where renowned artists curate a weekend of music, often resulting in rare performances by reclusive acts -- will stage its 2011 edition this fall in Asbury Park, New Jersey and feature appearances by two of indie rock's most beloved cult faves. British trip-hop...

The Cinematic Orchestra -

"To Build a Home"from the album Ma Fleur2007iTunes"To Build a Home," which opens the latest album from the Cinematic Orchestra, is extraordinary. A piano signature already heavy with melancholy provides the bed on which Patrick Watson's even more achingly beautiful singing voice lies. Altogether, it's moving enough to make you...

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