Blurring the lines between genres, Emily Wells is a New York-based musician who channels hip-hop, synth rock, pop and even classical music. Her songs are at once sentimental, hypnotizing and electrifying. Though she’s been dubbed a hybrid of Nina Simone, Biggie Smalls and Bob Dylan, on stage Wells offers her own uniquely impressive one-woman show, playing a number of instruments and looping them live throughout her entire set. Here she performs a brand new song called “Come To Me.” /// Featured song: “Come To Me” /// Mama, the latest album by Emily Wells, is out via Partisan Records. /// Complete radio broadcast and playlist: http://bit.ly/JLxtq1 /// Official website: http://www.emilywellsmusic.com /// Twitter: @emilywellsmusic
Blurring the lines between genres, Emily Wells is a New York-based musician who channels hip-hop, synth rock, pop and even classical music. Her songs are at once sentimental, hypnotizing and electrifying. Though she’s been dubbed a hybrid of Nina Simone, Biggie Smalls and Bob Dylan, on stage Wells offers her own uniquely impressive one-woman show, playing a number of instruments and looping them live throughout her entire set. Here she performs a brand new song called “Come To Me.” /// Featured song: “Come To Me” /// Mama, the latest album by Emily Wells, is out via Partisan Records. /// Complete radio broadcast and playlist: http://bit.ly/JLxtq1 /// Official website: http://www.emilywellsmusic.com /// Twitter: @emilywellsmusic
Sampling everything from city traffic and car horns to laser-esque zaps and echoing chimes, Deastro takes electronic-pop to another level. Detroit’s Randolph Chabot Jr. — the man behind the moniker — creates unique musical atmospheres with his synth-driven songs, each full of intense, swirling hurricanes of sound layered atop pop melodies. Sometimes the music is frenetic, glitchy and loud; other times it’s relaxed, spacious and dreamy.
Featured song: “Prisoner”
Incinerator is the latest EP by Deastro.
Complete radio broadcast and playlist: http://bit.ly/IUrzSY
Official website: http://deastro.bandcamp.com
Twitter: @deastro
Originally starting as a duo featuring Rusty Matyas (of The Waking Eyes and The Weakerthans) and Marti Sarbit, Imaginary Cities have evolved into a five-piece. The Winnipeg-based group does indie rock that fuses synth-pop and Motown-esque vibes. Sarbit’s soulful and uniquely-textured voice is especially captivating, even sassy at times. In 2011, they were a longlisted nominee for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Music Prize. /// Featured song: “Temporary Resident” /// Temporary Resident is the debut album by Imaginary Cities. /// Complete radio broadcast and playlist: http://bit.ly/J5nFCV /// Official website: http://imaginarycities.ca /// Twitter: @imaginarycities
Berlin-based trio Fenster play charming chamber-pop. Despite eerie stories of graveyards and ghosts, their songs are minimalistic and calming, marked by their sparse, soft-spoken tenderness. The band also has its fair share of sweeping, climactic moments often accentuated by an assortment of sounds like rattling tambourines and emphatic handclaps. Here, they even use our studios’ sprinklers as an instrument. /// Featured song: “Fisherman” /// Bones, the debut album by Fenster, is out via Morr Music. /// Complete radio broadcast and playlist: http://bit.ly/JNpxSe /// Official website: http://fenster.bandcamp.com
Bird Courage is a folk-rock duo who perform their moving, mellow folk-rock in subway stations all over New York City. The pair — made up of New Zealand artist Samuel Saffery and Bushwick musician Erik Meier — teamed up after originally competing for busking spots. Together they create acoustic music that’s full of raw emotion, especially with the group’s fragile, almost hushed, vocals. /// Featured song: “Blind In Both Eyes” /// A Promising Flee is the debut EP by Bird Courage. /// Official website: http://www.birdcourage.com /// Twitter: @BirdCourage
BTR Live Studio features a mix of breaking and established musicians playing exclusive sets in our studios, then sitting down for a chat with host Maia MacDonald. Maia is a musician and DJ who's been involved with the music scene for a number of years and has a knack for asking the questions that musicians actually enjoy answering.
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