Author: Elicit Magazine

Support on all platforms HERE Elite electronic tastemaker and Octopus Recordings founder Sian has just released his new EP Ultraviolet 2.0, out now on mau5trap. Following the project’s first component, Ultraviolet 1.0, Sian satisfies listeners with the second installation. Ultraviolet 2.0 further showcases Sian’s techno versatility with tracks heavily influenced by industrial, darkwave, synthwave and classical electro. His ever evolving sounds flow throughout each track with his implementation of acid sounds and varying sound design techniques. The first track “Planets” starts off the EP with a heavy bassline and eerie melody. “Opium” follows with booming and cynical basslines, and “Nitro”…

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After ending 2018 with their cover of Peggy Lee’s “FEVER” and landing a feature on the Alternative Beats playlist, the band is back with their third trilogy EP, “YOUTH//3.” “YOUTH//3 is our newest EP release, but it’s so much more than that: it’s the final installment of something we’ve been working on for five years, something we’ve come to call our ‘debut record.’”- Joshua Perna In YOUTH//3, Saint Slumber continues to tell the story of the trials, growth and celebrations of the youth coming into their own. “The YOUTH// Trilogy has been an opportunity for us to construct a full…

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Swimming With Bears, a four-piece “Pop N Roll” band based out of Austin, has just released their newest single “Keep Smiling.” “Keep Smiling” is one of the five songs off their forthcoming EP (out September 13) and is the second single to be released! “This is the one that is as close as it gets to the heart of the band. Right before we made this EP, we were still slinging refried beans as waiters in this Mexican Restaurant.”- Joe Perry, lead singer of Swimming With Bears “Keep Smiling” has addicting guitar riffs paired with catchy drum beats. It’s one…

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Photo Credit: Elliott Ingham Written By Kelly Holm Sometimes, two people need to split apart in order to find their way back together. This cliche often calls to mind images of romantic relationships, but it also applies to the Frampton sisters, founders of the indie rock band Meg & Dia. You may be familiar with their early-2000s albums Something Real and Here, Here and Here, released through Warner Bros. and Doghouse Records. Perhaps, if you’re a loyal devotee of The Voice, you may recall lead vocalist Dia, the younger of the sisters, from the show’s inaugural season. Her viral, ethereal…

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Brooklyn based alt-pop band Spirit Animal release their new track and lyric video for “HYDR8” today. Put on your workout clothes, lace up those dancing shoes and check out the lyric video HERE. The track is off of their forthcoming deluxe album REBORN YESTERDAY, out on September 20 via RED MUSIC.  “To maintain a balanced body, it’s important to train all of the major muscle groups: the chest muscles, the back muscles, the arm muscles, the leg muscles, and the drinking muscles. You don’t skip leg day, so why skip day drinking? Our new song HYDR8 will help you stay motivated and in shape for the long…

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