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I’ve been waiting for Moxie Raia, who in recent months has captivated both LA’s art kids and its industry insiders, outside of her Downtown LA loft for about 15 minutes—long enough to break a sweat in the indiscriminate late winter sunshine, and long enough to make me nervous. A few days earlier, I’d been waiting in the same spot when Raia canceled: Justin Bieber had just called asking her to open for him on his national tour the following week, and she was already late for rehearsal…

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In Dierks Bentley’s 2014 Number One hit “Drunk on a Plane,” the song’s central character takes his pre-paid honeymoon vacation alone after his fiancée dumps him and goes wild above the clouds. It was one of the few uptempo, party-friendly spots on the somber Riser album, and even it was haunted by the specter of heartbreak. Bentley’s latest single “Somewhere on a Beach” may be a little glimpse at what could have taken place after that boozy plane touched down in paradise…

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The gulf between exquisitely realized music and unapologetically crass lyrics is one that fans of Ty Dolla $ign have been forced to reconcile going all the way back to the L.A. singer’s earliest releases in 2011. That divide hasn’t gotten any slimmer in the intervening years, and it remains Grand Canyon-esque on his major-label debut – a record that can elicit a joyful head nod and a repulsed wince at the same time…

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Moxie Raia is currently putting the finishing touches on her upcoming mixtape, 931, and today, she debuts the video for her first single, “How to Feel.” The soothing track gets an equally pleasing visual treatment, with some crafty camera work while Moxie and her significant other go through the happy and turbulent stages of a relationship…

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Moxie, the New York-based singer-songwriter, is back with her latest single, “How To Feel.” It’s one of those heart-wrenching tracks that comes along mid-cuffing season as a beacon of hope for those still reeling in their feelings from past relationships. Amid piano chords and finger-snaps, Moxie reminisces on a love turned sour

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There is a song on Ty Dolla $ign‘s first mixtape, Hou$e on the Hill, that wouldn’t be out of place in a Los Angeles Philharmonic pops concert. On the track, an orchestral sample dances under the near-onomatopoeic effect of Ty’s “up and down, up and down, up and down-down-down” chant. The song’s title? “Stripper Pole”…

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Exciting stuff from Martin Garrix, breaking the silence here with Matisse & Sadko with a straight up electro groove. Things start out deep, and as the vocals break out the breakdown works towards a truly powerful melodic drop. It’s a tune that sweeps you away…

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The follow-up to ‘Neon Future I’ features J.J. Abrams, Snoop Lion, and Rivers Cuomo. Steve Aoki, the (now only sometimes) cake-throwing, champagne-spraying DJ extraordinaire, will unleash his third studio LP next week. Neon Future II  — the aptly-named follow-up to last year’s Neon Future I — spotlights a diverse roster of guest stars including Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, Snoop Lion, and Linkin Park. He’s already posted “Lightning Strikes” featuring NERVO and Tony Junior; now, as part of the “MTV First” initiative presented by Reese’s, you can stream the whole album and five tracks exclusive to SPIN and MTV a week before the album drops on May 12…

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