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• Fred Hystere’s Top 25 Songs Of 2013
  on Dec 24, 2013 in Best Of Fred Hystere Top 25 Songs Of 2013 Alice Russell Anna Lunoe Annie Charli XCX DIANE Diane Birch Emiliana Torrini HandS Holy Ghost Jessie Ware Keep Shelly In Athens Kristina Train Let 'Em Riot Louise Burns Mutya Keisha Siobhan Rainer Rebeka RLMDL She & Him Snakadaktal Sportsman Studio Killers Superhumanoids The Dumplings The Killers Top 25 Songs of 2013
  It’s finally here! The list that none of you were waiting for: Fred Hystere’s Top 25 Songs Of 2013. In a year full of major releases by major pop artists, I found myself gravitating towards lesser-known artists; while completing shutting...
• I’m Coming Out – Again
  on Dec 1, 2013 in Mini Fred Op-Ed
  It’s time. After more than a year of struggling silently with something that happened to me, I’m ready to talk.   A year ago I was very near death. A year ago I came within hours of breathing my last breath. A year ago I was dying of AIDS. &...
• I had an interview today with a really cute guy..
  on Oct 10, 2013 in Uncategorized
  ..and I’m pretty sure he’s gay. I told my mother about the interview and this was our conversation: MOTHER: Oh, hi, honey. How was your interview? ME: It was great! I really think he liked me a lot and I did a great job. We shall see.. MO...
• Song-A-Day: She’s The Queen “Cold Heart”
  on Jul 25, 2013 in Song-a-Day Electronic Rumors featured She's The Queen The Sanfernando Sound
  FACT: Very few bands out there are doing 80s-inspired pop as well as She’s The Queen. The NYC-based duo, comprised of lead singer Emily White and Andrew Kuryloski, have an incredible knack for churning out perfectly produced pop songs with the kind...
• Song-A-Day: Britta Persson “Baby No Name”
  on Jul 23, 2013 in Song-a-Day Britta Persson Camera Obscura Fleetwood Mac The Sundays
  Sweden strikes again! Meet solo artist Britta Persson; who, like most Swedish singer-songwriters, knows how to write a TUNE. I must admit, I’m late to the game with Britta’s music as she’s already released 3 albums before her latest, If I Was a...
• Song-A-Day: The Rebel Light “Jukebox Dream”
  on Jul 22, 2013 in Friday 5 featured Song-a-Day The Rebel Light
  The Rebel Light is an LA-based indie rock trio and one of the best unsigned bands I’ve heard in the last couple of years. On a daily basis, I’m sent hundreds of emails from some of the absolute shittiest bands and artists this planet has to o...
• Friday 5: Morcheeba
  on Jul 19, 2013 in Friday 5 90's Trip Hop Blur Massive Attack Morcheeba Portishead Trip Hop Weezer
  Lately, I’ve been listening mostly to slinky, chill music that makes you want to lie around a beach one minute, suggestively dance with someone the next, and have amazing slow sex with a sexy man in dim lights. And whenever I feel this way, it’s...
• Song-A-Day: Germans “Cruel”
  on Jul 18, 2013 in Song-a-Day Germans The Ice Choir
  Time to introduce you all to one of my absolute favorite tracks of 2013; “Cruel” by a Brooklyn-based artist named Germans. This review is going to be a little different than most simply because, while I communicate with Ms. “Germans” every da...
• Song-A-Day: Hunter As A Horse “We Will Meet Again”
  on Jul 17, 2013 in Song-a-Day featured Hunter As A Horse Trip Hop
  One of the best new bands I’ve heard all year is UK-based duo named Hunter As A Horse. (They’re actually from South Africa, but currently reside in one of my favorite towns in the UK, picturesque Richmond upon Thames.) After being sent some o...
• Song-A-Day: Sensual Harassment “Rescue Me”
  on Jul 16, 2013 in Song-a-Day Primal Scream Sensual Harassment The Human League
  Sensual Harassment is a (brilliantly named) Brooklyn band that I’ve written about a couple of times here on Fred Hystere.  In the past, I’ve compared their music to that of Primal Scream; however, I think their brand of pop more often recall...

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