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    KCRW Premiere: Dead Times — “Better Off”

    LA-based electronic-R&B outfit Dead Times seems right in line with where a lot of music is headed right now. Beats are big, but there are lots of different ways to…

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    By Rachel Reynolds • Oct 1, 2014 • 1 min read

    Dead Times seems right in line with where a lot of music is headed right now. Beats are big, but there are lots of different ways to serve them up.

    Their recent single “Every Moment” is a sexy slow burner, but their brand new track “Better Off” is a joyful, “feel-good foot-stomper” that is more along the lines of a band like DeLux.

    Totally danceable and fun.

    The band recently opened for How to Dress Well in LA recently and I look forward to hearing what else they have up their sleeve in the months to come.

    RR

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      Rachel Reynolds

      Producer, 'Morning Becomes Eclectic'

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