The Brooklyn pop duo Noosa (Sky Barbarick and the invisible Matt Buszko) doesn’t seem to ever play live, but this is not preventing them from generating a lot of interest – ah, the power of good music! Their recent single "Walk On By" (Sound Remedy Remix, streaming below) made it onto Hype Machine’s top tracks of 2012 list. The single (a ballad in the original version found here) is a sweetly sad song, where wholly feeling lyrics cut deep with Sky’s ethereal voice. And oh, that voice. It’s Regina Spektor-esque, in that it can be fluttery and throaty at the same time. It’s the perfect grounding component to Noosa’s gorgeous sweeping dream pop. – Corinne Bagish
