Sophia Exiner, writes, performs and records under the moniker of Phia and is an Australian-born and Berlin, Germany-based indie pop artist whose sound has been compared to the likes of Bjork,tUnE yArDs, Regina Spektor and others — and that’s not a bad […]
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The Best of 2013 — The Singles
2013 had been a pretty big year for the Joy of Violent Movement and for me both professionally and personally. Over 20,000 readers in over 20 countries across the globe have stopped to read reviews […]
So over the past weekend, I had been playing a lot of Afrobeat records, as I had a few Afrobeat albums that were in desperate need of being reviewed here on this site. Naturally, that […]
Heatsick is the pseudonym of the Berlin, Germany-based British electronica artist, Steven Warwick. And as Heatsick, he’s become well known for music that contains a bitingly acerbic wit and a sound that’s minimalist and yet hypnotic […]
A Q&A with the Deltahorse
“Hey Yuri,” the first single off the self-titled debut effort from the Deltahorse received quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere as the single’s sound was compared by many bloggers to that of the likes […]
A Q&A with Mez Medallion’s Josh Teicher
Shortly before I left for Frankfurt am Main, Germany and the Frankfurt Book Fair, I had received an email from Sophia Exiner, an Australian-born indie pop artist, currently based in Berlin, Germany. Known for a […]
The Berlin, Germany-based British artist Steven Warwick writes, records and performs under the moniker of Heatsick. And as Heatsick, he’s become well known for music that contains a bitingly acerbic wit and a sound that’s […]
The Deltahorse is probably one of the more interesting indie rock projects I’ve heard of in recent memory as vocalist TJ Eckleberg is based in Sydney, Australia; guitarist Sash is based in Berlin, Germany; and […]
Sophia Exiner, who writes, performs and records under the moniker of Phia is a Australian-born and Berlin, Germany-based indie pop artist whose sound has been compared to the likes of Bjork, tUnE yArDs, Regina Spektor […]
Album Review: Anika’s Anika EP
Anika Anika EP Stones Throw Records Release Date: April 16, 2013 Track Listing I Go To Sleep He Hit Me Love Buzz In The City No One’s There (dub) Yang Yang (dub) Before her seemingly […]
The members of the Swedish electro pop act, the Knife had been on a lengthy hiatus, so when Mute Records announced that they would be releasing Shaking the Habitual, the band’s first album in several years, […]
Vocalist Anika spent her professional career as a political journalist living between Berlin and Bristol, UK when she had met producer Geoff Barrow. At the time, Barrow was seeking a vocalist to work with his band Beak> for a side project, and […]
Moderat is the collaboration between two of Berlin, Germany’s most innovative electronic music artists Apparat (a.k.a. Sascha Ring) and Modeselektor (a.k.a. Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary). And as a unit, the trio has managed to […]
Chrissy Murderbot’s label, Loose Squares has developed a reputation for putting out forward thinking electronica/EDM, drum and bass and footwork – all of which will get you on the dance floor before you know it. […]
Tempers is a New York based duo comprised of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper. Golestaneh, who was born in Florida is of Latvian and Persian descent, and lived in Paris and London before she moved […]