Based in Stoke-on-Trent, UK in the county of Staffordshire, the teenaged producer Sunil Heera, better known by the moniker XO – and in a relatively short time, the young Heera has gained quite a bit […]
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The Los Angeles-based trio of Liars have a long-held reputation for defying expectations at every single turn of their careers, and for a sound that has been at times purposely challenging. WIXIW, which landed at number 21 on this site’s Best […]
A Q&A with Sleepers Work a.k.a. William Flynn
Back in October, I was in Frankfurt am Main, Germany for the Frankfurt Book Fair. And practically as soon as i got of the plane at JFK, I was covering several showcases at CMJ and […]
Swedish electro pop trio DNKL (pronounced dunkel) have received quite a bit of attention internationally for their single “Battles,” a single which bears a resemblance to the work of Beacon – in the sense that […]
To celebrate the release of his latest solo effort, Pathfinder, Ross Tones, who writes, produces and records under the moniker of Throwing Snow, released the first four tracks of the EP to critical praise. “Summus,” the […]
Galantis, the duo of Christian “Bloodshy” Karlson of Miike Snow and Linus Elkow, better known as Style of Eye have quickly won the attention of the blogosphere with the release of “Help” and “The Heart […]
Recorded in NYC and in Germany Shit Robot’s forthcoming We Got A Love features a boatload of special guests including DFA Records labelmates Nancy Whang (famously known for her time in LCD Soundsystem),Museum of Love, the Rapture’s Luke Jenner, hip-house star Lidell […]
In their native UK, the funk collective of Jungle are a breakout act but they’re starting to make inroads Stateside – their latest single “Busy Earnin’” recently received airplay on KCRW‘s Morning Becomes Electric. Interestingly, the […]
Now known as international stars and critical darlings, indie electro pop/indie rock act Cut Copy started out from humble beginnings – as the solo creative project of Melbourne, Australia-based DJ and graphic designer Dan Whitford in 2001. By […]
Marcus Lambkin writes, records and performs under the moniker of Shit Robot. DFA Records will be releasing Lambkin’s sophomore effort as Shit Robot, We Got a Love on March 18th. Recorded in NYC and in Germany the album features a […]
Vanessa Brown, writes, produces and performs as V.V. Brown and when she released her latest effort, Samson and Delilah, Brown added the title of record label head to her description, as she released the album through her own […]
Alan Wilkis is the mastermind behind Big Data. and his first later single “Dangerous” featuring Joywaye is an incredibly funky and slickly produced bit of electro pop that’s perfect for the dance floor – and […]
if you know you’re contemporary electronica, you’d be familiar with John Davies, better known as Datassette. And as Datassette, Davies over the last decade has amassed an impressive catalog of material – including material recorded on […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USUYG1041298&playerType=embedded Waajeed, a founding member of the famed Detroit-based act Slum Village met Dede Reynolds and Tim K, who were working together in a duo called Dede, in a bar beneath the J train in […]
Lenses, the latest album by the Los Angeles-based (by way of Portland, OR) duo of Soft Metals sonically owes a great debt to the legendary godfather of contemporary electronic music, Giorgio Moroder and to late […]