Taylor McFerrin is a Brooklyn-based producer, composer and DJ whose musical style has been heavily influenced by 60s and 70s soul, golden era hip-hop, free jazz and electronica. On his own work. McFerrin not only […]
Tag: indie electro pop
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 and others —and considering that all of […]
As a music nerd, I’ve become a fan of particular labels. Yes, labels. In any case, Cascine Records in a short period of time has developed a reputation for releasing work from artists who specialize in an extremely […]
Shriek, the fourth and latest album from the Baltimore, MD-based duo Wye Oak has the band going through a decided change of sonic direction from their previously recorded efforts, which were primarily focused around lead vocalist […]
Based out of Toronto, ON and Montreal, QC, the sibling trio of Alie, Jaclyn, and Trevor Blumas perform under the band name of Doomsquad, an appropriate name for an act that specializes in a unique brand of down tempo […]
Ballerina Black, which consists of Bobby Moynahan, Esli Sugich (bass), Scott Eton (keyboards and guitar) and Romeo Mendzoa (drums), have been praised for a sound that has been described by many across the blogosphere as […]
French artist Pegasse specializes in an breezy synth pop that bears a resemblance to several acts including fellow countrymen Air and Phoenix, as well as M83 as you’ll hear on “Old Idol,” from his self-titled […]
The duo (and cousins) behind Painted Palms, Reese Donahue and Christopher Prudhomme have almost always used the Internet — at first out of necessity, and later out of preference — to collaborate on their songwriting. When […]
The Sydney, Australia-based duo of We Are The Brave formed when singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jess Chalker began to collaborate with underground hip-hop producer and multi-instrumentalist Ox Why. The duo bonded over their shared love of […]
A Q&A with Adele Nichols, a.k.a. Axons
Chicago-based songwriter and producer Adele Nichols started her latest project Axons, after a moment of profound and frightening loss – the sort of loss that would be initially difficult to comprehend for those who take their […]
in interviews, the Pennsylvania-based electronic artist and producer Tobacco has mentioned that with his forthcoming effort, Ultima 2 Massage that he wanted to push his sound to the point where even at it’s most depraved you can still zone […]
As a producer, Peter Cooper, better known by his stage name Stumbleine has developed a reputation for a sound that manages to mesh heartache and ecstasy and for material that’s slow-burning and seductive. However, his […]
The xx can trace their origins to when Romy Madley-Croft and Oliver Sim, the two founding members of the band met at the Elliott School, a school best known for a number of famous alumni […]
Cascine Records have developed a reputation for signing and releasing work from artists who specialize in a very particular sound – a slickly produced synth pop that owes a great debt to 80s R&B and […]
The number of emailed requests from PR firms, labels, bands, artists and record labels I’ve received from all over the world have gone up exponentially over the last few months, providing proof – to me, […]