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 of 2012 was an […]
Tag: indie synth pop
Rene Lopez may well be one of the most talented, charming and sadly under-appreciated artists I’ve had the unique pleasure of covering and getting to know through this site’s history. As the son of Rene Lopez Sr, […]
Electronic music producer and artist Dorian Concept has developed a reputation for having one of the most exciting and dynamic live shows in electronic music, as Concepts plays with alongside his two best friends, fellow […]
Electro pop production duo, The Penelopes have developed a reputation in the UK and across the world for their Giorgio Moroder disco-era remixes of Lana Del Ray, Pet Shop Boys, We Have Band, Night Drive […]
The Brooklyn-based indie electro pop duo Beacon have won quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for material lyrically that seems to burrow into the dark places of regret, temptation, obsession and shame that are often the […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USQX91401280&playerType=embedded YELLE are a French electro pop act founded back in 2000 by its namesake Yelle (a.k.a Juliet Bidet) and GrandMarnier (Jean-Francois Perrier). Bidet and Perrier won quite a bit of attention in their native […]
Although Lauren Morgan (vocals, guitar) and Jordan Shih (guitar) formed the Florida-based act SALES relatively recently, the collaboration has received quite a bit of love across the blogosphere for a songwriting process that varies consistently […]
Because of the economics of being a musician, it’s not uncommon for bands to have several members, who have side projects. Adding to a lengthy list, Trans Am’s drummer, Sebastian Thomson has a solo side […]
It’s been a rather interesting weekend and one that has involved much more running around and strange and very awkward circumstances. And at one point, i had some equally annoying technical issues that may have […]
Applauded across the blogosphere for a sound that effortlessly meshes electronica, hip-hop, R&B and soul in a way that sounds familiar while managing to possess the sort of chilly, minimalist air similar to Beacon, the duo […]
The Bucharest-based producer and DJ Victor Gunta writes and performs under the decidedly German-sounding moniker, Elektromekanik. And under that moniker, Gunta has specialized in a sound that employs elements of neo disco, deep house and […]
Elizabeth Ann Clark is Mojave Desert-based filmmaker and classically trained pianist who began composing melodies which eventually (and perhaps inevitably) evolved into electronic dance songs. Recording, writing and performing under the moniker of VIRGO, Clark’s sound has […]
With the release of their critically and commercially successful sophmore album In Ghost Colours, the Melbourne, Australia-based act Cut Copy was put on the international map, thanks in part to a sound that deftly mixes and blurs the […]
Comprised of singer/songwriter Jen Hirsh, producer/songwriter Scott Smith, along with touring members drummer Nate Lotz and bassist/synth player Thomas Drayton ,electro pop act Monogem have been gaining attention across the blogosphere for a sound that […]
The Portland, OR-based Vocalist Randa Leigh and producer/multi-instrumentalist Brian Vincent comprise the electro pop act SOS. And in interviews, the duo have publicly claimed the xx, Aaliyah, D’Angelo and Kanye West as influences. Although, lyrically the duo’s work explores the feelings, emotional impulses […]