Written in Hamilton, ON and produced by Tony Hoffer, best known for his work with Beck, the Kooks and M83, High Noon, the Arkells’s latest effort may arguably be the band’s most unabashedly earnest to date. The album’s latest single “11:11” continues where […]
Tag: indie synth pop
Recently it seems as though a great deal of my life as a blogger involves email – that’s right, checking, writing, responding and receiving email. But that’s not a terrible thing; if anything, it means […]
The release of their sophomore effort, In Ghost Colours put the Melbourne, Australia-based act Cut Copy on the international map as the album was a commercial and critical success, thanks in part to a sound that deftly mixes and blurs the […]
Ennui, the brainchild of Pittsburgh, PA-based musician and producer Jim Doutrich has existed in variety of incarnations since 2004; however, their forthcoming album Telepathic Beat slated for a September 23 release through Mush Records may well be a rebirth for the […]
Marial Mahal is a rarity these days, as she’s a triple threat – a model, singer and songwriter, who writes and records under the moniker, Seasick Mama. Her debut EP, Dead Like Money received a lot of attention […]
After posting their first single “Summer Nights,” I recently received a second email from indie electro pop act, of Milo Bloom, which is comprised of vocalist Greg Fletcher, multi-instrumentalist Billy Kim and drummer Jon Bradley, both of […]
Gosh Pith, the Detroit-based duo of Josh Smith (vocals, guitar and production) and Josh Freed (samples, synths and production) have developed a reputation for material that focuses on capturing a specific feeling, rather than a concrete […]
Originally formed in 2002, the Italian group Late Guest at the Party quickly developed a reputation for a sound that manages to blur genre lines, as it meshes electro pop, rock ‘n’ roll, 90s Brit pop and techno. […]
The release of their sophomore effort, In Ghost Colours put the Melbourne, Australia-based act Cut Copy on the international map as the album was a commercial and critical success, thanks in part to a sound that deftly mixes […]
Evy Jane is a Vancouver, BC-based duo of singer/songwriter, Evelyn Jane Mason and producer, Jeremiah Klein. And the sound they’ve crafted, as you’ll hear on “Worry Heart,” the first single off the band’s forthcoming EP […]
Since their formation in 2010, the Brooklyn-based band Starlight Girls have developed a reputation for a unique brand of “noir-ish indie pop” and a live set that employs the use of video projections. Two years ago, the band released a five […]
I’m very proud of the fact that over the past 12 to 18 months or so that I’ve been receiving an increasing number of emails from bands, publicity firms, band managers, labels and the like […]
Comprised of James Curd, a sought after remixer and producer; Morgan Phalen, who contributed vocals to Justice’s sophomore effort, Audio Visual Disco; and Surahn Sidhu, the touring bassist and guitarist for Empire of the Sun, the […]
The Toronto, ON-based trio of Matt King (vocals, drums), Moshe Rozenberg (synths, drums) and Mike Claxton (bass, synths) formed Absolutely Free from the aftermath of cult art-punk band DD/MM/YYYY’s break up. And with their new project, […]
Jeffrey Innes, the frontman of Yukon Blonde had an excess of time off the road and a burst of creativity that promoted him to start a solo side project, High Ends – and the new […]